Featured Restaurants in Costa Blanca
Our pick of featured restaurants across the Costa Blanca — from tapas bars and seafood marisquerías to Michelin-listed kitchens.
Our pick of featured restaurants across the Costa Blanca.
Three-Michelin-star tasting-menu kitchen from chef Quique Dacosta — one of Spain's most celebrated restaurants, with a long-running menu rooted in the Marina Alta landscape.
A tiny, no-menu kitchen from former Quique Dacosta head chef Miquel Ruiz — booked weeks ahead for its market-driven Valencian cooking.
Modern grill-and-rice house on the port with a rooftop terrace — best known for charcoal-grilled Red Prawn of Dénia and seasonal rices.
Loreto-street favourite serving polished Valencian cooking, market fish and rice on a leafy patio.
Two-Michelin-star country house from chef Alberto Ferruz, blending Marina Alta produce with technical, salt-driven cooking.
Beach-front bistro at L'Arenal from chef Borja Susilla — short market menu and a constant rotation of fish, vegetables and fire-cooking.
Long-standing Arenal arrocería with sea-view terrace — wood-fire rices and the local Suquet de peix.
One-Michelin-star tasting menu from Calpe-born chef Rafa Soler, anchored in the daily catch of the local lonja.
One-Michelin-star kitchen inside The Cookbook Hotel — chef José Manuel Miguel's Mediterranean–French tasting menu.
Modern bistro on Plaza Mayor with a short, daily-changing menu of Mediterranean small plates.
Cliff-top fine-dining icon overlooking Cap Blanc — French-Mediterranean cooking, polished service and one of the coast's best wine cellars.
Centre-of-Moraira terrace restaurant — Mediterranean kitchen with a strong sushi/ceviche side and long cocktail list.
Inland Marina Alta institution since 1978 — Valencian rices, game and seasonal vegetables in a wood-beamed dining room.
Romantic candle-lit dining room in Altea's old town — French-Mediterranean cooking inside a former 18th-century school.
Old-town terrace with views over Altea's blue-domed church — short menu of Mediterranean classics done well.
Sea-front terrace with arroz negro, fresh fish and unobstructed Bay of Altea views.
One-Michelin-star restaurant from chef María José San Román — Alicante rices, olive oil and Monastrell wine at the heart of the menu.
Legendary Alicante barra — one of Spain's great tapas counters — plus a formal upstairs dining room for rices and grilled fish.
Sister to Nou Manolín — a famed tapas barra and dining room serving Alicantino classics and seasonal rice.
Late-night gastrobar with a 400-strong wine list, oyster bar, raw counter and cocktails — Alicante's most cosmopolitan room.
Old-town tapas reference — pristine shellfish, daily-changing market plates and a deep Alicante DO wine list.
Stand-up cult tapas bar with elbow-to-elbow crowds and a famous montadito de solomillo — the only menu is what comes out of the kitchen.
Playa de San Juan classic since 1960 — rice paellas, fideuà and seafood on a long covered terrace one block from the beach.
Basque kitchen on the Campello seafront since 1979 — pintxos, bacalao and txuletón steaks.
One-Michelin-star seafood specialist from the García family — pristine fish, shellfish and rice from the Campello fleet.
Family-run port-side arrocería — Villajoyosa's go-to for arroz a banda cooked to order and grilled local fish.
Benidorm old-town tapas reference — a long counter of cold and hot pinchos and a deep cellar of Spanish wine.
Benidorm institution since 1972 — old-school dining room serving daily-catch fish, rices and Mediterranean classics.
Sea-front beach club at the foot of the Serra Gelada — daybeds, sushi-and-rice menu and sunset DJs.
Long-running wood-fired pizzeria on Albir's main pedestrian street — proper Neapolitan dough and fresh pasta.
Lighthouse-front terrace on Torrevieja's promenade — caldero, fresh fish and arroces with a sea view.
Port-town reference for caldero, arroces and salazones — fish straight from Santa Pola's working lonja.
Modern marina restaurant overlooking the fishing fleet — grilled fish, oysters and arroz a banda.
Pine-fringed beach chiringuito on Guardamar's protected dunes — daytime rices, evening cocktails and bare feet in the sand.
Long-running family restaurant near La Zenia — Spanish standards, weekday menú del día and weekend paella for the resort crowd.
Feet-in-the-sand chiringuito at the southernmost beach of the Costa Blanca — fried fish, sardines and chilled vermut.
One-Michelin-star country-house restaurant from chef Susi Díaz — Mediterranean tasting menus rooted in the Camp d'Elx.
Tile-clad Elche institution since 1964 — a tapas barra, dining room and one of Alicante province's deepest wine cellars.
Modernist dining room in Alcoy's centre — chef Lolo Manyà's seasonal menu built on inland produce and Alicante DO wines.
Mountain restaurant on the Guadalest road — traditional Valencian stews, paella over wood fire and reservoir views.
Pego village kitchen specialising in Marina Alta rices and slow-cooked stews from the Pego-Oliva marshlands.
Wood-oven specialist in Oliva's old town — roast lamb, grilled meats and Valencian rice.