Explore Benidorm’s culinary scene through personal reviews! Discover top restaurants, cozy tapas bars, charming cafes, and a dash of cooking insights.
We were walking to La Mina. We never got there. That is not a complaint about La Mina, which we often go to and have written about at length. It is simply what happens on Rincón de Ruzafa. The square has several tapas bars within a few yards of each other, and on this trip …
I had found La Juana before this trip and wanted to try it, and I was fairly sure my wife would like it. I was right. We went once, and then we went back, which on a nine-night trip with an Old Town full of bars to choose from is about the highest praise I …
Ten days in Benidorm in a July heatwave: the airport taxi racket, an honest look at Madeira Centro, tapas at La Tapita and Pintxos Aurrera, and why we will be going in September next time.
Some places just never quite call to you. Rico Café is one of those, for me. I have walked past it more times than I can count over the years, glanced in, and kept moving. Ask me to say what is wrong with it and I genuinely cannot. The staff seem fine. The location is …
Some places you discover by accident. Others you simply arrive at and feel, immediately, that you have been coming here all your life. La Tapita falls into the second category – and for those of us who have been making the trip to Benidorm for more than twenty years, it quite literally does. La Tapita …
There is a particular cruelty to bad ice cream in hot weather. You have earned it. The walk along the seafront, the sun doing its worst, the long deliberation over which flavour. Then the thing arrives tasting of nothing in particular, half-melted before you reach the nearest bench. It is one of the minor disappointments …
If you’ve spent any time hunting down a decent full English in Benidorm, you’ll know the struggle. Plenty of places promise the goods but deliver something lukewarm, rubbery, and distinctly un-British. So when a little spot in the Old Town starts getting serious word-of-mouth buzz, it’s worth investigating — sausage first. Cafe Leroy sits in the …
It felt like coming home. Ten days in Benidorm across the 16th to the 26th of March, and not a single regret — well, almost. More on that later. The Weather (Yes, We Got Lucky) You might have seen the headlines — Benidorm has had a rough ride with the weather this spring. Flooding, storms, …
There’s something wonderfully comforting about returning to a place you’ve enjoyed before and finding it’s every bit as good as you remembered. For us, that place is Santagloria Coffee & Bakery is a café brand I’ve come to love across Spain. Their outlets are dotted throughout the country, but the two tucked away in Benidorm’s …
Introduction (28 August – 5 September) I never expected to be going back to Benidorm in 2025, but after getting the all-clear from the doctor, we decided to go for it. The only rules were to walk about on the plane every hour and avoid alcohol. The wife was straight on it, comparing packages versus …