A dinner here in the lovely upstairs dining room. We were seated quickly. There were no vegetarian…read moreoptions for a main course so they offered a selection of cheeses. This is really a cop out since it requires no cooking or creativity. Others at the table reported that the fish and meat courses were good. The staff, of which there were quite a few, seemed to be a bit stressed and grumpy and that was a bit distracting from a positive experience.

Went for a 10:15 dinner and everything was amazing!! Plates were bigger than expected so I'd…read morerecommend always getting the half sizes and 3 dishes was more than enough for two of us.

What a fantastic place! Seriously good tapas in an informal and friendly setting near the beach…read more Not at all the touristy garbage you find along the Explanada. I started with a rice cake they call a soccorat (like the paella crust) topped with a tartare of the sweetest and freshest prawn. Superb! Next was a peeled whole tomato stuffed with a mousse of cured ventresca (tuna belly) and served atop a tomato soup like a creamy gazpacho. Another winning dish that takes familiar ingredients and through technique makes them special and elevated. The next tapa was a skewer with a single langoustine tail crusted with the Turkish strands you often find in middle eastern desserts. The langoustine tail was stuffed with a little portion of melted Brie cheese. So good. The last tapa was octopus pieces atop wonderfully browned potatoes that managed to be both crisp on the outside and meltingly tender inside. Superb. For dessert I took the server's recommendation and had the apple dessert, which was a sort of deconstructed apple tart that was the essence of apple. They comped me a generous shot or two of a beautiful local dessert wine. Service was gracious and helpful. The prices are treasonable for food of this quality. I really enjoyed my meal here!

Great little tapas bar, very inventive and great with flavors. Decent price - we tried the…read morecannelloni stuff with oxtail and crunchy Iberian ham, broken eggs over potatoes and Padron peppers. Both were amazing and plated beautifully. Definitely would return

Good hot chocolate and churros and coffee. Their cappuccino was good…read more Only stopped in to warm up

Nice Restaurant. Exquisite Location. Good Service. We ate Paella, never had it before but if it is…read moreas good as this, we'll have it again. Muy bueno!

This is one of the best arrocerias in Alicante. A surprise, in a relatively non central part of the…read morecity, close to the train station. The arroces are extraordinary, and so is the fish. The space is within the tradition of non-touristy restaurants in Alicante. Clean and with character, quite cared and unique in an unconventional and not conventionally beautiful way. Service is impecable and very professional. The only tension here resides in the fact that, right in the apartments up from this restaurant, are the Alicante headquarters of one of the worst populist far right, homophobic, misogynistic and racist Spanish political parties. Don't worry, the slab between the restaurant and that cauldron of putrefaction seems to be capable of preventing filtrations from up down. The arroz has proved not to be affected what-so-ever by the ugliness and vulgarity of the upper floor. These rices stand as a tasty testimony of the cultural and material richness that results from the melting of different cultures and the cross pollination brought by human migrations. It's incredible quality is a daily response against the hateful, ignorant and tasteless discourse and action produced in the sketchy apartments above this fantastic establishment.

El Bocaito is a genuine Spanish restaurant, tucked away not very far from the main railway…read moreterminal. We had met a cousin at the station and walked there, arriving just as they opened at one o'clock. There's a choice of a good menu of the day eaten in the bar area, a selection of tapas, or à la carte in the restaurant. We chose the restaurant and were treated like royalty. The food was excellent and the service was wonderful. I would highly recommend this restaurant for its ambience, authenticity and service.

Nice restaurant with good food. All the fried food is served in paper cones. Nice detail. The bread…read morerolls are tasteful and filling. Crew is friendly and their English is alright. There is an English menu so you don't have to decipher all the Spanish words. Prices are alright! Not too expensive. You can sit inside or outside.

We had a delicious dinner for just 20€ for the both of us (2 iced teas, frech fries to share, 2…read moresandwiches, 1 burger, 1 Espresso and 1 Cappuccino). The bar is located im the middle of Alicante in a nice pedestrian street and you can sit outside. The food was great - especially the home made french fries (super thin and crispy) and the iberian pork burger (with Tomato, Brie and caramelized onions). Can highly recommend this place!

Party of 6 at 10pm Sunday night the places was packed. Had about 6 different dishes all was amazing…read more We started with chopitas (? Spelling ) was lightly breaded was to die for. Assorted fried fish and calamari was great as long as you can eat the while fish including the head and tails which is the way to eat it. Then we had the pulpo which was out if this world. If was drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with I believe paprika and salt and the flavor danced in your mouth and lingered - heavens. As much as we loved this place we owe it to explore other joints which we couldn't even get in so well be going for more.

Genuine tapas with a wide selection and variety of food with very friendly staff, even for the…read moregringos. It's part of the Spanish quarters of Benidorm, Britts are fewer and further appart. While some dishes aren't translated to english, you can get around with a lot of gesturing, half spanish words and english to make your order.