Every person from time to time wants to eat outside the walls of the dining room of his house. Especially if this person is the owner of real estate in Alicante in Spain, because this city is filled with a variety of cafes and restaurants! Living in your own apartment, house or villa in Alicante, it is difficult to resist the temptation to go out for lunch at some "delicious" place. If you want to eat in a restaurant, but not spend a lot of money, then you will certainly be interested in establishments with more or less tolerable prices.
Below is a list of some inexpensive restaurants in the city.
"Cactus Cantina" located at Calle Pintor Cabrera, 12. It is sometimes called the best Mexican restaurant in Alicante. The restaurant pleases with a colorful interior, friendly staff and delicious food(including fajita). Meat and fish portions are served here very large. The restaurant also offers dishes for vegetarians. You can use the following service: a three-course menu at a fixed price (individually it would cost more).
"Pizzeria Sale & Pepe" located at: Teniente Alvarez Soto, 5, 03001 Alicante. Barbecue pizza in this establishment can be purchased for about 11.50 euros.
El Sultan is located at Avda.Dr.Gadea, 11. In this restaurant you can enjoy Turkish cuisine. You can eat various meat dishes(including with lamb meat). You can also order a variety of vegetarian snacks, such as hummus and eggplant. The restaurant also offers delicious desserts. Visitors are pleased with the large portions served in the restaurant and all sorts of offers on the menu.
Cerveceria 100 Montaditos located at Avenida Alcalde Lorenzo Carbonell. The network of these restaurants consists of 220 establishments throughout Spain. The establishment in Alicante was founded in 2001. It offers visitors delicious sandwiches other simple meals. It allows you to take part in interesting activities. Trendy and fun, this restaurant is very popular with Alicante residents.
"Cantina Villahelmy" located at Calle Mayor 37. The establishment has a rather unusual decor: skeletons, horror stories ... The restaurant offers a variety of hot dishes with rice, meat and fish, as well as snacks. Fried octopus is especially famous among the dishes of the restaurant.
Govana located at Plaza Doctor Gomez Ulla, 4. Most of the dishes on the menu are fish and seafood, but there are also meat dishes (for example, steaks). The restaurant offers a wide range of rice dishes and a good selection of wines. It has affordable prices, large portions and good quality dishes.
Canada Cupcake Cafe located at C/ San Franciso 64. This cafe offers fresh muffins and delicious cakes. Everything is prepared in the cafe itself. The establishment also offers delicious coffee and iced drinks. The cafe also offers free Wi-Fi.
Obrador Cafeteria Tres Semillas located at Av de la Constitucion, 16. The bakery is located in the heart of the city of Alicante. They offer delicious bakery products and sweets. Drinks at this establishment good coffee. You can order takeaway food.
Alicante has a little more expensive restaurants but their prices are still quite attractive. Among them are the following establishments: "La Terraza del Gourmet" (address: Explanada de Espana, 2), "Restaurante Ellas Sushi" (address: Calle San Fernando, 12), "Jacapaca" (address: Calle Poeta Quintana, 5), " Topo Gigio" (address: C / San Francisco), "Lizarran" (address: Rambla 18), "El Cisne de Oro" (address: Calle Del Teatro 8).
The restaurant is located on the seashore, so it can always offer its customers fresh seafood.
Meals are prepared in the restaurant national cuisine: gazpacho, cold soups, almond soup with grapes, paella, Andalusian salad, puchero, Catalan style pork sausages, Spanish tortillas, marzipans, hot chocolate Spanish style, macaroons, snot, royal pie, meatballs in white wine, quick nachos, tuna in tomato, cod in pil pil sauce, shrimp omelet, fish croquettes, meat on a spit, lamb in wine, etc. The assortment of the restaurant also includes a large number of hot snacks.
This institution is actively visited by tourists, so it is always crowded and noisy.
Prices for dishes are low - you can eat a full meal for 20 euros.
Restaurant "Jaime"
The restaurant was opened in 1998 and is located in Guardamar del Segura on Cervantes Avenue 22. The cuisine of the restaurant is known for its gourmet dishes from fresh fish and seafood, as well as meat and rice. Accommodates up to 250 people.
Bassus Restaurant
This restaurant will impress you with delicious authentic dishes. German cuisine. The restaurant both inside and outside is made in the traditional German style. This place is perfect for those who are already tired of spicy Spanish dishes.
Visitors to the restaurant note its solidity and slightly high prices, but you should definitely come here for the special flavor and delicious food. The famous Berlin goose and marzipanstollen are a must in this restaurant. Also on the restaurant’s menu are marinated herring (rollmops), bun croquettes (kletzel-semel), soup with beer, sausage dumplings, German escalope, Berlin-style fried hare, eintopf, spaetzle, pretzels, pork with beer, and also various pies and desserts.
China Garden Restaurant
Restaurant "Chinese garden" - a great and cozy place Chinese food, however, Spanish, Turkish and Italian cuisines are also present here.
The tables are set according to all the rules, they are decorated with fresh flowers, which indicates the high status of the establishment. Both those who love Chinese food and those who want to try it for the first time come here. To get started, you should order a traditional dish - Peking duck or meat with pineapple.
Prices here are a little high, as visitors note, however, in order to try delicious food Chinese food, worth the splurge.
Tables are located both in the restaurant itself and on the veranda, but when sitting on it, you need to be careful and attentive to your personal belongings - you can be robbed from the street.
Restaurant Botanero
Botanero Restaurant is a Mexican and Spanish restaurant with amazing spicy dishes. This is the place for lovers of Mexican cuisine, because the restaurant has on its menu burritos, grilled chops, enchiladas with peppers, Torero chicken, tortillas, fondue, fajitas, chorizos, baked potatoes in a pot, cod with apples, quails in rose petals, acute chicken liver, veal liver with bananas, guacamole.
The prices for dishes are inexpensive, so they allow any visitor to eat here quickly.
The interior of the restaurant is made in a classic style, without frills.
The restaurant often hosts concerts, raffles and other fun events, so you won't be bored here.
Agir Restaurant
Restaurant Agir with a large assortment fish dishes will impress visitors with delicious food, cleanliness of the establishment, fast service and beautiful views from the windows of the sea and the main boulevard of the city.
The interior of the restaurant is made in a classic style: discreet decor, simple plain, but very comfortable furniture.
In addition to a full meal, you can also taste delicious desserts and taste unique varieties of tea. This restaurant is never empty, so the tables are close together, which may not be to your liking. However, it should be said that everyone likes to visit the restaurant - both locals and tourists, so there is no doubt about the rating of this institution.
Restaurant El Corral Del Pollo
This restaurant has a rustic atmosphere where you can enjoy meat cooked on a spit. There is also an attractive menu of popular dishes: chicken, skewers, steaks, grilled ribs, sausages, fried potatoes and other dishes.
The restaurant's food is good value for money - the visitor gets a lot for a reasonable price, but the drinks here are expensive and not in a very large assortment. For two, a set lunch with a jug of wine will cost 20 euros.
The restaurant has a large living room where you can comfortably sit. The establishment is perfect for families and large companies, because the local tables and benches have a large oblong shape.
The restaurant is open from lunch to midnight.
Restaurant Cerveceria Sento
The Cerveceria Sento restaurant impresses with its plentiful and varied food with lots of fruit.
For breakfast, the restaurant even serves champagne, and in the evening the room is not noisy, so you can safely enjoy the silence and delicious food. Basically, the cuisine here is Spanish, the prices for dishes are reasonable, but the institution is located quite far from the city center.
The interior of the restaurant is made of wood and there are many paintings hanging on the walls. Tables, chairs and other furniture are made of carved wood.
As many visitors note, some waiters speak excellent Russian, which is a pleasant surprise.
Attentive staff will always help you in choosing dishes, which, taking into account individual tastes, will select exactly what you need.
Casa Harry Restaurant
This restaurant serves the best meat delicacies Spanish cuisine, and the building itself resembles a hunting hut, where you can try game: wild boar, buffalo, ram, goat, deer and other wild animals in various types of cooking. Ready meals served beautifully decorated, which pleases the eye and impresses with its idea.
Dishes and drinks here are also amazing: chorizo with vodka, cranberry juice, fish, and baked meat with sauce.
You can do without a preliminary reservation in the restaurant - when you come here, you can always find free tables, because the restaurant is large enough. The interior of the institution is beautiful, sophisticated, with large paintings, as well as quiet and calm music. White openwork tablecloths trimmed with gold thread. The staff is nicely dressed and very polite.
Restaurant Casa Elordi
Casa Restaurant Elordi specializes in local cuisine, and his staff prepares food to perfection.
Of such national dishes you should definitely try lamb chilindron, chicken breast in sherry, oysters, chicken fillet, cuttlefish, squid and other delicious Spanish dishes.
Here, indeed, an extensive menu of fish and meat dishes is presented.
The interior of the restaurant is designed in pastel colors. Such tenderness is complemented by quiet and calm music, conducive to stress relief. The restaurant is quite crowded, so it is recommended to reserve tables in advance in order to get here exactly.
The facility has a convenient location. There is a parking lot next to it and a bus stop nearby.
Food prices are moderate and portions are large.
Sights of Alicante
I bring to your attention a personal review of the best restaurants and bars of Alicante - one of the most attractive cities where you can truly enjoy tapas trips and more ...
Reviews about this area from tourists are always the most positive, many are attracted by the unique Valencian cuisine and the incredible atmosphere of this picturesque area. Light sea breeze and a glass of tart Spanish wine on the terraces of the best restaurants in Alicante take you from the routine of everyday life to a world of tranquility and relaxation from the hustle and bustle.
Chef Josep Pla, in his book What We Eat, said: "Valencia's restaurants are so questionable that their contribution to the maintenance of the family hearth cannot be underestimated." After his book was published, a lot of time has passed and, now, we can proudly say that Valencian cuisine has changed incredibly. Alicante is no exception. Moreover, along with the launch of high-speed AVE trains, the city was filled with tourists, and a real revolution took place in the field of culinary.
The main advantage of Alicante restaurants is world-class chefs who never forget about the traditions of Mediterranean cuisine. Given this factor, we offer you to read about the best restaurants in Alicante.
1. LA ERETA (La Ereta):
The restaurant is located at the foot of the Santa Barbara Fortress, and its wide windows offer an incredible view of the city. A special feature of the hall is its minimalist style, where you can feel a modern atmosphere with echoes of the history of Alicante. Chef Dani Frias offers two menus for your choice, differing only in the number of dishes. The kitchen is just amazing! Recent menus include red shrimp and beetroot balls, truffle gazpacho, swordfish fillet with garlic and parsley, green or black rice with cuttlefish.
Parque de La Ereta, s/n, 03001 Alicante
2. GUILLERMO (GUILLERMO):
For half a century Guillermo Bar-Restaurant pleases its customers and during this time it has become one of the must-see places that every tourist must visit in Alicante.
Guillermo is worth a visit not only for its good tapas and canned food home cooking, a portion of Olivier will also justify your visit. Do not miss the opportunity to enjoy excellent fish and seafood, as well as traditional dishes such as “aspencat” (cod stew with tomato, pepper, eggplant and onion) or “pericana” (cod with garlic and olive oil). And the low prices will pleasantly surprise you!
Calle del Pintor Velázquez, 21, 03004 Alicante
3. LA MAJA (LA MAHA)The chef of the restaurant is Rafa Melero, a chef with many years of experience. Finding the La Maha restaurant is not easy, it is located on the ship dock, opposite the Doqueve shipyard, and is adorned with an impressive terrace. The menu is famous for the best seafood rice in town. And as an alternative to rice, you can serve a traditional Alicante dish - gazpacho with perch or fried octopus.
Darsena pesquera, Muelle de Poniente, s/n, 03008 Alicante
4. MAVI (MAVI)
Mavi is a small and unassuming bar that attracts a wide variety of customers, from politicians and sportsmen to locals. It specializes in high-quality seafood from the Levantine coast: red shrimp, crayfish, squid, cuttlefish. An alternative to seafood is traditional tapas: from Russian salad to a wide range of meats.
Foguerer, 9 Alicante, 03012
5. MONASTRELL
The chef of the Monastrell restaurant is Maria José San Roman, a specialist in cooking dishes with saffron. Among the last dishes, the most interesting are guacamole with peas and lobster, risotto with fish and saffron with alioli sauce, sultanka fillet with vegetables and anise. And, if you decide to come only for tapas, in this case the restaurant has a bar.
Calle Rafael Altamira, 7, 03002 Alicante
6. NOU MANOLIN (Know Manolin)
This is one of the most popular places for tapas lovers. On a vast showcase, a stunning assortment of the best seafood, as well as gardening from Alicante and other regions of the country, is presented. Here you can try jamon and cod cutlets, red shrimps, pickles, fried artichokes, squids with onions, salted fish, corned beef, pork legs, salads and many other goodies. These dishes are served near the bar, and on the second floor there is a bright and spacious dining room where traditional food is offered: vegetables, fish, and, of course, rice dishes.
Villegas, 3. 965 20 03 68
7. PIRIPI (Piripi)
This is the twin brother of Nou Manolín, who is in no way inferior to him. It serves high quality seafood (red shrimps, lobsters, squids) along with grilled vegetables or Russian salad. Also of note are marinated mackerel, canned anchovies in Baena oil, and a wide selection of traditional dishes, which are served in medium portions, like meatballs or pork knuckles. On the top floor, in the newly designed dining room, you can enjoy more formal food: different kinds rice and fish.
Óscar Esplá, 30. 965 22 79 40
8. EL PORTAL (El Portal)
El Portal has the appearance of a modern tavern with a kitchen and a bar that meets the updated needs of the market. In this place you can eat, feeling at ease and free. The menu always has quality seafood (lobster, squid, shrimp from Santa Pola and red shrimp from Denya), Vicente Leal pickles, duck wings with cold onion and garlic sauce, and of course many varieties of tapas. El Portal is also worth appreciating a new selection of rice, and for dessert it is best to order ice cream with turron.
In addition to the most positive reviews about the rest in Alicante, the picturesque beauty of the area, you can also hear praise for the chefs and restaurants of this resort. One of the important advantages of Alicante is also world-class chefs who are always ready to please you with delicious dishes of traditional Mediterranean cuisine. Having bought an apartment in Alicante, you can have breakfast and dinner in cozy cafes and restaurants - both elegant and small unpretentious, both famous and proven, and quiet, not crowded places, both expensive and inexpensive, including pubs and tapas bars.
The best and most famous restaurants, for the sake of visiting which it is still worth buying an apartment in Alicante, are:
Restaurant La Ereta
Restaurant La Ereta - located at the foot of the fortress of Santa Barbara, from the windows of which you can see a beautiful view of the city. This restaurant offers only two menus, differing from each other only in the number of dishes.
Restaurant Desden
Restaurant Desden in Alicante - in the heart of the city. Small establishment for 20-30 people with delicious cuisine and affordable prices, where foreign students often rest.
DARSENA
The DARSENA restaurant will offer you a great meal and admire the harbor with a stunning view. The place where the most famous and richest residents of the city eat. This restaurant attracts visitors with fish and seafood dishes.
Restaurant Nou Manolin
Andalusian dishes can be tasted by visiting the local Restaurant Nou Manolin near the port of Alicante.
Regarding the prices in the cafe-restaurants of Alicante, then, alas, you won’t be able to eat for nothing in them. The average bill for two in a cafe or restaurant is about 30 EUR (euro). It is much cheaper and easier to buy ready-made food or just groceries in the supermarket. Having your own apartment with a kitchen in Alicante will help you out even during your holidays - it is much more economical than eating 2-3 times a day in restaurants. And be sure to also visit the central market (Mercado Central) in Alicante - they sell the freshest fruits, vegetables, seafood, jamon, cheeses, wines.
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