This must be where the locals go because it was packet and no one looked like a tourist. Food was…read moreexcellent, best thing we ate while in Spain.

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.