Grapevine Manor

A restaurant with a long family history that has manged to change with the times without losing touch with its roots. Located in the centre of the village, its discreet façade conceals a pleasantly renovated interior with a contemporary feel, including a glass-fronted wine cellar and an open-view grill. The most admirable features here are the respect shown for traditional regional recipes and its cooking methods, with many dishes grilled over the embers in time-honoured fashion. Rice dishes are its speciality (the rice with rabbit and snails is particularly impressive), although it also offer

A restaurant run by married couple Pere and Pepa, with the former in the kitchen and the latter in charge of the dining room. Located along the avenue leading into town from Jumilla, it boasts a terrace at the entrance and an interior with two floors decorated in a rustic, contemporary style. Here, through the à la carte service and their popular Nuestros Arreglitos set menus (only served to a full table), they cook updated and regional Mediterranean cuisine that, in their own words, aims to rediscover the flavours of inland Alicante province via an impressive selection of rice dishes for two

Chef Susi Díaz continues to reinvent herself, with the constant support of her husband and her children, as she continues her quest for home-inspired cooking that is teeming with personality, elegance, technique and, above all, passion. At La Finca, a restaurant with lots of charm in a rural setting, where the decor is urban-contemporary in style, traditional Alicante recipes evolve continually, thanks to a chef who recreates the flavours from this region with an added innovative twist. Her cuisine is full of deeply rooted influences and memories, taking full advantage of local ingredients, es

A family business that sums up what it has set out to do here in one punchy phrase: 'Manchego cuisine with glimpses of the Mediterranean'. In the elegant dining area with a glass-walled wine cellar, Albacete-born chef Fran Martínez, with a healthy dose of support from his wife Cristina Díaz, really knows how to showcase the region's cuisine and its produce; he gives his creations modern touches that make them stand out without disguising the peculiar names they bear, such as gachamiga, ajopringue, and mojete. The inclusion in the set menus (Tempo, Alma and Fran Martínez's Gran Menú) of all kin

The López sisters, with Irene in the kitchen and Eva in charge of front of house and wine, surprised us in this centrally located aristocratic property, the former family rooms of which been transformed into comfortable, classic-style dining rooms. The chef, who previously studied chemical engineering, has taken advantage of her knowledge in this field by applying the principles of molecular reactions to her recipes, which are unsurprisingly based around local ingredients. On the à la carte, which is complemented by two tasting menus (Origen and Inspiración), you’ll find unmissable dishes such

Frisone’s change of location, albeit just a few metres from its original incarnation, has resulted in significant improvements, including a new brighter look created by its large windows, high ceilings, elegant chandeliers and a minimalist-contemporary decor dominated by a variety of white tones. Its local clientele is already familiar with the cuisine created by the Rivas brothers, who continue to focus on updated traditional cooking with a contemporary Mediterranean flavour that maximises the use of locally sourced products. Rice and seafood continue to fly the culinary flag here!

A restaurant that exudes a passion for cooking, plenty of experience and the unmistakeable talent of staff trained by Martín Berasategui. The first thing that chef Joaquín Baeza will casually tell you is that, in keeping with his mentor, he is here to bring joy to his guests! This small, unpretentious restaurant is run with great dedication by the chef alongside Esther Castillo, who works as front-of-house manager and sommelier. The modern Mediterranean cooking here, whose leitmotifs are the diversity and seasonality of Alicante’s produce, gives pride of place to aromatic herbs picked personal