Location: Santa Pola
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Province of Alicante, Spain Food Guide: 10 Spanish food Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Santa Pola
Discover Restaurants offering the best Spanish food in Santa Pola, Province of Alicante, Spain. Santa Pola (Valencian and Spanish: [ˈsanta ˈpola]) is a coastal town located in the comarca of Baix Vinalopó in the Valencian Community, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 58.6 km (23 sq mi) and has a population of 30,000 inhabitants of whom 10,000 are residents of the nearby town of Gran Alacant.
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10. Restaurante Lugano Santa Pola
Overall Ratings
4 based on 361 reviews
Reviewed By Jason_k_25838
Great place to eat if you are down Santa Pola as a wide variety of food and drinks and have staff that genuinely want to serve you. In our family visit, we had two children and a fussy eater and managed to satisfy their needs. Paella was delicious and prices are a good price for what you get. Restaurant Lugano specialises in Mediterranean food and has a very wide range of food on the menu.What a joy you were so comfortable in our restaurant! Our mission is that our customers feel at home and enjoy food and service. Thank you very much for your words Jason, so you make us improve even more. We wait for you whenever you want to return to our restaurant in the port of Santa Pola.
9. Rias Baixas
Overall Ratings
4 based on 139 reviews
Reviewed By JimFul
A little difficult to assess as the day I visited it was very quiet and I'm sure it's a much better atmosphere when busy.The food I had was good but I did expect something just a little better, maybe my expectations were just a little high. Anyway I'll try again on a busier day.
8. Nueva Casa del Mar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 267 reviews
Seafood restaurant located in the heart of Santa Pola near the fishing port . Specialists Somo local seafood and local cuisine. Rice, seafood and all the increase of sea that offers us the Mediterranean Sea. We HAVE daily menus .
Reviewed By 539PaulS539
Set opposite the marina, this restaurant had us confused at first. Havine taken a table outside expecting the usual table servie, it turns out that you have to go to a window at the front of the restaurant, choose your raw food from the chiller cabinet display, which is ghen cooked how you want it.Staff understanding of English is about as good as my Spanish - very limited- but that did not deter the very helpful waiter. With our few words of the other's language and much sign language we discovered that they also have a few tables next to the building and a masive internal area where waiter service is available.Tried their paella, which is much darker in colour and a bit saltier than usual, which we put down to the use of a different array of seasonings than usual, the food was very good and the portions massive (serving for 3 will satisfy most families of 4).Very good food and very friendly and helpful staff, I would recommend this restaurant over the modern designer type establishments over the road.
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7. Casa Coco
Overall Ratings
4 based on 79 reviews
Reviewed By 495andriusg
Portion size is very generous, all food that I tasted -shrimps, calamari and antrecote (beef stake) was absolutely amazing. Authentic spanish place that I highly recommend
6. Casa Rico
Overall Ratings
4 based on 410 reviews
Reviewed By Oliver M
This is a very nice restaurant with both indoor and outdoor seating. The staff were extremely friendly and welcoming. There is an excellent tapas menu with a wide choice to satisfy most tastes. Prices were also excellent for the quality of the food served. The house wine at 10 euro was particularly good. This restaurant is worth finding in Santa Pola but be aware that it is very popular with locals and you will almost certainly have to book to have any chance of getting a table.
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5. Pulperia Narcea
Overall Ratings
4 based on 455 reviews
Reviewed By ianmcc49
I have no complaints about the food, which as always was excellent. but this restaurant has not evolved, it is content to stay with what is safe, and predictable. The restaurant itself is dated, and could do with a face lift. and the staff goes through the motions, the whole place has a feeling of being jaded. With more new talented restaurants, opening in Santa Pola, and Alicante, this restaurant, will need to look to its laurels, or it will disappear...which will be sad, for the want of some innovation, and imagination.....
4. Vintage Restaurant & Bar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 162 reviews
Restaurant Bar & Vintage is a new mediterranean food concept that has come to Santa Pola and bring high quality products from the province of Alicante. Fresh fish & shellfish from the bay of Santa Pola coming everyday. Let yourself enjoy and discover the
Reviewed By Jacqui S
We visited Santa Pola over Christmas.... and researched over the internet to find a nice restaurant for Christmas day lunch. What a choice!! Beautiful surroundings....and the best meal....we have EVER eaten in Spain. The staff were marvellous....and the food perfect. Although we were the only British in the restaurant that day....everyone made us feel as if we belonged. I cannot recommend highly enough! We will be returning for Christmas this year....and the main reason is because of the experience that we had in Vintage Restaurant & Bar
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3. El Capitan
Overall Ratings
4 based on 486 reviews
Reviewed By Sarah B
11/06/17. After a few days in the beautiful Spanish mountains we decided to take our baby to the beach for the first time. Not wanting somewhere touristy we took a recommendation to go to Santa Pola. After consulting TripAdvisor, we decided on lunch (probably paella) at El Capitan. Leaving my husband to pack up on the beach and wanting to feed my baby, I walked in to find no staff, no reserved table signs and an empty restaurant, so sat down with my baby at a table and had a lovely couple of minutes looking at the sea. Our peaceful moment was shattered by the rudest man I have ever come across hurtling over to the table screaming "GET UP, GET UP, MOVE, THIS TABLE RESERVED, YOU ASK NEXT TIME". So taken aback and shocked, I just left whilst the waiter glared at me like I was a piece of dirt. Initially, I was very upset (not at all like me), but I think this was the shock of being shouted at like this when I was by myself, with my child, in a country that treats people (especially children) wonderfully. However, now I'm not upset, I'm angry. I have visited 40 odd countries in my life and have been to various parts of Spain probably 15 times and I have never had an experience like this. I really hope the waiter in question reads this and understands how much his actions upset me and my baby. I also hope he realises I will go out of my way to tell anyone I meet to avoid this restaurant like the plague . A simple this table is reserved would have done. Furthermore, he could have said it in Spanish - I speak it very well. The worst experience I have had in a restaurant, ever.
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2. Buenisimo Tu Taperia
Overall Ratings
4 based on 361 reviews
Reviewed By tracy8623
Walked past this restaurant and noticed how busy it was, must be good, and it was! We managed to get a table inside and had a plate of Spanish meat to share, all were delicious. Followed by chicken in Roquefort sauce, again really tasty. The wine was a really good Sauvignon blanc, couldnât believe the price of it when we received the bill â¬5, the whole bill was only â¬29. Great value for money and definitely worth a visit.
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1. La Sidreria
Overall Ratings
4 based on 262 reviews
Reviewed By Sian C
I was with the party of 9 that had the humiliating experience of having the police called after making a complaint to the manager. The details have already been posted and we know the truth although the manager has tried to ridicule us once again in his response to the review. We were a group of professional women having a lovely time in Alicante. We have never in our many years knowing each other, EVER refused to pay a bill or had the police called upon us. We were not at all rude and the waiter who served us spoke perfect English. He was lovely infact. Our complaint is against the bully of a manager who thought he could intimidate, take photos and film 9 women on his phone until he found out that amongst us were 2 lawyers a high ranking police officer. The Spanish police made him remove the images thankfully. Yes we drank wine with our meals. Is that a crime but I certainly did not drink the disgusting shots he tried to silence us with. He threatened us and said we were not allowed to leave a bad review on trip advisor. Then tried to have a selfie with us. The oddest behaviour I have ever experienced. I do not expect a serious response or any truth from this man but if you are a tourist, stay well away as he obviously does not want your custom.Me mantengo en lo dicho en respuestas anteriores. No solicitaron hablar conmigo hasta que llegó la hora de pagar. Se negaron a pagar y tuve que llamar a la policÃa para que lo hicieran. Los platos y las botellas de vino estaban vacÃos. Tengo fotos que lo demuestran. Se puede ver en el resto de opiniones que los clientes están plenamente satisfechos con el servicio de La SidrerÃa. Lamento la situación pero no la considero justa. Saludos
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