Restaurants we recommend
We are lucky to have a large variety of restaurants nearby, from the small family-owned place that serve traditional food to the sophisticated, creative kitchen with Michelin stars. We enjoy them and we are certain you will, too.
As tastes and preferences differ, we include a selection of our favorites below. The list of restaurants loved by their guests is much longer, however. When we finalize the program together, we help you decide which restaurants to include in your program
An explanation of the restaurant grouping below
The symbols
Recognized by Food Critics
For evenings when you want the kitchen to do the talking. These are the tables that have earned a Michelin star or a Guía Repsol nod — chefs pushing technique and creativity, worth the drive and worth lingering over.
Neighborhood Gems
The places locals actually go back to. Nothing showy, nothing rushed — just honest cooking, warm welcomes, and the kind of everyday meal that ends up being the one you remember.
Special-Occasion Dining Without the Star
Ambitious kitchens that haven't (yet) caught the critics' attention, but deserve yours. Ideal for a celebration, an anniversary, or simply a night when you want to dress up a little and take your time.
Tapas
The meal where everyone shares a few dishes, then a few more, and can stop when the time is just right. Perfect for a relaxed moment with friends
Something Different
A change of rhythm for longer stays: Mexican, Indian, Thai fusion, and international kitchens tucked between the Mediterranean classics — for the night you're not in the mood for paella.
On-site dining
These restaurants are located at one of the hotels, which is very convenient after that long day when you just feel like relaxing and don’t want to move anywhere
Michelin stars explained
⭐ One star — A very good restaurant in its category, worth a stop if you're in the area.
⭐⭐ Two stars — Excellent cooking, worth a detour to get there.
⭐⭐⭐ Three stars — Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey — reserved for the very best tables in the world
Guia Repsol suns explained
☀️ One sun — A restaurant that stands out for the quality and care of its cooking.
☀️☀️ Two suns — Excellent cuisine, technically accomplished and highly consistent.
☀️☀️☀️ Three suns — Spain's highest culinary distinction — exceptional, world-class cooking.
Price
€: Approx. 20 euros or lower; €€: approx. 21-40 euros; €€€: approx. 41-70 euros; €€€€: 71 euros+
Price level per person for a starter and main dish, excluding drinks. Note that prices are set for an average meal. There are likely options that result in both a higher as well as a lower final bill
Distance to restaurants
The driving time is an estimate in normal weather and driving conditions. The abbreviations: ON - Oliva Nova Beach and Golf Resort; MS - Dénia Marriott La Sella Golf Resort; SY - Syncrosfera Fitness Hotel; DI - Dionis Hotel Boutique; VI - VIVOOD Landscape Hotel
The restaurants recognized by food critics
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![The chef Miquel Ruiz in his restaurant El Baret de Miquel at the bar in front of set tables with colorful chairs]()
El Baret de Miquel
Type of food: Tapas
Guia Repsol: *
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 25 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 15 min • Dionis 25 min • VIVOOD 60 min
A small tasca tucked away in Dénia's old town, run by chef Miquel Ruiz — a former Michelin-star cook who chose to go smaller and closer to the source. Everything starts at the market, then becomes tapas: careful, unshowy, and full of flavor. No tasting menu, no ceremony, just food worth the wait for a table.
About €35 per person
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![The blue-color framed entrance door to Ausiàs restaurant in Pedreguer]()
Ausiàs
Type of food: Creative Mediterranean
Guia Repsol: *
Price level: €€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 20 min • Marriott 10 min • Syncrosfera 5 min • Dionis 25 min • VIVOOD 50 min
A quiet address in Pedreguer's old market quarter, easy to miss and worth finding. Chef-owners Ausiàs Signes and Feli Guerra build two tasting menus — Valentina and Ausiàs March — entirely from Mediterranean and Marina Alta ingredients, with a dessert course that stands out even in this company: Ausiàs won Madrid Fusión's Pastelero Revelación award in 2022. Michelin-recognised, but still refreshingly unpretentious for what's on the plate.
About €70 per person
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![a night-time view of a table in Tosca restaurant in Jávea with the bay in the background]()
Tosca
Type of food: Mediterranean
Michelin: Good Cooking (level below 1 star)
Price level: €€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 35 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 5 min • VIVOOD 60 min
A terrace restaurant on the canal, facing the old Parador, open since 2006. The kitchen blends Franco-Belgian training with Mediterranean produce, changing with the seasons. Refined, but never distant — the kind of place that rewards a second visit. Recommended in the Michelin guide.
About €45 per person
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![Three set tables with a white wall i the background at Volta i Volta restaurant in Jávea]()
Volta i Volta
Type of food: Mediterranean
Michelin: Good Cooking (level below 1 star)
Guia Repsol: Recommended (level below 1 sun)
Price level: €€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 30 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 5 min • VIVOOD 60 min
A two-storey house in Jávea's old town, run with quiet care and a lot of local produce. Traditional Mediterranean dishes, given "a turn" — as the name suggests — without losing what made them good in the first place. The lunch menu, especially on Thursday market day, is something regulars build their week around.
About €40 per person
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![A set table in front of a panoramic window with a forest in the background at restaurant El Carreter in La Xara]()
El Carreter
Type of food: Mediterranean
Michelin: Good Cooking (level below 1 star)
Guia Repsol: Recommended (level below 1 sun)
Price level: €€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 20 min • Marriott 10 min • Syncrosfera 10 min • Dionis 20 min • VIVOOD 55 min
An old farmhouse at a crossroads, once home to the village wheelwright. The kitchen leans into local Mediterranean produce, with a tasting menu called "Origen del chef" that traces chef Federico Guajardo's own path back to his roots. Simple rooms, one with a fireplace, and a terrace for something slower before or after. A good choice when you want quality without ceremony.
About €60 per person
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![A set table in front of a panoramic window overlooking the Jávea bay with a mountain in the background at La Perla de Jávea restaurant]()
La Perla de Jávea
Type of food: Mediterranean
Michelin: Good Cooking (level below 1 star)
Guia Repsol: *
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 35 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 5 min • VIVOOD 60 min
Family-run, right on Arenal beach, with the sea as its larder. Traditional Mediterranean cooking — proper rice dishes, fideuà, whatever came off the boats that morning. No pretence, just good ingredients handled well, and a sunset view thrown in for free.
About €40 per person
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![The facade of Tula restaurant in Jávea with an outdoor table and green plants in the foreground]()
Tula
Type of food: Mediterranean
Michelin: *
Guia Repsol: **
Price level: €€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 35 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 5 min • VIVOOD 60 min
One Michelin star, earned by a young couple, Borja Susilla and Clara Puig, who trained together under Quique Dacosta before opening their own small place by Arenal beach. The setting is unpretentious. The cooking is not — technical work hidden inside food that still tastes like home. One of the best-value stars on this coast.
About €50 per person
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![A set table with white linen and turquoise glases in the dining room of Casa Pepa restaurant in Ondara]()
Casa Pepa
Type of food: Creative
Michelin: *
Guia Repsol: **
Price level: €€€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 15 min • Marriott 10 min • Syncrosfera 10 min • Dionis 20 min • VIVOOD 50 min
One Michelin star, cooking that draws on the family's own orchard and garden. Casa Pepa has stayed close to its roots — Nuria and Antonio built the kitchen's reputation on what grows just outside the door, served in a converted country house full of character. It's refined but unpretentious, more heartfelt than showy. A good choice for guests who want ambition on the plate without ceremony around it.
About €85 per person
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![The red facade of Peix & Brases restaurant in Dénia with green plants and an outdoor table in the foreground]()
Peix & Brases
Type of food: Mediterranean
Michelin: *
Guia Repsol: **
Price level: €€€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 25 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 15 min • Dionis 25 min • VIVOOD 60 min
One Michelin star, right across from Dénia's harbour, gulls included. The name says it plainly: fish, and fire. Chef José Manuel López works the coals with real discipline, letting the catch of the day speak for itself. Opened by Tomás Arribas — the man who once mentored Quique Dacosta — this is tradition and craft in equal measure.
About €85 per person
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![A piece of white fish artfully decorated at the BonAmb restaurant in Jávea, Spain]()
BonAmb
Type of food: Creative
Michelin: **
Guia Repsol: ***
Price level: €€€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 30 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 10 min • VIVOOD 55 min
Two Michelin stars, set among orange groves just outside Jávea. Chef Alberto Ferruz builds his menu around what the Marina Alta actually grows and catches — rice, citrus, seafood — refined but never far from its roots. The setting is calm, almost rural, a quiet contrast to the ambition on the plate. Come with time on your side; this is a meal meant to be lived in, not rushed through.
About €155 per person
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![A creative dinner plate with colorful plants and white smoke oozing out of the plate served at Quique Dacosta Restaurant in Dénia, Spain]()
Quique Dacosta
Type of food: Creative
Michelin: ***
Guia Repsol: ***
Price level: €€€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 25 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 15 min • Dionis 30 min • VIVOOD 60 min
Three Michelin stars, built from one coastline. Quique Dacosta has spent over twenty years turning Dénia's red prawns, rice, and wild herbs into something quietly extraordinary. The tasting menu is as much an experience as nutrition, more like a performance than dinner, perhaps, and you will remember it. So appreciate that it moves slowly, course by course, with nothing rushed and nothing wasted. It's a long evening — plan for it, and let it take the time it needs.
About €315 per person
Neighborhood Gems
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![A round table in front of a green wall at Bar Imperial in Jávea]()
Bar Imperial - Tapas y Brasas
Type of food: Tapas & grill
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 30 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 5 min • VIVOOD 60 min
The highest-rated tapas spot on this list, tucked into Jávea's old town. Small plates, grilled meats, and a room that fills up fast for good reason. No pretence — just proper cooking done well, at a price that makes it easy to go often.
About €25 per person
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![A restaurant chef at Solera in Dénia decorating a plate]()
Solera
Type of food: Creative Mediterranean
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 15 min • Marriott 25 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 35 min • VIVOOD 55 min
A small, quiet restaurant run by chef Víctor Estruch under the idea of "cuina consentida" — pampered cooking. The menu is deliberately short, changes with the seasons, and leans hard into "less is more." Honest, seasonal, and easy to overlook if you don't know to look for it.
About €30 per person
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![Tables on the outdoor terrace of Le Gourmet 10:39 in Pedreguer]()
Le Gourmet 10:39 in Pedreguer
Type of food: Casual Mediterranean, daily menu
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 20 min • Marriott 10 min • Syncrosfera 5 min • Dionis 25 min • VIVOOD 50 min
A neighbourhood favourite with a reputation that outruns its size. The set menu changes daily and rarely goes above €17 — three courses, well made, no fuss. One of the better-value meals in the whole comarca.
About €20 per person
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![Wood tables with parasols at the garden terrace of La Comanda&Cia restaurant in Dénia]()
La Comanda&Cia
Type of food: Mediterranean, daily menu
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 30 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 15 min • Dionis 25 min • VIVOOD 60 min
A daily menu built around whatever's good that day, served with more care than the price suggests. Starters here punch well above their weight. A dependable, unshowy choice in the heart of Dénia.
About €30 per person
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![Set tables in the dining room of Ca Rafel restaurant in Benimantell]()
Ca Rafel
Type of food: Traditional Mediterranean
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 60 min • Marriott 45 min • Syncrosfera 45 min • Dionis 50 min • VIVOOD 10 min
A village restaurant inland from the coast, quiet and unhurried. Traditional mountain-and-garden cooking, the kind that doesn't need updating. Worth the short detour off the coast road.
About €25 per person
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![Two pizzas served on a table at the restaurant Don Giacomo in Oliva Nova]()
Don Giacomo
Type of food: Italian
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 5 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 35 min • VIVOOD 60 min
An Italian kitchen inside the Oliva Nova resort, popular with both guests and locals. Straightforward, well-executed classics rather than reinvention. A reliable choice when you want something familiar done properly.
About €30 per person
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![A colorful parasol shield wood lounge table and chairs with the sea in the background]()
Mala Vita
Type of food: Mediterranean grill
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 30 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 15 min • Dionis 25 min • VIVOOD 60 min
Right on Dénia's marina, with the boats as your backdrop. Mediterranean grill cooking — simple, fresh, and better than the casual setting might suggest. A good pick for an easy evening by the water.
About €25 per person
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![Tables and chairs in the garden terrace of L'Om restaurant in Pego]()
L'Om
Type of food: Traditional Mediterranean
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 15 min • Marriott 25 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 35 min • VIVOOD 55 min
A shaded courtyard restaurant in Pego, traditional Mediterranean cooking with a little more polish than most inland options. The rice dishes are the reason people come back.
About €30 per person
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![A chef holds four cocas on an oven spade at Pont Sec restaurant near Dénia]()
Pont Sec
Type of food: Traditional Mediterranean, rice & cocas
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 25 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 10 min • Dionis 25 min • VIVOOD 55 min
A Dénia institution, known above all for its cocas — the local flatbreads — and its rice, cooked slowly with proper stock. Old-fashioned in the best sense: no shortcuts, no theatre.
About €30 per person
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Oasis (Oliva)
Type of food: Traditional Mediterranean
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 10 min • Marriott 25 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 35 min • VIVOOD 60 min
A steady, well-liked Mediterranean restaurant in Oliva. Nothing flashy — just solid cooking and a comfortable room, the kind of place that keeps its regulars for years.
About €40 per person
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Arros I Mes
Type of food: Rice & Mediterranean
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 40 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 5 min • VIVOOD 60 min
A neighbourhood rice house in the Badia de Xàbia, doing exactly what its name promises — rice, and more. Straightforward, well-priced, and built for regulars rather than tourists. A dependable local option away from the busier parts of town.
About €25 per person
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Oasis (Jávea)
Type of food: Grilled meats & seafood
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 35 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 5 min • VIVOOD 60 min
A steakhouse-and-seafood grill in Jávea that keeps coming up in local recommendations for one reason: it consistently delivers more than the price suggests. No pretence, just good grilling and honest portions.
About €25 per person
Special-Occasion Dining Without the Star
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![Cubed fish served on flatbread Enolo restaurant at Dionis Hotel Boutique]()
Enolo at Dionis Hotel Boutique
Type of food: Creative Mediterranean
Price level: €€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 35 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 0 min • VIVOOD 60 min
The restaurant of Jávea's Dionis Boutique Hotel, set around a quiet garden built for dining alfresco. The kitchen leans into rice specialities and fish straight from the local lonja, dressed up with a bit more imagination than a typical hotel restaurant. A calm, well-kept option if your guests are staying nearby, or just want a boutique-hotel evening without the fuss of driving further.
About €40 per person
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![An elegant table in the middle of a dining room at Aticcook restaurant in Denia]()
Aticcook
Type of food: Creative Mediterranean, tasting menu
Price level: €€€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 25 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 10 min • Dionis 25 min • VIVOOD 55 min
A rooftop restaurant above Dénia with views that reach out over the town. The tasting menus change often and take a few liberties — vegetarian guests are genuinely well looked after here, which isn't always true elsewhere. Lively, a little theatrical, and a good pick for a celebratory night.
About €95 per person
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![A dish being flambéed at Ossadía Restaurant in Denia]()
D'Excaro
Type of food: Creative Mediterranean, tasting menu
Price level: €€€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 30 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 15 min • Dionis 25 min • VIVOOD 55 min
D'Excaro is built entirely around tasting menus. The cooking is ambitious without losing its footing in local produce. One for guests who want something a step beyond the traditional rice houses.
About €110 per person
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![The entrance to restaurant Soqueta in Oliva]()
Soqueta
Type of food: Seafood
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 10 min • Marriott 25 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 35 min • VIVOOD 60 min
A seafood-focused restaurant on Oliva's beachfront, well regarded locally though it keeps a low profile outside the area. Good for a straightforward seafood dinner with the sand still close enough to feel underfoot.
About €35 per person
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![Red shrimps on ice at El Racó de la Xara restaurant]()
El Racó de la Xara
Type of food: Modern Mediterranean
Price level: €€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 20 min • Marriott 10 min • Syncrosfera 10 min • Dionis 20 min • VIVOOD 55 min
An intimate restaurant in La Xara run on a simple philosophy — mostly product, a little imagination. Chef Rómulo built his reputation working the best kitchens in the area before landing here. Careful decor, careful plates, and a room that feels more like someone's home than a restaurant.
About €50 per person
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![Meat and green chili mounted on bread at Restaurant Un Cuiner a la Escoleta de Sagra]()
Un Cuiner a la Escoleta de Sagra
Type of food: Mountain-village Mediterranean
Price level: €€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 25 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 15 min • Dionis 30 min • VIVOOD 50 min
A small restaurant in the tiny mountain village of Sagra, set in what was once the village schoolhouse — the name says as much. By the side of Monte Pego, it's the kind of find that rewards guests willing to drive a short distance inland for it.
About €40 per person
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![Breaded meat and eggs served at Ca L'Angels restaurant in Polop]()
Ca L'Angels
Type of food: Traditional Mediterranean
Price level: €€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 55 min • Marriott 40 min • Syncrosfera 40 min • Dionis 45 min • VIVOOD 15 min
A well-established traditional restaurant in Polop, known for doing the classics properly rather than reinventing them. Comfortable, generous, and popular with locals who've been coming for years.
About €45 per person
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![Tables set on the outdoor terrace of ConTemple restaurant at VIVOOD landscape hotel]()
ConTemple at VIVOOD Landscape Hotel
Type of food: Creative Mediterranean, tasting menu
Price level: €€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 60 min • Marriott 55 min • Syncrosfera 50 min • Dionis 60 min • VIVOOD 0 min
Perched above Benimantell, at VIVOOD Landscape Hotel with the Castell de Guadalest in view, ConTemple runs three tasting menus built around seasonal, local produce. Guests regularly compare the cooking to a Michelin-starred kitchen. The setting alone — mountains on one side, the old castle on the other — makes it worth the drive up.
About €40 per person
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![A table set for two in the dining room at Madre restaurant in Jávea]()
Madre
Type of food: Contemporary Mediterranean, rice specialty
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 40 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 5 min • VIVOOD 60 min
An adobe-style building above Jávea with panoramic views and a reputation that draws people specifically to seek it out. The rice dishes carry the menu, served in a room built around the landscape outside it. A destination in its own right, not just a place to eat on the way somewhere else.
About €35 per person
Tapas
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![Oysters served on a tray full of ice at the Ostrarium Bar in Denia]()
Ostrarium Bar
Type of food: Oyster & seafood bar
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 25 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 15 min • Dionis 25 min • VIVOOD 55 min
A focused oyster bar tucked into Dénia's Els Magazinos market, built around one idea done well: oysters from Galicia, Ireland, France and beyond, alongside ceviche, octopus, and Dénia's own red prawn. A good wine list by the glass rounds it out. Best for a couple or a small group who want something a little different from the usual rice-and-seafood routine.
About €40 per person
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Bar Imperial
See details in the Neighborhood Gems section
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![A plate of cured ham with cheese in the background served at Wine & Tapas restaurant in Oliva Nova]()
Wine & Tapas
Type of food: Gourmet tapas & wine
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 5 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 35 min • VIVOOD 60 min
Set inside La Plaza Oliva Nova, the resort's own gastronomic square, Wine & Tapas pairs a well-chosen wine list with tapas that lean more refined than the name suggests. Calm, comfortable, open even through the winter — a good choice when you want something more considered than a casual bite.
About €35 per person
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![A plate of shrimps and green chilies served at La Pinchoteca restaurant in Denia]()
La Pinchoteca
Type of food: Pinchos & tapas
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 25 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 15 min • Dionis 30 min • VIVOOD 65 min
A tiny pincho bar right inside Dénia's covered market, seating barely twenty but rarely short on regulars. Simple, well-made small plates at fair prices — the kind of stop that works as well before dinner as instead of it.
About €25 per person
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![Pintxos served on a stone plate at Rei Jaume restaurant in Pedreguer]()
Rei Jaume
Type of food: Tapas
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 20 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 10 min • Dionis 30 min • VIVOOD 60 min
A neighbourhood tapas bar in Pedreguer, spoken of locally as one of the best of its kind in town. Good product, no fuss, and the sort of place that earns its reputation one plate at a time rather than through marketing.
About €30 per person
Something Different
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![Tacos served on a blue plate in the Soñando restaurant in Pedreguer]()
Soñando
Type of food: Mexican-fusion steakhouse
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 20 min • Marriott 10 min • Syncrosfera 5 min • Dionis 25 min • VIVOOD 50 min
A steakhouse with a Mexican-fusion streak, tucked into Pedreguer and popular enough with locals to fill up on ordinary weeknights. Good grilling, generous portions, and prices that stay reasonable even as the quality doesn't.
About €35 per person
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![Fried indian food served on a plate at Tiffin restaurant in Dénia]()
Tiffin Dénia
Type of food: Indian street food
Price level: €
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 25 min • Marriott 15 min • Syncrosfera 15 min • Dionis 25 min • VIVOOD 60 min
A small Indian street-food stall inside Dénia's Els Magazinos market, doing one thing — quick, flavourful Indian dishes — very well. Casual by design, and a welcome change of pace from the rice houses that dominate the rest of town.
About €20 per person
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Chola Gastro
Type of food: Peruvian fusion
Price level: €€€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 30 min • Marriott 20 min • Syncrosfera 20 min • Dionis 5 min • VIVOOD 60 min
A quiet, well-run Peruvian-fusion spot in Jávea, built around careful pacing rather than spectacle — dishes arrive at a measured tempo, neither rushed nor delayed. Good for guests who've had enough rice and want something genuinely different for an evening.
About €45 per person
On-site dining, convenient if you don’t feel like leaving the hotel
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Lobby Bar at Oliva Nova Hotel
Type of food: Casual American-Mediterranean
Price level: €€
The Lobby Bar is set in the reception area of the Oliva Nova Hotel. It’s a place to unwind if you have had enough of the outdoors and maybe watch a sports game while you enjoy a hamburger or a cold drink
About €25 per person
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![Coca served in El Olivo Restaurant at Oliva Nova Hotel]()
El Olivo at Oliva Nova Hotel
Type of food: Mediterranean, rice & seafood
Price level: €€€
Set beside the central pool at Oliva Nova, El Olivo keeps things unhurried — Valencian paellas, creamy rice dishes, and fresh seafood like scallops and crystal shrimp. A relaxed, resort-style dinner rather than a destination restaurant, but a dependable one.
About €45 per person
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![Restaurant tables at La Pérgola restaurant at Oliva Nova Hotel]()
La Pérgola at Oliva Nova Hotel
Type of food: Casual American-Mediterranean
Price level: €€
The relaxed option at Oliva Nova — burgers (including a Wagyu Toscana burger), easy classics, and desserts worth saving room for. Good for a low-key lunch or an evening when nobody wants to dress up.
About €25 per person
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![Several persons seated at a dinner table in El Balcón de la Sella restaurant at Syncrosfera Hotel]()
El Balcón de la Sella at Syncrosfera Hotel
Type of food: Mediterranean
Price level: €€
Set inside the wellness-focused Syncrosfera hotel near La Sella, with a quiet, almost secluded feel. The arroz a banda and octopus both come recommended, and reviewers consistently call the setting one of the loveliest in the area. A good option for guests staying nearby who want a calm dinner without leaving the resort bubble.
About €40 per person
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![A set table on an outdoor terrace overlooking a green field and a forest at Montgó restaurant at Dénia Marriott La Sella Hotel]()
Montgó at Dénia Marriott La Sella Hotel
Type of food: Mediterranean, rice specialty
Price level: €€
From hotels by car: Oliva Nova 20 min • Marriott 0 min • Syncrosfera 10 min • Dionis 20 min • VIVOOD 55 min
Set within the La Sella resort near Ondara, with the Montgó massif as a backdrop. Rice dishes are the strong suit, served on a terrace built for lingering. Convenient for guests staying nearby, and good enough to justify a visit on its own.
About €35 per person
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![A Thai food buffet table in Segaria Thai Fusion at Denia Marriott La Sella]()
Segaria Thai Fusion at Dénia Marriott La Sella Hotel
Type of food: Asian fusion, tasting menu
Price level: €€
A Thai-fusion restaurant inside the Marriott La Sella resort, with a romantic patio and summer terrace. Two tasting menus explore Southeast Asian flavours with a fair amount of creative license. A change of pace if the group has had its fill of rice and seafood for the week.
About €35 per person
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![A lounge area with several tables in La Nao Lounge at Dénia Marriott La Sella Hotel]()
Lanao Lounge at Dénia Marriott La Sella Hotel
Type of food: Mediterranean, casual lounge
Price level: €€
A sports-bar-style lounge at the Marriott La Sella, with burgers, sandwiches, and salads served on a terrace overlooking the pool. Easygoing rather than ambitious — the right call after a long day rather than a special one.
About €35 per person
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![Tables at Panoramic restaurant at VIVOOD Hotel with a forest and montains in the background]()
Panoramic Restaurant at VIVOOD Landscape Hotel
Type of food: Contemporary Mediterranean
Price level: €€€
The restaurant at Vivood, a Michelin Key hotel built into the hillside above the Guadalest valley. Contemporary Mediterranean cooking with fresh, local ingredients, served with the valley itself as the view. As much about where you're sitting as what's on the plate — though the kitchen holds its own either way.
About €65 per person
