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The restaurants in Torrevieja town are usually good value for money, varied and cosmopolitan, plus, there's always a
good selection of restaurants around that offer
excellent local cooking.
The typical dish of Torrevieja is the caldero, in
which the ingredients are basically fish, in its
different variations, and rice with the consommé from
the fish. Other typical seafood dishes are: cod stew,
sea bream, mackerel, ray, mojama, roe, tunny and
shark.
The food in Spain is extremely healthy, with plenty of
fresh fish and seafood, combined with fresh produce
from local markets, but all tastes are catered for.
In
Torrevieja and surrounding areas, you'll find every
kind of restaurant you could wish for, ranging from a
mouth watering variety of restaurants of all kinds.
Along with the local fresh fish and seafood
restaurants and typical Spanish cuisine of the region
you'll also find a wealth of international restaurants
- Italian, French, Mexican, English, Thai, German,
Chinese, Indian, . . . . . to name but a few !
When contacting anyone that you
see on this website, please mention that you saw them on
TorreviejaInformation.com.
Lunch time in Spain is not before 2pm and dinner is
usually at about 10pm but restaurants in tourist
resorts have adjusted their timetable for people
wishing to eat earlier.
Grading - restaurants are graded into four classes but
this is often done according to the décor and the
number of dishes and prices of the tourist menu
available rather than the quality of the food and
service.
Snacks - for light meals, many restaurants and cervecerias in
and around Torrevieja serve a selection of tapas which
are small dishes of tasty snacks eaten with a drink
tapas are served in three sizes: pinchos, tapas and
raciones, the largest.
 Vegetarian - most Spanish restaurants in Torrevieja
and nearby areas normally cater for vegetarians,
you'll usually find a tortilla, salad or vegetable
tapas.
Payment/tips - prices may not always include tax and
it's usual to pay loose change, (maximum 5%) in tips
if the service and food has been good enough - never
leave any tips if the service and food has not been
good enough.
The wines of the region - the wines from the east coast
of Spain have the following labels of quality: Alicante,
Valencia, Jumilla, Utiel-Requena and Yecla, which
cover quite different wines. Those from Alicante are
reds and rosés with a high alcohol content of between
12 and 16%. Those from Valencia are usually white, dry
and very fresh. The Jumilla wines (Murcia area) are
easy to distinguish because they are aged in oak
restaurantrels. In both cases the alcohol content is very
high, and they are dark red and thick. Yacla has reds
and rosés with between 13 and 15% alcohol and a very
pleasant mild taste. A very good wine to try is called Vino Verano
(translated to English is summer wine).
When you come across other good restaurants in Torrevieja town, just email the details to
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