Casa Antonio — Restaurant in Benidorm

This is a fantastic and authentic family restaurant with amazing food and good prices.

We had been advised to order the paella in advance as they make it fresh and need time to prepare, which we did when making the booking and it was well worth it, very flavourful, reasonably priced and generous portions.

The couple running this place don’t speak English, but they made us feel very welcome and we were able to muddle through with a bit of broken Spanish and the help of google translate. All other customers appeared to be Spanish which we also took as a good sign.

The atmosphere is very relaxed and friendly. There is a good tapas menu with a good variety of local food, we only tried the croquettes, because the paella was so large and these were absolutely gorgeous. If we had had more time or known about this place sooner we would have come back to try a bit more of the menu.

Really recommend this place, best meal of the...

Hay lugares llenos de historias, de vidas vividas intensamente, vórtices de armonía y felicidad. Uno de ellos es “Casa Antonio”... Existe una leyenda popular en la Costa Blanca que impone el paso obligado por espacios naturales, centros culturales e hitos gastronómicos. En su letanía deja claro que nadie conoce Benidorm si no visita “Casa Antonio”. Allí confluyen las amistades y se mezclan los suspiros. Donde se come cantando y se canta comiendo. Con Olés y palmas. Donde se aparca la tristeza frente a los bazares chinos y la alegría coge velocidad sentada a la mesa. “Casa Antonio” hace honor a su nombre tradicional. Ofrece tapas de las de siempre, sin artificios, pero buscadas y halladas, adrede, para los paladares más ilustrados que se hidratan con cerveza y vino. Sus albóndigas, las ensaladas, las tortitas de camarones, los chanquetes con huevo, el cazón, las gambas, las alcachofas con jamón, con productos de lonja y de mostrador de pescadería. Y luego, sus amables arroces y paellas del Mediterráneo... Respecto a Antonio, que acuña su nombre en el cartel de la entrada, se trata de un tipo espigado con barba de marinero “de luces y tardes de gloria” que se olvida de que es el dueño, para transformarse en un compañero que os amenizará la estancia con el corazón de Sevilla y el alma de cantaor rociero, respaldado por la diligencia de su mujer Cuca y sus ayudantes. Quien estuvo, lo sabe: Nadie conoce Benidorm si no visita...

This was my first time trying Paella and I must say, I wasn't disappointed at all. The meal was so good I literally ate a portion meant for 2 people and I probably could've even eaten more.

So whenever you're in Benidorm and you want to try some good Paella, Casa Antonio is definitely the place to go.

And the staffs were super nice too. Were checking up on me the whole time. Super great place, I can only...