Best Burgers in Alicante: El Barrio to San Juan

The best burgers in Alicante are concentrated in the city centre: the streets of El Barrio, the old quarter below Santa Bárbara castle, and the grid around the Mercado Central and Avenida Alfonso el Sabio. Out of town, the long Playa de San Juan has its own strip of beach bars and burger counters, reached by tram.

Alicante eats on the Mediterranean clock. Rice is the regional pride, from arroz a banda to seafood paellas, and the long late-afternoon session the locals call tardeo fills terraces from lunch into the evening. Burgers fit that rhythm as a casual dinner after the Explanada walk. In late June the Hogueras de San Juan take over the city for a week, and late-night food demand peaks with them.

Burgers in Alicante: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: El Barrio (Casco Antiguo), Santa Cruz, the Centro around the Mercado Central, the Postiguet seafront and Playa de San Juan.
• Regional specialty: turrón, with two protected names from the province, Turrón de Jijona and Turrón de Alicante.
• Student area: the University of Alicante campus sits in San Vicente del Raspeig, just north of the city.
• Getting around: the TRAM d’Alacant runs from the centre to Playa de San Juan and up the coast.
• When locals eat: lunch from 14:00, dinner from about 21:00.
• Currency: euro (EUR).

Every guide we publish on Alicante is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. For the rest of the Mediterranean coast and beyond, see all our city burger guides.