Menu to Taste

Quique Dacosta

Creative · Dénia · Michelin Three Stars · Chef Quique Dacosta

Awarded three Michelin stars, chef Quique Dacosta's eponymous restaurant in Dénia delivers avant-garde creative cuisine rooted in Mediterranean ingredients. Diners experience tasting menus divided into distinct acts, beginning with snacks on the garden terrace before showcasing signature red prawns from Dénia.

Carrer Rascassa 1, Dénia, 03700, Alicante, Spain, Dénia

  • Michelin 2025
  • Michelin 2024
  • Michelin 2013
  • Michelin Special Award 2026
  • Michelin 2001

Menu

Cocktails

  • Non-Alcoholic Pairing (85) — Curated non-alcoholic pairing following the menu's Mediterranean narrative with local juices, infusions, and creative preparations.

Dishes

  • Caja de Piluka — Music Box Dessert — Theatrical music box containing floral perfumes with lychee predominant — nostalgic, kitsch, deeply emotional. A dessert that engages all senses simultaneously.
  • Whiting with Eggplant & Grape — Seasonal whiting with Valencian eggplant and fresh grape — a Mediterranean triad celebrating the sea, the garden, and the vineyard.
  • Gamba Roja de Dénia — Dénia's emblematic red prawn — served raw or with minimal cooking, of exceptional sweetness and oceanic depth. Dacosta's most iconic product-driven dish from the Mediterranean at his doorstep.
  • Ray Fish with Black Butter — Raie au beurre noir — the classic French ray fish with brown/black butter, Dacosta's Mediterranean interpretation using local ray.
  • Foie Cubalibre
  • Guggenheim Oyster
  • Blanco y Negro — Squid in Ink Stew — 'Blanco y Negro' (White and Black): squid in its ink stew, topped with crispy silhouettes of the dish's main ingredients — a theatrical and conceptual Dacosta signature.
  • Peanut Stew with Eel, Smoked Foie & Pine — Valencian peanut stew enriched with eel from the Albufera, smoked foie gras, and pine nuts — a deeply regional composition with multiple luxury counterpoints.

Tasting Menu

  • Octavo — Eighth Art Tasting Menu (315) — 20+ course tasting menu 'Octavo' — positioning cuisine as the eighth fine art. Each dish a multisensory artistic statement inspired by Dénia's Mediterranean landscape. From €210/person.
  • Tasting Menu ("Octavo") (210)

The Experience

A theatrical room with garden or terrace dining. The meal is structured around a tasting menu, a wine pairing and an avant-garde approach.

  • Atmosphere: Theatrical
  • Format: Tasting menu, Wine pairing, Avant-garde
  • Setting: Garden / terrace

Phone: +34 965 78 41 79

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