Establishments in País Vasco
Bilbao, Vizcaya · DeustoRestaurante Ondarra Etxea
A Basque restaurant on Avenida Lehendakari Aguirre, in Deusto, ten minutes from the Guggenheim along the river. It cooks the classic repertoire with seasonal produce: salt cod pil-pil, hake cheeks in green sauce, squid in its ink and grilled aged beef chop, backed by a long list of Rioja and txakoli.
13:00–23:30 · Closed: Sunday CerradoSample listingBasque cuisineRestaurant€€€ · 30 to 45 euros
Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa · EgiaSidrería Sagardo Zahar
A cider house with its own kupelas in Egia, ten minutes on foot from the old town. The classic cider-house menu — salt cod omelette, fried cod with peppers, grilled beef chop, and cheese with quince and walnuts — with cider straight from the barrel throughout the meal.
13:00–23:00 · Closed: Sunday CerradoSample listingCharcoal grillCider House€€ · 20 to 30 euros
Bilbao, Vizcaya · ZabalaCervecería Barrika Nueva
An evening and late-night beer bar on Calle Autonomía, between Zabala and Ametzola, with a dozen rotating taps and a long fridge of bottles. To go with it there are charcuterie boards, tinned seafood and hot sandwiches, in the Mediterranean small-plates tradition.
17:00–01:30 AbiertoSample listingMediterranean cuisineBeer Bar€€ · 10 to 20 euros
Bilbao, Vizcaya · SantutxuAsador Goikoetxe Erretegia
A traditional grill house on Calle Zabalbide, in Santutxu, with a charcoal parrilla in plain view from the door. Its reputation rests on the beef chop and the milk-fed lamb, rounded out with Donostia-style sea bream, stuffed peppers and homemade puddings.
12:00–23:00 · Closed: Wednesday CerradoSample listingTraditional cuisineGrill House€€ · 20 to 30 euros
