Gandarias

Was here a couple of years ago when I visited San Sebastian. I am visiting Bilbao this time so why not. Enjoyed the meal. We were reminded as soon as we sat that there is a maximum of two hours to enjoy our meal. The steak was a fantastic dry-aged cut. The starter was fab.

Super meal, super food and lovely service. I would recommend walking in and booking prior to going as it tends to be very busy in both the restaurant and bar area. Our waiter, Arnold, was very accommodating and gave us some local recommendations too! The food was so tasty, filling and fresh - both for meat and fish eaters. We shared starters, each had a main and shared a desert between four. If you have room at the end of the meal, I would suggest getting the French Toast - which is filled with a rice pudding - absolutely delicious. Definitely lived up to the hype of San Sebastián being the food capital of Europe!

Amazing pintxos and wine! Gandarias Jatetxea has a great vibe, and the food is fresh and delicious. Loved the mix of flavors—especially the goat cheese and seafood bites. Perfect spot for a quick, tasty stop. Highly recommend!

The pinchos are excellent but the table restuarant food is a disappointment. The seafood ingredients are fresh but the cooking could've been better - the fish we ordered was too oily, the cod and clams were overly creamy that it masked the taste of everything else.

Worth coming here for both pintxos and sit down dinner. Steak of any kind was amazing. Cold pintxos were also fab. Their scallops at sit down dinner were one of our favorite bites of the trip. The only thing I did not like was the traditional toast dessert.

Went there a few times for pintxos but also once for the restaurant. The place is always packed, so you have to queue to get to the counter and if you want a table you need to book it in advance (restaurant table menu is different and you cannot order pintxos). The food is worth the wait though, excellent tapas and red house wine. Restaurant dishes are a bit pricey but the quality is outstanding. Highly recommend!

First round of pintxos in San Sebastián, and it didn’t disappoint! Simple and fresh produce highlighted in tiny pintxos, which left my belly very happy.

My Spanish is rusty at best, but I’d like to think that my Spanish food vocab is top notch 🥰 having said that, I loved that the staff were very friendly and patient with my dodgy Spanish sentences, but also that one wall in the restaurant had all the pintxos translated into different languages!! It made it easy to navigate and to pick what dishes I wanted to sample.

Came during peak dinner time, so it was very crowded with tourists and there were some queue jumpers, which was mildly infuriating. Nothing could rain on my parade though.

All in all, this made the start of my trip to San Sebastián one to remember! 10/10 would come again next time I am in town!