BASQUE COUNTRYSIDE - VIZCAYA - ATXONDO - ASADOR ETXEBARRI

Miguel Renoir Spanish Guides
Sep 14, 2024
2 min read

Updated: Nov 14

ASADOR ETXEBARRI One Michelin Star

Although not the easiest place to find, this beautiful, rustic, restored stone house is a couple of kilometres out of town. It has a bar at the ground-floor entrance and a couple of stunning dining rooms on the first floor.

The renowned chef Victor Arguinzoniz, who deserves his one Michelin star, cooks all the high-quality produce on various charcoal grills. There is no molecular stuff here; it is just fresh, quality food with unique flavours enhanced by the smoke.

Currently rated as

Number 2 in the Best Fifty Restaurants in the World 2025

See here for the complete list

www.theworlds50best.com

The Tasting Menu is €280 (taxes included; drinks not included) and must be paid in advance. It includes such delights as:

Mantequillade Leche de cabre y sal Negra (butter smoked on the grill with black salt)

Burrata de búfala

Anchoas al salazon sobre tosta de pan (salted anchovies on toast)

Tomate

Ostras con algas marinas (oysters)

Gambas de Palamós (red palamós prawns)

Espardeña con alubias (sea cucumber with beans)

Hongos y berenjana (mushrooms and aubergine)

Revuleto de trufa Blanca (smoky, warm, egg yolk with white truffles)

Mero y verduras (grouper with vegetables)

Chuleta de Vaca (10-year-old cow beef chop)

Helado de leche reducida infusion de frutus rojos (ice cream infused with red fruit reduction)

Souffle de Castañas

The excellent wine list has prices which, surprisingly, are equivalent to the UK retail price

The food was sublime, but with only one other table occupied on this visit, we found the service a bit abrupt and even unfriendly. But don't let that stop you from going.

The restaurant is around a 100 km drive from San Sebastian, South of Bilbao.

Closed 23rd December - 7th January, all of August, and Mondays.

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