DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN - CENTRO - ANTONIO BAR - POST 1

Miguel Renoir Spanish Guides
Jan 23, 2023
2 min read

Updated: Apr 25

ANTONIO BAR

This is one of the top, more modern pintxo bars with a Restaurant in San Sebastián. It's in a not-so-busy area, a couple of blocks from the Parte Vieja (old town), but it's well worth the detour.

It's a great place to visit, whether alone or with friends, to socialise in a casual atmosphere. Many locals stop by to grab a bite and chat with friends before going home.

All the hot pintxos are cooked to order, so you may have to wait a while for those, or you can choose from the large selection of cold pintxos at the bar.

There is an excellent selection of fish and seafood. On a previous visit, we had the kokotxas de merluza (hake cheeks), which were amazing—soft and gelatinous, as they should be.

Solomillo (grilled sirloin steak)

The hongos del pais con yema de huevo y foie (porcini mushrooms with raw egg yolk & foie gras), in which you mix all three ingredients together. This bar is worth visiting just for this dish.

Gamba a la gabardina (deep-fried battered prawns).

Txistorra (Basque sausage) with crisps.

Brocheta de gambas (prawn skewer).

Also, recommended pintxos, are,

Carpaccio de atún rojo (tuna)

Foie con morcilla y crema de puerros (foie gras with black pudding and Leek cream) Chipirones encebollado (squid with onions)

And one of the very best tortillas de patatas in town.

Everything is delicious, including the beer, wine, and desserts.

If you arrive around 8 pm, it looks like a small bar frequented by locals. If you look around, you'll see a sign pointing you downstairs to the Restaurant area, if you require a more formal dinner. At this time, you will probably be the only ones in there; not until about 9 pm, at the earliest, after they have had a few pintxos, will other people come down for dinner.