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Eat & Drink
484 spots
Start with a pintxo stop around Plaza Nueva, a café by the Albia gardens or a meal you can settle into. Use the filters to find a neighbourhood and type of place, then check the venue’s menu and opening hours before you go. Save a few options so you can choose as the day unfolds.
484 spots
FiltersRestaurant · Bar · Café · Sagardotegi
Seasonal Basque cooking over the grill, just around the corner from the Guggenheim.
Restaurant · Abando
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Pintxos, sharing plates and wine behind the blue frontage of a Plaza Nueva café founded in 1911.
Restaurant · Casco Viejo
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A traditional grocery and restaurant on Hurtado de Amézaga, known for grilled txuletón.
Restaurant · Abando
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Iberian ham, tuna and pintxos at La Olla’s Diputación branch.
Restaurant · Abando
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Basque cooking, colourful art and live music in the heart of the Old Town.
Restaurant · Casco Viejo
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Seasonal tasting menus from Martín Berasategui’s kitchen at Hotel Tayko in the Old Town.
Restaurant · Casco Viejo
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A contemporary Basque bistro with pork at the heart of its cooking.
Restaurant · Abando
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Cocktails, Scottish whisky and live music at a small bar on Barrainkua Street.
Bar · Abando
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Classic and house cocktails with sharing plates on Alameda Rekalde.
Bar · Abando
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Brioche rolls and pintxos on the pedestrian stretch of Diputación.
Bar · Abando
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Artisan ice cream, homemade cakes and coffee from a Bilbao institution.
Café · Abando
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Basque pintxos, raciones and txakoli beneath the Plaza Nueva arcades.
Bar · Casco Viejo
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Pastelería Martina de Zuricalday
The Doctor Areilza branch of Martina de Zuricalday, for Bilbao butter buns and traditional pastries.
Café · Indautxu
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A café and restaurant bringing Basque cooking to Plaza Pedro Eguillor.
Café · Abando
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Speciality coffee and a cacao-and-cinnamon putxero blend on Pozas.
Café · Indautxu
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Sergio Ortiz de Zarate’s seafood-focused restaurant, now at Alameda San Mamés 28.
Restaurant · Indautxu
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Pintxos, burgers and sharing plates in the Old Town, with vegan and vegetarian choices.
Bar · Casco Viejo
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Vermouth, pintxos and cocktails on Astarloa, near the Ensanche market.
Bar · Abando
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Hot pintxos cooked to order on Santa María street, with foie among the specialities.
Bar · Casco Viejo
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Coffee, pintxos and cocktails in the lounge bar of Barceló Bilbao Nervión.
Bar · Uribarri
A small café beside the Arriaga Theatre, with painted frescoes and a tree on the walls.
Café · Casco Viejo
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A neighbourhood café-bar for a drink and a game of darts on Padre Esteban Pernet.
Café · Begoña
Contemporary Basque cooking on Calle Hernani, with menu-led dining in Bilbao La Vieja.
Restaurant · San Francisco
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Prepared vermouth, cocktails and gildas on a terrace in Indautxu.
Bar · Indautxu
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