Arzak

The 25 Best Restaurants In San Sebastián - San Sebastián - The Infatuation

"When it comes to fancy multi-course meals, you won’t find a better option in San Sebastián than Arzak. This restaurant is where the Basque cooking movement of the ’70s, nueva cocina vasca, started, which basically makes it the hub of fine dining in Spain. The tasting menu reads like a greatest hits list of Basque cuisine—the Arzak team thrives on innovating local dishes and produce, which means you’ll find things like beef cheek in a jet-black sesame sauce and razor clams paired with tomato gel and green mayo. The meal will cost you around €300, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so sit back, pick something from the 100,000-bottle wine cellar, and enjoy your foie cromlech and the marbled egg." - marti buckley

Arzak - Review - Ategorrieta - San Sebastián - The Infatuation

"When it comes to fancy multi-course meals, you won’t find a better option in San Sebastián than Arzak. This restaurant is where the Basque cooking movement of the ’70s, nueva cocina vasca, started, which basically makes it the hub of fine dining in Spain. The tasting menu reads like a greatest hits list of Basque cuisine—the Arzak team thrives on innovating local dishes and produce, which means you’ll find things like beef cheek in a jet-black sesame sauce and razor clams paired with tomato gel and green mayo. The meal will cost you around €300, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so sit back, pick something from the 100,000-bottle wine cellar, and enjoy your foie cromlech and the marbled egg." - Marti Buckley

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"A Three MICHELIN Star restaurant in Spain, one of Ben Higgins' favorite dining experiences." - Michael He

"This restaurant is a real institution in San Sebastián as it obtained its first Michelin star in 1974 and has just celebrated its 50th anniversary in the Michelin fold. Hospitality, history and modernity converge in this century-old family mansion in Alto de Miracruz, a culinary mecca run by the tandem of Juan Mari Arzak and his daughter Elena (the latter taking over the reins in magnificent fashion) who have succeeded in perfectly combining the most surprising innovations with expertise rooted in Basque tradition. The creativity, presentation and intense flavours of their dishes are the result of experiments conducted in the Laboratorio Arzak in the same building, where they work, with utmost respect, with a “flavour workbench” of more than 1 000 ingredients. Guests can choose between an extensive tasting menu with a wine-pairing option, and the set menu-style à la carte, with a choice of dishes that varies with the seasons. The contrast of textures in the sea bass with a green shellfish sauce is truly superb." - Michelin Inspector

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"Travelers will dine at Arzak, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant in San Sebastian, one of the region’s top (and hardest to get into) restaurants." - Devorah Lev-Tov