Restaurante Semea by Euskalduna

Food is good, service staff is very friendly, just not to the Michelin standards yet and more areas for improvement. For example, there’s a small bug in the food on my plate, which I didn’t see it flying into my plate (which means the bug was on the veggie before I took the food to my plate), when I called the service staff, he was very apologetic, but only changed the plate (which also threw out a piece of fish which was good and expensive). When he came back with a clean plate, he said he’s sure the bug flew to my plate, and the only thing he did was just saying sorry - to be honest, if you just took out the dessert or that side dish from our bill, we would feel much better, and it’s only €7.5-8.5. Another example, we ordered too much food and asked for boxing the fish, veggie and rice, but when we went back to hotel, I checked the box and realized the fish was not boxed - we still had half of the fish untouched and again it’s the most expensive dish. I’ve been to quite a few Michelin restaurants, and think that if you really want to get a star, how to put customers first is still where you might need to work on.

Everything was on top in this restaurant. The service was excellent, the food and wines we tried was also very good. Good guidance from the staff in every step through the dinner. I would like the entrecote to be a little bit more salty, but the other flavors in every dish was amazing!

Nice restaurant with seating on a terrace. We were there for a lunch and tried several dishes. The steak was very good, the mushrooms paella was too strong for our taste. The service is very good and the atmosphere was nice.

It was good overall but not sure I would count as exceptional. The first two courses of the mushroom tart and potato were both awesome where it was a great blend of tastes and textures. The main and dessert were more just ok. I think the last two almost were trying too hard and let down an otherwise great experience Not saying the meal or service was bad but maybe my expectations were set too high with first two courses.

An incredible restaurant recommended by the Michelin Star Guide. The restaurant's unique feature was that everything was prepared using firwood, creating a distinctive and delicious flavor. The staff was not only friendly but also fluent in English, which made the dining experience even more enjoyable. We ordered the chicken and fish dishes, both of which were cooked to perfection and bursting with flavor. The accompanying French fries were delightful. For our starter, we tried the highly recommended shallot pie, which was a delightful and flavorful choice. To top it all off, the dessert—a French toast with ice cream—was simply the best. This restaurant truly exceeded expectations and provided an unforgettable dining experience.

What a great place. Lovely sitting outside on the terrace. Received delicious dishes accompanied by live music. The fish with mushrooms served as a beautiful dish. They then professionally mixed up to bring the flavours together correctly, which will stay with me for a long time. Truly delectable.

Knowing the pedigree of this establishment might have set our expectations a bit high. I’ve waited days before writing this review, because Im reluctant to give a bad review, but in this case, all I can say is the entire table was underwhelmed and disappointed with the food, I’ll briefly focus on two dishes out of the seven that we tried, The hake came to our table, semi warm, and was utterly overcooked and mushy. The duck rice was also barely hot, and was more like a soup. Granted the duck breast that was sliced and on top of the rice, was cooked to perfection and delicious. The cadence of the meal was a bit off also, there were considerable periods of downtime between dishes coming out and staff was absent a good deal of the time. It is late November when I am writing this post and I’m thinking this restaurant is much better to go to in the summer when the weather is nice, it has a huge outdoor deck and outdoor kitchen with a fantastic view of the river , the vibe might be entirely different where you can order small plates, and sip wine from their very good wine selection. I am definitely coming back in the summer in hopes that I’m correct in my assumption .

Possibly the best meal I have ever had! We got the oysters, shallot pie, tuna, mushroom raviolis, duck rice, and French toast! Each bite was amazing. The staff was very attentive and helpful. They explained each item and made sure we had everything we needed! Could not recommend more!