Víctor Montes

Came here for Pintxos after our little siesta. Hit the spot as we weren’t super hungry. Staff is friendly and helpful. It wasn’t super busy so we were able to grab seats at the bar. Dining area outside and inside is reservation only. They have Pintxos pairing which is great. Tried my for Txakoli, local dry white wine. It’s not what I prefer I terms of flavor profile but I love trying the local drinks. Update: Decided to make a reservation for their sit down dinner. Soooo glad that we did. We split the local burrata salad. It’s more burrata than leafy green. Who knew that something so simple could be so delicious? Next course was the brothy rice with squid and octopus. For our mains we had the cod and the monkfish. While both were good, I have to say that the monkfish was way more flavorful than the cod. Finally. We had the caramelized cream and custard for dessert. You had to roll us out of that place we were so full.

We enjoyed the supper and their outdoor to us. The Barata salad the grilled green peppers along with the octopus and scallops were extremely tasty. Well prepared served very hot. Obviously, this place, for a sit down dinner is a cut above.

We enjoyed a delicious meal inside near the window where Anthony's service was attentive, generous and entertaining. This was the second dinner we had at Victor Montes during our two-week stay in the Basque region. We were delighted to discover it was still in business after having initially visited this establishment in 2018!

My first ever Pintxos experience and I absolutely loved it! The set up, the atmosphere and the food offering was great. Unfortunately as I don't eat pork, I couldn't try everything, but what I was able to eat was an experience I'd return for. Definitely worth the trip and worth giving it a shot!

Recommend this Spanish Bar very delicious food, sea food is excellent in Plaza Neuva Bilbao. The salmon suck was great. Widest collections of wine seen. Extremely enjoyable & recommended.

Enjoyed the food. We had eaten pintxo’s here the night before and decided to go for the fancy sit down meal. It was excellent. Highly recommend both the sit down meal or stopping in for the Pintxos. Wine list is also great.

What a very nice place. You might think it's a touristic restaurant, but in al fairness it still keeps the Basque/Spanish atmosphere with the excellent quality of the original dishes, the wine list and the authentic ambiance of the interior. We were more than pleasently surprised. Enjoyed a cod dish pil e pil, sirloin 35 days matured and an amazing tuna salad. The brandy's were served like in the good old days, heated by a glaas with hot water underneath. Special thanks for the excellent, attentive service of our waitress. Changing the (wrongly prepared?)margerita cocktail and a quick handover of a napkin for some small staines of Biscaya sauce on a white polo.

Food was absolutely gorgeous, exceeded all put expectations. Will definitely eat here again if we can. Not to be missed