Ibai, san sebastian when, at the start of the year. The hotel has very friendly staff to check you in and out, advise on the local sights and facilities, and to serve a simple but adequate breakfast in the morning. Ibai donostiasan sebastian, spain restaurant facebook. On both our recent visits november and may i have not encountered problems. Is is culinary institute, which provides most ingredients fresh. A native new yorker, gabriella has called san sebastian home since the 1980s, and working closely with local chefs has seen the evolution of basque cuisine throughout its most formative decades. Ibai is a tough to make reservation and a lunch only monday to friday restaurant. Each time, i called into the bar at the beginning of the week to ask for availability. Bar ibai, san sebastian restaurantanmeldelser tripadvisor. Ibai is a tiny basement eatery run by a husband and wife team, with one other person helping run the floor. Dining in san sebastian donostia, province of guipuzcoa. I had heard really good things about this lowkey restaurant which is known for its seafood so i had my hotel make the reservation for me one. In accordance with applicable law, you have the right to access, correct, suppress and transfer your data and a right to object to your data being processed, in particular for marketing purposes.
I have visited all of the highend restaurants in san sebastian and its neighborhood and even though i enjoy most of those multistarred guide michelin restaurants, i must say that the trio of ibai, elkano where we had dinner the previous day and zuberoa that i visited last year are in many cases better when it comes to the pure quality of the food. Reserve a table at saltxipi, san sebastian donostia on tripadvisor. Review of spanish san sebastian restaurant ibai by andy hayler in. Its not in the michelin guide and isnt highly ranked on either yelp or tripadvisor. Best of san sebastian food tour iii the hungry tourist. The ambiance at the restaurant is non existant and is very much like at traditional. This was the hardest reservation to secure for our recent trip, but we were thrilled to have landed it and more thrilled by the meal. Finally, i didnt manage to clarify what the home made ice cream was made of, but it was really tasty. You walk through a small crowded bar to a unmarked door in the back where you are lead downstairs to a basement restaurant.
But when i decided to read a little more into others experiences a day before our reservation, i psyched myself out. When it came time for our reservation at 1pm, we walked back the bar. With a capacity of 30 people that allow us to look after every detail. Tedone jatetxea, san sebastian donostia updated 2020. As previously discussed on this website, the spanish know that only if you start off with the very finest produce can you hope to achieve real excellence. When fresh out of the pan, their tortilla is one of the best in san sebastian. We had variety food here including chicken, beef ribs, grilled octopus, and more. The salpicon of langoustine is outstanding and the merluza. When, at the start of the year, i read that forbes had listed ibai as one of the. The hotel is in san sebastians gros district, with its many bars and eateries, it is also a few minutes walk to the old town with all its attractions and views. In case the reservation is cancelled 1 or 2 day before the booked date, a fee of per person will be charged to the card. The tasting menu is essential in order to live the experience and obtain an indepth knowledge of arzaks cuisine.
When fresh out of the pan, their tortilla is one of the best in san. Ive noticed recently that productos is a word that pops up again and again in self titled descriptions of spanish restaurants online. The tasting menu at 242 per person, 10% vat included and drinks not included. Bar ibai, donostiasan sebastian restaurant bewertungen.
Percebes barnacles at ibai, san sebastian oyster odyssey. In fact 2 michelin chefs friend of mh e told em i had to go when in san sebastian. Gandarias restaurant in donostia is famous for its pintxos and for using the best quality products. Elkano is a simple, oldfashioned restaurant, but you will go a long way before you eat better fish than this. I had someone in san sebastian make the reservation for. No menu, no english, no prices, no pretension, just great food served simply. It is only opened for lunch on weekdays and no english is spoken at all. Wellcome to ganbara, over 25 years ago, ganbara was created from a common vision between jose and amaia. Ibai is tucked away in the basement of an unassuming tapas bar in central san sebastian, a restaurant with just eight tables and no menu, open only on weekday. Ibai is tucked away in the basement of an unassuming tapas bar in central san sebastian, a restaurant with just eight tables and no menu, open only on weekday lunches and notoriously difficult to book. Happiness was the state of my mind when i left the restaurant, one of the greatest and atypical off the radar restaurants ive been to.
Review of spanish san sebastian restaurant ibai by andy. It isnt easy getting a reservation here but ibai is a local favorite with great ingredients and traditional cooking. The first lunch we had in san sebastian was at ibai an unassuming restaurant located in the basement of a bar with only 8 tables and basically no menu. Andy hayler the only man to have eaten in all the worlds 3 michelin starred restaurants lists ibai amongst his. Gandarias restaurant basque cuisine and pintxos in the.
I gave them a list of places to book and ibai was on that list which they were able to confirm a reservation for me. The dining room is totally exterior with plenty of natural light and views to the old town. Arzak was the first reservation i made in spain on this trip. To complicate matters, the restaurant would not accept reservations from abroad so we had to make the reservation once we were in town. Open 11am3pm, 6pm11pm, closed sunday nights, and all monday open 11am3pm, 6pm11pm, closed sunday nights, and all monday. The 7 most underrated restaurants in europe elite traveler. This was my second visit to ibai, a remarkable little restaurant in the basement of a tapas bar.
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