Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Bilbao for grown-ups.

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17 places

Bar El Globo

  • ★ 4.5
  • Pintxo bar

Bar El Globo is a pintxo bar in Bilbao with traditional and modern pintxos, plus a wide variety of drinks from local wines to craft beers and cocktails.

Gure Toki

  • ★ 4.6
  • Pintxos

Gure Toki reopened on the Plaza Nueva in Bilbao's Old Quarter in the summer of 2015, and it merges traditional and innovative Basque recipes.

Victor Montes

  • ★ 4.4
  • Pintxo bar and restaurant

Drink Wines of old vintages

Víctor Montes at Plaza Nueva 8 has a pintxo bar it describes as one of the most recognized in Euskadi, with numerous awards, plus a dining room.

Pintxo tours and tastings in Bilbao

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Cafe Bar Bilbao

  • ★ 4.3
  • Pintxo and tapas bar

Cafe Bar Bilbao at Plaza Nueva 6 shares more than a century of history with the city, and stages talks, recitals and readings in its own space.

Sorginzulo

  • ★ 4.4
  • Pintxo bar

Drink Txakoli

Sorginzulo is a pintxo bar under the arcades of Plaza Nueva in Bilbao, with a bar full of pintxos and a drinks list that starts with txakoli.

Baster

  • ★ 4.2
  • Tapas bar

Drink National vermouths and craft beers

Baster is a tapas bar in the Casco Viejo of Bilbao with homemade pintxos and raciones, individual tortillas made on the spot and national vermouths.

Singular

Drink Craft beer

Singular Bar serves craft beer at Lersundi Kalea 2, 48009 Bilbao, and its website greets every visitor with the line Ongi etorriak Singularrera.

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Cork

Cork is a wine bar at number 45 Licenciado Poza in Bilbao, with a wide variety of wines from its cellar served alongside pintxos and raciones.

Cafe Iruna

Cafe Iruna is a cafe-bar in front of the Jardines de Albia in Bilbao, with breakfasts, varied pintxos, a daily and weekend menu and a snack menu.

Bar Santutxu

  • ★ 4.0
  • Pintxo bar

Bar Santutxu, at Calle Santutxu 15, serves pintxos made daily and Basque produce with an Andalusian touch, on one of the liveliest streets of Santutxu.

Bar Plaza Unamuno

  • ★ 4.0
  • Cafe, terrace and pintxo bar

Bar Plaza Unamuno is a cafe, terrace and pintxo bar in the Casco Viejo, with breakfasts, wines, beers, coffees, teas and special mixed drinks on its menu.

Bar Arias

  • ★ 4.0
  • Family bar with pinchos

Bar Arias, at San Frantzisko Kalea 21, has been a family bar since 1977, serving assorted pinchos, grilled mushrooms and Galician-style octopus.

Bar Irrintzi

  • ★ 4.2
  • Pintxo tavern

Bar Irrintzi is a pintxo tavern on Santa María, one of the busiest streets of the Casco Viejo, where guests help themselves and report their count.

La Mula de Moscú

  • ★ 4.2
  • Signature cocktail bar

La Mula de Moscú is a signature cocktail bar at Alameda de Recalde 15 where the great classics sit beside its own creations, with food for each cocktail.