4 restaurants in Bilbao, editor-picked for sunday dinner. Where to eat a sit-down dinner on sunday. All restaurants in Bilbao.
Zarate ★ 4.6
indautxu · Calle Licenciado Poza 65, 48013 Bilbao
Hours: Mon closed; Tue-Sun 13:30-16:00; Fri-Sat also 21:00-22:30
Zarate in Bilbao's Indautxu holds one Michelin star for Sergio Ortiz de Zarate's whole-baked Cantabrian fish, sea bass and turbot served plainly.
Tip: Book two weeks ahead for dinner; lunch midweek is the calmer service. Closed Sunday night and Monday.
Boroa ★ 4.5
amorebieta · San Pedro de Boroa 11, 48340 Amorebieta-Etxano, Bizkaia
Hours: Daily 13:00-15:30
Boroa in a 15th-century Bizkaian farmhouse 20 minutes from Bilbao holds one Michelin star for Javier Gartzia's tradition-and-avant-garde Basque cooking.
Tip: Twenty minutes by car from central Bilbao; closed Sunday night and Monday. Book the farmhouse upstairs room for the quietest seating.
Ola Martin Berasategui ★ 4.5
casco-viejo · Calle Ribera 13, 48005 Bilbao
Hours: Mon-Tue closed; Wed-Sat 13:30-14:30, 20:30-21:30; Sun 13:30-14:30
Ola Martin Berasategui in the Tayko hotel by the Nervion in Bilbao holds one Michelin star for Raul Cabrera's reading of the Berasategui canon.
Tip: Closed Mondays and Tuesdays plus Sunday dinner; book two weeks out.
Berton ★ 4.2
casco-viejo · Calle Jardines 11, 48005 Bilbao
Hours: Daily 09:00-24:00
Berton on Calle Jardines in Bilbao's Casco Viejo runs a standing pintxo bar and a Basque dining room with rabas and hand-cut Iberian ham daily.
Tip: Open continuously from 09:00-23:00; jam-packed at txikiteo hour, calmer after 21:30 in the dining room.