Akerbeltz is a basque restaurant in San Sebastián.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: Tucked above the Old Town with a Bay-of-Biscay terrace, the city's quietest harbour-side cider stop.
Tip: Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. The terrace fills first; arrive before 19:00.
3.5 hours
Learn to cook Basque dishes in a cooking class in San Sebastián. Visit a local market and meet vendors, hear their stories, and understand why ingredients are so important.
Guided tour · 2.5 hours
Join a top-rated San Sebastián cooking class and learn to prepare authentic Basque dishes with local chefs. Enjoy a hands-on culinary experience with wine, cider, and ...
Guided tour · 3h 30m
Ultimate Pintxos Tour with Local Guides and Knowledge.
Address: Calle Mari 19, 20003 Donostia-San Sebastian, San Sebastián
Bideluze on Plaza Gipuzkoa in San Sebastian is a breakfast counter with retro tile floors that locals love and tourists walk past, plaza terrace seating.
Why locals goPlaza Gipuzkoa breakfast counter with retro tile floors that locals love and tourists walk past.
TipMornings are calmer; the plaza terrace is the better seat than the back room.
Casa Senra on Calle San Francisco in Gros runs a Zurriola-surf-crowd menu del dia under 16 euros that visitors miss, closed Sundays in San Sebastian.
Why locals goGros backstreet menu del dia room the visitors miss, where the Zurriola surf crowd lunch with locals.
TipMenu del dia under 16 euros. Closed Sundays.
Bodega Donostiarra in San Sebastian: spanish tapas room. Side-street Gros bar off Pena y Goni from 1928, where the locals' Indurain and mini completo.
Why locals goSide-street Gros bar off Pena y Goni from 1928, where the locals' Indurain and mini completo pintxos sit a block off the Paseo Colon strip the visitors walk.
TipThe mini completo de bonito and the Indurain are the signature plates; lunch crowd is local. Open from 09:00 daily.
Antonio Bar on Bergara Kalea in San Sebastian's Centro skips the Old Town queues and pours the city's best tortilla and a canonical gilda at the counter.
Why locals goCentro neighbourhood counter the Old Town queues skip, with the city's best tortilla and a canonical gilda.
TipTortilla finishes by 14:30; arrive earlier on weekends Word-of-mouth is the only marketing.
Bar Tamboril in San Sebastian: Same family as Ganbara but a tighter, quieter counter on Plaza de la Constitucion that even guidebook regulars skip.
Why locals goSame family as Ganbara but a tighter, quieter counter on Plaza de la Constitucion that even guidebook regulars skip.
TipTwo pintxos: the champinon and the gamba a la gabardina. Closed Tuesdays.
Fermin Calbeton at the end of its namesake street in San Sebastian runs a back-room brasa and a callos pintxo, rebranded from Casa Tiburcio in 2022.
Why locals goEnd of Fermin Calbeton with a back-room brasa and a callos pintxo the guidebook crawls overlook; rebranded from Casa Tiburcio in 2022.
TipBrasa lights at 12:30 and 20:00.
