Amaya — Restaurant in Bilbao

We visited here while on holiday in Bilbao and I wouldn’t recommend to people looking to get value for money.

My partner ordered from the lunch menu and I think that was the safer option.. he got the white beans to start and baby squid in ink for the second, both a good size but quite basic. I ordered from the main menu and for the first plate I chose asparagus with 2 sauces.. when it arrived it was 5 pieces of the white pickled asparagus with some chopped veg and mayonnaise.. I’m not sure what the second sauce was but possibly it was the liquid that came from the jar that was on the plate. After being disappointed by the asparagus but thinking maybe it was because I had been expecting something else my second plate arrived. The white fish with pil pil sauce.. or a piece of very soft almost wet feeling white fish swimming in oil and nothing on the side. For everything we paid 50€ which I do not believe is justified. The following day I woke up with stomach pains and was sick multiple times throughout the day. Unsure if it was from this food but I can’t think of anything else I had that would have caused it..

A shame because the place itself looks nice and in other photos the food looks good however our experience was...

Ate there today. Two courses (fresh tuna and cuban rice), desert, a bottle of mineral water and a cortado (expresso with a bit of milk) was ~21euros/person. Could not believe the price! Did not have to wait, but if you do, you can try the bar while waiting. Located in the “7 calles”, the very old Bilbao downtown. An...

Bastante desagradable la experiencia que tan siquiera llego a desarrollarse. Íbamos con una persona de 90años en silla de ruedas y el señor encargado (por decirle señor) al no haber mesas disponibles, a pesar que estaban vacías todas (según ellos porque estaban preparadas para las cenas, 19:00 de la tarde) no se dignó a levantarse de una que estaba destinada al público que no quería cenar allí. Según dice este "señor" acababa de terminar de comer después de una larga jornada, en verdad no tenia nada en la mesa más que una taza de un café con leche que estaba vacío, leyendo el periódico y más lejos de levantarse y cedernos el sitio y sin apenas mirarnos, nos dice que lo siente pero que no hay mesa libre para esta persona impedida de 90 años. Estos gestos son lo que hacen de esta magnífica profesión (hostelería) un mal ejemplo para dicha profesión. Lamentable gesto por este encargado del restaurante...