Bilko — Restaurant in Bilbao

We went into this restaurant on the 18th August and got seated at the back where they have a space reserved for customers ordering from the menu ("la carta") as opposed to folks having "tapas" at the bar. One guy gave us menus and when another waiter came to take our orders it turned out that we cannot stay unless we order a specific "fiesta" menu set, although we wanted to order something else also from "la carta". The guy said that if we want to order those dishes we have to go outside (at the tables on the sidewalk). We were in this place the day before and then there was no problem to eat inside - we also had dishes from the menu (not "tapas"). Also some dishes from "la carta" (like the Merlusa) are expensive and small like "tapas". In general: in Spain the service sucks, and you never know if the kitchen is open or not even if the restaurant is open. You have...

We decided to go for burger here as they had nice pic of burger in front of restaurant with “signature dish” sign. Definitely this can compete as worst burger we had. 2 people, one burger arrived 5 minutes earlier before 2nd, first was with meet really well done (some parts have been black and burned), the other burger was raw. The bun was so dry, that you need to keep it on Spanish sun for 3 days at least to get this level dryness. Better not to talk about fries. Lady who served us was not english speaking, which is normal here, but she really tried. So the one star goes to her. Otherwise I would rank this restaurant 0*...

Came here because we followed the good reviews regarding the pulpo/octopus. The service was not good, the waiter was not so friendly/interested. The food was unfortunately very disappointing, the octopus was extremely boring, no sauce, no salt. The other dish, fried noodles with seafood wasn’t seasoned as well. For the price (22€ for the pulpo) not recommended.

Furthermore, the flush does not work in the ladies bathroom. Therefore you just have to...