izen barik — Restaurant in Bilbao

Terribly bad tourist trap of a restaurant - just don't go. Menu and decor are quite inviting but it's rubbish. We both ordered veggie lasagna for about 12 euros each which was absolutely 100% microwaved. We were brought out a roll of bread each when we sat down but then they put it on the bill, which is not cool. When we disputed the bread on the bill the man (who we think may be the manager) was very angry and very rude but eventually relented and angrily crossed out the bread on our bill (see attached photo) whilst muttering something under his breath. Was kind of funny because it was so bad, but if you were looking for a really lovely meal out on your holiday it could ruin your night. Loads of other lovely restaurants to...

Avoid unless you have no other option. I’m writing this to help the owner see what they are failing to see on their own. Shouting between you and throwing cutlery into boxes doesn’t add to the atmosphere, it takes from it. Especially when what you shout isn’t understood. I asked for red wine and white wine was brought instead, my partner asked for Aquarius limón, orange Fanta came, the correction was Aquarius naranja but it became too awkward to correct again. The fish soup was bland and brown, the frozen prawns in it were slimy and the mussels bearded. I’ve never been so disappointed to hand over 30 eur for such poor quality food and such...

The decor of this restaurant is nice, very modern. The waiter seemed a bit surly (expression-wise) but the service was good and the maitre d was very nice. My other half had cod done the local way and said it was really good. I had the tagliatelle, which was also nice although I left the last of it as the oil from the sauce had collected at the bottom of the dish. The cheese starter was a bit of miss for us, just a bit dry and hard, although we ate it all the same. Overall okay, but we've had better meals in the area - and it was expensive for...