Kaskazuri Jatetxea — Restaurant in San Sebastián

Nice area for a restaurant, really close to the water with great sunset views.

I came here reading lots of reviews about the whole restaurant concept, its quality and service, as well as the delicious food. I must say that overall I was not so impressed. The restaurant was pretty empty when we arrived but it became busier as the evening passed by. We chose the menu, giving us the opportunity to try 2 starters, one main course and a selection of desserts, all for 35 euro and alcoholic drink is included in the price. The price is not so high for all the dishes we would be about to receive and I am sure the quality of the produce is good but somehow they didn’t really manage to make anything stick out in taste or flavor. The dishes were either missing salt (and there is no salt on the table), desserts were really matching in taste (but looked completely different). The wine that was served with the food was good so that was the food dinner part. The service, I must say, was not so high class as I would have also expected. Once the restaurant started to be busier, they seem to get lost and overwhelmed. Bread was not on the able so they had to serve us when it would finish on our plates, but they forgot so we asked a couple of time for this. As well, I received completely different knife, not appropriate to my dish. I would say the restaurant is an experience which everyone could have but don’t go with high expectations, food is okay but it has some missing thing...

We reserved a table ahead of time so we could dine and eat the fixed menu. We came on the same day earlier and verified that they really do serve it in the evening because it was unclear from the website. They told us they do serve it (after we asked a couple more times just to be sure), they presented the menu so we could take a photo of it, and with that we left and came back in the evening. When we arrived for dinner we were surprised to know they actually DO NOT have that menu because it was the evening of a holiday called "Maundy Thursday" that the waiter on the noon shift didn't tell us about. They didn't offer us a different alternative, the difference between the prices of the fixed menu and the special menu was 12€, which is almost 50% more. We left the restaurant very disappointed, we wanted to celebrate a special occasion but we had to go search for...

Kaskazuri has excellent food, fair prices and amazing views of the Bay of Biscay. This place was recommended to us by a Basque friend who lives in Donostia. We had dinner—my wife and niece ordered from the menu and I ate ala carte—primarily because I wanted the grilled octopus plate. It was delicious, tender and tasty with a perfect crisp to the texture. It came atop a bed of thinly sliced potatoes. I started with a fresh shrimp salad and crispy cod croquettes. I was even comped a delicious starter plate of foie gras. Our server told me the manager knew I was spending a bit more with the ala carte selections and wanted to take care of me. This kind gesture, along with the rest of the first-class service, helped make for an overall great experience. We came for a Sunday dinner and I had made reservations online, which I recommend given the popularity of...