Restaurante Casa Javier — Restaurant in San Sebastián

Truly appalling service and subpar food. We had a meal there with a large group as part of an organized tour. In contrast to other places where we had similar setups, this was really bad. The first course was spaghetti, which was passable, but the second course was "pork chops" that really resembled something like spam. The meat and the french fries were so heavily salted we could barely eat them.

I can accept a somewhat lesser quality of meal when dining with very large groups, because I understand it can be a challenge to serve so many people so quickly. However, the service here was unacceptable. The two women serving our group made every effort to avoid eye contact; when it became unavoidable to address a guest, any small request was met with an actual scowl or eye roll from the servers.

This was one of our last nights in the area and it was a real shame to spend it at...

WARNING, EAT OUTSIDE, DON'T ASK FOR A TABLE INSIDE.

I asked for a table inside thinking we could have a separate waiting time from the outside, but they only serve the menu of the day inside. It consists of pre-chosen plates, being extremely simple, although edible if you don't want to wait outside. They feel like home food, not like a restaurant, for dessert the guy actually brought a popsicle from the supermarket, lol.

The server was pretty rude too, seeing that we were surprised by what was being proposed to us.

Avoid, unless eating...

A nice place for pintxos and a beer. The pintxos were tasty, but they did come to the table cold. We also had the foie gras which was hot and came with some deep fried julienned leeks, an apple compote and some sherry vinegar. Both sauces were sweet so a little acidity would have been nice, and the foie gras a tad under salted. But service was quick and friendly, the food and drinks were very reasonably priced and we sat outside in the square, which was...