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Adresse: Carretera Sopelana A Barrika 11, 48650, Bilbao, Spain
Stadt: Bilbao
Menü Gerichte: 5
Bewertungen: 365
"I was looking on TA for a restaurant within easy distance of Bilbao for a day trip whilst on our gastronomic visit to the city. Plenzia is the last station on Line 1 of the Bilbao metro, a forty five minute €1.75 journey from the Casco Viejo area of Bilbao. Listed under Plenzia restaurants is, Restaurante Itxas Gane. The restaurant is not actually in Plenzia but a short taxi ride away in the seaside hamlet of Barrika. The restaurant serves mainly fish and seafood but meat dishes are also available. I also understand that this family owned and run restaurant has its own day boat that supplements the restaurant menu with its daily catch. This seemed just the sort of restaurant we wanted for a leisurely lunch and a Spanish friend kindly telephoned the restaurant to make us a reservation. Four of us arrived to a very friendly greeting and were served aperitifs in the garden. We were then seated in the window with an excellent view of the sea, and shown the catch of the day. The largest sea-bass I’ve ever seen and a very large sea-bream. The menu is only in Spanish but with our limited Spanish and the restaurateur’s limited English we were soon able to make our individual choices. For starters, two chose clams, one had some very large prawns and the other sardines. For our main course two of us shared a turbot whilst the other two chose monk-fish tails. This was all washed down with several bottles of excellent Albarino. There was a good selection of deserts to be followed by coffee and digestives. I wouldn’t describe the meal as one TA writer did as a “gastronomic orgasm” but it was very, very good. Plenty of nice bread, lots of olive oil and garlic, excellent. It was not cheap, but then good food rarely is. The all female waiting staff must be complimented on their pleasant, efficient and unobtrusive manner in which they worked. I must point out that when we sat down for lunch we were the only diners in the restaurant. Within an hour every table was taken inside and most of those in a covered area outside. So, should you be tempted to dine at Itxas Gane, do make a reservation in order to avoid disappointment. After lunch we were able to walk the short distance to the cliff top, where, should you have the energy you could descend steps to the beach. Overall, a most enjoyable experience."
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