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Restaurante Zapirain

Restaurant Seafood restaurant Mediterranean restaurant Spanish restaurant

Elegant venue for grilled fish, lobster & scallops, desserts like Basque canutillos & local wines. People often mention restaurant, good, fish, Bilbao, service, owner, experience, order,


Address

Calle Juan Ajuriaguerra Kalea, 22, Abando, 48009 Bilbo, Bizkaia, Spain

Website

www.zapirain.es

Contact

+34 944 05 52 73

Price rating

$$$ $

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (419 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Saturday: 8 am to 11 pm
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 8 am to 6 pm
  • Tuesday: 8 am to 11 pm
  • Wednesday: 8 am to 11 pm
  • Thursday: 8 am to 11 pm
  • Friday: 8 am to 11 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: restaurant (12) good (9) fish (9) Bilbao (9) service (8) owner (7) experience (6) order (6)
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  • 1/5 O H. 11 months ago on Google • 8 reviews
    The service was so unfriendly I can barely remember anything else about the experience. The owner was so arrogant… she made us feel like we had to thank her for the restaurant’s time. Don’t go here if you want your Basque Country experience tarnished
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Willem A. 10 months ago on Google • 28 reviews
    Good food but experience ruined by arrogance. We felt like we should feel blessed being allowed to eat here. No concept of customer orientation whatsoever. Food is very, very good, but not good enough to come back.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Rose M. 1 year ago on Google • 106 reviews
    Nice place though our fish dish choice was not quite up to the standard.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Scarlett Z. 4 years ago on Google • 124 reviews
    Fish was quite tasty and service was good. But must say it was a bit overpriced. But acceptable. By the way, the dress code is smart casual to semi formal.

  • 5/5 Pello M. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I couldn't have chosen a better place to celebrate a special occasion. The attention was simply spectacular, close, friendly and smiling. And what about the food... Impossible not to repeat. No matter what fish you choose, it will be right or right, but if I have to recommend something, without a doubt, the clams are a real delicacy! oh! I don't want to forget about a treat like baked cheesecake, there's no better way to finish it off. (Original) No podía haber elegido mejor sitio para celebrar una ocasión especial. La atención fue simplemente espectacular, cercana, amable y risueña. Y que decir de la comida... Imposible no repetir. Da igual el pescado que se elija, se acertará sí o sí, pero si tengo que recomendar algo, sin lugar a dudas, las almejas son una auténtica delicia! Ah! No quiero olvidarme de un lujo como la tarta de queso horneada, no hay mejor manera de terminar.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Oihane Ortiz F. 2 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Incredible!! The exquisite attention, the service of 10 and the food of 20. Without a doubt, the best fish in Bilbao is there. We ate Zapirain soup, clams and sea bream. The size of the clams was incredible and the point of the sea bream was a 10. The brioche for dessert was very good and not at all cloying. To repeat (Original) Increíble!! La atención exquisita, el servicio de 10 y la comida de 20. Sin duda el mejor pescado de Bilbao esta ahí. Comimos sopa Zapirain, almejas y besugo. El tamaño de las almejas era increíble y el punto del besugo estaba de 10. El brioche de postre buenísimo y nada empalagoso. Para repetir
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Steve H. 6 months ago on Google • 36 reviews
    Beautiful restaurant with a changing menu depending on what is fresh. Renowned for its fish dishes. Very elegant restaurant and utterly charming host. Strong recommend!

  • 5/5 Kemal M. 1 year ago on Google • 15 reviews
    Very delicious! I had more than a couple ‘wow’ moments in here, including meeting the gorgeous host. Thank you,

  • 5/5 ilyas l. 8 months ago on Google • 6 reviews
    Fine and delicate kitchen. Definitely one of the best fish restaurants in Bilbao area. Not touristic at all and a very relaxed atmosphere. Service was excellent. The waitress was warm-hearted and very kind. If I ever travel to Bilbao again, I will unquestionably come back.

  • 5/5 Iñaki E. 4 years ago on Google
    Zapirain ( and Casita de Sabino ) may very well be the best place for fish in Bilbao.

  • 5/5 Jesper H. 10 months ago on Google
    Great first meal in Bilbao and introduction to Batic cuisine by Amaia

  • 1/5 Luis P. 10 months ago on Google
    Great food but awful service. Owner must attend some basic customer service training

  • 5/5 Mesut G. 2 years ago on Google
    Baharatlı yeşil biberi ve kalkan buğulama muhteşem. İşletme sahipleri evli ve işin başında lar. Müşteri ile sürekli iletişimdeler. Bilbao da akşam yemeği için ideal bir mekan

  • 3/5 Jaume Guardiola B. 2 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is a very cozy restaurant, the treatment is attentive, the food good, but for my taste they have a menu with little variety of dishes, I consider the price to be excessive. (Original) És un restaurant molt acollidor, el tracte és atent, el menjar bó, però pel meu gust tenen una carta amb poca varietat de plats, el preu considero que és excessiu.

  • 5/5 Alexey K. 6 years ago on Google
    Highest quality, big plates

  • 5/5 Javier G. 4 years ago on Google
    Very good food and service. Everything top.

  • 5/5 jacek k. 5 years ago on Google
    This is a top quality restaurant, specialising in fresh fish. Well prepared and well presented. Quality ambience with no fuss or fancy pretence. Excellent service. Highly recommended.

  • 5/5 Vikas S. 4 years ago on Google
    Super Place to Have Authentic Spanish Seafood variety. Warm hospitality great simple interiors

  • 1/5 Andrea 6 months ago on Google • 1 review
    I´ve never had a bad experience in Bilbao - but this was just dreadful. AVOID. We had a reservation for 9pm, the curtains were shut and the door was locked. So my colleague rang the doorbell at 9:01pm. The owner opened the door shouting at us, asking if we were going to make a scene for not being open yet - at this point we hadn´t said more than "hello". We tried to explain that we had only rang the door because at other places you lose your reservation if you are running late, that had been our concern. She kept on yelling and saying that it was rude to want to ring the door before 9pm and that one is allowed in whenever she decides to open the door. - At this point we would have left, but it was a Saturday evening and we were a party of 7, finding a different restaurant would have been impossible. I asked her to lower her voice and stop yelling at us since we hadn´t complained about anything nor had we been disrespectful, but that hit deaf ears. We had booked the table because we were going to have dinner with important business partners and the company I work for used to be a good client here (we will never book a table here again). They sat us next to the kitchen and the toilet. Then they took the orders of everyone that arrived after us and were finally allowed to order food at 9:42. We got to order drinks before that only because we requested it from the waitress. We said we wouldn´t have starters as we had late lunch - the owner got mad again and told us that in that case we shouldn´t have come to her place for dinner. After ordering she informed us she would let us wait as long as if we had ordered a starter (?!?). We couldn´t really complain much as we didn´t want to cause a scene in front of our guests. 4 people ordered individual dishes and 3 a fish which was actually recommended for 5 people. The fish arrived first - and got put on individual plates, we requested 2 smaller tasting portions for our guests (also to not have them sitting there without food). The owner said no, they should wait for their own dish and they can then serve themselves. Totally rude. Our guests had brought a bottle of wine which they wanted to share - I asked if we could drink it paying a corkage fee (I would have been happy to match the price of one their wine bottles for this, I just wanted to make our guests happy), which is something totally normal at any other upscale restaurant. This was again taken as an offense. The food was pretty decent. The owner and waitress are nightmare. Avoid at all costs, there are so many other great places to eat at in Bilbao.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Laisy G. 9 months ago on Google • 1 review
    This restaurant was a terrible experience for us. I ordered a soup (it was really a cream, but it was very good, 44 euros), and a bottle of wine. There were ONLY 5 tables with people eating, and the owner of the restaurant told us that we had to order more food because she couldn't have a restaurant open for people to order only soup (44 euros). The owner of the restaurant was claiming that if we do not have enough appetite then we should go to a bar and order tapas. She was very rude and unfriendly. I do not recommend this place if you are not going to order several dishes so that you do not have a bad time. It was a bad experience for us.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 ix3m 5 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    Food is good and delicious , but the prices is to high for this dishes. What i dont like is service, waiting for the menu 15min, waitres never put more cava our glasses, we did that by ourselves! And also did some rude jokes what i dont like :(


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Healthy options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✗ Takeaway

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