We were in Bayonne for two days and tried all the recommended places. This place quickly became our…read morefavorite place for local meats and wines. The people here are incredibly helpful with food and drink choices. If you want to experience true Bayonne, come here.

Good tapas and excellent service. The staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. The choice of open…read morewine is tasty and the bottle collection is remarkable. I will go back!

I thought this place great..we enjoyed our meal so much the first night that we went back for a…read moresecond. The first night we ordered a few dishes as a group...the calamari, french fries, a plate of the red peppers stuffed with bacala served with mussels and a giant prawn...wow, these were all so good we left nothing in our plates. We drank some great basque white wine. Its a casual place with a bar side and a sit down dinner side, with outside seating as well. Our waiter was a nice and friendly guy. The second night we ordered a fish...possibly monk fish, served with mussels and clams in an espelette chirozo cream sauce...WOW, what a meal. It was a shame to have to leave the cream sauce on the shells of the mussels and clams, but it was so good.

Calamari a la plancha are good. Nice to seat outside by the river, service is relatively fast…read more love the deco.

Very good restaurant with a nice selection of local food…read more Make sure to try their Magret de Canard and fries as it is amazingly tasty (and not too fatty). The service was nice and efficient and the armosphere cosy.

From the owner: Cuisine traditionnelle du Pays Basque mais néanmoins contemporaine . Des produits frais de saison…read more,poisson selon arrivage , un excellent rapport qualité /prix. Tartare de truite de Banka , tripes à la basquaise , merlu koskera ,morue à l'ail , pipérade au jambon de Bayonne , gâteau basque maison ,mousse au chocolat restent des incontournables au Chistera .

I was feeling like eating a pizza and this place had a great selection of pies to chose from. I…read moretruly enjoyed mine since the crust was so super thin so I wasn't overwhelmed with bread. My husband ordered a white fish..I forget which!! but it was served with mussels and shrimp, salad and fries....a huge meal. He said it was great. The service was great, server was super friendly and the place had wifi as well. We ordered a pie as well to go for the kids who didn't want to eat with mom and dad and they timed it perfectly for us at our departure.

The lively atmosphere of the outside patio is the main draw to eat here which explains why Xurasko…read morewas packed the night we stopped in for dinner. At first I thought we would have a long wait to be seated but we were pleasantly surprised when the waiters broke a table off of a larger group of tables and set it up for us. My French is horrible and the waiter's English was as good as my French, but we got through the ordering process okay. If you order a bottle of wine you'll receive a side of ham with espelette peppers. We also ordered cod fritters, fried camembert with salad and ham, patatas bravas, and beef with peppers. Everything was good with the cod fritters being the best of the group. The only thing we did not like was the patatas bravas which were a little oily and I did not like the sauce it was served with.

Mediocre creperie…read more Have eaten in many better French creperies myself - and was travelling with a former resident of France. She picked at hers and decided to skip the dessert crepe. I had the plat du jour which was a pork loin instead. The mashed potatoes were good. The main dish mediocre. The dessert crepes are heavy on ice cream bombs with six zillion kinds of ice cream and sauce on your crepe. This is typical of a so-so place where the cook can't think of what else to put on crepes besides ice cream out of the box.

Got the 8€ basquaise gallete, and was very satisfied…read more Fair price, considering the pretentious pricing along the river. Whole table was happy, and even ordered desserts!

Pas fiable. Table réservée ou pas ... et je vous passe l'accueil et l'excuse des 10mins de retard…read more...

This was a great venue! Excellent service, even if you don't speak French, tasty dinner and the…read morechocolate dessert is out of the park. Even Hoping on a Monday evening! Do it!

Excellent food and very friendly service! It's a lovely spot for people watching as well.read more

Wonderful restaurant on the river in the middle of the old town. A Rick Steves recommendation…read more Fantastic food. I got roasted lamb and my husband got the langostino risotto. Both were great. No English-speaking waiters the night we were there - just use Google translate. No problem! Try the molten chocolate dessert that has a star beside it for dessert. More of a dark chocolate but with the strawberries and gelato/ice cream it was perfect.