Great Stopping Point for a Cold Beer in a local setting. Lots of fun memorabilia and friendly…read morelocals. Good Service!

From the owner: Autour d'un apéro Un personnage détonant dans la cité gasconne c'est sans doute Ramina. L'endroit…read moreest assez riquiqui mais si chaleureux que c'est un plaisir de s'y faire une petite place pour déguster un apéritif servi avec olives et légumes. Le décor est tout aussi surprenant par ses affiches, ses photos et ses petits tapis sur le comptoir, on s'y sent bien et on y revient.

From the owner: Irish style Ce pub situé à deux pas de l'hôtel de ville est un des lieux branchés de Bayonne : les…read more20-60 ans s'y sentent bien ! Cadre franchement sympathique et authentique : ne croit-on pas rajeunir de quelques années et revivre les bons moments de son séjour linguistique en Irlande ? C'est d'ailleurs un architecte de Dublin qui réalisa cette pittoresque salle, à la demande des propriétaires Muriel et Laurent Donse. Un savant fouillis d'ustensiles typiques, voire hétéroclites (chopes en grès, bouteilles, vélo, etc.) en guise de décoration et, derrière le comptoir "counter service only" - une vieille épicerie reconstituée ! Bref, une ambiance certaine se dégage de ce lieu où l'on peut à sa guise, partager un déjeuner ou déguster une bière entre amis. Il faut goûter le chausson au poulet et le fin Irish stew. A noter, pour les malins, qu'entre 19h et 21h, la pinte de Kilkenny, Guinness, Shongrow, 1664 ou autre Bud-Brugs est moins chère !

From the owner: Mousse en folie Le débit de Guiness, Hoegaarden blanche, Mc Ewan's, Kriek de la bécasse, Adelscott…read moreest époustouflant, surtout les week-ends, et les vrais amateurs de bières s'en donnent à coeur joie dans ce pub. Très populaire, on aime s'y retrouver pour passer une bonne soirée entre amis.

From the owner: Bar à vins bar à tapas…read moreconvivial et festif trentenaire et +!

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.

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.

This bar is a fun kitchy dive with cheap wine and kind of scary cocktail concoctions. I am not…read moresure what was in the cocktails but they seemed to be popular and the bartenders even made some mocktails for 2 kids out with their parents. Definitely worth a visit if you are in Bayonne, if for nothing else just to stare at all of the great stuff on the walls.

From the owner: Une envie de bouger vous démange... Vous êtes en plein centre-ville ? Restez-y car la boîte…read morebranchée du coin c'est la Pompe. La musique est un bon mélange de style, et même quand on veut souffler un peu, inconsciemment l'on remue encore, c'est dire la bonne ambiance qui y règne. Au mur, de vieilles pierres, c'est tout petit, mais ne dit-on pas que ce qui est petit est joli ?

Believe all the 5-stars and ignore all the others...they don't know good food if it punched them in…read morethe face :) Worth the 40min wait. We arrived early and they opened 15min late, all worthwhile. Staff, both front & back, were exceptional. No bad attitudes displayed considering the sheer volume of people & chaos. The four cooks churned out food like soldiers...major kudos to the young team. My only suggestion would be to redirect the line to the second door that leads to the outdoor dining. People didn't know to move forward b/c all the people waiting blocked the flow. I'd also get rid of the round tables outside and build a long skinny standing table. Favorite was the hake. I usually avoid seafood due to sensitivities but what the hey, a bite here & there on holiday won't kill, plus, if you're gonna risk it, this region is as good as it'll get for clean seafood. The scallop was my 2nd favorite. We didn't get the beef cheeks b/c we were going to have steaks later...wished we had, looked divine. If there's just 2of you, opt for the smallest so you can chomp on different pintxos.

As a warning, you should get here before they open and wait in line because if not, it's a mad…read morehouse. You can get in where you fit in. And just like all the pixtos bars here, seats are for larger portions or set menus and not pixtos. They are known for their suckling pig. Their skin is so crispy and their meat is nice and juicy. Beef cheek is also a must try! We also got the foie gras which was really good. Razor clams was also delicious. Octopus was also a hit, crispy with soft interior. Kids loved the entrecôte. Risotto was good, but wasn't my favorite. Octopus was nice and tender. We ended up going twice here, food is delicious! Service was excellent too, Alejandro always asked if we needed anything and super friendly with our kids too.