This is a great French Basque restaurant in the old part of Hendaye. The old part is very quiet and…read morea little small but really gives you the feel of being a small beach town. It is also a nice break from the busy beach area. The food was great and the selection for the menu of the day was terrific with lots of seafood as well as lamb and beef. The service was very kind and they spoke both Spanish and French as well as Basque. We had the muscles with french fries and a nice rosé. They were kind to separate the lamb entrée for our kids. I had a lovely gateaux Basque and café. Given all we had, the price was reasonable but not cheap. The place is about a half mile from the train station and completely worth a stop.

Kind and friendly service. The place is cozy and decorated with a nautical theme. There are…read moreoutdoor tables also. The kitchen treated the fish with much respect and our dishes were well prepared.

Hondarribia is an extraordinary town with a gastronomic explosion…read more Few tourists (contrast with Saint Jean de Luz). Little urban blight (contrast with Donastia) Picturesque everywhere. (The ugly stuff was foisted off on the neighboring town of Irun.) And magnificent restaurants everywhere. Ironically - Cafe Exteberria is NOT one of the famous restaurants. If you want the places the New York Times or the food critics love - go down to the waterfront. The critics say - probably correctly - you will eat like a king. Cafe Exteberria is a neighborhood joint. It is in the old city within the ancient city walls. An unusual (and highly desirable) feature of the old city is that there is VERY LITTLE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT anywhere in the old city. There are not only few tourist stores. There are no stores period stop the end. In the Middle Ages, walled cities had the houses people lived in, a castle and nothing else. If you did business, you did it in the streets. Hondarribia has kept things exactly that way. Not a single house has been knocked down or cleared out for modern business. The houses have been upgraded for modern comforts. (They now have flush toilets instead of people dumping their bedpans in the street.) Everything else has been maintained. So if you want to eat, there are only two choices. There are some tavernas off of the central square. In the southern part of the old city far from the central square, there is Cafe Exteberria. It pretty much only takes care of the locals. It is a wonderful establishment. It carries a small but wonderful assortments of global microbrews. (None from the U.S.. but intriguing examples of Mexican, Danish and Scotch artisanal beers.) There is plenty of Spanish/Basque food and drink. They keep a local red vermouth in a barrel and serve it with fruit and ice. That is a fine fine beverage and I endorse it heartily. They have a nice little menu of sandwiches and pinxtos. We went with the omelet with tuna and the deep fried hot peppers. Fine dishes both. Two additional marks of class. a) The television was set to the Mainland Chinese channel (with Spanish subtitles.) While we ate we watched Chinese telenovelas. The middle aged owner of a business was scheming against his brothers and being morally corrected by the rest of his family. b) The owner has a first rate jazz collection - mostly in vinyl - which she plays as the background music. Great vermouth, fine basque food, Chinese telenovelas, and late fifties jazz vocals. What's not to like?

After walking around looking for a tapas bar we found this restaurant. It had nice outdoor seating…read morethat was perfect since our dog was with us for lunch. We did order a few tapas that were tasty. Then I noticed the impressive sandwiches the other tables were ordering, so of course I had to have one too. I'm so glad I did! The sandwich I ordered I believe was call a Cuban. It was like a breakfast sandwich on a whole other level. It was huge! Seriously I'd back down to Spain for the day just to have that sandwich again. By the way did I mention the service was awesome.... We had a young guy that just made the whole experience fun. Our group of people spoke a few languages. So we were all trying our best to communicate in Spanish. Unfortunately we weren't very good. Luckily our server was able to understand us and even managed to make a few jokes. Overall in was a brilliant first lunch in Spain.

This place was amazing!! Stopped here because everything else was closed and no regrets. The food…read morewas wonderful, fish cooked to perfection with creamy sauce. Fish came relatively fast and they were able to spilt one soup into two. Loved this restaurant! Would definitely come again!!!

Excellent and quiet restaurant with great menus including 2 courses plus freshly baked bread,…read moredesert, wine and water. Fish dishes excellent. We payed euro 17 per person.

We were having a lovely quiet lunch until a private party of 80 persons invaded the restaurant…read more After which, we were completely ignored and it took forever to get our main dishes or any attention from the servers. So disappointing, especially after paying an arm & a leg for lunch. Very frustrating:(((

Simply A pleasurable dining experience. I hide the crayfish, it was amazing and my husband had the…read moregrilled Seabass. The dessert was out of this world! Service top notch...

From the owner: Las mejor cocina tradicional vasca con producto fresco especialidad en menús para grupos grandes,…read moreraciones y platos combinados. También ofrecemos menú del día, hamburguesas y bocadillos excelentes. La mejor calidad precio disponemos de terraza cubierta con servicio de mesas.