Azurmendi
Spain's only 3-star restaurant in Biscay.[12] Chef Eneko Atxa's "journey in time from yesterday to tomorrow" unfolds across five distinct spaces over ~3 hours.
- Welcome picnic — brioche, bean broth & tart outside the vertical garden
- Kitchen table — seafood snacks, shrimp soup, squid
- Greenhouse & garden — flowers, edible cotton, seasonal produce[13]
- Viewpoint dining room — oysters, sea urchin, duck, lobster, pork
- Desserts & cheese trolley — national & international seasonal selection
| Adarrak menu | €315 (VAT incl.)[3] |
| Gran Menú | €350 (VAT incl.)[3] |
| Wine pairing | €150 or €300 (premium)[3] |
| Children (<10 not admitted) | €49.50/dish |
| Hours | Tue–Sat lunch 1–2:30pm; Fri–Sat dinner 8–9:15pm[2] |
| Phone | +34 94 455 83 59 (bookings <48h only) |
| Reserve | azurmendi.restaurant |
| Address | Barrio Legina s/n, 48195 Larrabetzu |
| TripAdvisor | 4.7 / 5 (1,346 reviews)[7] |
LEED Gold bioclimatic building (2012), geothermal + solar energy, rainwater irrigation, 50% energy savings.[10] In-house germplasm bank: 400+ local seed varieties.[12] World's Most Sustainable Restaurant: 2014 & 2018.[10]
World's 50 Best #49 (2021), Highest Climber Award 2019 (+29 places).[13] Three Repsol Suns. Atxa earned three stars in under five years from opening — unusually rapid for a three-star ascent.[11][16]
Eneko Larrabetzu
Same chef, same address — but a different register: live open-kitchen cooking rooted in Basque tradition. Housed in the original Azurmendi space, above the Gorka Izagirre txakoli cellar.[5]
"On fire" in Basque — guests watch chefs cook from their tables. Seasonal dishes: free-range egg yolk with wheat stew, hake tempura, mushroom risotto, beef with piparra pesto.[8]
| Sutan menu | ~€90–96 (VAT incl.)[8] |
| Wine pairing | Available (reviewers note high markup) |
| Hours | Wed–Sun lunch 1–3:15pm; Fri–Sat dinner 8:30–9:15pm[4] |
| Phone | +34 94 455 88 66 |
| Reserve | eneko.restaurant |
| Address | Barrio Legina s/n, 48195 Larrabetzu |
| TripAdvisor | 4.3 / 5 (283 reviews), #2 of 9 in town[8] |
65-seat main dining room + 35-seat private room. Vegetarian and gluten-free options; wheelchair accessible.[4]
Star awarded Nov 2017 (2018 guide) — Atxa's 4th star at the time.[5] Eneko Atxa also runs outposts in Tokyo, Karuizawa, Seville, Madrid, Bilbao.[6]
Gorka Izagirre Txakoli Winery — same campus
The two restaurants sit on land owned by the Atxa-Izagirre family. Eneko Atxa and his uncle Gorka co-founded the winery in 2005 alongside Azurmendi to "rejuvenate the area at a winemaking and gastronomic level."[15] The cellar produces four txakoli wines (D.O. Bizkaiko Txakolina) from 40 ha across 6 Biscay municipalities, and offers a morning Hamaiketako snack-and-wine experience for visitors.[14] This makes the Barrio Legina complex a full afternoon — winery visit → lunch at Eneko or Azurmendi.