Arimune - Menu

My fiancee and I are in Bakio seeing some local sights, and are staying in the Hotel Arimune, which this restaurant is attached to. We stopped in at the end of... read more My fiancee and I are in Bakio seeing some local sights, and are staying in the Hotel Arimune, which this restaurant is attached to. We stopped in at the end of the day after seeing the Menu Especial posted outside, and since it was convenient to our room. We are so glad that we did. It was the perfect end to our day, and a wonderful meal. The restaurant itself is beautiful, right off the beach with great ocean views and a classy, refined decor. Our server made us feel completely at home, and was fantastic the entire meal. Very attentive, friendly, and helpful in explaining each dish, even through our slight language barrier (my Spanish sucks, but we made it work, thanks to him). Fiancee and I were already happy and comfortable from the atmosphere and service, and decided on the Menu Especial, which we had seen outside, with a bottle of wine included. The food was unbelievably good. The first three courses of housemade croquettes, a fish pie, and a puff pastry with seafood filling were all inventive, creative, beautifully plated, and, most importantly, perfectly prepared and mouth wateringly delicious. My fiancee is not a fan of seafood in general, and even she loved the plates. Our main entrees (squid in ink for me, and pork cheeks for her) were equally beautiful and delicious, and dessert closed everything out well, with the excellent service continuing throughout the meal. We both left more than satisfied, and only paid 60 euro for the experience, which to me was insane; from the quality of food and service, I would've been happy to pay more. You can really feel (and taste) the care and effort the staff here puts into their food, and I'm so glad we stopped in. This was easily the best meal I've had in my stay in Spain so far, and one of the best I've had anywhere. Highly, highly recommended.

The food was really good, the cook kind and open minded! We loved the restaurant. Highly recommended. read more The food was really good, the cook kind and open minded! We loved the restaurant. Highly recommended.