Restaurante Pollitena

A local experience. The place was humid though , and overpriced in my opinion but that’s because I didn’t know you could drink the entire bottle of wine as part of their menu :)

Basque home-style cooking in a relaxed atmosphere with friendly service.This restaurant serves wholesome traditional food at a reasonable price, in the heart of San Sebastian's Old Town. Don't come here if you're looking for the latest trends or innovative cuisine. But if you want to find out what Basque people eat at home, this is your place. You won't be disappointed. First-floor entrance; you have to go up one flight of stairs.

5 stars for this joint is an gross understatement. Food is incredible , vibe is very home made. Service is friendly. Full of locals. My regular in San Sebastian. Particularly merluza.

Food was average but nothing too special. We had the menu del dia. All three courses were fine but nothing amazing. Much better options out there for food on these menus.

Small restaurant, almost with a living room feel, on the first floor. Great simple local food! We had the three course menu of the day with fish for starters and main, and a dessert, plus a bottle of wine for under 15 EUR.

Fantastic food and amazing service. They prepared a salad and a main course for me especially keeping in mind my dietary restrictions.

Bright, cheerful and homey Traditional Basque restaurant in the old town..Great value and wide selection of non-tapas style food. The gambas a la plancha were amazing and the duck confit outstanding. Service is brusque but friendly and efficient. Definitely seek this hidden gem out.

The set menu was OK and not expensive (22 euros for 3 courses and a drink). A little bland but decent. Service was great.

A local experience. The place was humid though , and overpriced in my opinion but that’s because I didn’t know you could drink the entire bottle of wine as part of their menu :)

Basque home-style cooking in a relaxed atmosphere with friendly service.This restaurant serves wholesome traditional food at a reasonable price, in the heart of San Sebastian's Old Town. Don't come here if you're looking for the latest trends or innovative cuisine. But if you want to find out what Basque people eat at home, this is your place. You won't be disappointed. First-floor entrance; you have to go up one flight of stairs.

5 stars for this joint is an gross understatement. Food is incredible , vibe is very home made. Service is friendly. Full of locals. My regular in San Sebastian. Particularly merluza.

Food was average but nothing too special. We had the menu del dia. All three courses were fine but nothing amazing. Much better options out there for food on these menus.

Small restaurant, almost with a living room feel, on the first floor. Great simple local food! We had the three course menu of the day with fish for starters and main, and a dessert, plus a bottle of wine for under 15 EUR.

Fantastic food and amazing service. They prepared a salad and a main course for me especially keeping in mind my dietary restrictions.

Bright, cheerful and homey Traditional Basque restaurant in the old town..Great value and wide selection of non-tapas style food. The gambas a la plancha were amazing and the duck confit outstanding. Service is brusque but friendly and efficient. Definitely seek this hidden gem out.

The set menu was OK and not expensive (22 euros for 3 courses and a drink). A little bland but decent. Service was great.

We were recommended to try this restaurant last year by a friend, he didn't know the name of it, but told us where it was - so off we went and found it. Up the stairs, what would we find? It was a wonderful experience, like visiting friends, we all loved every minute - but even then we forgot to check the name of this wonderful place. Now we are visiting San Sebastian again and thankfully reading one of your reviews we discovered that yes indeed this is the restaurant we found, so we phoned them up and booked it.

After a couple of nights in San Sebastiàn enjoying the fun but noisy pintxo bars, we were in the mood for a change. We almost overlooked this place which is located up a set of stairs and overlooks the street. The room is decorated with pictures old San Sebastian with comfortable tables and white table cloths. We were greeted, as we later learned, by the owner, a young lady named Izascun, who took over the restaurant a few years ago from Mom and Pop, who happened to be seated nearby. It was almost like being invited home for dinner. We had a really nice salad and a number of local dishes. The most notable one was the house style bacalao, or cod, served with a sauce made with local peppers. Really tasty. We had a bottle of Muga Reserva, from Rioja, which everybody loved. And we finished up with taste of the Galician digestif called orujo. Overall, a great place to have a group dinner and conversation in the heart of the Old Town.

Great lunch menu of the day. Friendly service and nice clean white table cloth dining room on the 1st floor of a small building. Good place for a sit down meal to get a change of pace from all the bars in old town. I was glad we walked by and decided to try Pollitena out. There were local business people on their lunch break here along with a mix of some tourists that ventured in.

Found it by accident as walking down the street. Menu looks good so I went up. They open at 8 pm, I was the first customer, then 2 large groups came after, but not crowded at all though out my dinner. Waitress was super friendly and attentive, she was very knowledge about each dish as I was ears-dropping at the next table. I ordered the pre fix dinner, they taste like homemade dish by your loving relatives, the portion of each dish was perfect. I surly enjoyed the meal. One minor warning, house wine only serve in bottle... so if you cannot finish a bottle you might want to order something else that will come in a glass... overall was a great experience!