BERTON

A large and busy modern-style tavern and bar, Berton is a great choice for both pintxos or a main meal. Its pintxos offerings include bites such as cod or octopus bruschetta, or grilled mushrooms with homemade garlic mayonnaise. If you’re feeling hungry, go for the larger plates such as wild monkfish, baked cod or grilled clams.

The kitchen is open until midnight in this unfussy Casco Viejo pintxo spot. The industrial design—think tables with a green polyethylene finish and exposed pipes—belies a comfort-food-heavy menu with star dishes like octopus brochettes and juicy grilled steaks.

El Berton es un bar amplio y con una amplia zona de mesas y comedor, pero con hacerte un hueco en su barra tendrás suficiente para codearte con sus mejores pintxos. Aquí el solomillo es el rey y protagoniza dos de sus pintxos estrella: las txapelas y los medallones, uno con huevo de codorniz y otro con foie, pero ambos con sendas piezas de solomillo en su punto y pimientos del piquillo. Por cierto, las rabas es uno de sus platos estrella, y cuando las pruebas comprendes por qué no paran de salir de su cocina.

Santa Maria (Santa María 18), a typical tavern with decor from the 60s, specialising in liver pâté pintxos with caramelised apple, Irrintzi (Santa María 8) with its modern pintxos, Berton (Jardines 11) and Sasibil (Jardines 8), both on the Calle Jardines and both offering excellent pintxos and wines and Gatz (Santa María 10), where you can try black pudding omelette, are other unmissable stops on this gastronomic tour.

Website | Jardines K., 11, Ibaiondo, 48005 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain. Berton is a restaurant in Bilbao with not just one but two spots, both located across the street from each other!. When we visited on our food tour, the dishes we tried included a mushroom with anchovy alioli (brave for me considering I’m not a big fan of mushrooms or mayo) and a seafood skewer with octopus and shrimp.

Just a five-minute walk takes us to Calle Jardines, where the Berton, specialising in squid and sirloin, is highly recommended. There are others too many to highlight, but how can we fail to mention Con B de Bilbao to end this short tour. It is located on Calle Santa María, a couple more minutes into our walk, where the meticulous presentation of the pintxos invites you to sample.

Where to get the deliciousness: Berton gave Kuku Soak a run for it’s money in my best pintxos of Bilbao competition. Both this daring delicacy and the roasted mushroom and serrano ham number that I tried were ridiculously tasty and refreshingly creative. Calle Jardines, 11 in Bilbao

I like Irrintzi Bar, Victor Montes and Berton in the old town. You can walk from one to the other, then to Ambigú, a small bar and restaurant owned by two brothers where the underground Bilbao goes for beers. The menu for lunch is good and cheap, by the way.

As guests of Basque Country Tourism Board, we did a pintxo tour on our last night in Bilbao. First stop: Berton pintxos bar. Berton is located in the vibrant area of Casco Viejo, Bilbao's Old Town, known for its lively atmosphere and rich cultural heritage.

Located on the Rodriguez Arias Kalea street, it’s full of life around lunch. Pedro in the bar seems to love his job. He explains the concept and what the different tapas includes, and what wine you should order.