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Atxondo

Asador Etxebarri

Restaurant

Why we point you here

Open-fire cooking in the Basque Country, refined to an art form and trusted worldwide.

In the hills of Atxondo, this is where open-fire cooking becomes something closer to alchemy. Every ingredient—vegetables, seafood, meat—gets kissed by smoke and flame with a precision that's earned global recognition year after year. The approach is elemental, the execution anything but, and the experience is worth the detour into the Basque countryside.

Accolades

  • 2024No. 2
  • 2023No. 4
  • 2022No. 6
  • 2021No. 3

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Charted by World's 50 Best Restaurants · Best Chef Awards· Last verified 2026-06-07