A relaxed, art-filled restaurant on Calle Santa María with a piano in the corner and a kitchen that does creative market cooking without straying too far from its Basque roots. Kasko has long been a favourite for an unhurried dinner in the old town, the kind of place that often has live music and an easy, convivial mood.
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Casco Viejo, Bilbao
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The market menu — the fish and the seasonal vegetable dishes are the strengths. Ask whether there's live piano on the night you visit.
Dinner, especially on nights with live music. Reserve on weekends. Quieter and more romantic than the surrounding pintxo bars.
On Calle Santa María in the old town. A proper sit-down dinner spot amid the standing-bar crawl, with art on the walls and frequent live music — a good change of register after pintxos.