A rustic stone-and-wood tavern on San Nicolás with hams hanging over the bar and the kind of atmosphere that photographs like a postcard of old Navarre. Beyond the wide pintxo counter, La Mandarra does proper Km-0 local dishes — huevos rotos, regional produce cooked simply — and its consistent top-20 ranking among Pamplona's five-hundred-plus restaurants speaks to a kitchen that backs up the ambience with substance.
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The huevos rotos and whatever local dish is featured, alongside a few pintxos from the counter. This is a place to eat a bit more than you would at a pure standing bar.
Lunch for the fuller plates, or early evening for pintxos and atmosphere. San Nicolás is at its liveliest as the txikiteo builds.
One of the most atmospheric rooms on San Nicolás — hanging hams, stone walls, the works. It straddles pintxo bar and sit-down tavern, so you can graze at the counter or settle in for a meal.