Amarena Restaurant
Amarena Restaurant is located in the Old Quarter of Bilbao, right at the exact unique spot of it from where the Baslica of Begoña can be seen.
An ancient small sculpture of the only Virgin in the world carrying a glass of wine is located on the restaurant’s main wall. Under it, the historical ‘Hucha de los txikiteros’ (a collection urn where wine lovers come to honour the Virgin), a spot of pilgrimage for decades.
Mondays to Thursdays: 13:00 – 16:00h. and 19:00 – 23:30h.
Fridays, Saturdays and Holidays: 13:00 – 16:00h. and 19:00 – 00:00h.
Reservations: 94 416 94 21
Carte
STARTERS
CINCO JOTAS HAM
Scrambled eggs with diced acorn-fed ibérico ham and glass bread toast
Cinco Jotas 100% acorn-fed ibérico ham shoulder
Board with 100% acorn-fed ibérico cold cuts (shoulder, spicy sausage and chorizo)
AMARENA SELECTION CECINA
Cow-meat cold cut with extra virgin olive oil and flakes of parmesan cheese
OX-MEAT CHISTORRA SAUSAGE
Ox-meat chistorra sausage with green apple and corn pancakes
SOUP
Fish soup
SALMON
Carpaccio of salmon with dill and octopus tartare
CROQUETTES FROM OUR OXEN
Ox croquettes with a touch of jalapeño
TOLOSA PEPPERS
Char-grilled Tolosa piquillo peppers
BOLETUS MUSHROOMS
Boletus mushrooms stir-fried in garlic with black truffle olive oil
NAVARRA WHITE ASPARAGUS
Navarra white asparagus with green asparagus sauce
SANTOÑA ANCHOVIES
Santoña anchovies with grated tomato and glass bread
SEAFOOD
Prawns in garlic
Variegated scallops
SALADS
Salad made with seasonal greens
Tomato carpaccio and burrata salad
Salad with cod in a garlic and parsley pil-pil sauce, confit potatoes and pearl olives
Longfin tuna belly with confit tomato and spring onions
RICE AND PASTA DISHES
Vegetable paella with seasonal greens
Seafood paella (cuttlefish, clams, mussels and prawns)
Paella with lobster
Fresh pasta stir-fried with garlic and prawns
FISH
Baby squid in its ink
Hake in green sauce
Ondarroa-style hake and finely-sliced potatoes
Bilbao-style roasted hake head
Pil pil style cod
Biscay style cod
Twice-cooked octopus char-grilled or Galicia-style
MEAT
CHICKEN
Skewer of farmyard chicken stuffed with cheddar cheese and ibérico ham
DUCK
Duck magret à l’orange and confit figs
MEAT
Char-grilled tenderloin with roasted peppers and Pont Neuf chips
Matured entrecôte with roasted peppers and Pont Neuf chips
CINCO JOTAS IBÉRICO MEAT
100% acorn-fed ibérico tenderloin with boletus mushrooms, confit capers in Pedro Ximénez and confit onions
DESSERTS
Lemon sorbet
Ice cream selection
Hot chocolate volcano
Puff pastry with crème pâtissière and hot chocolate sauce
French toast infused with aniseed and vanilla ice cream
Selection of Basque cheesess
Valencian (ice cream, orange juice, Cointreau)
Scottish coffee (coffee, whisky, ice cream)
Irish coffee (burnt whisky, coffee, cream)
Cellar
Enjoy our wide selection of wines with the best denominations of Origin
RED wines
CRIANZAS D.O. RIOJA
Cerro Añón Crianza 16,50 €
(Garnacha, Graciano, Mazuelo, Tempranillo)
Urbión Cuvée 15,00 €
(Garnacha, Tempranillo)
Cantos Valpiedra Crianza 17,00 €
(Tempranillo)
Sierra Cantabria Crianza 19,50 €
(Tempranillo)
El Rayo 19,00 €
(Tempranillo)
RESERVAS & EXPRESIÓN D.O. RIOJA
Marqués de Vargas Reserva 22,00 €
(Garnacha, Mazuelo, Tempranillo)
Señorío de Ondarre Reserva 17,00 €
(Garnacha, Mazuelo, Tempranillo)
Cuva del Monge Tinto 20,00 €
(Tempranillo)
Senderos de Ukan Tinto 24,00 €
(Tempranillo)
D.O. RIBERA DEL DUERO
Altos de Valdoso 16,00 €
(Tinto Fino)
Conde de San Cristóbal 22,50 €
(Tinto Fino)
ROSE wines
RIOJA
Añares Rosado 14,00 €
(Mazuelo, Tempranillo, Tempranillo blanco)
Sierra Cantabria 16,00 €
(Garnacha, Tempranillo, Viura)
TIERRA DE CÁDIZ
Barbadillo Rosado 15,00 €
ITALIA
Lambrusco Crestissimo 13,00 €
(Lambrusco)
CAVA & CHAMPAGNE
Cava Giró Ribot Brut 16,00 €
(Xarel-lo, Perellada, Macabeo)
Cava Brut Millennium Brut Nature 17,00 €
(Viura)
Champagne Ayala Brut Majeur 40,00 €
(Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay)
WHITE wines
TXAKOLI
Gorka Izaguirre 18,00 €
(Hondarribi zerratia, Hondarribi zuri)
RIOJA
Valdebarón 19,00 €
(Tempranillo blanco)
ALBARIÑO
Pazo San Mauro 22,00 €
(Albariño)
BIERZO
O’Roncal 16,00 €
(Godello)
RUEDAS
Terra Nova 15,00 €
(Verdejo)
Vega Real 17,00 €
(Verdejo)
CASTILLA LA MANCHA
Ojos del Guadiana 15,00 €
(Chardonnay)
MOSCATO/FRIZZANTE & SIDRA
Moscato Hacienda Casa del Valle 16,00 €
Sidra Egi-Luze 9,00 €
SWEET wines
JEREZ-XÉRÈS-SHERRY
Pedro Ximénez La Cilla 3,25 € (glass)
PORTO/DOURO
Grahams Tawny Port 3,00 € (glass)
LA MANCHA
Moscatel Finca Antigua Blanco 3,50 € (glass)
Location
We are in Santa María nº18 street, in the Casco Viejo of Bilbao.
Reservations
Opening Hours
Monday to Thursday from 13:00 – 16:00h. and 19:00 – 23:30h.
Fridays, Saturdays and Holidays from 13:00 – 16:00h. and 19:00 – 00:00h.