Restaurant in Galdakao, Spain
One-star Basque farmhouse lunch. Book early.
Andra Mari is a Michelin-starred farmhouse restaurant in rural Galdakao serving traditional Basque cuisine at €€€ pricing — lunch only, Tuesday closed. At OAD Casual Europe #551 (2025) with a 4.7 Google rating, it delivers serious cooking in a rustic countryside setting that justifies the booking effort. Book three to four weeks ahead for a weekend slot.
If you visited Andra Mari once and left thinking it was pleasant but not essential, go back. The Michelin star it earned in 2024, combined with a rising position on the Opinionated About Dining Casual Europe list (ranked #543 in 2024, climbing to #551 in 2025 as the list expanded), tells you this kitchen has found a groove worth revisiting. The question on a second visit is not whether the food delivers — it does — but which format suits you better: the à la carte, the Elexalde tasting menu, or the longer Andra Mari tasting menu. Come with a clear answer to that before you sit down.
Andra Mari operates lunch-only, Tuesday excepted, running a single service from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM every other day of the week including Saturday and Sunday. That two-hour window is tight for a tasting menu, so the weekend lunch slot rewards diners who arrive on time and know what they are ordering. The kitchen under chef Iñaki Salvador is focused on the rural and maritime roots of Vizcaya , think seasonal ingredients sourced from small-scale local producers, and a cooking style that reinterprets traditional Basque flavours rather than abandoning them. The hake in salsa verde is documented as a kitchen reference point, and it represents the approach well: a classic preparation handled with technical discipline rather than reinvention for its own sake.
The setting reinforces that ethos. The restaurant occupies a historic farmhouse , a caserio , that the Asúa family originally opened to give pilgrims heading to the nearby 13th-century Andra Mari church a place to eat and rest. The two rustic-regional dining rooms look out over the Ibaizábal river valley, and the wine cellar in the basement is open to guests who want to visit it before or after their meal. On a clear weekend afternoon, with natural light coming through the windows and the valley visible beyond, the atmosphere earns its Google rating of 4.7 across 927 reviews without requiring any theatrical embellishment. If you came the first time and sat indoors without exploring the cellar, that is the obvious gap to fill on a return visit.
Andra Mari's commitment to small-scale local producers means the menu shifts with the season. Visiting in the current period gives you access to whatever the Basque countryside and the Cantabrian coast are producing now , and in Vizcaya, the seasonal variation between spring vegetables, summer seafood runs, and autumn game is meaningful enough to make a second visit in a different season feel genuinely different. The wine cellar visit adds a sensory dimension that is easy to miss: the cool, stone-enclosed space carries the scent of the building's age alongside properly stored Basque and Spanish wines. Ask about it when you book.
Booking at Andra Mari is hard. A Michelin star in a farmhouse format with a single daily service and no Tuesday opening means the seat count fills quickly, particularly for Friday and Saturday lunch. Plan at least three to four weeks ahead for a weekend slot; a midweek booking may come together faster but the window is identical. There is no website or phone number listed publicly in the current record, so the most reliable approach is to book directly through a reservation platform or confirm contact details via the restaurant's local listing. The address is Barrio de, Cam. de Elexalde, 22, 48960 Elexalde Auzoa, Biscay , a rural location outside central Galdakao, which means you need a car or a taxi. Factor that into the planning.
| Detail | Andra Mari | Arzak (San Sebastián) | Azurmendi (Larrabetzu) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price range | €€€ | €€€€ | €€€€ |
| Michelin stars | 1 (2024) | 3 | 3 |
| Service format | Lunch only | Lunch and dinner | Lunch only (primarily) |
| Setting | Historic farmhouse, rural | Urban villa, San Sebastián | Hillside, Larrabetzu |
| Booking difficulty | Hard | Very hard | Very hard |
| OAD Europe (2025) | #551 | Top 50 | Top 100 |
See the comparison section below for full peer context. The short version: if your appetite is for the Basque region specifically and you want an experience that feels rooted in the countryside rather than the city, Andra Mari at €€€ sits in a different bracket from Arzak in San Sebastián or Azurmendi in Larrabetzu. It is cheaper, more casual in register, and more directly connected to traditional Basque cooking. That is not a compromise , it is a different proposition entirely, and for many diners the more honest one.
Book Andra Mari if you want a single-star Basque lunch in a farmhouse setting at €€€ pricing, with a kitchen that takes seasonal sourcing and traditional technique seriously. It suits two people who want to spend a long Saturday afternoon eating well in the Basque countryside, or a small group who can agree on the tasting menu format. It is not a match for diners who need dinner service, who are travelling without a car, or who want the kind of avant-garde creative cooking that Mugaritz in Errenteria or Azurmendi provide. If your frame of reference for Basque traditional cooking runs through Narru or Casa Urola in San Sebastián, Andra Mari operates at a comparable register but with a more rural, farmhouse character and a Michelin credential those venues currently lack. For a broader picture of what is available in the area, see our full Galdakao restaurants guide.
The bar area at Andra Mari is used for pre-meal drinks rather than as an alternative dining space. If you are looking to eat informally without a reservation, this is not the venue for it. The dining rooms are the primary service area, and the tight 1:30–3:30 PM lunch window means tables are managed closely. Arrive a few minutes early, have a drink at the bar, and take your seat when it is ready , that is the intended flow.
Book three to four weeks out for a weekend slot, minimum. The combination of a Michelin star, a farmhouse format, and a single two-hour lunch service every day except Tuesday means availability disappears fast. A midweek booking may come together in two weeks, but do not count on it during the busier months. Andra Mari is harder to get into than most comparable €€€ restaurants in the Basque region , factor that into your planning alongside the travel logistics, since it is a rural address that requires a car or taxi.
The setting is a rustic farmhouse with regional decor; the food is Michelin-starred. Smart-casual is the right register , clean, put-together, but not black-tie formal. Think what you would wear to a good city bistro and you will not be out of place. The farmhouse atmosphere and countryside location make it feel less formal than a comparable star restaurant in a city centre like Arzak in San Sebastián, so err toward comfort over formality.
Galdakao's restaurant scene is limited outside Andra Mari itself. For traditional Basque cooking at a similar register in the broader region, Narru and Casa Urola, both in San Sebastián, are the closest comparisons in style and price. If you want to step up to the creative and avant-garde end of Basque cuisine, Azurmendi in Larrabetzu is nearby and operates at €€€€ with three Michelin stars. For a broader look at dining options in the area, see our full Galdakao restaurants guide.
At €€€ with a Michelin star and an OAD Casual Europe ranking, Andra Mari represents good value relative to what you get. The farmhouse setting, two tasting menu options, an à la carte, and a wine cellar visit add up to a full afternoon rather than just a meal. Compared to the €€€€ spend required at Azurmendi or Arzak, this is the more accessible entry point into serious Basque cooking. If your benchmark is a competent regional lunch rather than a multi-course avant-garde tasting, the value case is clear.
Yes, with the right expectations. The farmhouse setting, Ibaizábal valley views, wine cellar access, and Michelin-starred cooking make it a solid choice for a birthday or anniversary lunch where the atmosphere matters as much as the food. It works leading for two people or a small group who are comfortable with the tasting menu format and can give the full afternoon to it. It is not suited to large groups or anyone who needs dinner service. If you want something more dramatic in scale, Azurmendi provides more theatrical production at a higher price point; Andra Mari is the quieter, more grounded alternative.
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| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Andra Mari | €€€ | — |
| Quique Dacosta | €€€€ | — |
| El Celler de Can Roca | €€€€ | — |
| Arzak | €€€€ | — |
| Azurmendi | €€€€ | — |
| Aponiente | €€€€ | — |
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Yes. Andra Mari has a bar area designed for a pre-meal drink, and it functions as a holding space before you move to one of the two dining rooms. It is not a stand-alone dining counter in the omakase sense, so if you want the full kitchen output, you need a table reservation in the main rooms.
Book at least three to four weeks out, more if you are targeting a Saturday. A Michelin-starred kitchen running a single lunch service daily, with no Tuesday opening and a farmhouse seat count, fills quickly. Leaving it to the week before is a gamble not worth taking at €€€ pricing.
The setting is a restored 13th-century farmhouse with rustic-regional décor, and the kitchen is a one-star Basque operation at €€€ pricing. Neat, comfortable clothes fit the room well — think what you would wear to a serious lunch, not a formal dinner. Galdakao is not a city-centre fine dining circuit, so rigid formality would feel out of place.
Galdakao has limited comparable options at this level, so the practical alternatives sit in the wider Vizcaya area. Azurmendi in nearby Larrabetzu is the three-star benchmark if budget is not a constraint. For a closer price point with serious Basque credentials, Arzak in San Sebastián is the reference — though a different city and format entirely.
At €€€ with a Michelin star earned in 2024 and an OAD Casual Europe ranking of #551 in 2025, Andra Mari sits at a price point that is fair for what it delivers: seasonal Basque cooking anchored to local producers, in a farmhouse that has been doing this since the Asúa family opened it for pilgrims visiting the adjacent 13th-century church. If you want three-star ambition, look elsewhere. If you want a grounded, single-star Basque lunch with genuine regional character, the price holds up.
Yes, with the right expectations. The farmhouse setting, wine cellar accessible to guests, and valley views over the Ibaizábal river give it a sense of occasion without the stiffness of a formal city restaurant. It works well for a birthday lunch or a celebratory meal for two to four people who appreciate Basque food and are happy with a lunch-only format.
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