Restaurant in San Sebastián, Spain
Creative fusion at €€, no fine-dining price tag.
A €€ fusion tasting menu restaurant in a stone basement on San Sebastián's Gran Vía, earning Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025. The 7-course 887's Signature menu is the reason to book — it is the most creative, accessible-priced tasting menu in a city where the competition charges €€€€. Best visited October through March when the seasonal menu format is at its most compelling.
Casa 887 is the right call for couples or small groups who want a creative, occasion-worthy dinner in San Sebastián without paying €€€€ fine-dining prices. If you are planning a birthday, anniversary, or a first proper night out in the city, the stone basement setting and 7-course tasting menu give the evening enough ceremony to feel special, while the neon lighting and background music keep it from tipping into stuffiness. It is also a practical choice for anyone visiting in the shoulder seasons — late autumn through early spring , when the heavier, more complex tasting menu format suits the mood better than a quick pintxos crawl.
Casa 887 occupies a stone basement on Gran Vía, one of San Sebastián's main commercial streets, and the contrast between the raw architecture and the modern interior is deliberate. Striking photography on the walls, neon accents, and a curated soundtrack signal that this is not a traditional Basque dining room. The energy is closer to a confident neighbourhood restaurant with something to prove than a hushed tasting-menu temple. Noise levels are moderate to lively, which makes it a better fit for animated conversation than for a quiet business dinner where you need to hear every word. Come with someone you actually want to talk to, and the room works in your favour.
The kitchen is led by a Brazilian chef whose reference points span France, Japan, and Mexico alongside Basque ingredient traditions. That breadth shows up in the format: the flagship 7-course tasting menu, known as 887's Signature, is the most direct expression of the cooking. An array of half-plate options runs alongside it for diners who prefer to build their own path through the menu. The Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 confirms the kitchen is executing at a consistent standard, even if the format sits below the starred tiers.
San Sebastián's food calendar matters more here than at a restaurant locked into a fixed menu year-round. Casa 887's fusion framework means the kitchen has flexibility to rotate dishes around what is available locally, and the Basque Country's seasonal produce , salt cod in winter, spring vegetables from the hinterland, summer shellfish, autumn game and mushrooms , gives a Brazilian-influenced kitchen a lot of material to work with across the year.
For the tasting menu specifically, visiting between October and March gives you the leading chance of encountering the denser, more technically ambitious cooking that suits the 7-course format. The stone basement setting reinforces this: it reads warmer and more atmospheric on a cool evening than on a bright summer night when San Sebastián's outdoor pintxos scene is competing hard for your attention. Summer visits are still worthwhile , the half-plate format in particular works well for lighter warm-weather appetite , but autumn and winter are when the full 887's Signature menu is likely to feel most at home in its surroundings.
If you are combining Casa 887 with a broader trip through Spain's fine-dining circuit, note that the Basque Country autumn season overlaps with peak mushroom and truffle availability, a period when kitchens at every level from Casa 887 up to Arzak and Martin Berasategui in Lasarte-Oria tend to produce their most fully realised menus. Booking October through November is the clearest seasonal recommendation.
Casa 887 sits at the €€ price tier, which is one of the better-value tasting menu propositions in a city where €€€€ is the norm for creative cooking. Booking is rated Easy, which means you are unlikely to need more than a week or two of lead time on most nights. Aim for a Thursday or Friday reservation if you want the room at its most energised without weekend peak crowds. The Gran Vía address is central and walkable from most of the city's accommodation. For a wider view of where to stay, see our full San Sebastián hotels guide.
No dress code information is available for Casa 887, but the modern, music-forward atmosphere strongly suggests smart casual is the ceiling , overly formal dress would feel out of place. The stone basement is compact, so larger group bookings are worth confirming directly with the restaurant before assuming capacity. Group diners should also clarify whether the full tasting menu is the only option for the whole table or whether mixed ordering across formats is possible.
For the full picture of where Casa 887 sits within the city's dining options, visit our full San Sebastián restaurants guide. If you are planning the trip more broadly, the San Sebastián bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide are useful companions.
For context on how fusion-focused tasting menus operate in other markets, Jae in Düsseldorf and Soseki in Winter Park offer comparable creative-fusion formats at similar price positioning.
Quick reference: €€ price tier | Michelin Plate 2024–2025 | Google 4.3/5 (893 reviews) | Booking difficulty: Easy | Leading time: October–March for tasting menu | Gran Vía, 9, San Sebastián.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Casa 887 | €€ | — |
| Arzak | €€€€ | — |
| Akelaŕe | €€€€ | — |
| Amelia by Paulo Airaudo | €€€€ | — |
| iBAi by Paulo Airaudo | €€€€ | — |
| Kokotxa | €€€€ | — |
What to weigh when choosing between Casa 887 and alternatives.
The venue database does not confirm a bar-counter dining option at Casa 887. The restaurant occupies a stone basement and offers both a 7-course tasting menu and half-plate à la carte options, so your best move is to contact them directly via their Gran Vía address to ask about seating arrangements before you visit.
Book at least 1-2 weeks out, more if you're visiting during San Sebastián's peak summer or festival periods (Semana Grande in August, for instance). Casa 887 sits at the €€ tier, which makes it one of the more accessible creative restaurants in the city, but that accessibility also drives consistent demand. Don't leave it to the day before.
For a step up in formality and price, iBAi by Paulo Airaudo offers a more refined tasting menu experience in the same city. If you want à la carte Basque cooking with serious credentials, Kokotxa is a comparable spend with a more traditional focus. Casa 887's fusion angle is its differentiator — if that's not what you're after, both of those are stronger fits.
The stone basement setting suggests limited total capacity, which can cut both ways: it feels intimate for small groups but may be tight for larger parties. For groups of 6+, check the venue's official channels to confirm whether the space works and whether the tasting menu format suits everyone at the table.
Yes, particularly if the occasion calls for something creative rather than formally ceremonial. The combination of a stone basement with neon lighting and a 7-course tasting menu hits a sweet spot between occasion-worthy and relaxed — it reads as a deliberate dinner without the stiff formality of a €€€€ Michelin room. Two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) back up the kitchen's consistency.
At €€, it's one of the better-value propositions for creative tasting-menu cooking in a city where the serious restaurants routinely charge €€€€. The Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 confirms the kitchen is operating above its price point. If you want fusion creativity without a three-figure bill, Casa 887 makes the case clearly.
The 887's Signature — a 7-course menu drawing on French, Japanese, and Mexican influences — is the format that best showcases what a Brazilian chef with a fusion-first philosophy can do in a Basque city. The half-plate à la carte option exists if you want flexibility, but the tasting menu is where the full picture lands. At €€, the value calculation is straightforward.
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