Which restaurants on this list have exceptional wine programs?

Zarate in Abando and Ola Martín Berasategui in Old Town (Casco Viejo) are the restaurants on this list with exceptional wine programs. Zarate pairs an extensive list with modern Basque seafood, using fish from the ports of Lekeitio and Ondarroa, on tasting menus and a la carte. Ola Martín Berasategui pairs an extensive, sommelier-led list with tasting menus and a prix fixe of Basque seafood under Martín Berasategui and head chef Raúl Cabrera.

Which restaurant on this list holds a Star Wine List award?

Mina in Old Town is the restaurant on this list with a Star Wine List award for 2026. Álvaro Garrido runs two tasting menus of creative Basque seafood, using Cantabrian fish, seasonal game, and produce from local suppliers. The wine program is extensive and sommelier-led, and the room is organized around an open kitchen.

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Best Michelin-Starred Restaurants in Bilbao

Our guide counts 5 Michelin-starred restaurants in Bilbao and 5 Michelin stars in total, citywide. This list is those restaurants: Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao and Zarate in Abando, Mina in Old Town, Ola Martín Berasategui in Old Town (Casco Viejo), and Islares in Moyúa. Each holds a Michelin star for 2026. The cooking is modern Basque, served as tasting menus, with seafood at Mina, Zarate, and Ola Martín Berasategui, and seasonal Basque ingredients at Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao.

Guía Repsol for 2026 gives 3 Soles to Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao and 2 Soles to Mina and to Zarate. Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao cooks inside the Guggenheim Museum with Josean Alija's Muina format. Mina works from an open kitchen and holds a Star Wine List award. Ola Martín Berasategui keeps an exceptional, sommelier-led list inside the Tayko hotel. Islares keeps a sommelier-led program, and its named menus change completely each season.

How this list is chosen: Restaurants holding Michelin stars, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.

Islares
1 Michelin star
Opposite Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum, Islares runs two named tasting menus, the 9-course A-8 and the 13-course N-634, built entirely around seasonal ingredients from small-scale Northern Spanish producers. The menus change completely each season, earning a Michelin Plate and an Opinionated About Dining European ranking in 2025. At €€€€ pricing, it sits in the same tier as Mina and Ola Martín Berasategui.
Mina
1 Michelin star
Mina holds a Michelin star on Ercilla Kalea in Bilbao's Indautxu neighbourhood, where Álvaro Garrido runs two tasting menus built around Cantabrian fish, seasonal game, and produce from a tight circle of local suppliers. The open kitchen anchors the room, the wine list has earned recognition from Star Wine List two years running, and the format places it firmly at the serious end of Bilbao's creative Spanish dining tier.
Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao
1 Michelin star
Nerua holds a Michelin star inside the Guggenheim Bilbao, ranked #153 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list and a former World's 50 Best entry at #32. Chef Josean Alija's progressive Basque menu offers both à la carte and the Muina tasting format, with service running two tight sittings daily. Booking ahead is essential; the restaurant operates within one of Europe's most visited cultural institutions.
Ola Martín Berasategui
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Inside Bilbao's Tayko hotel, Ola Martín Berasategui holds a Michelin star and occupies a dining room of exposed brick and concrete beams in the city's historic quarter. Two tasting menus channel the cooking of Martín Berasategui through head chef Raúl Cabrera, with Basque seafood preparations at the centre. Open for lunch Thursday through Sunday and dinner Thursday through Saturday, it sits at the formal end of Bilbao's restaurant spectrum.
Zarate
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Zarate occupies a precise position in Bilbao's seafood scene: a one-Michelin-star restaurant in the Abando district where daily fish sourcing from the ports of Lekeitio and Ondarroa drives every decision on the menu. Two tasting menus, 15 and 20 courses, sit alongside an à la carte, making it one of the city's most considered addresses for Cantabrian fish cookery.

Planning Michelin-starred restaurants in Bilbao

How many Michelin-starred restaurants are on this list?: This list holds the 5 Michelin-starred restaurants in our Bilbao guide: Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao in Abando, Zarate in Abando, Mina in Old Town, Ola Martín Berasategui in Old Town (Casco Viejo), and Islares in Moyúa. The latest Michelin award at each is a star for 2026. The citywide Michelin star total in our guide is 5.
Which restaurants on this list have exceptional wine programs?: Zarate in Abando and Ola Martín Berasategui in Old Town (Casco Viejo) are the restaurants on this list with exceptional wine programs. Zarate pairs an extensive list with modern Basque seafood, using fish from the ports of Lekeitio and Ondarroa, on tasting menus and a la carte. Ola Martín Berasategui pairs an extensive, sommelier-led list with tasting menus and a prix fixe of Basque seafood under Martín Berasategui and head chef Raúl Cabrera.
Which restaurant on this list holds a Star Wine List award?: Mina in Old Town is the restaurant on this list with a Star Wine List award for 2026. Álvaro Garrido runs two tasting menus of creative Basque seafood, using Cantabrian fish, seasonal game, and produce from local suppliers. The wine program is extensive and sommelier-led, and the room is organized around an open kitchen.