Arzak

Arzak is one of the most iconic and storied fine dining restaurants in the world, holding three Michelin stars continuously since 1974 and celebrating its 50th anniversary in the Michelin constellation in 2024. Located in a century-old family mansion in the Alto de Miracruz neighbourhood of San Sebastián, the restaurant is run today by Elena Arzak — the fourth generation of her family to lead the kitchen — working in close collaboration with her father Juan Mari Arzak, a founding figure of the New Basque Cuisine movement. The restaurant’s legendary Laboratorio Arzak, housed within the same building, maintains a working library of over 1,500 ingredients and generates some forty new dishes each year, driving a culinary programme that is simultaneously rooted in deep Basque tradition and ceaselessly experimental. Tasting menus and a seasonal à la carte menu showcase the creativity, technical precision, and intense flavours that have made Arzak a global benchmark. In 2012, Elena Arzak was named the world’s best female chef by Veuve Clicquot. The wine cellar holds over 100,000 bottles. A true pilgrimage destination for any serious lover of gastronomy.