San Sebastian is a food mecca and a tourist trap.
Hunting for the local Basque pintxos (the northern Spain’s equivalent to tapas, very simplified) you find yourself in Old Town (Parte Vieja) and there it quickly become apparent that you have to go where the locals go. Initially we walked into a bar inhabited by tourist, the prices were high and the food mediocre (at best). Quickly we found ourselves hunting for something else.
Beti-Jai Berria had the iconographic red Michelin circle (Michelin plate) on the door and the bar was filled, so we were lucky to have a walk in there.
The level was much higher and at the same price as the other place. Pintxos is not Tapas, it’s something different (Tapas is typically a smaller portion of a main course m and pintxos is more something severed on a small piece of bread) but the concept is the same, bite(ish) size food, along with your drink. They do that excellent at Beti-Jai Berria. Well worth the visit when you find yourself in San Sebastian old Town – but beware, its popular, so it can be filled (which we found out a couple of days later, trying to get back there)