Small friendly cafe. $4.50 for cup of hot chocolate and 4 FRESH FRIED churros. Churros are Crispy…read moreon the outside but moist and chewy on the inside. Hot chocolate thick with right mix of bittersweet

Nice breakfast before setting off to explore. Had a ham and cheese croissants and a delicious…read morecinnamon roll. Good coffee as well.

Lasagna is very very good. Service was slow. The wood benches look cool, but are terrible to sit in.read more

This place is unreal! Always packed with locals around breakfast and lunch time. They serve some of…read morethe best Spanish omelette I've had and the pinchos are on another level. If you're in Bilbao this place is a must!

Super cute cafe and delicious food. Stop by for some vegan snacks! Located in a nice neighborhood…read moreto wander around. Me encanto la comida! Todo es vegano recomiendo caminar por esta cuadra para todos los turistas!

Highly recommend this place. Bilbao is known for Bollos de mantequilla, or rolls of butter. It's…read morebeen famous since the early 1800s. It's a sweet brioche with sugar sprinkled on it that's cut in half and filled with a sweet cream made of butter and eggs. So soft and sweet. Service was excellent! It's a beautiful shop! There was a line, and I didn't know what to get, and the nice lady told me that this is famous in Bilbao. 2.30 euros for one delicious ball. I wish I had gotten more!

This place is a typical bakery of literally hundreds of bakeries in this city. The cakes and…read morepastries are made from the finest ingredients and sold fresh. They are placed on little gold paper trays elaborately wrapped in expensive paper and tied with a ribbon. My two pies cost £5.65. The servers do not handle money rather it's a separate till away from the food counter.

Good little place fresh and modern, open till quite late. Does good pinchos. We went there in the…read moreevening after arriving in Bilbao.

Cyndy's Bottom Line: A sustainable coffee shop…read more Located on the 2nd floor of the La Ribera Gastro Plaza. Assortment of coffee to include an Americano, yes! Fresh squeezed orange juice sold here. Assortment of gelato and pastries.

6:30 pm, was looking for some takeout as we have an early start tomorrow, and of course, nobody was…read moreserving dinner until eight or nine. Thankfully, this lovely cafe across the cathedral was able to serve me up a couple of sandwiches, salad, and some fries to go. The service beyond friendly, food hit the spot, and I had the entire indoor restaurant to myself. I shall return for my early bird dinners again!

Damn. Our reservation for the acclaimed Mina Restaurant was not until 9PM because you know those…read moreEuropeans sure like to eat late. At home, I could start nodding off before 8PM, especially if I've already seen that episode of HGTV's "Fixer Upper" already. After all, I can handle only so much shiplap in a conscious state. So it was natural that Jamie W. and I started getting peckish around 5PM as we were exploring the labyrinth of activity in the Old Town (Casco Viejo). We knew we had multiple gourmet courses ahead of us in a Michelin-starred establishment (review: http://bit.ly/2BjKg28) so we thought it wise to keep it light. We ambled about until we came upon the terrace portion of this cafe in the shadow of the massive Catedral de Santiago. With an open table amid a sea of middle-aged Spanish locals, we took advantage and sat ourselves down as the young server raced by dropping off a couple of well-worn menus. Jamie and I both ordered the 7€ Mixed Salad with lettuce, thin tomato slices, a sliced hard-boiled egg, white asparagus, onion, and tuna (photo: http://bit.ly/2BtMz7g). Although there was nothing extraordinary about the mix which we ordered without dressing, it was the ideal amount of sustenance to get us to dinner. FOOD - 3 stars...it's a salad and it worked AMBIANCE - 3.5 stars...a historic courtyard and a stream of people walking by us SERVICE - 3 stars...speedy, not too personable TOTAL - 3 stars...if you need a bite in the Old Town