Azurmendi

Larrabetzu, Spain

• No.49 The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2021
• Highest Climber Award 2019

Cuisine like this deserves reverence. Diners at this long-running Basque trailblazer start their journeys on a roof-top vegetable garden where they are shown the fresh seasonal produce that goes into Eneko Atxa's ground-breaking dishes. Then it's on through the kitchen to a produce-filled glasshouse for snacks (look out for signature innovations such as sublime edible cotton) before being seated for the main event. A dedication to sustainability that underpins everything from sourcing to building management (rainwater is reused in the vegetable garden and toilets, as example) has seen this World's 50 Best Restaurants regular win the Sustainable Restaurant Award multiple times, while its leap 29 places up the list in 2019 bagged the Highest Climber Award. If you want to deepen your understanding of the principles that guide many of today's modern chefs, pay a visit here.

Key Information

• Tasting menu from $365
• Lunch: Tues – Sat Dinner: Fri – Sat
• 34 94 455 83 59
• Visit Azurmendi's Website

Location

Barrio Legina s/n, Larrabetzu, Basque Country, 48195