Geralds Bar San Sebastian is a restaurant in Gros, San Sebastián. Rated 4.6 stars from 1222 Google reviews. Known for daily-changing menu built on what's good today and staff who know wine and food equally well. Best for group dinner (plates designed to share) and date night. Ranked #5 of 9 in Gros. Price range: $$.
Rankings updated April 2026
Geralds Bar San Sebastian
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Quick Verdict
Locals come back because the food tastes like something, not like a concept. The menu's short, the kitchen's confident, and nothing feels forced.
You want to eat proper food cooked well in a room where people actually talk to each other.
About Geralds Bar San Sebastian
Geralds Bar is a small restaurant in Gros where the menu changes daily based on what's fresh. You'll find 15–20 covers on any given night, wood-lined walls, and staff who know what they're doing. The kitchen has a real hand for vegetables and offal — steak tartare, whole roasted poussin with lardons and leeks, grilled eggplant with romesco, charred artichokes. Dishes are designed to share. One reviewer who'd eaten there twice in 4 days called it "such a relief to get simple properly executed food and actually feel satisfied by the end of the meal." Another said the steak tartare and carrots with mandarines, cranberries and labneh "were gone too fast to get a decent photo they were that good." The wine list leans local — txakoli, Basque reds. Service is attentive without fuss. It's not a tasting menu theatre. It's a neighbourhood restaurant where the cook cares about flavour and the staff care about you finishing happy.
What Stands Out
Daily-changing menu built on what's good today
"Menu changes daily. Place is cozy/welcoming & Servers were all great but it was such a relief to get simple properly executed food." Reviewers specifically praised vegetables ("platos de verdura, ofrecen sabores y combinaciones muy especiales") and dishes like whole roasted poussin and grilled eggplant with romesco.
Staff who know wine and food equally well
"We left that they recommend the plats and wines and it was all incredible. Even they had consideration that there was a vegetarian and they adapted." Another: "Servers were all great... the staff really know what they are doing, they are on the top of everything, wine, whatever you need."
Proper execution of simple, flavourful cooking
"Increíble la buena mano que tienen en la cocina" (incredible hand they have in the kitchen). Reviewers praised the steak tartare as "super peculiar," the poussin skin as having "nice color/caramelization," and the sauce as "rich... to die for."
What Customers Say
Kamarera hasi berri bada ere, beti irrifartsu eta Gogo handiarekin ikusi dugu.
Restaurante encantador, servicio muy amable y platos fuera de lo común.
Increíble la buena mano que tienen en la cocina.
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Practical Information
Contact
Iparragirre K., 13, 20001 Donostia / San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, España
+34 943 08 30 01Visit WebsiteView MenuFrequently Asked Questions about Geralds Bar San Sebastian
No online booking available. Walk in or call ahead — the kitchen's small and fills up.
€€ (mid-range). Most reviewers ordered 3 dishes plus wine and dessert, suggesting €30–50 per person depending on what you drink.
Yes. The whole roasted poussin serves at least 2 people. Reviewers specifically mention "smaller rätter man kan dela på" (smaller dishes you can share) and note the strategy of ordering 3 plates between 2–3 people.
They adapt. One reviewer noted the staff "had consideration that there was a vegetarian and they adapted." The menu changes daily, so ring ahead to check what's on.
It's a sit-down restaurant in Gros. You book a table (or walk in), order from a daily-changing menu, and eat courses. Not a pintxos counter.
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