Lonifasiko
Excellent menu of the day option
Is it possible to eat a good meal, in both quality and quantity, at a reasonable price, all well overlooking the Zarautz sea? Most people would say it’s impossible, A lot of people would say it´s impossible, but I know you can. At Kulixka bar/restaurant you’ll enjoy a privileged located, a it’s situated on Zarautz beach and its boardwalk.
It´s an fairly big, elegant place with two clearly different areas. The first is smaller but has room for several tables. It´s located in the front room with a bar, which is fairly calm. The other room is the restaurant’s main dining area. It´s bigger and its bay window overlooks the seas. If you´re lucky enough to get a table next to the window, the experience will be doubly gratifying.
During the week they have a competitively priced menu of the day. The menu is extensive, with a large variety of meats, fresh fish, and elaborate appetizers. One of the most demanded elements of the restaurant during the weekends is their ¨special menu¨ or ¨weekend menu,¨ which is well known in the area and the ¨culprit¨ behind the restaurant always being packed with people. Sometime you’ll have to wait in line for a table, but this tells you the food is that good.
You can enjoy their special menu for a pretty comfortable price of 22 € (March 2012). They offer a large variety of entrees, always with seafood options. The second plate always includes a good stew and a generous meat option, but it’s their fish dishes that truly set this restaurant apart. Their ingredients are extremely fresh.
A small side dish can run between 3 to 8 Euros. You can choose between other even more elaborated second dishes, and I sweat that some of them are really worth trying.
The desert menu is very big. The food is homemade and carefully prepared. Coffee is also included in the price, as well as red/white/rose wine, water or cider. It´s possible to upgrade to more elegant drinks, like Rioja, Ruega or Txakoli wine for an additional charge.
In our umpteenth visit, we started off with an artichoke and asparagus dish with mushroom cream and a salad of fried vegetable with marinated salmon and a red fruit vinaigrette. The fried vegetables were amazing and great with the acidity of the red fruits. The artichokes were very tender and were perfect with the mushroom cream sauce.
We choose fish as the second dish, turbot for one and hake for the other. The turbot was grilled and came with a fried side and a baked potato, tender and very flavorful. The hake serving was very generous. It was stuffed with mushrooms and came with a tower of potatoes and egg plant. Succulent. Perhaps it had a bit too much seasoning, but it was delicious nonetheless.
I’ve eaten their meat before too, specifically for the ox tail. We finished things off with a flavorful pie and a coffee, plus a pudding cake with generous portions of white chocolate mousse. Just amazing!
The service is attentive and fast. I don´t know if you could ask for more from a place. Because of everything I’ve described, it´s usually packed on the weekend, especially from Spring to Fall when it´s sunny out, as it sits along the beach.
It´s worth making reservations in advance. It’s not worth trying your luck, as you could be let down if you haven’t made reservations beforehand. If you call to make reservations, be sure to ask to be seated by the big window if possible.. It´s 100% worth it, as you can enjoy the great food while taking in great views. It´s priceless.
All in all, it´s a highly recommended place, with a perfect location, good service, good prime material all cooked to perfection. It´s hard to find a fault, especially when considering the weekend menu, which I completely recommend. Head over to Kulixka when you´re in the area and tell me what you think! Enjoy!
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