# Karlos Arguiñano Restaurant

Restaurant en Zarautz · Getaria and Zarautz

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/basque-country/getaria-and-zarautz/where-to-eat/karlos-arguinano-restaurant · Revisado: 2026-11-13

- Precio: €€€

Karlos Arguiñano's restaurant at Villa Aiala, facing Zarautz beach, with a bar and sea terrace; open at midday on Sunday.

Villa Aiala, on the Mendilauta promenade
The restaurant is in Villa Aiala, an early 20th-century mansion at Calle Mendilauta, 13, facing Zarautz beach, in the same house as the family's hotel. Karlos Arguiñano does not work in the dining room or the kitchen: he films every day outside Zarautz and drops by from time to time. The kitchen is run by his son Zigor Arguiñano and María Torres, with seasonal produce and updated Basque recipes. The dining room looks out to the Cantabrian Sea and also has two interior rooms; the tables by the window are few and not guaranteed when you book.
The tasting menu and the à la carte
You choose between the à la carte and the tasting menu, which are not mixed at the same table: the menu is ordered for everyone, although if you are with children only the adults may take it. It is five half-portions that change three times a year. The current season's begins with an endive salad with Dublin Bay prawn, pear and blue cheese, continues with a low-temperature egg with onion cream and foie, salmon with velouté, rib with truffle mayonnaise and ends with a goat's cheese foam with quince and tangerine ice cream. Drinks and coffee are extra. The website publishes neither the price of the menu nor of the à la carte: ask when you book. There is no set menu or children's menu, but they adapt dishes for children and for allergies if you tell them when booking and at the table.
The terrace bar, no booking
Next door, the bar with a sea terrace is the informal version: pintxos, sharing plates and sandwiches from its own menu (they do not serve dishes from the restaurant), with gluten-free and vegetarian options. It opens at 8:00 with breakfasts until 11:30; the kitchen runs from 12:00 to 15:30 and from 19:30 to 22:30, until 23:00 in summer. Tables are not reserved: you sit where there is room. It is also the only place in the house where you can go with a dog, on the terrace.
Hours and seasons
Lunch from 13:00 to 15:15 every day except Wednesday. Dinner from 20:30: from 21 June to 12 October, every night except Sunday and Wednesday; the rest of the year, only Friday and Saturday. Restaurant and hotel close from 21 December to 5 February. They recommend booking, especially at Easter and from 15 June to 15 September, which is their high season.
Parking in a residential area
The house has no parking for the restaurant. Leave the car in the Kortazar or Munoa car parks, or in the OTA zone if they are full. The building is wheelchair accessible. From the door the promenade along Zarautz beach begins, and along the coast you can walk to Getaria on the walk from Zarautz to Getaria.

Qué pedir: the five-half-portion tasting menu, or something informal on the bar terrace

## Practical details

- Address: Mendilauta, 13, 20800 Zarautz, Gipuzkoa
- Phone: +34 943 130 000
- Email: contacto@karlosarguinano.com
- Opening hours: Mon y Tue 13:00–15:15; Wed closed; Thu 13:00–15:15; Fri y Sat 13:00–15:15 y 20:30–22:30; Sun 13:00–15:15
- Open at midday on Sunday. Closed on Wednesdays. From 21 June to 12 October dinner every day except Sunday and Wednesday. Closed from 21 December to 5 February. Bar from 8:00
- Cuisine: Basque
- House specialities: Tasting menu
- Bookings: https://karlosarguinano.com/reserva/
- Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
- Details checked on 13 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://karlosarguinano.com/
- Coordenadas: 43.2867, -2.1745

## Cerca de aquí

- [Hotel Karlos Arguiñano](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/basque-country/getaria-and-zarautz/where-to-stay/karlos-arguinano-hotel), a 0 m
- [Zarautz beach and the Iñurritza dunes](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/basque-country/getaria-and-zarautz/things-to-do/zarautz-beach), a 217 m
- [Surf course in Zarautz](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/basque-country/getaria-and-zarautz/things-to-do/surf-course-zarautz), a 410 m
- [Walking from Zarautz to Getaria](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/basque-country/getaria-and-zarautz/things-to-do/zarautz-to-getaria-walk), a 1.3 km
- [Gran Camping Zarautz](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/basque-country/getaria-and-zarautz/where-to-stay/gran-camping-zarautz), a 1.7 km
- [Elkano](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/basque-country/getaria-and-zarautz/where-to-eat/elkano), a 3.0 km
- [Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/basque-country/getaria-and-zarautz/things-to-do/cristobal-balenciaga-museum), a 3.0 km
- [Getaria old town and the church of San Salvador](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/basque-country/getaria-and-zarautz/things-to-do/getaria-old-town-and-harbour), a 3.1 km

## Consejos

### For a coffee or a pintxo, the bar
It takes no bookings and is open from 8:00, all day.

### Mention allergies twice
When booking and again at the table, as the house asks.

### In winter, dinner only at weekends
From October to June dinners are Friday and Saturday.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Is it open on Sunday at midday?
Yes, from 13:00 to 15:15. It is closed on Wednesdays and Sunday evenings.

### Can I bring my dog to the bar terrace?
To the bar terrace, yes; inside, only guide dogs.

### Where do I leave the car to eat at Villa Aiala?
There is no parking; they recommend the Kortazar or Munoa car parks.

### Is Karlos Arguiñano at the restaurant?
He is not part of the team; he films outside Zarautz and drops by from time to time.

### Can I ask for a table by the window?
You can ask, but they do not guarantee it: there are few.

### When does it close for the holidays?
From 21 December to 5 February, together with the hotel.

Destino: [Getaria and Zarautz](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/basque-country/getaria-and-zarautz.md)