Bodegón Sarría

Bodegón Sarría is a rustic wine cellar restaurant at Calle Estafeta 52 — one of the most iconic streets in Spain, serving as the final stretch of the daily encierro bull run during the San Fermín festival each July. The bodegón format — a tavern-style space with rough wooden tables, wine barrels as décor, and a menu centred on hearty meat dishes and traditional Spanish wine-tavern cooking — is one of the most enduring fixtures of Pamplona's old-town food scene. Chorizo al vino, pork sausage slow-braised in red wine until the fat renders and the sauce concentrates, is a dish as suited to a bodegón as any in the Spanish repertoire. Rabo de toro estofado, braised bull's tail, is a rich and deeply flavoured stew that takes all day to prepare and speaks to the tradition of cooking less glamorous cuts with patience and skill. Arroz con leche — rice pudding cooked slowly with milk, sugar, and cinnamon — is the classic Spanish dessert and a fitting close to a meal in this register. The menú del día at €15 includes wine and is one of the best-value full lunches on Estafeta. The wine list is focused on Spanish reds with house wine from the barrel. Bodegón Sarría is busy throughout the year but absolutely packed during San Fermín — when the street itself becomes a spectacle every morning.