Sarasate

Restaurante Sarasate takes its name from the grand promenade on which it stands — the Paseo de Sarasate, one of Pamplona's most elegant boulevards, named after the city's celebrated 19th-century violin virtuoso Pablo Sarasate. The restaurant offers a combination of pavement terrace dining and an enclosed dining room, with the terrace overlooking the tree-lined boulevard and the city's monument-studded skyline. The kitchen focuses on Spanish and Navarrese cooking with an emphasis on accessible, well-executed dishes at moderate prices. The revuelto de hongos y trufa — scrambled eggs with wild mushrooms and shavings of truffle — is a crowd-pleasing seasonal dish that showcases Navarre's excellent fungal harvest from the foothills of the Pyrenees. Toasted bread with Cantabrian anchovies speaks to the quality of northern Spanish preserves. Piquillo peppers stuffed with bacalà or meat are a Navarrese staple done well here. The menú del día at around €14 is among the best value in the city, offering a three-course meal with wine that draws a lunchtime crowd of local office workers and residents. The terrace is ideal in spring and autumn; in summer the boulevard can be warm at midday. The wine list is concise and competitively priced. The atmosphere is relaxed and suitable for all ages, from solo lunches to family gatherings.