SUA

Since 1961

The
Fire

Dry-aged chuletón off the coals, sliced to the rosy centre

sua /su.a/ — n. fire (basque)

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Slow heat.
No shortcuts.

We cook the way this country always has: slow heat, oak coals, no shortcuts. The flame is loud. The coals are quiet. We listen to the coals.

Est. 1961 — Casco Viejo, Bizkaia

Numbers
from the fire

Pimientos de Gernika blistering in an iron pan over the coals

One fire,
one night.

  1. 4 pm

    The fire is lit. Oak from the Bizkaia hills, split by hand.

  2. 6 pm

    The flame settles into coals. We wait for the heat, not the clock.

  3. 7:30 pm

    First guests. Twenty-four seats, one long table.

  4. 11 pm

    Last orders. The coals are still working.

  5. dawn

    Ash, warm till morning. The door keeps its flower.

The third asador

Meet Jon

Jon Etxebarria is the third asador at this fire. Every morning the old coals greet the new. What the fire leaves behind is what we are.

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A chef seen from behind, tending the hearth as sparks rise
jon etxebarria, at the hearth

Ongi etorri.

Twenty-four seats. One fire.

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wed–sun, from 19:30, parties up to 8, ask Sua