Eating out in SJPDP?

Darren John

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• Aug 20, 2015

• #1

Hello all!

I will be arriving in SJPDP around 4pm and after I've booked in I was wondering where to eat? Long day of air fares and bus rides deserves something great to start my 1st nite of my adventure, any suggestions please?

Much Thanks

 

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• Aug 20, 2015

• #2

The Pilgrim office usually suggests Chez Dede nearby at 3 rue de France. It offers many good inexpensive choices and I, too, have often happily eaten there.

Buen camino!

 

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• Aug 20, 2015

• #3

Darren John said:

Hello all!
I will be arriving in SJPDP around 4pm and after I've booked in I was wondering where to eat? Long day of air fares and bus rides deserves something great to start my 1st nite of my adventure, any suggestions please?
Much Thanks

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Long gone are the times when one could easily find a really good restaurant in France, especially in small, touristic places like SJPdP. Junk-food places are the norm and undemanding pilgrims asking for ever-low prices have not been an incentive to change this.
You might want to browse this list http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura...e_Country_Pyrenees_Atlantiques_Aquitaine.html of "the best restaurants in town", a more adequate description would be "the least terrible places". Start walking asap and with a bit of search, you'll be more lucky in Spain.

 

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• Aug 20, 2015

• #4

There are plenty of good choices on the main thoroughfares/"downtown". Some are pricey, but most post the menu. The more you pay, the better the food!

Buen camino.

 

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• Aug 20, 2015

• #5

I just spent two nights in SJDP last week. There are many places to eat with good Basque cooking. I didn't have any trouble finding something and I didn't research in advance. You can cover the whole town in 15 minutes so take a walk see what you like and then go for it. I'd add to the comment of using TripAdvisor. While the rankings are totally subjective, you get a quick list of what is "known" in any town and a rough idea. Throw out thee high and low opinions and see if it's what you want.

 

Peter Fransiscus

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• Aug 20, 2015

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Darren John said:

Hello all!

I will be arriving in SJPDP around 4pm and after I've booked in I was wondering where to eat? Long day of air fares and bus rides deserves something great to start my 1st nite of my adventure, any suggestions please?

Much Thanks

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Hi Darren John, as already stated walk around the town and make your choice, go in and enjoy yourself. Wish you a Buen Camino, Peter.

 

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• Aug 20, 2015

• #7

Lots of restaurant, so take your pick. Unfortunately also lots of tourist food.