Irati is a lively tapas bar and restaurant, specializing in dishes from the Basque region of Spain. They offer you the choice between rubbing shoulders with a sociable crowd of diners over an extensive tapas selection, or entering the back room for a more tranquil experience, over a main dish of your choosing. A particular highlight among these is the sea bass and ratatouille crepe, while the montadito tapas (served on bread) are a delight.

The tapas are served on toothpicks, and rather quirkily, the sticks are counted in order to settle your bill at the end of the evening. Diners are advised to be wary; once the vino starts to flow it has apparently been known for craftier customers to offload their evidence on an unwitting neighbor’s plate, though we stress that this hearsay remains uncorroborated. Perhaps this is because people rarely leave Irati in a mind to quibble.