Choko Ona Espelette

A beautiful setting in Espelette with a vegetable garden right by the dining area. You watch as the chefs go into the garden and pick fresh vegetables and herbs for the use in the restaurant. The food is incredible, highly recommend. Great place to try local and fresh produce.

We do like to include nice meals when touring in our campervan and chose Choko Ona whilst staying at the aire in Espelette. We made our booking for 8pm (which is when they open) and received a friendly welcome. It was a warm evening so the bi-fold doors were open onto the vegetable garden. The tables were nicely spaced out giving diners plenty of privacy. They were aware we were English and we appreciated having a waitress who could speak English. We chose the 4 course menu at €56 per head. We started with the creative house cocktail of gin, strawberry sorbet, wine and cardamom. This was served with a selection of a amuse bouche served on a china octopus. The next course (my favourite) was courgette, raspberries and basil sorbet. The next course was a local fish served with a citrus buerre blanc. The meat course was pigeon, not a favourite of mine but it was nice considering. The desert was strawberries with whipped cream and a tarragon crisp. I was slightly disappointed with the desert as though it was lovely it seemed a little basic. This was more than made up for with the final course of a basil and yoghurt cream served with fig leaf water to end the meal. Overall a fabulous evening. Would highly recommend and definitely return if ever we are in the area.

An exceptional address to a report quality price incomparable service for a starred restaurant! The dishes gather, the flavors enamel the taste buds. The presentation of the dishes is perfect and the combination of dishes and wines is great. We have had a good time and we will certainly come back. Do absolutely but you have to book upstream to have a place! The walk in the garden / garden is very pleasant. With some allergies, the chef was able to adapt the menu and I am very grateful. Thank you for that moment.

Excellent Home and impeccable service, palate and dishes are very well cooked and very well presented. The Basque ceramics are original...we loved...the new room overlooking the vegetable garden is superb...

Once again bravo and thank you for having our taste buds travel in this warm and relaxed atmosphere. Congratulations to the leader and your teams for your inventiveness, for the accuracy of the agreements, to let us discover dishes that we will never have the opportunity to discover elsewhere. Bravo to sommeliere for the choice of wines that match perfectly the dishes. Each of our passages at home gives us a real moment of discovery and happiness. I don’t know any other restaurant that can buy me so many surprises. Thank you, thank you.