Where can you eat cheaply in Spain, going by these videos?

Places priced as cheap include Antonio Bar and Bar Desy in San Sebastián (the tortilla at the first, a burger one creator calls exceptionally juicy at the second), Can Paixano in Barcelona for cava and grilled sausage bocadillos, and El Capricho in Málaga's Mercado Central de Atarazanas, where a creator puts the roast pork sandwiches at 6 euros and says people line up for them.

Which places in Spain need a booking?

San Juan de Gaztelugatxe needs a free timed ticket online in busy seasons. The records recommend booking at Bar del Pla, Restaurante Illeta, the dining room at Los 33, La Viña's dining area and table 19 at Bar Nestor. Two places take no reservations at all: Akiro Hand Roll Bar in Madrid and El Xampanyet, where you queue (arrive near opening) and which closes on Mondays and all of August.

Spain From TikTok: Pintxo Bars, Coves and City Tables

Madrid has more places on MapDreamy's Spain map than any other city, 71 of 296, but the three most posted sit within a few streets of San Sebastián's Parte Vieja. Bar Sport leads with 14 posts, for grilled foie gras and a sea urchin dish creators say to try. La Viña has 13, and the note on it is short: order the Basque cheesecake, which its record calls the original. La Cuchara de San Telmo follows with 12.

Away from the pintxo counters, the posts split between city tables and the coast. Madrid and Barcelona bring steak, hand rolls, croquettes and cava. Mallorca brings coves such as Cala Llombards and Sa Calobra, and the north coast adds the 241 steps up to the hermitage of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, the layered cliffs of Zumaia and the stacked colored houses of the Asturian fishing village of Cudillero.

San Sebastián's Old Town, bar by bar

San Sebastián has 47 places, and the eight most posted places in Spain are all pintxo bars there. Several share a street: Bar Sport and Borda Berri are neighbors on Fermin Calbeton Kalea, while La Viña and Gandarias Jatetxea both sit on 31 de Agosto Kalea. The notes get specific. At Ganbara it is the egg yolk with wild mushrooms, with a warning that the scarlet prawn is pricey. At Gandarias one creator likes the sea urchin but says the txuleta pintxo has been overcooked lately. Bar Nestor is known for txuleta and a tortilla served twice a day, Antonio Bar for its tortilla, Borda Berri for beef cheek and a pork rib kebab.

Madrid grills and Barcelona's old-town bars

In Madrid the posts favor meat. Lana in Chamberí is an expensive Argentinian-style steakhouse where, one creator says, you go into the kitchen to choose your cut and should save room for the flan. Los 33 on Plaza de las Salesas is known for its bikini sandwich and milanesa, with a walk-in bar and a dining room that needs booking. Barcelona's picks cluster in Ciutat Vella: El Xampanyet and Bar del Pla on Carrer de Montcada, Bar Pimentel on Carders for poached egg with pork cracklings, and Can Paixano in Barceloneta, a cheap standing-room tavern pouring house cava rosado.

Islands and the northern coast

On Mallorca, creators post Cala Llombards near Santanyí, a free beach with a beach bar, and Sa Calobra, a pebble cove at the mouth of the Torrent de Pareis gorge that one creator reaches by driving 'crazy mountain roads'. Restaurante Illeta at Camp de Mar sits on a rocky islet reached by a wooden bridge, and its seafood paella gets the praise. In the Basque Country, San Juan de Gaztelugatxe near Bermeo is free but needs a timed ticket booked online in busy seasons; go early or near sunset, the posts suggest. At the Flysch de Zumaia you can walk the rock platform at low tide.

Good to know

In this set the top spots are all San Sebastián pintxo bars: Bar Sport (14 posts), La Viña (13), La Cuchara de San Telmo (12), Gandarias Jatetxea (11) and Ganbara (9), with Antonio Bar, Bar Desy and Bar Nestor on 7 each. Outside the Basque city the most posted places have 4 posts, among them Lana in Madrid and Bar del Pla in Barcelona.