Hold the phone! This is our fourth visit to La Ezkina Grill & Cantina in Walnut Creek, and just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, they surprise you with something knew and absolutely scrumptious.

This Spanish/Mexican restaurant is simply EXCEPTIONAL. It’s located across from the Post Office in Walnut Creek, just a short distance from the swanky North Main Street restaurant and bar scene.

“Ezkina” is Basque for the Spanish word “esquina” which means “corner,” and you can spot the difference the minute you walk in: real cotton/linen napkins on every table – none of the polyester or paper nonsense.

Order a drink. Every cocktail is top-of-the-line. My wife had a margarita, and I had a Manhattan. Did the bartender go to Harvard’s Bar Tender’s School? We savored every sip.

We enjoy trying new dishes, so this time I had the Chicken Mole De La Casa, and my wife had the Huitlacoche Stuffed Chicken (Huitlacoche adds sort of a smoky, woody, mushroom, and black truffle taste to the dish). Both were out-of-this-world delicious. AND, as a surprise, they offered an off-menu dessert: Carajillo Bread Pudding (a rich spiked bread pudding with notes of coffee and Licor 43 topped with vanilla ice cream).

So the next time you’re heading to the Post Office, bring a thirst for something new and visit Ezkina… there’s a ton of free parking behind the restaurant.

Main Street eat your heart out.

The service was amazing, the food not so much. The meal had to be sent back multiple times, our waitress was the sweetest and did her best, but I will not be returning.

My wife and I dropped into La Ezkina recently to try a restaurant we have not visited previously. The place was completely empty when we walked in and the workers seemed thrilled to have customers. Our service was excellent and the food was good but it was such a bummer to see nobody else there. It must be so hard to run a restaurant these days. The bar completely dominates the middle of the restaurant and I found it distracting. In a way, it’s not clear if they want to be a bar or a restaurant. I’m sure I’ll be back at some point. Hopefully others will try it too.
Michael Delehanty Real Estate
Compass.