My fiancee and I were very excited to try this place tonight and came away more excited to go back. Soon. Having been to San Sebastian in the past and experiencing the unique concept of pintxos - very small, delicious plates combining foods that don't maybe sound like they should go together - it is clear that, absent a lot of thought and attention, this is an incredibly tough thing to pull off. They succeeded, to say the least.
The atmosphere is cool and quaint. The waitstaff was attentive and informative. The manager and the owner both checked in on us during our meal. And the food was tremendous - in concept, flavor, and presentation. We didn't even get to sample any of the large plates as we loaded up on pintxos and other smaller items (about 10 in total!) and our only regret was that we got filled up and couldn't try the whole menu - we plan to in the near future. I previously lived in New York and San Francisco and I would put this up against any similar restaurant in either of those food meccas. Well done!