The food and the service was excellent. My favorite was seafood pasta with pistachios. The seafood…read morewas very fresh.

Found this restaurant on Yelp, encouraged by another review. The pasta was delicious, and the…read moreservice top notch. I greatly recommend for an Italian seafood dinner. The prices were very reasonable.

If I could give it more stars I would! We wanted to sample the local seafood and pasta and we had…read moresome of the best we've ever tasted. We had tomato and shrimp on crostini, it was so perfectly flavored the tomato and shrimp were the star! The salmon with crostini was another star! We also had Spaghetti with Clams and Spaghetti with a seafood tomato with cream sauce. Both were decadent!! The name translates to Sea Tavern and it delivers, feels like you are in a tall ship stateroom for your meal. Several tables with their own intimate areas. The service was great, while we speak minimal Italian, we got by and had a great experience Highly recommend

Good food, enough to satisfy, and the service is great. The place looked clean. The atmosphere was…read morevery family friendly.

What a lovely restaurant ! I was with a large tour group and we started with Mussels, clams and…read morepasta, potatoes, spinach, and salt crusted sea bass! It was all wonderful! I highly recommend this restaurant, we finished dinner with a fish shaped ice cream covered with chocolate!

The best Fish restaurant in Chianti Fiorentina. Top fresh fish selection at this family run local…read morerestaurant. A great option if you are staying in Chianti and feel like a change from the typical Tuscan food. We love to eat here in the summer outside to enjoy their raw fish selection and excellent first courses. The Wine list is perfect with a great selection of white regional wines, champagne & Francia Corta. Be sure to save room for Dessert

In Castiglioncello, a highly recommended place with plenty of parking. Nice ambience and view. Very…read moreexcellent and friendly service...professional too. The food was good and the wine selection is excellent (please refer to the pictures). We were well pleased to leave a review.

Very good fish restaurant with a great view and really reasonable price if you take the menu of the…read moreday! Would definitely recommend you to have lunch there

2nd Best in town…read more We've been in San Vincenzo before and know this place from last time. So we came back this year and hoped it would still be as good. And it's still pretty much the same (mostly in a good way). After it was fully booked on the weekend we came back on a weekday....plenty of tables left. We had some warm Crostini for a starter with two glasses of Spritz (Prosecco with Aperol). A really good choice. Crostini topped with fatty Pancetta, meat, paprika-spread, tomato, artichokes and radicchio. Good to share for two. For the mains we had the Seafood Spaghetti and Pasta with crema di Porcini. The Seafood Pasta is still great. The Pasta with Crema was new to us....interesting combination and very filling. We had some house wine with that (half liter for 4 Euros!). The service was - and this hasn't changed - a bit basic. But the reason could also be that the service doesn't speak much english - and our skills in italian are not really good too. But that's fine....we got what we wanted. And dogs are welcome too! It's a really good restaurant. Our #2 in town (behind "Xke Qua"). Be sure not to miss it, since it's a bit on the northern end of town, but beside a huge parking lot. Surely would go back. Prices are fair too.

Very nice staff and perfect food for the money! We will be back ;-) place is situated at a parking…read morespace close to the city center, very calm and nice spot to enjoy a good meal before going to the sea or city center... Thumbs up!

Le Viste's location is unique, situated on a secret beach hidden some 40m below Elba's fortress…read more It's arguably one of the most romantic locations in the world. However, we've been coming to this place for 10 years and have seen its ups and downs. This time (August 2024), we were disappointed by the service, because our waitress was slow, inattentive, and had us sit in front of our empty main course plates so that we didn't even bother to order dessert. The food was ok, but in Italy, that is expected and actually, it wasn't significantly better than the food we had the day before in a small place in Marina di Campo which didn't even cost us half the price Le Viste had charged. If you're new to Elba, you must have dinner here once - but not twice (at least at this moment).

My favorite place, fresh seafood, amazing views. Only negative about this place is the walk down…read morethe switch back trail down the side of the hill. Once your down! This place has the best food! We enjoyed several amazing dishes, All fresh, all delicious. Beware of what time the kitchen closes. Power went out one of the days we were here and no food was made or served that day. But I absolutely recommend this place!!

A very lovely spot located on a beautiful street. The mista salad was only fair because of the…read morebitter greens they incorporated into it. The pizza was good but not great and the Branzino was dry. Service was so so, we had to fetch the waiter to take our order. If we had had a great experience we would of course come back tomorrow.

Pretty decent but not over the top good authentic Italian. It tasted more commercialized than…read moreauthentic...especially the pasta.

Your stomach is tired of pizza, panini, salads, even bistecca alla Fiorentina. By the way, one can…read morefind many places in Lucca that cook excellent, aforementioned culinary items unforgettably. However, the moment comes when your mind craves for something different; your palate demands something uniquely brave -- fresh salt water variety of muscles, langostini, clams, and other gifts of the Ligurian sea. Where can one find a great 'pesce povero' Ligurian-style restaurant in the landlocked township of Lucca? Search no more. There is only one -- L'anciüa [phonetically L'Anchuua]. The place is owned and carefully attended by the brave crew of ladies - Susanna [the owner], Eleanora [her daughter], and Arianna [the waiter]. Translating 'pesce povero' from Italian will leave you perplexed. The literal meaning of 'fish of poor' is playfully deceiving. L'Anciua presents a very different angle of sensory & visuals [see photos] in a designed simplicity -- modest in execution, rich by concept, with modern twist of the meaning to a 'fisherman dinner'. To that point, do not expect opulence in the environment. L'Anciua offers demure yet tastefully appointed ambiance, resembling the colors of Ligurian fishermans' houses [from colors of placemats, to raffia chairs, to the walls of azure and deep blue hues]. Yes, L'Anciua serves dinners tirelessly 19:45-23:00, with Monday closure. Yes, Susanna or Eleanora will great you at the door and suggest one of the three famous menus, non-tourist fixed price with water/wine/gelato-sorbet. Menus are adjusted to what they've received fresh from Liguria, but you'd never be disappointed by the integrity of the owner and the chef. Yes, you need to pace yourself with 'scarpetta' [soaking wonderful sauces by a piece of an artisanal bread], served generously by the basket. Yes, save your appetite for three types of desserts and digestivo. Yes, the place is very small, two dining rooms; hence, you are advised to call in advance to reserve your table for the romantic-two or a friends-of-four. Yes, wine is served by carafe of 0.5 or 1. Litter. Take your time, enjoy hospitality, delectable food, and just close your eyes to immerse into Ligurian cuisine. Thanks for reading thus far. I decided not to mention the menu items but trust me it is wonderful one and all - look at the photos attached. Picture says 1000s words! p.s. I am rarely on Yelp, busy traveling the world; however, when I am so loquacious about one Italian 'ristorante', it would only mean - the place is a gem to pry out of its shell! We've been in L'Anciua 6 times now [since their opening in 2015], wife and I, or with friends. Never disappointed, Always intrigued to discover what Susanna has to offer!

This is one of my favorite restaurants ever. We were in Lucca for two weeks and this was by far…read moreour best eating experience. It's a fixed-price menu with options ranging from 15 to 30 euros per person, with combinations to choose from containing seafood appetizers, pasta dishes, and fried anchovies. Water, wine, dessert, coffee and a liqueur are all included. The price is crazy inexpensive for what you are getting; I think it is because by keeping the menu very limited they keep their costs down. The decor is charming and the place generally has a very nice feel. It's a place to go if you like seafood and you like having a really good cook bring you whatever she thinks will be great. If you are not very adventurous then you might not like it. The woman who runs the restaurant is extremely charming. if you go on a weeknight the pace will be slow and you can interact with her. On a weekend you must have a reservation, and you must go to either the 7:45 or 9:30 seating. The place will be very busy and you will get a good look at how it operates, which is pretty interesting. But you won't be able to interact with the owner and that is too bad. Our waitress was kind of the opposite of her - just trying to get her job done and nothing else. We went twice and we loved everything. The pasta dishes are excellent but filling. One time we both ordered the 20-euro menu, which came with four appetizers and a pasta dish for each of us. The other time we ordered one 20-euro menu and one 30-euro menu, which meant that we also had a plate of fried anchovies in addition to the two plates of pasta. I don't normally like fried fish - in fact it's normally about the least appetizing thing I can imagine. But it turns out that fresh anchovies, lightly coated in flour and then fried, are amazing. If I were going back again, I think I would go for two 20-euro menus and have pasta with one of them and fried anchovies in the other. (Since they are fresh they aren't at all salty like what you would get in a can in the US.)