Il Porticciolo Ristorante Pizzeria isn't going to blow your mind with the best pizza or pasta you've ever had, but it's still a solid choice. The food is good, comforting, and hits the spot after a long day of walking or swimming -- just don't come in expecting a life-changing meal. The real win here is the location. It has that cool semi-indoor, semi-outdoor setup where you feel tucked in but still part of the street energy (check the pics -- you'll get it). Service was decent and relaxed, and honestly, it's way better than the restaurant across the aisle nearby, which feels like more hype than substance. Not a must-visit, but a dependable, good-vibes spot when you want an easy meal in a great setting. read more

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Excellent food and service. The seafood is very fresh. The antipasto misto is 8 small plates to share for two people. It had tuna, anchovies, and two styles of octopus. read more

Il Porticciolo - 4 formaggi pizza - Italian Near Me - Manarola, SP

I thoroughly enjoyed my Calamari Cone at Il Porticciolo in Manarola. Calamari is my family's go-to appetizer at restaurants in the States, and I can say that this was one of my all-time favorites. It was fried perfectly as each piece was so crispy. Good calamari doesn't need additional seasonings like this one; it had the right amount of salt. A squeeze of lemon was all the calamari needed and it elevated the dish. One of my favorite meals in Cinque Terre! read more

Il Porticciolo - Calamari - Italian Near Me - Manarola, SP

We wanted to come here for a proper dinner but our plans changed and we instead got their Fritto Misto (seafood and vegetarian) as well as the Pistachio Tiramisu to go. The fried seafood was so good and perfectly salted. The Pistachio tiramisu was a delight - it comes in small and large sizes, would recommend the larger size because it is truly delicious and small won't cut the deal. read more

Il Porticciolo - Italian Near Me - Manarola, SP

I stopped by II Porticciolo to pick up a pizze farcite. After ordering, we waited a couple more mins for it to be toasted and heated up. The pizze farcite made for a good bite, I enjoyed the flavors and the bread was good! read more

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Pastas themself were okay. The fish pasta had a bit of a too fishy taste for my liking, but convenient location and it's well decorated. read more

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Il Porticciolo is a small, but very efficient deli style restaurant. You order and pick up the food at a counter. The restaurant is located in Manarola and gets very busy. They still manage to serve everyone, and are pleasant and friendly. Husband and I had the focaccia al formaggio sandwiches and shared what looked like a spinach quiche. It was all very good and the ingredients were fresh. The sandwiches have a generous serving of mortadella and fresh greens. They also warm the bread, which is a nice touch. There are a few tables inside the restaurant and also tables outside for al fresco dining. Very pleasant experience here. read more

Il Porticciolo - Focaccia al formaggio - Italian Near Me - Manarola, SP

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My sister made a dinner reservation for us yesterday. We came for dinner today. We were seated immediately. I ordered my limoncello Spritz, and it was delicious and refreshing. My entrée was spaghetti with monk fish. It was so delicious! My dessert was the gelato. It was light and delicious. This is a quaint restaurant with excellent food and service. It is well worth the reservation a day in advance. read more

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I Loved this place! The service was outstanding- the pizzas and pastas were superb - beautiful atmosphere- read more

Il Porticciolo - Beautiful atmosphere - Italian Near Me - Manarola, SP

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Food was good. Service was good. We tried 3 pizzas, a fish dish, a salad, a truffle pasta dish, and a beef dish. Very hot inside at 7 pm. Flies landing on our food was yucky. We would have all gotten dessert but it was just too hot so went somewhere else for dessert. read more

After strolling through the streets of beautiful Manarolo we felt a bit hungry. Based on good reviews we chose this place on the main street in this village. Our dog was welcome as well. Ordered some acciughe (anchovies), an octopus salad and a Pizza. Two glasses of (golden) white wine each. Staff was friendly, prices for a tourist-magnet like this town very fair. The anchovies in oil were very good, nice quality, tender. The octopus salad with potatoes another great choice. Tender and fresh octopus. It's not that easy to cook it to the point, but they managed well here. Very good was also the Pizza, topped with Porchetta and Burrata. An unusual, but nice combination. The heavy Porchetta together with the creamy and milky Burrata is a great match. We had a really nice time here. read more

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pasta was great with the truffle dish and my spaghetti with monkfish. Kids had the sausage pizza and margherita one. Everything looks beautiful as it's even printed on the menu with their Insta account. Indoor decor was modern which you wouldn't expect from the wooden entrance. Decent meal overall and you're paying for location and ambiance. read more

A really good focaccia place as we wanted to try a few other spots halfway through our hike. The pesto was so fresh and added so much to the bread!! The donut was an impulse buy and was so soft, fluffy, and light at the same time. So glad we stopped her. Service was quick and they had a good amount of seats inside. read more

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What an outstanding atmosphere. I had the Tuna and is was superb. We had a table for 5 and the service was top notch!!

Did months of research on reservations here and thought I had it figured out only to get turned away. Reservations open THE DAY BEFORE your requested time, not the day of like it says online. For example, if you want a lunch reservation for Thursday, you must book it on the app at 3:00pm on WEDNESDAY. If you want a dinner reservation on Thursday you must also book on the app at 3:00pm on WEDNESDAY!! It's honestly easier to get a reservation at Osteria Francescana (the best restaurant in the world) in Modena than it is at Nessun Dorma... They don't have their own app...and the food is better. read more

What a great restaurant! They have a small enclosure on the street like many restaurants in Italy but once you go inside, it transforms into a pretty high-end experience with a bit of a modern flare. The service was very good. My wife and I started with some stuffed vegetables which were excellent as well as a salad, also good. For our main course. I tried squid ink pasta for the first time with seafood, and it was phenomenal! My wife had a homemade pasta with the local specialty, pesto, which was delicious. We topped it off with a tiramisu, which was served in a small old-fashioned coffee pot, interesting twist, and an absolutely delicious dessert! Do yourself a favor and go to this restaurant, especially if you're staying in Manarola as we did. read more

Service was rude. Our fried to-go order was cold. Don't waste your time, walk a little further close to the water and get your fried goods from Ristorante Marina Piccola. read more

Il Porticciolo - so oily, so cold - Italian Near Me - Manarola, SP

Best tiramisu ever. Our day was completely improvised due to rain and worker strike. We came to find ourselves not knowing what to eat and went to Yelp. With decent reviews for this restaurant, we decided to try it and it was the best choice for our trip. We got seats inside the restaurant. When we first entered, I saw a glass enclosed below the bar counter with some yummy desserts and I was determined to get it. Our server was particularly cool and laid back. With six of us wanting to try different selections, we ordered 5 items to share. Each dish that came out was amazing. Price was very reasonable and the portion was good. Near the end of our meal, one of our friend felt he could have more pasta and decide to order another lobster pasta. We had no problem inhaling the second time around. All of us were satiated and I was still determine for dessert. The tiramisu was waaay too good. It's not the standard cake we eat in the states. This was the frothy creamy goodness that just a nice balance of sweet. Six of us sharing the three sampler cup was not enough so we ordered another one. We did see some people were late arrivals and to realize that they are there only for dessert. Would definitely recommend coming here for the lobster pasta and tiramisu. read more

Il Porticciolo - Tiramisu- 3 flavor with espresso - Italian Near Me - Manarola, SP

Probably the best seafood pasta from my trip. Flavors were on point and everything was super fresh. Grilled fish was fantastic as well. Service is okay, a shade better than typical Italian. Outdoor seating is very nice here as you can watch the hoards of people walk to and from the marina. read more

Il Porticciolo - Mixed seafood spaghetti - Italian Near Me - Manarola, SP

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Touring all day, we stopped in this small city of Manarola before returning to our town. At 4pm (non-peak meal hour), was disappointed as the host/server recommended we go to a nearby bar and sandwich shop for our happy hour break, not desiring to just serve us drinks and calamari fritti which we were craving here. It was mentioned that this intended as a dinner restaurant, even though we saw advertised that you could order take away calamari. In my view, not good customer service for tourists, so I'd prefer to select a friendlier eatery option in this town. And unfortunately no opinions or reviews on their food. read more

What a great experience our family of four had here one early evening. Because it is high season, it's imperative to have a reservation! My husband and I ordered the tasting menu for two - WOAH! It's a lot of food, unlike we are used to in the states. The antipasti were our favorites-fresh fish and cheeses! The server was also very accommodating of our children, especially our son who only wanted spaghetti alla marinara. I loved the torta alla noci dessert. It reminded me of granola/fruit cake/brownie! Delizioso! My daughter loved the tiramisu. They served it in a mini espresso percolator. read more

came here after beautiful storm and sunset swimming around in riomaggiore cliff salmon pasta good, mixed seafood not much flavor overall ricey for meh food compared to other spots on the islands read more

Came here for dinner after an amazing hike through the cinque terre. Stopped at manarola to watch the sunset and came here for dinner on way back to monteresso. Service was amazing. I wanted both the seafood platter and pesto pasta but portions are huge for just 1 person. My server told me to get the seafood platter and on the side brought me a little cup of pesto to eat with bread. Super awesome! Seafood platter had a bit of everything: tuna tartar, octopus, mussels, anchovies filets and fried, potatoes, crepe. Pesto was amazing and made the focaccia tastier. They have house wine for 3.50 euro. Great place for a meal! read more

Excellent service! Subpar food :(. Pretty display though. Had the tuna tartar... not very flavorful and nothing crunchy to go with it. My purple potato gnocchi with sardines and raisins was the strangest combo of sweet and fishy... a horrible one at that. So bad but with such great service that the waitress brought out my second choice entree, spaghetti with seafood and squid ink. Spaghetti didn't taste special at all, squid ink didn't either other than salty. The shrimp was the only thing I'd say tasted good- fresh and cooked just fine (unlike the other reviews claiming it was practically raw, but hey, just my experience). read more

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This place was fantastic! My waitress even helped me out when I didn't know how to properly debone my sea bass! Everything was so fresh and delicious and the service was phenomenal! read more

Had a great time here on our first night in Manarola. The waitress was fantastic and engaging. The food was very good, drinks too! Portions are not too large so you can order several items without getting too full. The outdoor patio was lovely in the evening. Our favorite dish was the pesto trophie. If you haven't had pesto in the Ligurian region yet, you must try this! read more

The pizza was very good. There honestly was nothing bad. We got the spaghetti with Bolognese and the pasta with pesto. Houae wine was much better than expected. Stop here it's worth it read more

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I'm pretty sure everything in the Cinque Terre towns is touristy these days, simply because so damn many people want to see the place(s). But the locals really don't have anywhere to hide from us, do they? Either for that reason....or maybe for pride's sake (or a little of both?), this restaurant near the water serves up amazing seafood. I'm sure there are other good spots in town, but should I return to Manarola to fight the swarms for snapshots of the beauty its (part goat?) residents used to enjoy without us blocking the view....I think I'll head right back down for some more seafood risotto from this spot. Just yummy. Pro tip: if you're sitting outside on the edge of the patio, always be aware of how close to the edge your chair is creeping... ;) read more

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Nice place but in the main season very touristic. Food is good! Service at entry super. Once You finish Your last bite, Your plate is gone. Free wifi is working onreliable. Just one toilet for the whole place. read more

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Can you eat badly in Manarola? I doubt it. I did check with Yelp first, but all the restaurants and focaccerias we visited were exceptional. We had some antipasto to start and then the seafood spaghetti and lobster fettuccine for mains. Both mains were fantastic. Heavy on the seafood, light on the pasta which is the way it should be. All the seafood was incredibly flavourful and the fettuccine was freshly made and incredibly soft. The kind waiter even got my husband a negroni from the bar across the road as they didn't have all the ingredients in house - now that's service. You must book ahead. read more

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Came with a small group wine tour so our lunch was included and I cannot comment on prices but the seafood was pretty top notch across the board. Tuna was excellent with nice pink color with a pepper type crust. Not a big shellfish person but others in the group spoke highly of almost everything. Only strange thing was that shrimp was raw which was a little strange to everyone. They also catered to one in our group that could not eat seafood and the thin pasta with pesto was excellent. Nice selection of local wines to try also. read more

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I'd probably give this place 3 stars overall. We started with an appetizer, splitting the anchovies with lemon sauce, which was a little easy on the lemon for my preferences. Still good though. I had spaghetti with clams while my husband had spaghetti il porticciolo. There was quite a variety of seafood in his, including what looked like a huge crawfish, which our waitress said was a scampi. He wasn't very impressed overall with his dish, but he liked the razor clams and said the mussels back in the states were surprisingly more enjoyable. My dish was very similar, albeit with only clams, and the addition of tomatoes. It was good, but no where near the best I've had in Italy, even though it had fresh clams. One thing to note, they really cook their pasta al dente...I'd say actually less than al dente. So if you don't like extra chewy pasta, beware. We split the Nutella tiramisu for dessert, which was mostly moussey Nutella and barely anything "cakey." It was good but not what you might expect. The service was okay, our waitress was obviously not Italian and she spoke perfect English, as do people at most places in cinque terre. A lot of people are drawn here because rick steves supposedly recommends it, but I'd find somewhere else to eat next time since it didn't have a whole lot going for it. read more

This place was fantastic. My husband had the best seafood pasta and it was loaded with mussels, clams, prawns, etc. I ordered the pesto lasagna which was also very tasty but if I ever came back, I would definitely go for something with seafood. We had a nice Manarola white wine with lunch. Service was great. Worth checking out if you are visiting. read more

Il Porticciolo - Yummy - Italian Near Me - Manarola, SP

Solid 3 stars. Not the best, but not the worst. The squid ink pasta was better than the seafood pasta. They basically are the same, but one is with squid ink. I was disappointed with how tiny some of the seafood pieces were. Each clam was the size of my pinky fingernail. The seafood pasta also tasted like ocean (a tad stinky), almost as if they cooked the noodles in salt water. The grilled octopus was great, but a little pricey. The service was superb though. If I go back, I'll probably stay away from the seafood items and try their pesto. read more

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We hiked from Vernazza to Manarola and were starving! So glad we found this rest as soon as we entered the main strip of manarola. I ordered the seafood platter for 18 euros- totally worth it!! u get a large squid leg, lobster, huge crawfish, and shrimp. Also had the pesto bruschetta- highly recommend! And don't forget to order some cinque terre white wine with your meal =] read more

Il Porticciolo - Italian Near Me - Manarola, SP

Service is a bit slow... But TOTALLY worth the wait. For my primi, I got the seafood pasta and it will filled to the brim with clams, mussels, shrimp, crab leg, and something weird that I could not identify but it looked like a seabug. I ate the entire thing and was pleased wi the flavor. It did not need any salt or cheese added to it. My secondi was lil baby fried anchovies, served with lots of lemon and and a delicious pepper and white bean puree. I wish there was more puree, because I inhaled that as well. At the end, I took no dessert. I was happy with my food and my sweet wine. And all for under 20 euros! If I was here longer than 3 days, I'd come back again! read more

Il Porticciolo - Fried dinner, freshy! - Italian Near Me - Manarola, SP

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3 1/2* Trattoria Il Porticciolo Via Renato Birolli 92, on main drag Manarola Had slight difficulty getting seated Food service by Australian-Italian was friendly and good House rolls were okay The thin-crusted pizzas were very good; each one could feed two persons The CT5 house wine was very good High quality food at slightly higher prices read more

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This restaurant is on the main walking street of Manarola. It gets very crowded in the evening so I'd make a reservation beforehand to make sure you get a seat (or a nice seat outside). We had the antipasto misto di mare, a seafood platter, which was recommended to us. It was a good sampler to begin our meal, though I found it a little salty. We both had the lobster with fettuccine, which literally includes half of a lobster; it was filling and well made. We also enjoyed the local Burasca wine, which was fantastic. read more

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All the seafood was cooked perfectly! Had the mussels to start, which were so wonderfully tender. The seafood pasta was great as well. The pasta itself wasn't anything special, but the seafood in it was likely cooked separately and plated since they were all cooked well despite the various types of seafood. We had the flounder catch of the day, which was also well cooked. For the catch of the day, we had a choice of four fishes, and my wife told me later that she actually wanted to try the other one, but was happy with how the flounder came out. For dessert, we had the sciachetra win pastries. The pastries and chocolate were nice but not anything special. Recommend just getting only the wine to save a few Euro. House red wine was a bit weird to me as it was slightly carbonated, but the white was delightful. read more

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If it was simply based on service and atmosphere this would be 5 star review. Unfortunately, the food was not commensurate with the service.