Over 15 days in Italy and this was the BEST PIZZA on our trip! Side salad was perfect and house…read morewine was perfectly delightful! All at a price you can't beat!

Great little five next to the park in Levanto. Service was friendly, prompt and helpful…read more Tried it on a whim based on only 2 reviews and was glad I did. Started with fresh grilled vegetables, lightly seasoned and served with focaccia bread...light, crispy and airy...very different and much better than focaccia bread in the US. Also had a sausage pizza. The sauce was delicious, not overpowering and with fresh ingredients.

We're walking into Old Town Monterosso back to our apartment and notice this man sitting alone…read moreenjoying his pasta. I double take and look at his carbonara. It looks amazing at a quick glance. We walk a few more steps and then turn back around to see it again and ask the man working if he can seat the 3 of us. He looks around at his tables (there are only 6-8 tables) and tells us to come back in an hour which seemed a little off putting at first. He tells us to try any of the restaurants next door because they are all his. But my mind is stuck on the carbonara. So we ask if he offers takeaway for his meals and he agrees to our carbonara and pizza order. Later I realize he's the owner and just very busy and focused on taking care of his customers and actually friendly. While we're waiting, the solo Italian man raves about the carbonara. Says he's an advertising salesman who travels often to the area and eats out often and this carbonara is the best. He liked that he focuses on quality, not quantity. Sold! It was one of our best meals on the trip. The bacon was cooked perfectly and crispy. Pasta cooked perfectly and sauce delicious, just clung to the noodles. Pizza devoured and he actually cut the pizza slices so we could share easily. I'm sad it was our last night, otherwise I would've gone for a second time. I'll be thinking about that carbonara for a while. Definitely worth a stop in Old Town Monterosso.

Probably one of the best meals this trip…read more Tiny place with maybe 8-9 tables Owner is wonderful high energy person Really good bruschetta...that rustic bread Excellent ravioli in meat sauce Solid pizzas Nice simple wine selection Great rock n roll music playing

This is a great pizza place in Riomaggiore! They had a bunch of different pizza options, and we…read morewent with a more plain red sauce pizza and a goat cheese/prosciutto pizza. Both were really great! I have a tree nut allergy, and they were very nice and accommodating! The pizzas were made to order. Took about 10-15 minutes for it to come out. The restaurant is take away only. Each pizza was about 7 or 8 euros. I'd highly recommend coming here!

If you are looking for something simple and delicious, you might want to check this place out…read more Pizzas and calzones are their focus and they did a great job with our two pizzas. There is a small area to sit just outside the restaurant but it's more of a take away place. Staff was incredibly friendly!

Focacceria IlFrantoio is kind of hiding: tucked in a narrow alley off the main drag, but you'll…read moresmell that fresh-baked focaccia the moment you walk nearby. Even if you don't see the sign, follow your nose. Inside the little place, there are only a handful of tables, so most people grab a slice and go. They do those classic Ligurian-style focacce: some round like pizzas (but no sauce) and some square or rectangular slabs. The difference is more than shape, focaccia isn't pizza. It uses dough with more leavening, so it stays thicker, softer, and airier than typical pizza crust, and it gets dimpled and drenched in olive oil before baking. Because of that, the focaccia from Il Frantoio feels pillowy inside but still crispy at the edges -- perfect base for whatever topping they throw on. Go for a classic plain‑olive-oil slice if you want something simple and salty. Or, if you're up for a punchier flavor, try their anchovy version: salty, briny, and made for a beach‑town afternoon. Honestly, it's the perfect snack to grab before hiking to Vernazza -- light, filling, and full of energy for the climb. Bottom line: Focacceria IlFrantoio isn't fancy. It's small, kind of hidden, and not Instagram-flashy. But if you want a genuinely good bite of Ligurian comfort food, warm focaccia, salty anchovies or olive-oil-rich crust, handheld and cheap, this spot hits exactly right.

We went here three times in 3 days! The owner is one of the most fun and personable people ever and…read morehe doesn't even speak English! Go here when in Cinque Terre! You won't regret it!

Ermg this gluten-free pizza was mind-blowing amazing. We had just finished the Blue Path hike, and…read morewere in dire need of some calories. This place popped up with good reviews, so we stopped in to order take out. It's in the old part of the city and very small, so after ordering we waited outside. After only about 5 mins, our hot delicious pizza was ready! They even cooked my gf pizza in its own container and didn't cut it to prevent cross-contamination. We took it back to our hotel room and just devoured it.. was seriously so good. I'm forever ruined to American gf pizza thanks to this experience.

GF PIZZA was good, not great-4 euro extra was not obvious, but was on the menu, a few pages later…read more Red table wine very good! I did get GF Pizza

Batti Batti is straight-up grab‑and‑go: you order at the counter, get a paper cone filled with…read morewhatever you pick, then wander off to find a spot. Their main thing is this "fill‑the‑cone" deal -- you cram in as much deep‑fried food as you can hold: chicken wings, fried seafood like calamari or whatever's fresh, and even veggies. Honestly? The food was fine, but nothing mind-blowing. Durant feel healthy. And on a crowded tourist day, finding a bench is a little gamble: there's no seating at the place itself, so you're contending with other hungry folks for a spot on the nearest seawall or street corner. If you get lucky and snag a bench, though, it's kind of a vibe: you crack open a cone of fries or fried fish, sip an Aperol spritz and watch the bustle of tourists and locals meander by. It's casual, messy, and kinda fun, exactly what a street‑food stop should feel like.

You could customize the seafood in your cone, so I selected Calamari, Cod, Shrimp, and Fries. My…read morefavorite was the shrimp because it had the most flavor. It was a filling, bang for your buck meal, but there were better seafood cones in Cinque Terre. You must try one of these cones if you're in Cinque Terre and enjoy seafood!

Amazing food & service. Our favorite pizza from our trip to Levanto. They really went out of their…read moreway to go above & beyond. Could not recommend more. Unfortunately I didn't get any pics of pizza or caprese salad but both were amazing

I had been eyeing a couple different pizzas on their menu but finally settled on a calzone. I loved…read morethe amount of options and unique combinations that you could get. I thought my calzone was delicious, and my friends enjoyed their pizzas as well. The ones that got a "first place" pizza said it was really good, but they still found it a little surprising that the pizza was award-winning. I'm taking off a star because my friend that is gluten free did not really like their gluten free dough. She said that most other places have far better gluten free crust.

Service was really awful (I don't love Italy's "whichever waiter decides to ask takes part of your…read moreorder") We had three waiters take our order drinks/appetizers/dinner and they seemed really annoyed at us when they forgot stuff... the octopus salad was the best thing we got- tender and interesting- the walnut cream pasta was good- pizza was alright but very Italian with spotty cheese and runny tomato sauce. Aperol & lemon cello spritzes we're heavy handed with liqueurs, so very bitter and thick. Don't think I'd come back- Luca was better across the way. Okay if you can't go elsewhere.

Visiting Cinque Terre in mid-November when the weather is cold and most shops and restaurants seem…read moreto be closed means limited options overall. On a Thursday evening in Vernazza, where we were staying, we really only had four open restaurants to choose from for dinner: Vulnetia, Gianni Franzi, Taverna Del Capitano, and Il Baretto. Il Baretto had the best reviews on TripAdvisor, its average 4-star rating exceeding the mediocre 3-3.5 ratings of the other three. However, I really wanted to try Tegame Vernazza, a local specialty of baked anchovy with potatoes, as well as a pasta I hadn't tried before. Vulnetia had the best combination of menu diversity and reasonable prices. Under other circumstances during the regular season, we probably would have avoided all four restaurants. Alas, we made do. My husband and I were delighted to discover that at the least the ambience was beautifully decorated and warm inside. The cover charge of 2 euros per person included bread--stale white bread without any condiment of EVO, butter, or balsamic vinegar. We ordered the tegame Vernazza (15 euros) and the pansotti with walnut sauce (14 euros). Both were good, not amazing, and both portions were on the smaller end. The walnut sauce, plopped on top of the stuffed pasta, was not terribly flavorful and was stingy in amount, not enough to fully mix the pansotti, much less to sop the bread with. The dishes came out suspiciously quickly, but did satiate the curiosity if not the appetite. Service was extraordinary slow, even though we were one of a handful of parties there. In the evening, it was nice that the waiters weren't rushing us to leave, allowing us to take our time.