I can confirm what has already been posted here. Yes, it is hard to find (look for the Hausbrandt…read moresign, see pic). Yes, there is in fact a grandma cooking the food (just as Jeff J. said, two in fact). Yes, the food is amazing. Maybe the reason this place is so hard to find is that it is a hidden gem that feels so authentic that you only hear whispers about it. But it is real folks. We started our meal with the fried polenta with ragu. The combination is a meal in itself. You can tell the ragu was fresh and well made because you could see the chunky bits of garlic, mushrooms and meat. The next course was the lasgna. It was rich with the ragu and ricotta. The noodles tasted homemade. It was a delicious dish blessed by a nonna. The last course was the steak Florentine. You can order it by weight. My conversion math may have been off because we got a HUGE cut of porterhouse. But it was absolutely tender and delicious. We enjoyed this delight to the bone. The service was exceptional. We were the only non-Italian folks in the restaurant but we were treated like family. I will also add that while I enjoyed our food selection, I noticed that the pizzas and pork/veal shank were also very popular and looked incredibly appetizing. My only regret is that we found this gem of a restaurant on our last night in Barga. I wish I had more time to taste more of the menu. The family owns another restaurant in Lucca (la Donna Clara) and one that's 3 km away that does seafood.

Writing this review is ridiculously painful because figuring out how we got there and its address…read morewas impossible. Their "webpage" is on Facebook, but their address on Facebook is inaccurate (stating that it's in Lucca city). On the receipt, there are two addresses, their page on TripAdvisor is matches one of the address on the receipt. When I put down the address here, the location on Yelp doesnt seem right. I tried to Google Map this place, but street images were taken in 2011, and this place wasnt opened yet. Long story short, we were driving down from Renaissance Tuscany Il ciocco resort on the SP20 looking for a restaurant, and happened to turn into this one off the side. It seemed like a traditional Italian restaurant you see on TV with cozy red chequered table cloths, a wood fire oven, and ladies behind the counter busy making pizza and pasta for you. We ordered a 4 seasons pizza (6EUR) and a personal sized lasagna (8EUR) - both of which came out of the wood oven! It was so delicious. We came in just before noon and there was only one other table filled but as we were leaving this place filled almost to the max and when we were driving out, people were waiting for our parking spot! WIth a beer and capuccion, our total was only 18.50 for too and we were so full.We really felt it was traditional Italian home cooking - awesome comfort food. We are still wishing to go back!

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.

If you are looking for exciting quality of seafood in Viareggio - this is the place. Located next…read moreto the luxury yacht peer gives you not only a chance to enjoy excellent seafood sitting next to some millionaire ordering a bottle of champaigne, but also a chance for leaving your car there due to a free car park along the peer. They can do anything with the seafood. If you happen not to like it, just say, they will offer some homemade pasta. Perfect quality of mixed seafood antipasti and main courses. Fresh products, friendly service. Wines from simple accompanying your meal to high level - just tell them to make sure what you neet. And exciting menu: virtual, as they say. They will tell you what they serve, ask you for your favourites - but do not expect an ordinary, typical written menu. Do not worry if you don't speak Italian. English conversation will go fluently. No written menu, no prices visible - another excitement - affordable. Value and taste of simplicity - this matters here.

Amaro's cuisine is absolutely delicious and the service is impeccable. For a wonderful experience,…read morelet the chef choose your menu.

The food and the hospitality at this little spot are both spot on. You would be a fool to not visit…read morehere at least once during your time in the Tuscan seaside town of Viareggio. Unless you plan to make their dinner service right as they open, be sure to make a reservation in advance as the tiny spot fills up very quickly. From the moment we arrived for our dinner reservation the staff went above and beyond to make us feel welcome and as if we were right at home. As soon as we were settled in, our waiter brought us a small "welcome dish" from the chef that he described to us a typical Tuscan soup. I don't know what it was called but it was delicious! For our food, we ordered their tordelli with meat ragu sauce after our waiter informed us it's a typical type of ravioli in that region. You'll quickly learn as you travel through Italy that each region and often many towns and cities have their own unique ways of creating their pasta dishes that you can only find in that region. The recommendation was a good one because the dish was delicious! For our main, we ordered the Pork Steak Senese which consisted of pre-cut grilled pork with parmesan and balsmamic and grilled trevisano (a type of leafy green). It didn't look the most appetizing when it was placed in front of us but looks can be deceiving because it was another delicious dish. To wrap up what was already an enjoyable meal, when our waiter brought our bill he also placed a small tray of almond biscuit cookies topped with powdered sugar, a dessert typical of the Tuscan region, as another compliments of the kitchen. Between the tasty food and the small gestures of hospitality, we will definitely be back to dine here if we ever found ourselves in Viareggio again.

The food was fresh which is great when you are eating seafood. I had spaghetti and clams and split…read morethe fried seafood. Cheesecake with raspberry sauce is recommended by me. The owner put on a show and didn't know it. We will go back when we are back by the sea.

Fun local restaurant in the heart of Florence!! Lovely…read moreladies that own/ manage this place! Great food, loved the Ambiance!

Good food, we enjoyed our lunch, it was very good. Service was OK, it was not that busy but we went…read moreduring an off hour.

Im surprised at all the bad reviews.. I've never been there for lunch but the 6 times we have eaten…read moredinner at this place it's been great. Yes, we speak Italian but the service has never been bad. The service is fine, it's not a Michelin star restaurant! The food is great and well priced. They also have food for children. The wine list also has good value. We had: - Spaghetti with clams - Fried fruiti de mar - Pasta with pomodoro - Scampi with Tartufo - Bistecca - Seafood Risotto I highly recommend this place. We learned that it's best to make a reservation.

Do not come here unless you want to be treated like utter trash. Casablanca will fully convince you…read morecame to France not Italy with the way they will look and speak to you. So you can imagine, my family and I are walking around looking for a place to eat and stumble upon Casablanca. The restaurant wasn't packed and the menu sounded amazing so naturally we chose to eat there. As soon as I walked in a worker who was just standing in place doing nothing looks at me and instantly a look of anguish a disgust washes over her face. Im talking arched over, weak knees, eyes half closed and mouth partially open. Anyway, I ask her "Hi, do you have a table for 5?" and instead of an answer she walks right passed me, ignoring me with the same expression. She walks up to another worker, says something in Italian and now the other worker is giving me a dirty look!! So she goes and wipes down a table and we follow her to it. After a lazy swipe with a cloth we sit ourselves down and sit there for a good 5 minute before a nice woman comes up to us giving us menus. Not complaining about her but she didn't speak a lick of english nor did she try to understand us when we spoke english. At this point I was done, I did not want a dinner where I was belittled to a pest and have to struggle for 30 minutes just to order some food. As for the Ambience everyone seemed miserable (including customers)