Just arrived and was looking for a place to have lunch. This was close to where we are staying and…read morea parking garage. We were greeted with friendly service and the food we ordered was delicious.

If you don't have a reservation, would advise you to get here before opening as the line gets quite…read morelong. We ate here on a weekday and it was packed! The food was great. Our table liked all the pastas, especially the carbonara. We also tried some local specialities such as the pork cheek at our servers suggestion and really enjoyed that as well. Only the octopus salad wasn't so-so, would suggest passing on that. Service was excellent 5/5.

What a beautiful place to relax and enjoy dinner on their patio. Our meals were delish and the…read moreportions were generous. While vacationing here I'd say it was yummy enough to return. Friendly staff.

Really great little wine place, amazing terrace and ambiance and some free appetizers, wonderful…read morewine, good place to rest after a long hike. Really affordable prices

Tiny, but unassuming spot in Riomaggiore, Italy. Their cocktail menu is extensive for a place that…read moreonly has 14 seats or so. The food is very good as well.

Very cool atmosphere and delicious food!! It was our first night here and we were just wandering…read morearound when we found this place. We got the house red wine, the three of a kind bruscetta, cheese and cold cuts plate, and the anchovies plate, and everything was so tasty! We were especially surprised about the anchovies, as neither of us likes them, but we liked these so much we got more. Most notably, the owner (and bar tender, and chef) was incredibly fun to talk to! He recommended really good things and kept us company. The breakfast menu also looks great, so we'll definitely be back.

Our hostess was so friendly and helpful, who made great recommendations for our food selections…read more Each of our entrees were fabulous. The tiramisu was to die for. It is such a warm and inviting location. Go there, try it. It is great!

The service was terrible. I would give them 0out of 5 stars if that was possible. The waiter…read moreignored us several times.

Great panoramic view with less tourist traffic, grab a mini bottle of wine & enjoy the view.read more

An amazing place for coffee, or some great food! Very friendly staff. Would highly recommend!read more

Great place for dinner groups. Service is amazing. The steak was delicious with the hot grill that…read morethey bring to the table so you can cook the steak more to your liking.

We had a free day in La Spezia after our tour was cancelled due to bad weather so we decided just…read moreto walk around the town and have lunch. Our group of 6 did some quick searches and we found Il Pichio rosso was the closest restaurant with good reviews. We were quickly greeted and seated in the small restaurant. This is definitely a locals type place as we were the only tourists there the entire time. They speak very limited english but with our limited Italian we were able to figure each other out. I would categorize this place and mostly pizza/calzones with some pasta dishes. The house red wine was excellent and inexpensive. We started off with bruschetta which was prepared so simply, just flatbread fresh tomatoes and olive oil. Absolutely delicious and a great start. Two of us ordered the calzone, three ordered the spaghetti carbonara and one ordered the veal milanese. The calzones were huge and at 7 Euro a definite bargain. The carbonara was okay for me, but I had better in Rome. It was a little bland and just needed some more saltiness like pancetta or parmigiano-reggiano. I was told the veal was very good but did not try it. For 6 of us the bill was 90 Euro which we all thought was reasonable considering we had 2 liters of wine and beer with our lunch. I would recommend for pizza or calzone but look elsewhere if in the mood for pasta.

Pretty tasty Piadina Kebab, especially since this is a fairly sterile looking fast food joint. Very…read morecheap too. Perfect to take on the train with me. Just a few blocks from the La Spezia Centrale station. Pictorial menu board is helpful.

This restaurant has such a charming little look and it is tucked up on the hill out of the way,…read morejust past the train station. The view here is amazing! Almost certainly the best you'll get in Riomaggiore while eating. There are 10 tables on the rail with a perfect view to the sea. The sad news is that they don't do reservations anymore so planners don't get a leg up on setting a table aside. The service here was sub-par, but the server was very nice. We started with the cheese plate and some moscato. I didn't like a couple of the cheeses but the wine was great. For dinner, I ended up with the classic lasagna and I thought it was just ho hum. I got to try some of my daughter's pesto and that I found to be better than the lasagna.

I came here to enjoy drinks at sunset! The view was gorgeous and the wine was great…read more We enjoyed the white wine tasting which had local wines to the region. They also served olives and focaccia bread. I took off a star because the service structure was confusing to us. There was a sign at the table to order at the bar but then when we went to order at the bar we were told to wait for our server. The server only came around occasionally so service was very slow. This was still however a 4 star review because even with slow service, these views at sunset are hard to beat! This was also a convenient location just up the stairs from the train station.

This place is seriously overrated... and maybe it's because there is a scarcity of good restaurants…read morein Riomaggiore, but there is usually a line to get a table, but I can tell you it is very likely not worth the wait (we waited around 30 min). Beef ravioli (€15) - Really really disappointing. It clearly tasted just like frozen ravioli with sauce likely from a can. In fact, I think most frozen ravioli I've gotten from grocery stores tastes better than this. What a shame. Steak (€36 for 260g) - It seemed like steak was this place's specialty, so I was hopefully this could redeem it from the ravioli... but I was wrong. For €36, I would have expected a high quality steak, but instead I got a very mediocre, kinda chewy steak that was of no higher quality than the cuts that I can buy from the grocery store. The owner is American (maybe with Italian heritage), but I still expected better from a place like this with the popularity and reviews that I saw. The interior of the restaurant is cozy without many tables (hence the line to get in). Bottom line is I think you are better off finding a different place to eat in Cinque Terre / Riomaggiore with actual good quality authentic Italian food.

Riomaggiore has very few high-quality dining options, which is why I chose this place based on the…read morerelatively decent reviews. If I could give it a negative five-star rating, I would. I ordered a burger and beef ravioli ragu, and I have to say, the only reason this restaurant gets any business is because there are only five restaurants open in the area. They DO NOT serve fresh pasta. I asked the owner, who is from New Jersey, if the pasta was made in-house, and she told me it was "outsourced." She said the information was included in the menu but I did not see that. I personally watched the "chef" pour frozen pasta into the pot. To make matters worse, I was expecting pasta with actual meat sauce but was served plain red sauce that seemed like it came from a can. Dining here was a deeply disappointing experience. I would recommend not being fooled by their reviews and just choosing a place that has fresh food. The owner is also extremely cold and rude. There are hidden charges so beware. Make sure to ask about the food you are ordering and any hidden fees if you do choose to dine here.