Great restaurant! Food and wait staff were excellent. This restaurant enhanced our Cinque Terrre…read moreexperience!

More of a nicer resturant to dine in and if you get an outside seat it has a glimpse of the harbor…read more The crudo platter and fish of the day were quite excellent.

I had a hankering for meatballs, and we stopped by after seeing them on the menu…read more The meatballs were delicious! They came with a heaping amount of sauce for dipping. We also had pasta & wine. Everything was tasty and came out hot. If you're looking for a great meal in Riomaggiore this is it! Service was great. The food does take a time to come out but remember, this is not fast food-it's good food!

I will start to say that the Octopus salad and carbonara we had were excellent. This place offered…read morethe best meal we had in Cinque Terra over the 5 nights we were there. The negative would be the experience. You are packed in there like sardines. May remove a few tables so that you're not sitting in other peoples space. Which leads me to why the low rating. The staff was very jovial with us at the beginning and we were having a good time. Then, just as the server was placing our pasta dish down, I said grazia! The server thought I said gracias and decided to openly correct my pronunciation, embarrassing me amongst other Europeans (i'm American) sitting basically in our lap. He outwardly embarrassing me where others could hear ruined my dinner. He made me cry and couldn't understand why the change in my personality. Sorry, but there's a time and place to correct; however, as your customer is about to enjoy the food you made, you wait. When my husband went to pay, they asked if everything was alright, my husband explained what had happened and the man decided to say, "well i know i like to be corrected". I don't mind be corrected, but not in the manner/time in which he chose to do it, with wall to wall people to hear it. How bout next time you reserve your correction and just do your job well and make it a positive experience as it started out. We would have gone there every night for that octopus salad and to try other items. The food on everyone's table looked amazing. Just bad server.

Food: I was hoping for more seafood options besides paninis, but they only had their house dish and…read morea seafood pasta apart from their paninis. Their seafood though was very fresh! However, their house dish lacked flavor. Their panini was a bit too bready and it overpowered the fish. I had to take one slice off to make it into a toast and then it was perfection! Their peach yogurt cheesecake is a must get though! Service: Very sweet and friendly staff. Ambiance: High up in Manarola although you don't necessary get a good view, it's just out of the touristy area. They have both indoor and indoor seating but it's on the smaller side.

NOTE: This restaurant is actually in Manarolla, not in Riomaggiore! It's a bit up the hill by the…read morechurch. Delicious, delicious food. Wonderful service. A great way to get away from the very busy tourist spots lower in the town. Highly recommend their main dishes. We had the anchovy sandwich and potato dish, as well as their salad. All were fantastic, our best meal in Italy yet.

The house red wine was superb. Filet fish was fresh with pine nuts and well done. The salad was…read moremore than great - baby spinach off the soil. Dessert was ice cream with raisins and amazing. Owened by Rocci and his sister. Recommending this unequivocally.

Cute little restaurant at the bottom of the hill. Everything was absolutely delicious and affordableread more

Ricordi is an amazing cafe to go to during the day to enjoy a nice pastry/coffee. The atmosphere is…read morecozy and chill, perfect for when I need to catch up on homework. Ricordi in the evening is also amazing! I came here for dinner with friends and amazing service and the best rigatoni bolognese.

The kind of place you leave feeling better about yourself - great food and awesome friendly…read moreservice. The owner also filled our water bottle, and with a smile. The pizza pesto, pizza marinara, and vegetarian focaccia were all yummy! NOTE: it's called Da Paulino "best food".

Everything was delicious, the server was attentive, the guests nearby were having a party, and the…read moreview was spectacular! My wife and I don't really enjoy fish, but we even liked the local-caught sea bass: Fresh, flaky, tender, and mild but with a nice flavor (most fish is too bland for me). Regarding the speed of service, it is an *Italian* restaurant (in Italy, obviously), so expect it to go more slowly and enjoy the leisurely pace. Also, the house wine (white and red) is delicious. Highly recommended!

Trattoria del Billy has a beautiful sunset view, even if we didn't get seated in a spot where we…read morecould actually enjoy it. Definitely make a reservation a couple of days ahead because they book up fast, and the place is popular with visitors who swear it's the best in Manarola. That said, the service was rough. The staff felt inattentive, and even when I was ready to pay, it took forever just to get the bill. They never came back to collect the payment, so I had to walk up to the register myself... and still wait for someone to take it. And honestly, they weren't even busy. The food itself was good, though not the best I've had in Manarola. The grilled sardines (five pieces) were tasty with bread. The seafood spaghetti, frutti di mare, was excellent with a solid portion size. The "giant" grilled prawns were flavorful but definitely not giant; you'll still be hungry unless you order something else. The grilled vegetables were a bit soggy and underwhelming. I kind of wish we'd gone for the lobster pasta special. I saw it at other tables and it looked incredible. Overall: good food, great views, but service that needs improvement. Not a bad meal, but not the must-visit some make it out to be.

We stumbled onto this place accidentally and we're so glad we did! The food was amazing, the…read moreambiance was so much better than the other restaurants on the main road and the service was great.! We just wish we had discovered it before arriving so we could have taken a cooking class.

This is one of the best places to eat in Riomaggiore! We found it on out last night and regret not…read morebeing able to take a cooking class with them. If you miss this place you are making a huge mistake. Highly recommend having dinner with them!

I am obsessed with this place! My sister and I were looking for nice dinner close to where we were…read morestaying in Riomagiorre, and I'm so glad we stumbled upon this spot. First off, everyone working there was genuinely kind. My sister and I were set on trying the octopus however this was an appetizer item, and we knew we wouldn't be able to finish an appetizer and two entrees. A lot of places sometimes get mad if you order just an appetizer and an entree to share, however they were very understanding and even brought out extra plates for us. We also got the mussel ravioli, which was to die for! Of course we had wine as well, which was also delicious! Love this place and would give 10 stars if I could!

This place is trying to be fancy, but we only got a snobby attitude and poor service. You can do…read morebetter.

Foot was excellent. We shared a pizza & salad. The pizza was delicious and the salad was average…read more The salad was normal greens with a few tomatoes, cucumbers, and sliced carrots. The dessert was mid, seemed frozen because the base of the cheesecake was so hard to break through. Not sure if it was actually frozen. There was plenty of searing and it was pretty quiet in the restaurant. The service was subpar. We didn't see our waiter for a while, ended up going to inside to pay. Overall 3 stars bc the pizza was the only good thing on the menu. The workers from the bar next door were chain smokers so we did get a lot of the smoke in the outdoor seating. Lastly, everyone's table had bread and ours didn't get any. For this reason, I'm dropping the rating down to two stars.

Average. We sat in a side room, food was okay, service was okay. We didn't have a reservation so…read morethey seemed to just tuck us away where they could find space.

This restaurant had a nice little dining room tucked into the cliffs halfway up the Main Street in…read moreriomaggiore. The staff were all so helpful and friendly. For my meal I had the pesto pasta. It was just ok, probably my least favorite of my meals in Italy. I did taste my wife's shrimp risotto and that was pretty tasty though so I might have liked it a little better if I got that.

On our first night in Riomaggiore we tried this restaurant on the basis of a recommendation from…read moreour B&B. I believe the rabbit Ligurian-style was the best meal I had in Italy. So flavorful and tender! I only wish rabbits were bigger, so I could have eaten more. My wife had the house lasagna, which was good, but nothing great. We sat in the outside seating area, which was very nice. The servers and wait staff were friendly and very attentive.