Excellent meals, authentic Italian, great seafood, good service…read more We have been there twice, we'll come again

Outside Bistro. Looked like lovely place to enjoy dinner after a long day meeting with CEO's in…read morethe area. However, it appears, if you are a female dining alone, not a good choice - or was it my english. Tried to find someone to ask for a table. Young guy at outside bar focused on texting. Found a small room that i thought was the reception area and politely stated 'dinner for one please' to the Lady. She looked at me directly and stated, "We are full!" --- there were at least 10 tables open (2's and 4's) and she briskly walked past me. As an executive i travel around the world on business. Not nice. Perhaps their food is good but will never know. Had a lovely dinner and lovely service at a bistro across the street. No issues. NO attitude. Spent abundantly.

Amazing location, fresh fish ...what else??? Excellent wine list, we had Bollinger Champagne for a…read morereasonable price! Appetizers are delicious and the fresh wild fish is unbelievable! Thank you so much for your warm hospitality!

first of all, one has to admit.....great location! when the sun goes down over the harbour, there…read moreis hardly a better place to be than the piazza on which 1918 is located. having said that, one can imagine that with this spectacular location comes great attraction of tourists. there is one restaurant/bar next to each other. hardly locals was my feeling. BUT 1918 does is great job in keeping a very good quality of their products in this tourist surrounding. the service is very friendly and professional. all selected foods were of a perfect quality and freshness....only the seasoning could have been a little more present. the suggested, local wine was very good. the kids liked the food aswell and the dog was also welcome. a perfect dinner. thank you.

Grabbed cocktails at Vinarkia and loved it! We sat out front, and service was fantastic! I enjoyed…read moremy martini and my husband enjoyed his old fashioned. Definitely stop by if in Lucca!

The food was great. A very small menu, but everything we had was excellent. Eggplant Parmesan and…read moregreen lasagna. Beautifully prepared. Wine offerings very good. We also loved the Paloma zero. Refreshing, delicious and not too sweet. We went there three time while staying in Lucca. Will definitely go there again when we return to Lucca.

Drove all the way to this lovely place after reading Beth Elon's "A Culinary Traveller in Tuscany"…read more When we entered the place was nearly empty save for a couple of road construction workers on a lunch break. As the hours progressed, the place filled up a bit. We had the tasting menu (15€ now, as opposed to 12€ at the time of the previous review from 2008) but still very much worth it - 4 appetizers, 4 different pasta dishes. One very good dish and noteworthy was a creamy soup of potatoes and porcini mushrooms with fresh blueberries. All in all, including wine and desert we paid less than 40€, and I would've gladly paid twice as much for the same meal.

If this restaunat were anywhere else it would easily cost three times the price for food of this…read morequality. Have the tasting menu 'menu degustazione'. It's only 12euros! It changes each day and accordign to what's in season. Just sit back and you will be bought a succession of delicious antipasti and primi. There are usual pattern is four antipasti (small nibbles) eg: porcini bruschetta, new potatoes in balck truffle sauce, then a soup(often mushrooms) then three different homemade pastas, then gnocchi in white truffle sauce. This last one thankfully seems to be a fised finale and is sublime. If you have room after all this you can order a main course! I can't but always find room for a furits of the forest panna cotta. This is a small place on the road upto Abetone from Pistoia. A very worthwhile lunch destination and stunning mountain scenery on the drive up. You enter into a grotty looking bar, you will think you are in the wrong place! But go through to the restaurant on the right, all very proper, quality table linen, glasses, extensive wine choices, excellent service. Best phone first to check they're open as there's not much else around, but worth making a special trip up there for such great food.

This place is amazing and has some of the best seafood dishes I have ever had! I recommend their…read morehouse white wine; it pairs fantastic with the seafood dishes. The seafood risotto was the best risotto I've had in Italy with very tasty, fresh mussels, prawns, clams& squid. Their crusted sea bass & calamari with rucola& tomatoes was delicious as well. This place is definitely worth the visit!

One of the best food experiences in Lucca. Family O&O with on site owner and exceptional attention…read moreto detail for diners. Locals consistently recommend Gigi for good reason. Some of the best pasta in Lucca hands down they say. Award winning chefs and personable proprietor Carmine. There is a reason locals choose to book this place so you need to call in or email a res as I did. Opens at 19:00. Small inside seating with AC or outside. Highlights - Burrata su Tartare di S. Marzano: Fresh burrata cheese over San Marzano tomato tartare with basil oil. Easily our fav- just wow. It looks like beef tartar. It's not. Tordelli Fatti da Noi al Ragù di Carne - Recommended by Emilie. This is stuffed pasta. Really good. Not Tortellini! And Maccheroni Freschi Fatti in Casa alle the homemade wide ribbon pasta with tomatoes and cheese Ask for the house wine on tap. 1/2 or 1L carafes! Bianco, Rosso or red

So I spent three months living in Lucca this year and one of my favorites was Da Gigi! The staff…read morehere is awesome, catering mostly to locals which is evident if you want to eat here cuz it's hard to get in without a reservation. Everything here is delicious and authentic but my favorites were the tordelli luccesi ( a local must try!), the pork chop w apples and the daily risotto - if you're lucky it will be the hot pink beet version which is INSANELY delicious! The owner is also very friend and speaks perfect English which is helpful if you don't speak Italian.

Amazing!! Absolutely the best meal we had in Italy! Nonna is in the front making the past as you…read morewalk in Must have is the stuffed zucchini flowers!! The coating was so light and airy. The best we've ever had. Artichoke vegetable lasagna - WOW!. We had pasta with clams that was so delicious. Service was wonderful. The ambiance is charming. Can't recommend this place more!

Enjoyed a dinner under the stars. Great service , quality of food was amazing. And they…read moreaccommodated our group of 10. Can't say enough about how delicious all our food was. Great service too. We ordered the house Chianti -exceptional. And a house white which was very light and refreshing. (Recommended by our waitress). For our group we ordered a little bit of everything and it was all exceptional. Make sure to order the fried zucchini flowers -you won't regret it.

Servers were very attentive and cordial. We sat outside in the area surrounded by bushes. The food…read morewas excellent. We started with mussels. I had the spiney lobster with pasta and my husband had the ravioli. We finished with crème brûlée . It was a wonderful place to spend our anniversary

We ate here for dinner tonight and enjoyed it very much. Our tables were outside but surrounded by…read morenice bushes and flowers. A tall bottle of water was first, the a small appetizer and a basket of mixed breads. The mixed green salad was next with some olive oil and balsamic vinegar. My entree was ravioli stuffed with shrimp and scallops and calamari on the sides. The sauce was a brown sauce and very good. The ravioli were large and well stuffed. For dessert was pana cotta, a common dessert similar to flan. Very nice. The service was excellent, a nice team effort and very professional, but kind. I would also suggest the baked fish with vegetables that one of us had. Beautiful and they filet it right in front of you! So fun to watch. Very nice meal.