We're intrigued. We…read morestumbled across this adorable restaurant while checking out our new neighborhood of La Jara in Sanlucar. It shares a block with a few other restaurants we will be trying and reviewing as well. Why the average rating? We're going to have to go back to really decide what we think about the food compared to some of the other Italian joints we've tried over the last few weeks. They are solid on the following: - Service was super friendly; if they have a lot of English they aren't using it, which is fine because they were patient with our horrible Spanish and that's what we need right now. - Atmosphere is great; they have a patio area in front of the restaurant complete with umbrellas and a patio area under cover. They have water misters going about every 15 seconds for their plants; we found it not to be annoying, but to make it very comfortable to sit on the indoor patio. (we loved the tinto!) This afternoon for lunch we had: - Tortellini Bolognese (son LOVED it) - Spaghetti Pomodoro (daughter was meh; she LOVED our son's tortellini tho!) Hubby and I split the house salad -- not a fan of the mayo based salads and won't order those again off the menu. Had to try it at least once tho! =) Both of us went with a pizza. We really liked the thin crust. To recap: more to follow on our return visit. Will either hold the rating as it is, or upgrade it.

So glad they were open when we stopped by! Tuscania is truly a must-visit Italian spot. From the…read moremoment we walked in, the atmosphere felt warm and inviting, and everyone at our table left with delicious meals and an all-around happy mood. I started with a glass of Moscato that was perfectly chilled and just the right amount of sweet--light, refreshing, and not overpowering. For my appetizer, I had the bruschetta, which was fresh and flavorful, topped with juicy tomatoes, fragrant basil, and a drizzle of balsamic, toasted bread. For my main dish, I ordered the four-cheese gnocchi, and it did not disappoint. The gnocchi were soft and pillowy, coated in a rich, creamy blend of cheeses that was indulgent without being too heavy. Every bite was comforting and full of flavor. Highly recommend stopping here if you're craving authentic, satisfying Italian food in a welcoming setting. It's also a great place for great conversation--the cozy ambiance and unhurried pace make it easy to sit back, relax, and enjoy the moment.

The hostel associated with this restaurant is in the middle of the old town in an old villa with a…read morelarge central courtyard with lots of plants and open air. The restaurant is 100 meters away on the plaza which is also where we checked-in. Ristorante Italiano Tuscana has an extensive menu of antipasti, pastas, meat dishes, desserts, and a full bar. They have an indoor, air-conditioned dining room and tables outdoors on the plaza. The food was very good, the portions appropriate, and the prices fair. We ate there twice and enjoyed our meals along with their resident dog, Rocco, who was very sweet, lingering near outdoor diners, but not begging or being a nuisance at all. The first night we had l'insalata caprese €8 and tortelli 4 formaggi ai burro e salvia €15 for my wife and the lasagna bolognese €10 for me along with a bottle of water with gas and a liter of sangria €12. My lasagna was delicious and HUGE, but my wife's tortelli had not been properly drained, watering down the rich butter and sage sauce, but my wife still enjoyed it. On the subsequent evening, we forewent the starter, my wife ordering the tagliatelli con funghi €10, me the spaghetti carbonara, and sharing the cotoletta alla milanese €12, a bottle of water and two glasses of house red wine. All were very tasty, especially the carbonara which was prepared in the traditional way by adding egg yokes just before serving with plenty o' pepper ... HOOAH! Our dinners, a starter, main and wine/water ran around €50, not bad for good meal for two, so Ristorante Toscania was a definite Travelvalue and worth a return visit the next time we go to Naval Air Station Rota. CombatCritic Gives Hostal Sixto and Ristorante Toscana 8 Bombs Out Of 10 ... More Bombs Are Better!

Wonderful authentic, all Italian food and fresh ingredients for handmade pasta and pizza. Tapas and…read moresalads were very good. Coffee was great Italian roast. Service was superb!

The best Italian food we've had! The owner directed us to her favorite Italian wine and beer which…read morewere wonderful. We started with bruschetta, which was delicious. Half of us is vegan so we ordered pizza with no cheese, arugula, artichoke, olives & garlic. The thin crust was perfect and the pizza was fantastic. Our kids ordered a pesto pizza with some meat, they loved it. The owner, who's Italian, helped us with what toppings would complement each other on the pizza. We also ordered putenesca pasta, which wasn't spicy but the flavor and the noodles were fabulous. I'm sure desserts were just as good, but no vegan options. Would come here again and would highly recommend it.

The setting is like sitting in a New Orleans Cafe but with traditional Italian Decor. Small ,…read morequaint but romantic. The toasted bread with the accompaniment of this red pesto like ingredient was so delicious it made you want to order just that and skip the other dishes. It also invited you to want to try more. I'm a huge fan of Caprese and it did not disappoint! To follow with the Saccotini that made stars pop up in the sky.... It was a romance of Italian taste. Now I know I did Taboo by ordering red wine but I can't resist Nero D'avola it's so delicious. I ended with Espresso so I can continue the night after being so full and this place.... Is a must for treating yourself or a nice relaxing but impressive date night. They show love and diligence with their cuisine. I give this place 10 stars but yelp with not let me! My son ate the whole pizza which speaks volumes for a kid!

My recommended this place to me and it is very solid! Great Italian food and good service! The…read moreportions aren't huge but the prices also aren't outrageous so if you're in the mood for Italian this is a must go-to spot!

My wife and I are visiting our granddaughter with our daughter in Rota, Spain. She took us to this…read morelittle family restaurant. We ordered the Salmon and ravioli with wine. We were SO impressed with the service, atmosphere, quality of food, flavor, and ambiance!!! I have to say we visited other restaurants in Spain and Paris, France. This is by far the best experience to date! Friendly, experienced staff who knows how to host and serve! If you don't visit while in Rota, you're missing out on one of the most unique experience in your life. The check was SO REASONABLE!

My wife and i took our grandson and his girlfriend there today on groupon and my grandson said it…read morewas the best pizza he had ever eaten all the food was great and the staff very friendly will will definetly return Ray and Divina in chiclana

This is for the location near the puerto Feria grounds, hopefully i clicked on the right location…read more my first time dining at this location and was surprised I didn't come sooner. Very big space, lots of indoor and outdoor seating. They also have a bouncehouse for the kids. There is dirt lot across from the restaurant that you can park at as well. Service and staff were so friendly. If you are an alfredo sauce person, you can ask them to make it as it is not on the menu and add whatever protein you desire. My table ordered a shrimp fettuccine alfredo, lasagne, and the seafood spaghetti. All dishes were very delicious and filling. My favorite out of the three was the lasagne. The sangria is pretty good here as well. We decided to also sample some desserts. My friend ordered the mint panna cotte and the chocolate cake. I was not too thrilled with the panna cotte as the texture was just weird for me. It had a flan/jello like texture but my palette did not want to accept it. The chocolate cake was delicious! Chocolate Mousse on top, chocolate cake on bottom, chocolate everywhere! Hope to come again to try the pizza!

This was the perfect spot for a lunch break while out and about, cruising the neighborhoods for our…read morenew home. Started off with the caprese salad then moved into the quattro formaggio pizza. One kiddo had the pesto gnocchi; the other had spaghetti bolognese. Excellent, well rounded experience. There are tables inside and outside on a nice patio area as well. We've heard that this location is best for food, Vistahermosa location for ambience -- will have to try Vistahermosa and see how it compares. Last note: they have an amazing menu; very well rounded with lots of options.

There are 2 locations. This review is for the location along the beach. The other location is near…read morethe port where cruise ships dock. **be sure to call them for lunch/dinner hours. we were planning for a 7pm dinner and called to rsvp a table, but was told the kitchen opens at 815pm. ** After living in Spain for almost 3 years, this is probably one of the best pizza/pasta places that we've had in the areas of Rota/Cadiz/Puerto. We've tried many places and were just so-so, but this one is the clear winner. The pizza: their pizza is Napoli style, the birthplace of Margherita pizza. So naturally, i had to try it! Very delicious! It had the right amount of sauce and cheese and the dough was the perfect chewy to crust ratio, the way I remembered from eating pizza in Naples, Italy. My friends ordered the Salcissia e friarelli and the carbonara. Both were just as tasty! Pizza portions are huge (comparable to serving sizes in Naples) and can easily be shared between 2-3 people or if you are hangry, just eat it all by yourself haha! The spaghetti allo scoglio was delicious! Just the right amount of seafood and olive oil and the noodles were cooked to a perfect al dente. My niece enjoyed her gnocchi, she is 7 years old but finished the entire dish. The only time she has ever done that was when they were living in Naples. The calzone frito was huge and just as amazing. It is stuffed with ricotta and some kind of salami thinly sliced and is fried. The dough was amazing on its own, it had a sweet taste to it. It was a huge portion as well. The tiramisu - homemade and so good! We barely had room for dessert but figured we should try it since everything else had been really great. This didn't disappoint! They also sell mini pizzas for €1 if you get it to go! The owners/pizza magic makers are originally from Naples, Italy. They also use the brick stove to cook the pizza. Very nice staff here. It is outdoor seating along the beach. For the summer months, they do recommend reservations on Fridays/Saturdays. It is Street parking and there is also a public garage that is a 5 minute walk. We definitely would come here again when the craving hit!

The best pizza in Cadiz; wood burning pizza oven makes the perfect crust; the staff is friendly and…read moremade us special off the menu pizzas like prosciutto and pistachio; the wines paired well with the pizza and pasta we had. We ate here twice over a week in Cadiz.......it was simply the best food we had.......

L'Oca Giuliva is okay. Yes just okay. Actually it is a TTT restaurant (tourist trap type) trying to…read moredisguise itself as an authentic Italian. We should have known better as the location screamed "come on in to a charmingly decorated restaurant and pay outrageous prices for a pretend authentic Italian meal". Oh well, our fault. We were short of time as we were catching our train for a five hour journey. Obviously planning on a satisfying meal for lunch. Service was just that. Service. No big smiles welcoming us in. No friendly greeting. No explanation of the menu. No suggestions. Though the interior had only three tables occupied and one table occupied outdoors, we definitely did not feel like we were treated as guests who would be spending 60€ for lunch (food only, no beer or wine). Not that the food was real bad but so many things were lacking to make it even good. First off, they plop a small paper sack of two hard as a rock bread rolls in frint of you. No explanation. Drop and go. Yep, remember its not free. This practice sucks and should be illegal. You will pay 3,80€ to gnaw on stale bread while hoping you don't break a tooth or make the roof of your mouth raw. I know, it was our choice to go ahead and eat it, but since we had decided to have only one meal today, we were very hungry by 13:30h. I had no idea it would cost 3,80€. At most this day old should cost 1,50€, no actually it should be free! You are also served a few black olives (strange as in Italy I have only been served green). Olive oil, wine vinegar and salt & pepper was on the table. Good thing for the oil since soaking the stale bread in the oil helped us swallow. But...wine vinegar? At an Italian restaurant?? Where is the balsamic? Strange. Our starter was the Caprese Salad. In my attached photo, I actually 'dressed it up' on my own with oil, vinegar, salt & pepper. Oh my. Look at this. For 15,90€ we got a PLAIN sliced not ripe flavorless tomato and a round of simple mozzarella cheese with a decortive teeny sprig of basil. How pathetic! What would this cost you at the local Consum grocery?? Possibly 1,20€ for two tomatoes (though this was most likely only one and a half tomatoes) and 3,50€ for a ball of mozzarella. Not even quality Burrata cheese!! No flavor. No basil. No herbs. No pesto. No balsalmic reduction. No SOMETHING to enhance the empty flavor. And the price. Oh my. For our mains, we both chose off the 'fresh pasta' menu. Again this is PASTA and each dish was quite pricey. Mine was the Tagliatelle Tartufo. Not even FRESH mushrooms. Really. Canned mushy 'shrooms were stirred into my pasta with maybe a bit of truffle oil to pretend to taste like truffles. No shaved truffles. No truffle flakes. No offer of Parmigiano cheese - which is always offered on a pasta dish. No one ever came by to offer any shaved cheese. No twirling spoon. How is this an ITALIAN restaurant??? And the price? For a fist size portion...16,50€. YIKES! Husband ordered the Ravioli Pecorino Pere. At least it was flavorful with the butter and thyme sauce. But the pear stuffing was very limited. These were the flatest - or least filled ravioli we have ever seen. An easy way to stretch their costs but still offer the dish. This cost, crazy at 16,90€ Bottom line, this is more like a VERY overpriced fast food Italian. They are definitely not using Nonna's old original recipes. L'Oca Giuliva is here in the tourist trap area of Seville to do just that. TRAP you into paying absolute crazy high prices then having the nerve upon checkout with the credit card reader to ask for a tip to be added to your tab. Come on. This is Spain. Tipping culture doesn't work like that. It is not a requirement!!! We leave a few Euros IF we feel service/food/experience was exceptional. Our experience was none of these. (And I do know this as I am a permanent resident of Spain since 2018. Please don't TRAP your guests like this. Simply stop!) Visit was Thursday January 16, 2025 at 13:30h

Seville is such a charming place. The restaurant is located in a great location within the center…read moreof the city. We made reservations in advance and arrived early. You definitely want to RSVP in advance. We saw multiple people being turned away, as they were fully booked. The all white theme decor was cute and instagram-able. We shared a few dishes to get our hands on their best dishes. The Mortadella Pistachio Pizza was outstanding. Fiordilatte, pistachio cream, bologna mortadella, provolone and ricotta. We balanced out the pizza, with the Natural Salad, young sprouts, Burgos cheese, blueberries, raisins, almonds, pistachios, sunflower seeds. Make a Resy, get there early, and enjoy a nice walk to and from your hotel.

although they have gluten free options, I would not stop by again... red sauce was criminal...it's…read moresugary and bland at the same time. I understand I am American so maybe this is normal or how it is enjoyed here, but I was very disappointed. Water glasses were dirty even when they switched them out for us. Drinks and fries were good, staff were very friendly.

Loved this place! We had a group of 22 and they were the only place in Cadiz that could accommodate…read moreus. They set us up by the square across from the restaurant and ran back and forth which was nice. There was some kind of holiday/parade/gathering going on so we were able to watch. The servers were patient and got through all the orders pretty painlessly- though I will say if you have a Spanish speaker, this definitely helps the situation. Our food was out in record time and was delicious. Everyone had an amazing time and I will be sure to go back on my own next time I'm in Cadiz!