Mamma mia pizza pia! The best pizza in the Cinque Terre! I love the fun special pizzas named after…read morethe 5 cinque Terre towns. The Manarola was chefs kiss with amazing prosciutto crudo and burrata. It's off the beaten path of "main street" Riomaggiore but well worth the walk. The service was friendly- made you feel like family! Excellent ambiance, but we took our pizzas away to eat in our Airbnb. Would highly recommend!

Tucked in the corner of street that connect Riomaggiore's train station (about 50 feet from the…read morestation), this place is a gem. The pizza menu is extensive and prepared well. Top that with a glass of birra or limoncello or local vino, you got yourself a good dinner (or lunch)

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".

Cute little spot for pasta to go. The fresh pasta is weighed and then you choose the sauce. I…read moreordered the spinach and cheese ravioli with a bolognese sauce for 12€ and daughter had a spiral shaped one with pesto sauce 7€. Portions were small for US standards IMO. This shouldn't be your main meal but would make a nice side dish. We didn't realize how hungry we would still be after and didn't want to make the trek down the hill and back for more food!

Delicious homemade pasta!! Cute little shop on the Main Street and the owners are very friendly…read more Made within 5 minutes.

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.

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.

Deliciousness - 4/5 Happiness - 3.5/5…read more At the end of the main street of Riomaggiore lies an overlooked gem. It's well worth visiting at the top of the hill for flavorful classic Italian food in Cinque Terre (for those in need of a break from the fish dishes offered by most restaurants). Their pizza list is quite extensive and ranges from Italian specialties to American favorites like chicken and peppers. I got the tuna pizza (never knew that was a thing) and it was really good. The cheese was the perfect consistency and very flavorful (ditto with the buffalo mozzerella appetizer we ordered). The tuna added a unique flavor to the pizza, though I wish there had been more of it added to the pizza. My wife got fresh made pasta and pesto that was also mixed with roasted potatoes (carbo load!). Although the pesto was delicious, the dish was too one-note. Without tomatoes or some other acidic side, the singular pesto flavor simply overwhelmed the pallet. Again, it was a good flavor, but it just needed something to break through the basil. I know this sounds crazy, but make sure you order the seltzer (or in Italy, fizzy) water. They make it in-house and it is hands down the best sparkling water I've ever had. It never lost its effervescence throughout the meal and really energized me. The service was just OK. They never served us the bread that went to other tables (not that we needed more bread, but it was still a somewhat strange oversight) and they rarely came by to see how we were doing. Not unfriendly, but definitely not the most hospitable either. All together, this meal left me smiling and satisfied!

Everything we ordered tasted amazing and the service was great! The owner really made us feel at…read morehome and welcomed.

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

I love everything about Riomaggiore and I was soooo excited to get a mixed cone from here. It's a…read morecute little shop, looked very busy and I couldn't wait to try and see what all the hype was about. I came inside and I was a little bummed out because there were flies all over the inside of the food heaters where they put all the fried seafood. I mean, a little contamination never hurt anyone... So I did end up getting what I intended to get. I mean, it's not every day I am in Italy. I was trying to savor the moment. Although there were flies all over the food area, the mixed cones were okay. I was more into the experience of being in another country and the beauty of this place itself. Try it because you're there... Don't expect the best, but you're in Italy! Do it.

Fried seafood in a cone…read more There are a couple fried food stands in Riomaggiore, we tried a couple and found that this one was the best. The small little shop have very limited settings but the convenience of the way they are packaged, is easy to take away and eat. There are few choices of fried goodies and we got the combination of fries, calamari, octopus, and fish. The seasoning was flavorful and it is plenty to share if ordered the large for a little $ more. The focaccia pizza was delicious and it was also a nice decent amount. Best to share so you can try a variety of stuff. I think it can also be too much fried stuff if one person was to eat it.

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.

Il Porticciolo Ristorante Pizzeria isn't going to blow your mind with the best pizza or pasta…read moreyou've ever had, but it's still a solid choice. The food is good, comforting, and hits the spot after a long day of walking or swimming -- just don't come in expecting a life-changing meal. The real win here is the location. It has that cool semi-indoor, semi-outdoor setup where you feel tucked in but still part of the street energy (check the pics -- you'll get it). Service was decent and relaxed, and honestly, it's way better than the restaurant across the aisle nearby, which feels like more hype than substance. Not a must-visit, but a dependable, good-vibes spot when you want an easy meal in a great setting.

I thoroughly enjoyed my Calamari Cone at Il Porticciolo in Manarola. Calamari is my family's go-to…read moreappetizer at restaurants in the States, and I can say that this was one of my all-time favorites. It was fried perfectly as each piece was so crispy. Good calamari doesn't need additional seasonings like this one; it had the right amount of salt. A squeeze of lemon was all the calamari needed and it elevated the dish. One of my favorite meals in Cinque Terre!