This place is posted twice. My review is published under:…read morehttp://www.yelp.com/biz/surfer-joe-livorno-2

Good service, nice sized portions.read more

Meh. We've had better. With a dozen Oceanside coffee shops in walking distance, there isn't a big…read moreappeal to this place. We got a coffee, a dessert, and an aperitif. We tried to sit near the ocean but they didn't let us, saying it was for diners only. However the place was 2/3 empty (and still is). They told us we could sit in the back near the street. The wait staff is young and inexperienced. The "torta di Nonna" was - and I quote - "tasteless - empty calories without the advantage of taste". And the lady reporting this is actually an Italian Nonna. So, she has the right to speak to the tastiness of "Nonna cake". ;) The location is prime but there are no direct ocean views, decreasing the appeal considerably in my opinion. There is a significant amount of street noise here. Also smokers seem to enjoy puffing up a storm outside, so if you don't enjoy secondhand smoke you may not enjoy this spot as much. Technically this may not be allowed, I'm not sure if the no smoking rules enacted in Italy apply to outdoor seating. Our barista was very good and a super nice guy though. So one extra star for his service. These Oceanside cafes in Livorno are typically paired with another one next door. The one next to this one is "Il Delfino". I'm curious to give that one a try next time.

The atmosphere of the place actually looks great and inviting. When we went there were lots of…read morepeople on the patio. This tricked us into taking a seat there. What we realized an hour after still waiting on our food is that the quantity of visitors was strictly due to the fact that the turnaround time is incredibly slow. It took a sold 70 minutes for meal to arrive. Most customers were sitting and waiting either for their food, drink, or to pay. I had ordered fish. It turned out to be breaded and fried and served with chickpeas. Do you guys know how tasteless chickpeas are? The menu had indicated that the dish was salt fried and served with peas, so in some sense it was right on, though I was envisioning a beautiful piece of fish with green peas. The quality and taste of this particular dish were just horrendous. Next, the service was incredibly slow. Drinks were brought out by waiters one at a time. So a waiter would get your order (example coke and a beer for my partner), then the waiter went into the restaurant, poured the coke, came out with your coke, then went back in for that beer that your partner asked for. Anyways - it is rare that I write a negative review, but this is it. The reson for the 2 stars: location is awesome, you can sit nicely outside and the beer was alright.

We tried to eat here but couldn't get service waited over twenty minutes no acknowledgements…read moreanything. A lot of looks though. Best I can think while American we look very much like our heritage German. Maybe they are xenophobic hate Germans and or Americans. Boycott them now stop the hate

Incredible nice restaurant. Seafood is just gorgious, and the lady running the restaurant is really…read morenice. It's not the cheapest but still worth every cent! We'll be back, for sure

A small family run restaurant located in the non-central Piazza Mazzini that we discovered almost…read moreby mistake while walking along the seaside of Livorno on the way to the port. Even the look from the outside is not the best, but for some reason we felt we wanted to try it and got a table outside. There's no patio, nor cover, but simply a few tables on the footpath an without any kind of fence around. Food choice wasn't very large either, but there were all local specialties including the famous "cacciucco" that is typical of Livorno. Well, despite the not-so-great look, food quality was great, so much that we returned once again during our stay in Livorno to enjoy some more fish and sea-food with Tuscan wine. If you happen to be in Livorno, give it a try!

Nice little place to enjoy the sun shine, some wine and snacks. We had the ham and cheese panini…read morewith local cheese and ham. A wonderful hot toasty sandwich. It was open for lunch near 11 am when many of the other cafes did not open till 3 or 4.

A seafood restaurant that is trying to go the extra mile, but just missing the mark…read more This place have a focus on seafood but also serve sallads and meat, so even someone not being a seafood lover will have a good selection of food. The place looks very fancy, but no real dress code seems to apply, so don't be scared off! Had the tuna tartar for starter which was very good and presented in a beautiful way. Then the lobster risotto for main and that unfortunately had ever so slightly undercooked rice and a lobster that was a bit dry. The dessert was the biggest disappointment - chocolate mousse that was just thrown into a bowl without any finesse and that tasted just like the kind you make yourself from powder from the supermarket. Most things on the menu (from starter to dessert) will work fine for us with gluten intolerance and following fodmap (IBS diet) as the focus is on seafood. Service was a bit stressed and the flow of things was not on their side. The waiter however recognized this without us even commenting and deducted our aperitif and coffee from the bill. The service we did get was very good though, so I would say that we caught them either on a exceptionally stressful night and/or they we're understaffed. A big plus that they have a guy that comes to your table to show you the food they'll be cooking you when ordering fish or lobster for example. Very nice touch! Over all a nice dinner in a nice restaurant, but I would not join the quire of people speaking of it as one of the best places ever. If you want fresh seafood at a fairly good price this is the place for you though.

From the owner: Deux chefs pour la Table En devanture, l'écailler Jean-Luc met aussitôt l'eau à la bouche en…read morepréparant de grands plateaux de fruits de mer à géométrie variable. Accueil souriant, décor cossu avec fontaine artificielle, La Table du Marché ouvre sur un univers feutré où l'on vient pour goûter une cuisine préparée avec soin. Un éclectisme culinaire dû à la présence de deux chefs qui s'affairent en cuisine et qui complètent leurs compétences. On y trouve les meilleurs cru locaux, comme le Gioelli, fameux vin du Cap Corse décliné en trois couleurs (rouge, blanc, rosé) ainsi qu'une large cave de bordeaux à dominante rouge.

A fun evening. Fresh fish prepared expertly. Sea Bream, Tuna Tartar, oysters. Lovely service and…read moredining outside (within the atrium.) The front of the restaurant is the fish store, so you can see what's on the menu before diving in; talk about fresh. One of the top dining spots in St. Florent. Excellent Corsican wine list; with our fish I enjoyed the light, affordable, lemony, minerally Vin blanc -- Clos Marfisi Inseme Patrimonio which is cultivated nearby. (What grows together goes together.) You will have a great evening! I certainly hope to return.

This is a posh place with prices to match. The quality of the food is very high, and the dishes are…read moreinnovative, so it is well worth a visit! We had oysters and tuna tartare to start with - both were god, but lacked some of the finer details. The tuna tartare lacked seasoning, and the oysters were not loosened (if that is the correct term), which is no tradgedy, but still somewhat vexing. The main courses we had - tuna steak and tiger prawns with tomato and olive oil sauce and mashed potatoes with ginger, were excellent, especially the prawns. For dessert, we had the lemon tart and the goat cheese ice cream with myrte gel - thw latter was truly a revellation. Service was attentive, as you would expect from this kind of upscale place, but some of the waiters could do with a course in serving wines. At the prices they have, L'Auberge du Pecheur needs to get the details right.