Excellent and authentic Italian food. Spaghetti Vongole with…read morelocal palourdes as good as I've had in Venice. The Zabaglione was also one of the best I've ever had. Washed down with a Sicilian house wine. They work hard here and have a little trouble keeping up but it is well worth the wait.

From the owner: Quand l'Italie est une fête Si vous détestez les atmosphères compassées, filez dans cette pizzeria…read moreoriginale. Les murs peints, les masques, les marionnettes, le petit théâtre vous entraînent directement en Italie. L'ambiance est chaleureuse, ici pas question de rester dans son coin quand tout le monde s'amuse, Gino y veillera ! Enfin, les plats sont inventifs et copieux : goûtez la pizza aux pommes, les pizzas réalisées avec mozzarella et farine Italienne, la pizza LILI avec roquette parme et parmesan, mais aussi les salades, les pasta De Cecco, les escalopes de veau et grillades. Pour votre anniversaire, l'apéritif sera offert.

We've been in La Rochelle for about a week now and have eaten out just about every meals. For the…read moremost part the food has been reasonable to good and the service always as good as can be expected with the virus situation, sometimes even excellent. Until we ate at Le Manzio. Five tables were seated after us and all were not only served but had finished their meals before we had received ours. It reminded me of Paris in the 70's And then it took even longer to get the check with the staff cleaning tables and setting them up before bringing us our check. And the food was barely adequate. Good luck if you patronize.