I would certainly recommend. We stopped in for pizza lunch after visiting the leaning tower and it…read morewas delicious. I got essentially the pepperoni red pizza and my fiancé got a mortadella white pizza. I think the pepperoni red pizza was fantastic. Service was great!

A very lovely spot located on a beautiful street. The mista salad was only fair because of the…read morebitter greens they incorporated into it. The pizza was good but not great and the Branzino was dry. Service was so so, we had to fetch the waiter to take our order. If we had had a great experience we would of course come back tomorrow.

I can confirm what has already been posted here. Yes, it is hard to find (look for the Hausbrandt…read moresign, see pic). Yes, there is in fact a grandma cooking the food (just as Jeff J. said, two in fact). Yes, the food is amazing. Maybe the reason this place is so hard to find is that it is a hidden gem that feels so authentic that you only hear whispers about it. But it is real folks. We started our meal with the fried polenta with ragu. The combination is a meal in itself. You can tell the ragu was fresh and well made because you could see the chunky bits of garlic, mushrooms and meat. The next course was the lasgna. It was rich with the ragu and ricotta. The noodles tasted homemade. It was a delicious dish blessed by a nonna. The last course was the steak Florentine. You can order it by weight. My conversion math may have been off because we got a HUGE cut of porterhouse. But it was absolutely tender and delicious. We enjoyed this delight to the bone. The service was exceptional. We were the only non-Italian folks in the restaurant but we were treated like family. I will also add that while I enjoyed our food selection, I noticed that the pizzas and pork/veal shank were also very popular and looked incredibly appetizing. My only regret is that we found this gem of a restaurant on our last night in Barga. I wish I had more time to taste more of the menu. The family owns another restaurant in Lucca (la Donna Clara) and one that's 3 km away that does seafood.

Writing this review is ridiculously painful because figuring out how we got there and its address…read morewas impossible. Their "webpage" is on Facebook, but their address on Facebook is inaccurate (stating that it's in Lucca city). On the receipt, there are two addresses, their page on TripAdvisor is matches one of the address on the receipt. When I put down the address here, the location on Yelp doesnt seem right. I tried to Google Map this place, but street images were taken in 2011, and this place wasnt opened yet. Long story short, we were driving down from Renaissance Tuscany Il ciocco resort on the SP20 looking for a restaurant, and happened to turn into this one off the side. It seemed like a traditional Italian restaurant you see on TV with cozy red chequered table cloths, a wood fire oven, and ladies behind the counter busy making pizza and pasta for you. We ordered a 4 seasons pizza (6EUR) and a personal sized lasagna (8EUR) - both of which came out of the wood oven! It was so delicious. We came in just before noon and there was only one other table filled but as we were leaving this place filled almost to the max and when we were driving out, people were waiting for our parking spot! WIth a beer and capuccion, our total was only 18.50 for too and we were so full.We really felt it was traditional Italian home cooking - awesome comfort food. We are still wishing to go back!

We sat outside in the grassy area which is filled with all sorts of eclectic furniture and gazed in…read moreseveral directions admiring the view. Music was playing from outdoor speakers and the selections were great, mostly rock n roll from all decades. They are really trying to evoke a relaxed atmosphere. Our server was friendly and spoke English. We ordered a negroni cocktail and a "Negroski" an amusing variant which uses vodka instead of gin. She brought us plates of charcuterie, cheese, stuffed hot peppers, bruschetta and pita. All was very tasty. So we decided to order another beverage, and surprise surprise we received ANOTHER batch of food. Is it impossible to get drunk in Italy? Lol. The only reason we didn't get a third drink is because we were concerned we would get more food, ha ha. Did we finish the food? Yes. Did we go to dinner later? Yes. This place was wonderful and a very pleasant surprise to be located inside a tourist site.

Great pizza at reasonable prices (8-10€). Nice and thin crust. Not on the menu, but on demand: an…read moreextra large sized pizza for a few euros more. Wide choice of ice cream flavors for 1,80€/scoop. During summer time you should reserve in advance.

A very warm welcome, great location A good restaurant reasonably priced and good food. The lamb…read morewas very good and for dessert, the chocolate mousse was good!Un bon restaurant pas trop cher et on mange bien. L'agneau etait tres bons et pour les desserts, les mousse au chocolat etait bonnes!

From the owner: Il Ristorante Koala è situato a due passi dall'incantevole borgo di Capoliveri all'Isola d'Elba…read more Appena fuori dal rumore del paese, la fresca e tranquilla terrazza panoramica sarà l'ideale per gustare i nostri piatti. Una cucina semplice, ma mai banale, sempre attenta alla qualità e basata su prodotti genuini. La nostra cucina in estate si basa prevalentemente sul pescato giornaliero, il nostro menù è affiancato sempre da specialità diverse, a seconda di quello che ogni giorno il mare offre. Non dimentichiamo certo la carne, bistecche e fiorentine, e i salumi che andiamo a prendere direttamente da una delle migliori macellerie del Chianti. La pasta, i dolci, così come alcuni liquori tipici e tante altre specialità sono fatti in casa. La nostra cantina è basata prevalentemente su vini Elbani e Toscani. Prenotazione gradita. Siamo aperti tutto l'Anno.

Fun local restaurant in the heart of Florence!! Lovely…read moreladies that own/ manage this place! Great food, loved the Ambiance!

I was in Lucca and stopped here for dinner. The reviews were good and the menu online showed more…read morefish being offered I thought they would have more seafood, but being in Tuscany, I realized that most places don't. That's OK. The inside was very homey and nice. The owners, I believe are a husband and wife team who are helpful. Salmon carpaccio was an appetizer special - it was excellent Swordfish for the main was a mistake. Should have stuck with a pasta. This fish looked like it was frozen and it's was fair, nothing special. Tiramisu for dessert was so good. totally made up for the swordfish. It was made fresh that day and you could tell. This and the service raised the rating from to 4.

If I could give it more stars I would! We wanted to sample the local seafood and pasta and we had…read moresome of the best we've ever tasted. We had tomato and shrimp on crostini, it was so perfectly flavored the tomato and shrimp were the star! The salmon with crostini was another star! We also had Spaghetti with Clams and Spaghetti with a seafood tomato with cream sauce. Both were decadent!! The name translates to Sea Tavern and it delivers, feels like you are in a tall ship stateroom for your meal. Several tables with their own intimate areas. The service was great, while we speak minimal Italian, we got by and had a great experience Highly recommend

My wife and I went to Pisa for a quick visit. After seeing nothing that looked good, we spotted…read moreLivorno nearby. Good seafood is always found by the sea. A quick yelp search and we found Osteria del Mare. The restaurant is small and quaint. The service is friendly and relatively quick. Some English spoken. We managed between our weak Italian and their weak English and good Spanish. It looked like every table had the mixed seafood salad as an appetizer. Check. Giant bowl of mussels, clams, langostines, and oysters. Just get it. The Shrimp gnocchi were awesome. Homemade gnocchi that were creamy with beautiful garlicy cream sauce and super fresh shrimp. The seafood stew was the show stopper though. I was expecting a whimsy bowl of soup. Instead I got no less than 3-4 lbs of super fresh mixed seafood in a spicy tomato based broth. I looked at the waiter and asked if he left anything in the ocean. He didn't speak English but laughed and handed me a bib. Haha! There may be better food in Livorno, but this town was one and done for us. In the end it was one of the best meals of our vacation.

Amazing pastries and bread. Try their award winning baguette it is really good. It's the only good…read morebakery in town, believe me I tried all of the them with my wife.