El Tortuga In Sestri levante

21/03/2025: For me it is the best pastry shop/bar in Genoa. Excellent croissants, equally good coffee! of the professionals in the sector!

17/01/2025: I'm rarely in the area, and I've been meaning to stop for a taste for a long time; the name is very well known in the city, and as always in these cases, I hope that the premises are not disappointed... The place is extremely elegant and tasteful: not only does it almost clash with the surrounding environment, but it really feels like being in a Turin cafe!! Wholemeal with raspberries and Venetian with zabaglione. The dough and the puff pastry are truly exceptional, as is the raspberry jam (minus the zabaglione, an often 'difficult' cream of which I have rarely found the exact form, but still good). The only comment I feel like making is the opulence: if I have excellent ingredients, pushing on the quantity doesn't necessarily improve the result, even from a banally 'mechanical' point of view; I believe that between the greed of certain Genoese restaurants and too much, there are virtuous middle solutions :-)