Maria Luisa In San giovanni a piro

Last July 19th I ate in this restaurant, excellent food and beautiful sea view

Unfortunately, when I go out to dinner in the summer in seaside areas, I almost always get the impression they're trying to take advantage of me. The waiter or owner's attitude generally seems to be one of trying to cram as much food into your mouth and onto your bill as possible. Let's not even mention the national bad habit of charging the infamous cover charge (3 euros per person) or 4 or 5 euros for a liter of water. But oh well, unfortunately, we've gotten used to it. Positives: acceptable food, pleasant at times, equally good service, nice location overlooking the harbor, and outdoor dining. Negatives: 50 grams of penne with tomato sauce for 4 children for 10 euros each, and I think 16 for a 100-gram chicken cutlet. Add to that a 27-euro cover charge, or 3 for 9, and a few bottles of water, and you've already spent the first 100 euros. We want two fish but insist on a third, which otherwise won't be enough (it was enough), but unfortunately it doesn't work: buy two, get three, obviously. The elderly owner was friendly and told us a few anecdotes. No malice intended, but it definitely offered an opportunity for improvement, and I have a story of my own. For example, that same evening I went into a nearby bar to buy two bottles of water and they offered me a large 1-liter bottle instead of two small ones, saving me 50 cents. Thanks :)

Today a wonderful experience, everything was excellent and cooked to perfection. The paccheri alla pescatrice were excellent, and the scialatielli alla genovese di tonno were good. Must try

Unfortunately it was not up to my expectations. A lot of pretension and desire to appear sophisticated but in the end nothing more.

Restaurant on the seafront in Scario, prices are not cheap but high quality of raw materials, very good first courses and well served fish second courses, the only discordant note is the waiter who invites you not to order different dishes so that you don't expect too much...

It's a place to see. Great food and great service