Osteria Baralla In Lucca

12/10/2025: Very nice restaurant with attentive service. Fine food.

11/10/2025: This restaurant is recommended to tourists but also frequented by locals. We were there on a Friday evening, with a reservation. The food was good, with familiar dishes but also specialties like sweet vegetable tart for dessert. There were also dishes not on the menu. Ordering was quick, and there wasn't a long wait for the food. At 1930 it was still pleasantly quiet, but by 2000 it was packed and unbearable. The rooms are large and it got loud, very loud. We were glad to be outside. Even for Italians, it was too loud. Contrary to the menu's statement that you can't split the payment, a 50/50 split wasn't a problem. (By the way, it's legally illegal to refuse; it's an individual contract.) The first restaurant in Italy where I've seen this on the menu. Large parking lot, small fee, outside the wall, a 5-minute walk. The restaurant itself is in the restricted zone.