Osteria da Vittorio In Chiavari

17/08/2025: My wife and I had dinner at this wonderful restaurant on the farm located on the hills of Lavagna, surrounded by greenery with centuries-old olive trees and a beautiful view of Portofino. The farm also has several rooms above the restaurant and hosts birthdays, confirmations, baptisms, and weddings. You can eat indoors in a large dining room or outdoors, either at outdoor tables overlooking Portofino or under the covered pergola with a view of the mountains only. The tables are beautifully set with cloth tablecloths and napkins, except in the pergola where the tables have paper tablecloths and napkins; perhaps cloth ones would be a good idea. At the beginning of the dinner, we were served two complimentary rabbit liver pates, and then we ordered the handmade "mal di indietro" ravioli with garden herbs as our first course, followed by handmade summer plantain maltagliati with Ligurian zucchini, mint, and clam pesto. For main courses, we shared a tender, soy-seared calamari on a puree of cannellini beans, with endive and spicy paprika powder. For dessert, we shared Paolo's cake, a soft sponge cake with dulce de leche cream. We loved everything, it was plentiful, delicious, and delicious. Chef Paolo Passano comes to greet guests during dinner and offers his exquisite dishes, which also have an exotic touch, created by Paolo, who lived in South America for many years. The large staff is elegantly dressed, welcoming, smiling, competent, professional, friendly, and helpful. Attentive, fast service, and prices are expensive but fair for the excellent quality of the dishes. Italian (detected) Swap source and target language Select target language. Currently selected: English (American) Source text My wife and I dined at this wonderful restaurant of the farmhouse located on the hills of Lavagna, surrounded by greenery with centuries-old olive trees and a beautiful view of Portofino from above. The agriturismo also has several rooms above the restaurant, and they celebrate birthdays, confirmations, baptisms, and weddings. They have ample free parking. You can eat inside in a large indoor dining room or outside, either at outdoor tables overlooking Portofino or under the covered pergola with a view of the mountains. The tables are beautifully set with cloth tablecloths and napkins, except in the pergola, where the tables have paper tablecloths and napkins; perhaps cloth ones would be a good idea. At the start of dinner, we were served two complimentary rabbit liver pates, and then we ordered the handmade "backache" ravioli with garden herbs as our first course, followed by handmade summer plantain maltagliati with Ligurian zucchini, mint, and clam pesto. For our second course, we chose tender, soy-seared calamari on a cannellini bean puree with endive and spicy paprika powder. For dessert, we shared Paolo's cake, a soft sponge cake with dulce de leche cream. We loved everything, it was plentiful, delicious, and delicious. Chef Paolo Passano comes to greet guests during dinner and offers his exquisite dishes, which also have an exotic touch, created by Paolo, who lived in South America for many years. The large staff is elegantly dressed, welcoming, smiling, competent, professional, friendly, and helpful. Attentive, fast service, and prices are expensive but fair for the excellent quality of the dishes.

10/08/2025: If I can get a better table by paying more, I'm happy to do so. It's possible here. Booking online, I chose to pay €8.50 more per person for a table in the olive grove, as there are no longer any sea-view tables available. The table was a disappointment. For three people, a rectangular table in an awkward position, so much so that two had to sit along the long side and one at the head. We asked to change tables and dined on the outdoor terrace, in a decidedly pleasant atmosphere. At the end of the dinner, we were refunded the amount for the "special" table, without having to ask. We arrived at 9:00 PM and waited over 50 minutes for a cheese appetizer. The first courses arrived at 10:30 PM, after having to request them. Many waiters were kind and helpful, but the service was inexplicably so slow that we lost our appetite. A discordant note was the cheap and poorly made paper napkins, as well as the invitation to keep my fork from the previous course. The chef is friendly and comes out to introduce himself. The first courses are delicious, sophisticated, and uncommon. The restaurant has a beautiful style and clearly targets a clientele willing to spend. The clientele does its part, but from what I've seen, the restaurant needs to make some effort to meet their expectations.