Vera Spezia In La spezia

This place has a vibe. You will be brought back to the 80s/90s. I can feel that this place was a hit back in the days. The waiters are experienced and you can see the hospitality runs thru their veins. The audience is 100% local. Construction workers, young and older men in suites, couples in their jogging pants, mature women eating alone. Just exactly how you want a restaurant to be filled. People of all classes come together to eat. I ordered grilled veggies, deepfried and breaded squid and the steamed mussels. White bread on the table was stale and tasteless the dark bread on the other hand was quite moist and had a great texture. Grilled veggies were flavorful and tasted fresh and lovely. Deep fried squid were crunchy and after adding some salt they were overall tasty. Not the very best I've had so far, somehow they were lacking the punch of the sea yet after all decent and for 12 euro I guess it's fair. Washed down with the local house white wine , overall fresh with just a hint of sweetness in the aftertaste and with a little natural fizz to it. They forgot my 2nd course (mussels) but after a friendly reminder it was served Within 8 minutes. They were ok. Overall a little too heavy on the garlic side and some of them smelled a little off. So, am I disappointed to have come here? Absolutely not! Will I come back? Yes, but I would order something else. I really do love the vibe and the honest energy of this place. And for 35 Euro it's still fair. Grazie Ciao

Delicious food, great atmosphere, committed owners. You can see that they do it with heart

Overall the best experience in Italy! The food is delicious, the environment reminds me of the local restaurants back home in Turkey when I was younger. The staff is sooo friendly that it doesn't matter what language you speak. Grazie mille da una famiglia turca di 3 persone dal Canada.

La Nuova Spezia is such a welcoming place that it becomes a fixed stop every time you come to this wonderful city ❤

We searched on Google for where to eat fish in La Spezia and we found ourselves in this restaurant... a place with several rooms, a little dated, from the 90s, friendly staff... they advised us to try the house appetizer... plentiful but certainly improvable in the processing of the raw materials which are fresh... the calamarata is decent, while the grilled fish is good... with some care it would be a really good place...

Always good authentic food for a good price , the service is excellent, friendly and fast !! Really liked it

A one-of-a-kind place, my girlfriend and I were there for two nights in a row and we had a great time. The owner is very kind and even showed us the fish he caught. Very honest prices! The mixed seafood appetizer and the spaghetti allo scoglio were excellent

We received a very warm welcome and continued to receive good service throughout the evening. The food was truly excellent, and we had a wonderful evening.

Best meals we had in Italy! The staff is so friendly and FUNNY. The seafood and tiramisu is the absolute best and we are so sad to be 5,000 miles away otherwise we’d be here weekly. If you love mom and pop shops and family hospitality, please come here.

Delicious food, very nice service. We went twice and both times it was fantastic!