I migliori ristoranti di cucina italiana in Imperia

06/06/2026: Frozen pizza, cold and more expensive than the artisanal ones next door

08/05/2026: Fantastic. Authentic homemade Italian cuisine. Real pasta carbonata and the lovely, kind couple who run the restaurant... in short, a restaurant worth discovering.

07/04/2026: Charged 3€ for a cappuccino while Italians pay half. Be aware you are being ripped off!

06/04/2026: A lifesaver when you have nothing else to eat. This snack bar advertises a meal for €9.90: main course, drink, and dessert. In reality, it's €11.90, as you have to add €2 for cutlery. They offer about a dozen dishes, all served in pre-made trays that are microwaved. The desserts are either a mini cannolo in various flavors or a croissant (made from frozen dough) with either a little Nutella or a little pastry cream. The quality is rather mediocre, but it makes for a meal at €11.90 per person. Our waitress was very friendly, and a cheese focaccia was offered with the meal.

25/07/2026: A disastrous experience from start to finish. There were five of us, and from the moment we arrived, the tone was set: the napkins and cutlery were simply placed on the table in a "help yourself" style, without the table even being set. Quite a surprising welcome for a restaurant. I then had the misfortune of reading the Google reviews, which described the restaurant as a disaster… and unfortunately, after eating there, I completely understand why. The waiter arrived when there were five of us, with a sixth chair at the end of the table. He literally threw himself onto this chair, shouting "Buonasera," and spilled olive oil all over the tablecloth. No apology, no particular reaction: simply, "Have you chosen?" At that point, we were already about to leave, but we felt it was impolite to leave the restaurant after we had already been seated. The worst part is that we had to remove the oil-soaked tablecloth ourselves and ask for it to be changed. Otherwise, the waiter would have simply left the stained tablecloth on the table. We ended up ordering a bottle of red wine, which the waiter didn't even offer us a taste of before serving us, along with three spaghetti carbonara, one penne arrabbiata, and some cheese gnocchi. Very classic dishes, so nothing too adventurous. The dishes took about 30 minutes to arrive, but more importantly, they arrived at completely different times. The three carbonaras arrived first, then the gnocchi five minutes later, and the penne arrabbiata arrived ten minutes after the carbonaras. So we had to eat one after the other rather than all together. As for the food, it was frankly very average. Nothing particularly bad, but nothing good or exceptional either. In the end, it's just pasta: edible, nothing more. Once we finished our meals, we waited a good twenty minutes before anyone bothered to clear the table. And even then, no one did: I finally had to ask for the bill before the waiter would clear the table and take our payment. Not a single "Did everything go well?", not a single "Sorry for the wait," not the slightest consideration for the customers. And that's not all: we paid €3 for a plastic bottle of water. We also asked for Parmesan cheese to go with the pasta. We were brought a large bowl filled with pre-grated Parmesan, meant for the whole table, with just a single spoon to serve ourselves. Again, it looked more like Parmesan from a supermarket package than something carefully prepared and presented in an Italian restaurant. In short: nonexistent welcome, disorganized and unprofessional service, dishes served with significant delays, interminable wait, no apologies or attention paid to customers, and very mediocre food. A truly disappointing experience from start to finish. I absolutely do not recommend this restaurant.

19/07/2026: A real tourist trap. The staff barely spoke English and we had to place our order twice because the first waiter seemed to have forgotten us. We managed to get a bottle of water and bread, but noticed that several other guests barely touched their food and seemed very unhappy. The bread was dry and seemed old. Then we read the reviews on Google and realized that many described the same negative experiences. After about 15 minutes we said we would pay for the water and left. In addition, the tablecloth was dirty. Therefore, we cannot recommend the restaurant.

17/04/2026: Avoid at all costs!!! Of course, I read the reviews after I'd eaten 😁