Enoteca Vanni — Local services in Lucca

The wine shop is great with a wonderful selection downstairs, including some French bottles. Next door they have opened up a small place where you can drink and eat outside. I wish I could like this place but I don't because the staff and the owners have no charm and no interest in service. They are very full of themselves but without reason. The choice of ham and cheese is good but anything they cook themselves is third rate. Bread the worst. There are things to enjoy here and if they could only bring some panache, care and professionalism to the place (we waited 20 minutes for a drink to be served), we'd go often. As it is, there are far more welcoming...

One of the worst service (if I may say, should say mistreated us and insulted us). The person who was driving asked first for a coffee (they refused to do it because they have cleaned the machine it was around 16:00 knowing that they stay open until late evening. ) So he asked for a coke which they answered to we are a vinoteque if you want a coke go to the bar behind. When confronting the person who was so rude she simply suggested us to go back to our country and that we were not welcome in Italy. Noted and whoever is looking to avoid these...

Lovely place to stock up on wine in the heart of Lucca. The wine store extends over several cellars packed to the ceiling with bottles and it's fun to roam around. Range is extensive, apart from the obvious Italian choices you can also find a decent number of labels from Burgundy and Champagne. The highlight however is the selection of old vintages and hard to find producers at very fair prices. So if you are looking for some of Italy's big...