ALMA MÍA Arcachon - Cucina Italiana — Restaurant in Arcachon

Categorically the best Pizza I have had outside of Italy. In fact I have had worse Pizzas in Italy too.

First of all though my first recommendation isn't food relates at all. Ingeniously they had a basil plant in the toilet which made it smell of pesto instead of wee. This is something to remember.

Food wise everything was quite pricey and the pizza options were split 50/50 between a tomato and white base. A white base is unusual in my experience in Italy and the UK but seems more comment in France.

Myself and my wife had a tomato base with a Burata, it was gorgeous with a well cooked base and the right amount of topping. My daughters white based take on Carbonnara was less impressive but given I don't like pizzas with a white base I'm not marking the restaurant down

Price wise Alma Mia seemed on par with the local area, but I would say generally the dishes other than Pizza especially the Pasta...

Food was generously portioned and tasty. Service was efficient (we arrived at 8 pm and were seated immediately) considering it was very busy just after. My friend and I tried a burrata pizza with ham and the truffle pasta with ham as an extra topping. The pasta was slightly over salted but delicious nonetheless.

The restaurant was very busy and its central location near the market food (which isn’t open in the evenings in winter) likely helps bring people in as there generally aren’t that many places open in March. Their menu is also based on seasonal availability so the prawn linguine was unavailable.

Drinks are quite pricey (€15 for a cocktail and €9 for mocktails) and the food while well portioned, was slightly more expensive than expected. That said, it’s in a great location so I’d recommend this place especially if you’re wanting a change from all the (delicious)...

Arrived on a Friday evening and the welcome was friendly. We were shown to our table and was told that the gambas, veal and a third item was off the menu. I chose a pizza and my husband ordered the linguine in tomato sauce. The linguine arrived in a bowl topped with a whole mozzarella which would have been better sliced. The tomato sauce was bland with no seasoning or herbs. It was bad to the point that my husband ate 2 spoon fulls and had to leave it. The pizza was ok but overpriced at 17€ and the linguine was 19€ which was way to expensive for what it was. We left very disappointed and hungary. We visit Arcachon on a regular basis but will be giving Alma Mia a...