Da Lalla — Restaurant in Dolcedo

We actually made a 20min journey out of Emperia because of the menu and the reviews. We had a decent time, the massive church just next door was open with a charity sale (the only church we've been able to get inside in our time here, why are they all locked?) so that made a nice visit. Very friendly girls serving, English on the menu which is more than we deserve. But otherwise it was a bit lacklustre. The food was OK. We ordered bruschetta only to be told they'd run out. It was 19:45. But I think the biggest problem for us was the waiting. It must have been nearly half an hour for the starter, which was a mixed cheese and cold meats board. Unless they were waiting for the salami to age perfectly it seemed a bit hard to understand. After that the two seafood mains came. Not something you want to wait to get cold, so they tucked in, and were finished by the time the two pizzas came. So we ate completely separately. Not brilliant. On the other hand for three adults, a 10yr and 2yr old with a couple of glasses of wine no desserts it was under €70 so probably can't complain too much. It was good food, maybe we just didn't get them on...

Abbiamo affittato una camera per una notte. Purtroppo ci siamo fermati a Dolcedo solo per una notte, abbiamo avuto la fortuna di trovare una camera da "Da Lalla". In realtà non era solo una camera ma un vero e proprio alloggio composto da 1 camera con 2 letti singoli, cucina con divano e il bagno con una doccia bella ampia da 120 cm. Camera e cucina hanno il climatizzatore. Un bel terrazzo ampio con vista, vedi foto, con sedie, tavolino e sdraio. Pulizia e ordine sono due caratteristiche importanti, devo dire che in questa struttura sono pienamente rispettate, complimenti. La posizione è ottima, 8 km da Imperia e quindi dal mare e da Porto Maurizio. Nelle vicinanze si trovano tutti i servizi necessari. Non abbiamo avuto occasione di assaggiare la cucina Da Lalla, mi hanno detto che comunque si mangia bene, anche la pizza, i prezzi sono nella norma. Che dire, torneremo sicuramente a Dolcedo, caratteristico paesino delle colline liguri, fermandoci qualche giorno in più, con la speranza di soggiornare da "Da Lalla" e magari ritrovare questa camera... alloggio e provare la cucina. Per ora le mie impressioni sono ottime e lo consiglio...

The service is really friendly, so no offense here, but the chef picked the wrong profession - the spaghetti carbonara should be called "pasta with scrambled eggs and bacon", because that is what you get. Antipasti plate was also not very good. During our stay in Asti, Porto Venere and Imperia this was by far the...