Ristorante Pizzeria Il Frantoio — Restaurant in Garlenda

Excellent quaint little family-owned restaurant in a small village. Unfortunately they are very understaffed and very busy. We waited probably 1.5 hours for our anti-pasti and another hour for the pizza. We got the pizza for free because of the wait - which we declined - but we saw multiple guests get up and leave.

It’s all the more a shame because the food is incredible and an amazing value for money. Maybe this was a one-off occasion, but with some help in service this could be a diamond...

Went there twice whilst on vacation. First time we had pizza. It's impossible to get a poor pizza in Italy so we enjoyed it. The second visit, our waiter seemed to speak better English so we asked him for a recommendation. We had that night, one of the best restaurant meals that we have ever had. Don't be boring and have a pizza just because you're in Italy. Explore the menu. All the other meals we saw served looked great too. Go...

Excellent Italian food 🥘. We had Insalata Mista, both Pizza for main dish and panna cotta for desert. All just wonderful. Staff was very nice and helpful and did show a lot of patients. They even surprised us with a desert desert and limoncello for free. On top pricing was outstanding. To be honest you can charge a little more for so much excellence. 👍😎 Keep doing what...