MOG Mercato Orientale — Restaurant in Genoa

Dropped in for lunch yesterday, it was fairly quiet the guys at the bar in the middle were great really friendly and helpful, large selection of beers and cocktails. The pizza guy was polite and the pizza was good and good price. The middle bar doesn't serve wine but showed me where to go to the wine bar but when I got there no one was behind the bar so I walked round the corner to see 4 members of staff all having lunch they all looked up at me then turned away and carried on eating! Everyone deserves a lunch break but really all at the same time! leaving the bar shut at lunchtime, bad business decision so I got a cocktail from the bar in the middle. We ate our pizza then moved to the coffee bar where the woman was just plain miserable. I wouldn't go again despite the fact the team in the bar were great but everyone else we encountered just let...

Amazing market, with a lot of choices and prime quality produce.

Make sure you don’t miss it while walking in via XX settembre. The narrow doors don’t make justice to how wonderful this place is.

You can find almost everything you need for your daily groceries: fresh fish and seafood straight from the pescherecci, meat, local deli, fresh pasta, and especially a lot of produce. Fresh fruit and vegetables from a lot of different stalls with amazing stuff. A lot of local must haves, including incredible porcini and ovuli mushrooms (when in season) but also exotic ones you don’t always find in Italy like dragonfruit or tamarind.

Overall it’s amazing to have a stroll and look at all those amazing stalls. Listen to locals and their great accents and experience a bit of haggling.

Truly one of the best Italian market...

I first sat here to have a coffee and relax. Later, I got hungry and decided to try the famous trofie al pesto around 3pm in here, since most restaurants at city were closed at that time. I can’t compare since it was my first time trying it, but I liked the pasta. The oil and salt content of the pesto was just right. If the pasta was a bit more equal in size, they could all have been cooked more similarly.

The place is in the center of a mercato, with an interesting atmosphere. It was a bit hot due to the summer.

The service was average. However, I didn’t like the fact that it was served with a plastic plate and fork. Especially considering that hot pasta sticks to the plate while...