Sà Pesta — Restaurant in Genoa

Extremely delicious food. The waiters inside were very friendly. Sadly the experience was slightly ruined by the lady who was seating people in the restaurant.

Despite the fact that I had been in the queue for more than 30 mins (there were three groups in front of me) and she came out twice to take stock of the people queueing, she completely ignored me even though the groups in front and at the back of me signalled that I needed to be seated too and I raised my hand saying one person when she asked for the numbers in each group. When it was finally our turn, she went ahead to seat the group in front of me, completely ignored me then proceeded to seat the group behind me. I then asked for my turn and she said I needed to join the queue. Luckily the group behind me spoke up for me and said I had been in front of them all along. It was only then that she reluctantly let me sit.

Not sure if this had anything to do with racism (I was the only non-European looking person in the restaurant) but the only time she looked directly at me was when the Italian group behind spoke up for me.

It was weird to be completely passed over like I didn't exist. The food was delicious of course, but next time I'll just do takeaway. Not worth the...

This place is fantastic, you can taste real genovese savoury tarts and farinata (chickpea tart) fresh from the oven.

You can find a lot of locals eating here, a guarantee not just about the taste, but also about authenticity and fair pricing.

I recommend taking the mixed plate, which contains several savour tarts and a big chunk of farinata.

The tarts are all amazing, they go from typical vegetable tarts to unexpected flavours like rice and stracchino (fresh cheese). My favourite overall was the stracchino and onions one. Amazing flavour, super sweet thanks to the onions. I would have eaten a whole pie.

The farinata was also incredible, tender and moist at the bottom, crunchy at the top. I can’t describe it, you need to taste it.

Staff is super nice, and the atmosphere is really from years ago.

This place is a must go when you...

We booked to enjoy Ligurian dishes and we were treated to the best. The staff were excellent and this family restaurant is a delight in the streets of historic Genova. They clearly have a passion for continuing the traditional food of the area. They catered for our adult daughter who joined us for a couple of days and was eager to enjoy pasta, however she has an intolerance to onion and garlic. She could only eat the plain troffiette, but with just Parmesan and a little bit of lemon(much to the shock of the staff) she said it was delicious as was the Pasta with a delicious creamy nut sauce. Thank you for such a treat and you are doing your...