Locanda del Mercato — Restaurant in La Spezia

My partner and I had a lovely lunch in this well located restaurant in the middle of the city centre. When we first stepped into the restaurant, the friendly staff gave us the choice to seat either at the terrace or in the air conditioned room inside the restaurant. When you first step into the restaurant, there is a beautiful and well organized atmosphere with a great selection of music. The menu has a great selection of choices. Although the menu does not mention any gluten-free pastas, the chef prepared a delicious dish of gluten-free penne with mussels on...

I would not recommend the Locanda del Mercato. The only redeeming part of my time there was the focaccia tipo recco and their mojito. For a place named for local market goods, they should use fresh vegetables rather than canned goods (mushrooms, artichokes, and olives). The rest of the meal, while visually appealing was lacking in flavor. To say the dessert (tiramisu) was extremely disappointing would be an understatement, as it was inedible. Ristorante Locanda del Mercado was well below the expected quality for this location and...

The only thing I can recommend is the water because it's stable and no sparkling.

If you want to pay 20 euros for someone to open cans or jars for you, then you have the perfect place to eat.

Services are awful. 3 people cannot handle 5 tables and they cannot speak English and cannot accept card for payment when it's 2021.

In the end, I suggest chicken n chicken in few meters away with passionate waiters and waitresses and better English...