Velavevodetto — Restaurant in La Spezia

This place was highly recommended to us but we were soooo disappointed. The menu was a tad limited but that was ok. The waitress (owner?) suggested a seafood pasta dish which I agreed to. My husband ordered a pesto pasta and clam dish. We also asked for a salad. Some little croissant style things arrived that maybe had some salmon in them? They were tasty. We figured that was a little compliment of the house. Out comes our pasta dishes and of all the clams in my husband’s meal, maybe 25% actually had clams in them. The rest were empty. They were super small. My pasta dish came with what looked like baby lobsters of which I managed to find maybe a pinky sized piece of meat in the body that I could eat. I think there was maybe 3 of them? The pasta was tasty but the value was very poor. Then!!! They started cleaning the restaurant with a cleaning product that will probably give me cancer! Lol. It reeked! It was sooo strong! It over-powered our food. Sadly, our command of the Italian language isn’t strong and theirs of English wasn’t good either so we could not explain to them about the smell. Oh. And they forgot the salad. Anyhow... clearly we must be an exception with all of the good ratings by...

Piccolo e grazioso ristorantino, trovato per caso con la mia dolce metà cercando un'alternativa a un posto che abbiamo trovato chiuso. Mai scelta fu più azzeccata! Gentilissima e simpatica la signora che ci ha accolto e servito, disponibilissima anche ad accontentare alcune nostre richieste riguardo l'antipasto. Ma veniamo ai piatti! Antipasto di 3 portate, davvero meraviglioso! Composto da insalata di polpo con patate e mela verde, buonissimo, burratina con gambero scottato e marmellata di fichi, davvero sublime, e muscoli ripieni, molto buoni. Procediamo poi con spaghetti alle vongole e al pesto di pistacchio lei e un fritto misto io. Concludiamo con due dolci e il caffè. Che dire, ingredienti dei piatti davvero spettacolari, fritto leggere e gustoso, pasta buonissima con vongole di alta qualità e pesto altrettanto buono. Anche l'ambiente è molto bello e vivace, luminoso e curato. Il posto è abbastanza piccolo, con non molti tavoli posti alla giusta distanza, quindi sarebbe meglio prenotare. Anche il bagno è molto spazioso e ben tenuto. Per finire il conto decisamente contenuto, 2 antipasti da tre portate, 1 primo, 1 secondo, 2 dolci, 2 caffè, acqua e coperto per un totale di 51€, scontato a 50. Cosa...

We dine in there last week. Foods in there are fantastic, you can feel the chef gave her heart out to prepare all the dishes (from appertizer to main course). The seafoods in there are fresh, staffs in there are nice. The price is not expensive. Highly recommend to go there. I guarantee this restaurant will not let you down. When I ate in there, I see many locals went there to eat, so...