Pizzeria Ristorante Follia Lerici — Restaurant in Lerici

Our first pizza experience this trip. Were there a quarter hour earlier, standing at the door & told they only open at 7pm. So we waited, but kept seeing locals just walk in & seated. Finally got in for a table, was a challenge to get anyone to give us menu & take order. Thankfully, the pizzas didn’t need that long to be served. Was expecting a lot better for Italian standard, but it was average, not wow. They definitely need better knives for slicing pizzas. After exiting the restaurant, we then realized they have a large sitting area at the piazza, it was no wonder the staff are going in & out serving customers inside & bringing orders outside. So please be gentle with them.

Update: we went back days later to try out. This time no waiting was needed & we were the first table. Pizza was superb, way better than the last time. But it took a very long time for the coffee to finally arrive, given that it’s a...

It's a thing to be a restaurant with a view on the sea I don't expect high gastronomy, but I'd have appreciated not feeling used as a cash dispenser. You have to pay for sitting there, it's not mentioned anywhere. Portions are ridiculously small for the price. 8€ for a kids spaghetti Al pommodoro, there were roughly 3 spoons of pasta in the plate. caprese di buffala, I think the mozzarella was galbani or cheaper and definitely not buffala. Served with a small tomato. The only thing you can order there that is great is the marinara pizza....

One of those places I would not have visited. Ever. I'm not looking for anything fancy, but something locals would prefer. We had a reservation, it was ful. So we had our hopes high. Menu only italian. No worries. I had gluteinfree pesto something and my husband regular something. Bottle of beer and half of prosecco....