La Pina D'Oro — Restaurant in Livorno

The worst dinner experience ever.

The waitress was very unfriendly when we asked for a free table, although there were like 8 tables available. After we’ve ordered the drinks,only 2 out of 5 arrived and the other 3 beers never came until we asked for them. Then, the waitress forgot to give the food order to the chef. We waited for 1,5 hours for our food, and it was the cook who realized that we still don’t have our meals. When it finally came, my pasta wasn’t even delicious, it was very disappointing after waiting for an eternity. The Pizza was very tasty at least.

The only person who apologized was the cook who came outside. She even gave us fries for free.

But unfortunately the service was extremely...

So far the best food we've eaten in Italy in all the trips combined. We've been to Italy for 4 times, and eaten in places for people with low to medium budget. This time we had two different pastas (all arrabiata and tagliotini col pecorino al tartufo) for starter and then a meat dish as a main course - divided between the two of us. The bread that was served in between the starter and main meal was also exceptionally good. The meat course changed our earlier experience that Italy was not a place for our tastebuds to eat meat - it was very good. The cappuccino was the only thing that could have been better (compared for example to Caffe Greco in via della Madonna) Overall a very strong...

You should come there, believe me. The food is tasty, the wine is good, the atmosphere is very friendly. Generally speaking, it felt like you're coming to your auntie/grandma, who cooks only specially for you.

Ah yes, I've tried octopus in many places, from South Korea to Belgium and here fried octopus was the smoothest, absolutely not chewy and as soft as properly baked potatoes.

Service is also surprisingly awesome. Yes, maybe people in that trattoria didn't speak English, but they try to help and answer you in any case. Very approachable, you don't need to wait for 30 minutes and it feels very...