Ristorante Un'ottima Annata — Restaurant in Livorno

I visited this restaurant for lunch while on a short trip to Livorno with my wife and 2 children(1,6). We were greeted by the pleasant staff and showed to our table. They brought a baby chair attachment right away and made some space for us to park our stroller. The restaurant is quite nice in terms of ambiance, nice wood, lighter table clothes, balanced lighting and lots of wine stacked against the walls giving me lots to look at. The cutlery and glassware was also of very good quality.

They brought a small amuse bouche for the family and a basket with 3 types of bread.

As a starter, I ordered some raviolone stuffed with ricotta, truffel and sea urchin, my children shared a plate of spaghetti carbonara. We ordered two glasses of vermentino.

My raviolone(2 large ones) was very good and cooked freshly to order. The carbonara was absolutely delicious, the sauce was super rich and had pieces of guanciale, this is probably my favorite version of carbonara I have ever had. The vermentino was quite nice as an accompaniment and did not conflict with any of the food.

Our main course was a Bistecca alla Fiorentina(1.2 kg), garnished with lots of arugula, seasoned with lots of coarse sea salt, Rosemary and cooked medium. We had 2 sides additionally: sliced potatoes (fried) and spinach with garlic and pepperoncini. As we were driving, we ordered a half bottle of Insoglio del Cinghiale.

The sides arrived first, then the centerpiece. I didn't necessarily need the arugula but it probably just helps with the presentation. All of it was delicious with the robust red wine. There was a good bit of fat on the outer parts of the meat. The rosemary also imparted a very nice flavor. We had more than enough food and sadly could not finish it all.

We unfortunately skipped dessert as the kids had their hearts set on going to a nearby gelateria. I am sure the desserts would have also been good based on the experience we had to...

Mi ha colpito il nome tratto da un film che adoro, e infatti questo ristorante si è rivelato un'ottima scelta, come il film! Innanzitutto mi ha colpito molto l'arredamento con piastrelle dai toni sul verde/ramato/oro sia sulle pareti che sul pavimento dà un tocco di eleganza raffinata e non scontata, e ti immerge nell'atmosfera giusta... I piatti sono qualcosa di sublime, il pesce é freschissimo e gli accostamenti sono azzeccatissimi seppur sembrino azzardati. Io e il mio amico abbiamo preso un antipasto misto di mare in due, considerando che solitamente sono abbondanti, ma forse é meglio prenderne due se si ha fame 😅 L'impiattamento un po' scarno e anche il piatto. Io lo avrei fatto più ricco, in generale, ma questa é l'unica nota di appunto che mi sento di fare, perché la qualità del pesce era eccellente! Come primo ho preso dei paccheri con burrata, guanciale, gamberi e pomodorini: un tripudio di sapori egregiamente mescolati, serviti in un piatto di ceramica dai colori ricercati, meraviglioso. Il mio amico invece, ha ordinato delle linguine nere con salmone e caviale rosso: ugualmente favolose, dove però il salmone sovrastava qualsiasi altro sapore. Come secondo abbiamo preso un baccalà alla livornese in due che si scioglieva letteralmente in bocca, e il sugo ricco di condimento ben si amalgamava con il pesce: delizioso! Poi come dolce ho scelto un delizioso dessert Versilia con gelato alla crema, rum e cioccolato fondente, anch'esso sempliecmente divino, e lui degli ottimi bignè ripieni al mascarpone e cioccolato fondente. Abbiamo mangiato benissimo, il personale era gentile e compresi due calici di vino e due bottiglie d'acqua abbiamo speso un'ottantina di euro in due: mi sembra un prezzo ragionevole per compensare un pranzo più che soddisfacente! Eravamo venuti a Livorno per provare il cacciucco (che qui non hanno) ma abbiamo trovato moolto di più! Consigliatissimo, e sicuramente...

Very lovely people and atmosphere. Food was great. Only (very slight) issue I had was that the prawns was not cleaned (de-veined) before cooking which for me personally was not great and took time to do myself before tucking in. But if this does not bother you then this meal would be amazing. And even after all that cleaning I could see why they prepare it the way they do because the meat of the prawns was just delicious and very sweet. The local wine they recommended was absolutely amazing. Be prepared to wait a little bit for service as they are a bit busy but as they say, all good things come to those who...