Il Veliero — Restaurant in Monte Argentario

Terrible service, took 15 minutes for the waiter to take our order (though we started telling the waiter assistants that we were ready to order 10 minutes earlier).

Thereafter, another 45 minutes for 3 plates of pasta. Table next to us (8 people) arrived half an hour later and received their pasta dishes at the same time as us, several of them being the same as those served to our table. Bottomline: they waited to have enough people ordering the same food to start cooking it, ignoring the smaller group.

When I politely told the waiter that we felt mistreated by the long wait, he gave an unapologetic apology and started getting angry, before telling me to go enjoy the day somewhere else.

Pricing is also worse than other places along the Giannella and the quality of their EUR20 antipasti mediochre by...

A very pleasant surprise! We found this restaurant by accident- had moored our boat temporarily and were looking for a quick lunch. We were very happy with our experience. Even though the restaurant is in the middle of a busy working port, the decor is very pleasant, and diners are shielded from any traffic noise by lots of greenery. The staff were charming and the food delicious. They were very considerate of my daughter (age 10) who is gluten intolerant and made her a special risotto. We liked it so much we went back again a couple of days later! Highly recommend the...

This gem was recommended by a local - and with good reason. Don’t let the location give you the wrong idea, it may be the first restaurant on the way to the longer stretch of restaurants with a marginally better view of the harbour. However, the food (can I give six stars?) and the service (best in Argentario - from the warm welcome to the restaurant and the heartfelt “thank you for coming!” Upon departure) made this the best experience of the week. The house white was lovely and the fresh pasta was top of the charts. We...