Al Vecchio Teatro - Ristorante Vista Mare - Ortona — Restaurant in Ortona

We arrived late into Ortona after a mostly delightful 12 hour drive from the San Gimignano area. A great and picturesque drive on small highways and back roads.||||We had a reservation for the hotel associated with the restaurant that we walked into at about 9:00. From the street the Ristorante al Vechio Teatro is very 'unassuming' but as you walk through the door and enter the main seating area you realize you are in (in the daytime) a sunny space with a view of Ortona's harbour and the Adriatic,||||By this time I think we would have been happy with any quality of food. What we got was both excellently prepared and served. With apologies I don't recall the names of the dishes but as a starter we had a small pickled fish about the size of an anchovy. This was followed by small shrimp sautéed with bacon in a light sauce. My main was a tuna steak with mushrooms (sounded a bit different on the menu but the tuna was cooked to rare perfection) and the Boss had a sautéed breaded sea bass she was still talking about (in positive terms) the next day. Dessert was a shared limoncello dessert - more of a drink actually - that was a nice finish.||||Wine was an excellent Pinot Grigio from Abruzza. Abruzza seems known of this grape||||The young lad serving us was very attentive and professional.||||Off to bed. We were offered Room #1 across the street and up the stairs - essentially a one bedroom suite very clean and nicely decorated with both air conditioning and a 'Euro-kitchen'. (The street below was very quite through the night.)||||Breakfast the next morning was a delicious continental.||||One regret we both have is that we never got the name of the gentleman owner/manager who treated us so kindly and who introduced us to basilico (think of it as limoncello but with basil instead of lemons) and sent us packing with a bag of extra cherries for the road.||||The room and the meal were both excellent value||||What a...

We arrived late into Ortona after a mostly delightful 12 hour drive from the San Gimignano area. A great and picturesque drive on small highways and back roads.||||We had a reservation for the hotel associated with the restaurant that we walked into at about 9:00. From the street the Ristorante al Vechio Teatro is very 'unassuming' but as you walk through the door and enter the main seating area you realize you are in (in the daytime) a sunny space with a view of Ortona's harbour and the Adriatic,||||By this time I think we would have been happy with any quality of food. What we got was both excellently prepared and served. With apologies I don't recall the names of the dishes but as a starter we had a small pickled fish about the size of an anchovy. This was followed by small shrimp sautéed with bacon in a light sauce. My main was a tuna steak with mushrooms (sounded a bit different on the menu but the tuna was cooked to rare perfection) and the Boss had a sautéed breaded sea bass she was still talking about (in positive terms) the next day. Dessert was a shared limoncello dessert - more of a drink actually - that was a nice finish.||||Wine was an excellent Pinot Grigio from Abruzza. Abruzza seems known of this grape||||The young lad serving us was very attentive and professional.||||Off to bed. We were offered Room #1 across the street and up the stairs - essentially a one bedroom suite very clean and nicely decorated with both air conditioning and a 'Euro-kitchen'. (The street below was very quite through the night.)||||Breakfast the next morning was a delicious continental.||||One regret we both have is that we never got the name of the gentleman owner/manager who treated us so kindly and who introduced us to basilico (think of it as limoncello but with basil instead of lemons) and sent us packing with a bag of extra cherries for the road.||||The room and the meal were both excellent value||||What a...

If you re not careful while driving you will quickly miss this location and also miss a beautiful experience.||||The family who runs this B&B has a restaurant just across the street and both are excellent in quality and service. We arrived by bike in front of the door Easter Monday and a little too late to join the Easter Monday lunch crowd. But that was not a problem. We were ushered quickly into our room, checked in our bikes on the first floor, had a quick shower and rushed to the restaurant to have a complete lunch in comfort, joy and ultimate friendliness of the family.||||Our room was on the third floor, with a very large roof balcony and one and a half floor space. What is more, in Easter time it is still very cold but the room was heated very satisfactorily according to our wish. A generosity of the owners which is unusual in Italy.||||This is friendly and comfortable place to stay and we recommend it for solo and...