Ristoro Dantesca — Restaurant in Pisa

Quiet little restaurant away from the crowds. The food was average, it seemed to lack any seasoning or confidence - for example the Pesto on the pasta didn't taste of much at all and the pizza sauce was bland. Nevertheless we found pizza with whole olives which were very good - the food wasn't bad but just not near the standard we have tasted elsewhere in Italy. The Chef just needs to be braver with flavour as the ingredients were great quality so you can't go wrong! The service was a mixed bag, the younger man who served us was very friendly and couldn't help enough, the older lady seemed to get annoyed when we were asking about dietary requirements and adding toppings to a pizza. We are Vegan so wanted to have a normal pizza but without cheese, however the pizza labelled Vegan on the menu was also their gluten free option so used a different base. We did get the normal base after a long conversation, we were just missing oregano from one pizza but it was still okay without. 2 things to be aware of - they add a €2.50 cover fee per person, secondly they allow the steeet traders to enter the seating area (even though its closed off) which was annoying when trying to relax. The cooling fans were...

I had a chance to dine at this restaurant today with my family. At the beginning everything was quick (aperitifs, water etc..) and the young waitress that took care of us was polite. However, after eating the primi piatti (which was also good 4/5*) everyone received their next meal except for my wife who ordered a fish. I have asked about it in the half of my meal and was assured that the meal is being prepared and will arrive any minute now. Everyone finished their meal except for my wife and after asking again for the ordered food we received an answer that the chef will not cook her the food from the menu. My wife has celiac disease and ordered this meal since it was one of the foods that didn’t contain gluten on their menu. I find it unprofessional to say that the chef doesn’t want to prepare this food for her at the end of our meals. Which is a shame because everything else was good. The service receives 3* for informing us at the very end and not...

Having dinner here was a big mistake. As the restaurant was a bit further off the main tourist streets, we decided to eat here in order to avoid 'tourist traps.' Well, this restaurant is, in fact, a tourist trap. After being seated, the owner (?) came up to us and told us they had some daily specials, among which was a "Tuscan Soup." She never mentioned the price, but we ordered it anyway, thinking: it's just a soup, how expensive can can it be? Well, as it turned out, the soup cost 14,50 EUROS (per bowl). Are you kidding me? 14,50EUROS for a soup consisting of some old vegetables (carrots, onions, nothing special)? Ridiculous.

Edit after reading the owner's response:

I kindly thank you for your response to this review. I would like to point out that the 'Tuscan Soup' is nowhere to be found on your menu: https://www.dantescapisa.it/lacarta

I am, however, very pleased to hear that you intend to inform your guests about the price of this soup...