La Chiglia — Restaurant in Porto Venere

So, the reason I’m giving the only establishment that is still open in this stretch of land at this time of the year a one star rating is not because the food was bad. On the contrary, it was quite alright. It does not deserve a one star rating. Nor does it deserve an average of 4,4. It is for that reason, to bring down that average, that I gave a low rating. You see, pretending not to understand English, on one of the most touristy places in this region, not clarifying the things I ordered as it is only in Italian and allowing me to order a dish that is only served for two and then paying for two, but above all, serving me what clearly is tap-water in a jug, and then charging me 2 euros for it, and when I confront him with it, he tries to convince me it was from a bottle is as low as you can get. When he served us the water, I actually thought I found a place that values reducing the waste footprint as tap water is just as good. But no, the tries to make 2 euros extra on a 80 euro bill. How am I so sure it was tap water? Not only does this region have a very distinctive taste to tap water, the jug he served the water in is 75 cl., while the bottle he showed...

No words for such unprofessionalism! Even though the view was nice, the experience was terrible. Came to have a diner with a few friends and directly felt not welcomed. Is it only for locals? Definitely felt like it. The first dish we all ordered arrived in 10min intervals, nothing more unpleasant when you want to have a diner with a group. The price definitely does not reflect the plate. You expect more than 3 shrimps in a plate when you pay 20e. To wrap it up, we had to wait 10min in front of the counter to pay the bill, nobody cared about us.

I really do not recommend, expect maybe if you are a local and therefore you can communicate and understand how they can still continue to work like this. It is still a...

From the very beginning the staff wasn’t interested in talking with us. We stayed only because it was late and we were hungry. We got different dish from that we ordered. When we point that to the waitress she said that the same fish but made in different way. Unfortunately she barely speaks English, so further conversation was pointless. We decided to stay and eat our dishes, because we hate to waste food. The fish was dry, what’s strange for the restaurant specialized in fish and see food. At the end at the bill they counted the more expensive dish we wanted to eat at the beginning. There was a huge problem to communicate with the waitress. We don’t...