Il Caffè del Porto — Restaurant in Santa Margherita Ligure

At first glance it looked like a nice place with a good vibe. Me and my partner were very excited as this was our first dinner in Santa Margherita. They have nice tables outside with a nicr view. The customer service and the atmosphere was fine. We started with the bread with olive oil. Some of the bread was rock solid and one piece was alteady bitten. If you are planning to go there, stick to the prepacked Grissini. The octopus salad was good, but the potatoes were uncooked and hard. The spaghetti with clams were delicious but the were so many emptey shells on the plate (probably just for looks), and so many broken that I almost broke a tooth. The octopus ravioli tasted past due. The Scaloppine limone were pretty tasty. Over all, we would not really recommend...

We ordered veal in lemon sauce and we received a pale, grey and greasy looking piece of meat which was floating in yellow/grey water/sauce. Then we started eating and it was a tasteless piece of chewy meat with lots of fat. The "lemon sauce" was just sour and nothing else. We also had to ask for salt and there wasn't any olive oil or something like that to drain over the salad. We found it weird because this area in Italy is popular because of Its olive oil. The dish from the others was not much better. It was a mess of several sorts of battered scampi's, squit rings and one little baby fish which were barely fried and tasteless also. We complained about the dishes and there was no reaction at all. So we do not...

We had an amazing breakfast here, and it ended up being one of the best meals I had in Italy. We ordered the seafood salad, packed with fresh sliced squid, shrimp, and tomatoes — super fresh and flavorful. I also had the coffee shake, which was so tasty, and we spotted some fried plantains in the pastry display that were incredibly delicious.

The cafe has outdoor seating with a beautiful view of the water and boats, and the breeze made it even better. One of the waitresses was so kind and helpful, especially since we didn’t speak Italian — I wish we had gotten her name! If we’re ever back in Santa Margherita, I would definitely come back....