Ristorante Trattoria La Cambusa — Restaurant in Santa Margherita Ligure

The food was amazing! 😊 We were lucky to get a table without a reservation, which we know can be difficult at this location—so we were really thankful for that. Unfortunately, our experience with the service wasn’t great. Our waiter came across as a bit unfriendly. I’m not sure if it was a cultural difference or a language barrier, but if someone isn’t confident in speaking English, it might be better to ask a colleague to step in. There are always polite and friendly ways to communicate— At one point, I was vaping discreetly on the terrace, and the waiter approached my boyfriend with a rather abrupt “Hey sir, no smoke here.” My boyfriend doesn’t smoke at all and hadn’t even realized I had taken a quick puff from my vape, so he was quite surprised by the comment and the way it was delivered. A more polite or friendly approach would’ve made a big difference—especially when addressing the wrong person. Or, addressing our dog in the walking area with a smile rather than just pointing or sounding harsh. A friendly attitude can make a big difference, even when setting rules. Sadly, we didn’t feel very welcome, so we decided to keep it to just one course. That said, the food itself was truly excellent, and we appreciate that part of the...

Service: absolutely horrible. The waiter was intentionally ignoring us when we asked for water. My partner and I had to say forcefully together, “scuzi senore” to get his attention and even then when he complied with our request for another bottle of water it looked like we had punched him in the face. He also intentionally recommended the worst thing on the menu. Food: straccietelli cheese and tomatoes were divine. Seafood pasta was dry and nasty. Tuna tartare literally tasted like watered down soy sauce square mush.

I had high hopes for the restaurant. Save yourself and don’t come. If I had to say worst dining experience (& food) on my trip to Italy it would be this place. This restaurant fits the bill. I’m looking for first bite you want to cry amazing and I’ve had that everywhere in Italy...

We walked there from the beach to eat something. There were so many empty tables but we wouldn’t like to take a seat because there were no servant and we want to see how it was inside to sit. A man came at the same time and I asked him but he was so unsympathetic and grumpy and say that they don’t have place for us?? We were surprised because like I said there were empty tables. I asked how long it would take he said “I don’t know”. I asked where the street end up if we can go back on this way he said “I don’t know”. I mean I don’t know which status he was there but you don’t talk like that to a potential customer and you can’t tell me that you don’t know where the street ends up which your restaurant is. Such a disrespectful and discourteous human being is unable to...