Restaurant Il Porticciolo — Restaurant in Sperlonga

We were not very impressed with this place. After reading all the reviews online we had very high expectations but were disappointed with our experience there.

Spaghetti with mussels and peppers were nice but too greasy, I wasn't able to finish the dish as food was literally swimming in oil.

Service wise it was too slow and inattentive. After they cleared our plates they didn't offer any desserts or coffee and didn't come back to our table for another 20 mins. Then again we were waiting too long for someone to come and take the payment once we finally got the bill so we ended up going to the counter which the waitress behind it didn't seem to be very happy about at all.

WC in this place isn't looked after at all, hand dryer is broken and no hand towels or anything to replace it. Door can't be locked from inside so not to go into too much details but it was very inconvenient.

Overall, overpriced place for the...

Restaurant Il Porticciolo

Very bad experience of both service and food quality.

Had booked table but nothing was reserved for us when we arrived.

Eventually were seated but ignored by staff while they served food and drinks to people who arrived after us.

Ordered pasta starter and steak main to share and bottle of fizz.

55 mins later we were served all the food at ONCE.

Pasta was soggy and not fresh, had odd smell. The fish inside was not good.

Steak was just fat and no flavor

Server spent 20 chatting to couple next to us (twice).  Asked him nicely for bill once, totally ignored.  Asked again not nice and finally got it.

Hostess made some comment about me being fat and eating fast!

I ate NOTHING at all.

Paid £67 for bad service and worse...

Beautifully positioned small restaurant right on the harbour. We asked for a table in the sun when reserving and they gave us one on the terrace facing the quaint harbour. The service was excellent. The staff always smiling and present, often coming back to ask us if everything was ok or if we needed anything else.

The calamari alla Lucia were beautiful and tasty with bruschetta bread to dip in the sauce. The mixed fried fish (calamari, shrimp and anchovies) and mixed grilled fish (calamari, shrimp and white fish) were beautifully cooked. They did arrive on the colder side but they were still tasty and we ate it all. The mixed fried fish dish is...