Scià Me Digghe — Restaurant in Villanova d'Albenga

I would give it a 3,5* if I could. The reason why I give it a 3* and not a 4* is because the owner (I assume he was the owner) needs to change his attitude and make the customer more welcome. The younger staff was professional, friendly and attentive but he needs to learn simple rules of politeness, like saying “please” and “thank you”. When you pay at the end, you don’t only say “62 euros” but “62 euros please!”. He is one of those typical business owner who just expects people to come, eat and go. Unless he treated us like “one time tourists”! The pizze are good but I wasn’t wowed. The dough could be better, they could add a bit more on the pizza because I was still hungry after eating the pizza, and I am not obese...by far. The pizza is flat with no relief from the ingredients. The pizza also lacked flavor and seasoning and adding salt and pepper later doesn’t give the same taste as when it bakes in the oven. Talking about oven, I would have expected them to have a wood fired pizza oven and NOT an electric oven. Big disappointment when you are selling yourself as a pizzeria! The dessert menu is the same boring dessert menu like any place here in Liguria: tiramisu, panna cotta, apple cake, crème caramel, pineapple slices. It feels like they have no imagination!!! On a positive note, we finally found a restaurant where the light is dimmed and not super bright like in most places around Albenga. It feels more intimate. And the prices are good. I will go again because my partner liked the ambiance combined with the food but I much prefer the pizza at 10 Torri,...

Siamo stati consigliati da amici ed eravamo bendisposti, abbiamo scelto due primi, io ho preso taglierini con acciughe, ma la cameriera dopo dieci minuti d'orologio, la cameriera mi avvisa che le acciughe non ci sono perché il mare era grosso e non son state pescate. Ora magari dirlo subito? Poi ho visto passare il fritto misto di pesce dove le acciughe erano presenti in buona quantità. Io ho pure preso un secondo, spadellata di tonno con carciofi, mi è arrivato una sorta di stufato con patate pomodori olive tonno tagliato peraltro in due misure, e dico tre filetti di carciofi peraltro nemmeno cotti. Richieste spiegazioni mi è stato detto che dovevo informarmi io.... Ho riportato la cosa agli amici che mi hanno mandato, e che il piatto è esattamente come scritto, cioè tonno e carciofi.. Io non ho mangiato quella cosa...... Al momento del conto 83€ mi son stati tolti 8€ cioè ho pagato...

The food was good and the choice was broad , portions are small though , the apple torte had very little apple and said it came with Gelato !!! (It was ice cream) Would I go there again ??? Probably not the centre of Villanova has enough good restaurants...