"Santa Lucia" ribja kantina — Restaurant in Upravna enota Piran / Unità amministrativa Pirano

When you get to the restaurant you are greeted by very friendly staff. They show you to your table that is equipped with a local olive oil. The service is very fast and extremely professional. They bring some outstanding bread that pairs magnificently with the olive oil. We had the menu for two people with cold apatizers and an oven baked fish. The apatizer selection was perfect. Just enough that you get to sample everything, but not so much that it would take away from the main course. The shrimps were fresh and melted in the mouth. The octopus was very soft and delicious. The fish pate was extremely aromatic and very creamy. For the main course we had the branzino that was baked to perfection. The meat fell apart in the mouth and the taste was amazing. There were also baked vegetables as the side dish, and the potatoes were probably the best baked potato I had in my life. All in all, the experiance was amazing, and we are going back tonight. P.S. They validate the parking so it is free for...

This place is close to the water and has some nice ambiance. We enjoyed this. While the starters were just okay, the main dishes were very good. Also, despite what we expected, the portions were large enough to be full after the meal. So, the food was very good but what ruined it all was the atrocious service. First of all, the restaurant was very inflexible: When you wanted to change something, that wasn't really possible. Also, the waiters tried to convince you of other options that you didn't really want. Want to exchange a side dish with another one? Sure, they'll leave out the dish to be replaced and make you charge the replacement extra. But the worst thing was that while we were paying our bill (while we followed the waitress to the computer to do so) another waiter cleared our table and seated the next customers there, although our belongings were still at the table. What a way to throw out your guests. And what a way to ruin good food with...

"A rather nice restaurant, but it turned out not to be a good choice for us. The first issue was the menu—having four languages on one menu felt too distracting. It would be much clearer to have four separate language versions. However, the bigger problem was the food itself. We tried the fish platter for two. Everything was overly greasy. The fish seemed to have died a second time during preparation. The flavor didn't save it either—everything just tasted greasy and, above all, burnt. Although the food wasn’t actually burnt, I suspect this was due to an uncleaned grill. I wouldn’t return to this restaurant, nor would I recommend it to friends. The only tasty dish was the fish soup—it was more of a broth with pieces of fish, but at least that worked. I’m quite disappointed given the many positive reviews. I should mention that the restaurant wasn’t full, so we can’t blame the poor food quality on the staff...