LA TASCA.it — Restaurant in Calella

Ok I’m sure I’ve now found the best Italian in calella! Wanted to try here when first arrived and chose not too biggest mistake of my visit. Anyway I finally got to try it and incredible, this could be my biggest score yet!

Arrived early to avoid disappointment as it’s only a small intimate restaurant, greeted by maybe the owner? Or head chef but either way we talked about pizza and pasta and everything nice and I told him to make me what ever he wanted too when it comes to pasta and he did not disappoint.

I’ll talk about the pasta, freshly made, incredible flavour cooked to perfection, no shop bought pasta here let me tell you! I had a Guanciale based dish with tomato sauce, again the cooking here was superb. The ragu was full of depth throughout but also kept simple real tomato base getting sweetness yet acidic, so much happening on the pallet but also so simple so fresh and tasty! Really was one them dishes you could eat over and over. Served with little garlic bread too mop up all that good juices left over, and trust me my plate was clean!

Also we had pizza, standard margarita but again freshly made pizza dough, sauce and quality cheese, nice depth of flavour again the classic combo of cheese and tomato sauce done to perfection, the undercarriage was charred throughout and good crust to the pizza too! This guy really knows how to cook, he’s serious about flavours!

I could speak highly of this place all day! From first view you may think you’ll pass when walking by the restaurant but do not make this mistake! Go in there and eat it all!

Solid food great flavours!

Im going to score this 9.5/10!

Only reason its not 10/10 is just the pizza don’t hold just flops slightly and I do like my pizzas to hold their shape but that’s personal for me.

Update - went back for second time and wow!! This really is...

nice Italian cuisine! simple and delicious dishes. small and cozy restaurant, open at 7.30pm (great for non-locals that want to have dinner early)

josepha pizza was good! The tagliatelle arrabbiata looked simple /basic, but it was really tasty! you can ask for the level of spicy, we asked for 4. might be too spicy for others, but just nice for me. the panna cotta vanilla flavor - nice! tiramisu was also good (i think.. it's truly made from eggs, not cream. though the alcohol flavoring is light. more towards coffee). overall - enjoyed it! good comfort food!

it's near the Calella train station. also there is a nearby car park at the beach area.

bonus: allows...

Popped in for an early dinner after a day trip to Barcelona. The service was great, super happy faces, very quick service. The pasta was among the best I've ever hand. Handmade tagliatelle Arribiata - super clean and tasty. The pasta was bouncy and delicious, the sauce beautiful. Then the garganelli pasta. Wow. First time having this pasta and I was worried that it would be tough. It wasn't. It was beautifully textured. The sauce was tomato, garlic, chilli and aubergine. This aubergine wasn't spongy and tasteless, it was creamy and fresh. So so good. Salad was plain but that was fine when the pastas were so...