Baracchina Alpe - LIVORNO

Cute local but with slow service, good fish dishes, price in average. You can't define a real restaurant is a teddy so you don't have to expect that.

Worst. Restaurant. Ever. We visited today and ordered bruschetta and tuscan appetizer for starter, ravioli, pasta pomodoro and lasagne for primi. Did not order a secondi as we actually decided to go home to eat instead after not finishing our primi. The bruschetta(toast with tomatoes) should be an easy task to make, but the bread was really old, the tomatoes seemed like they were from a can and the taste of garlic was nit present at all. The tuscan appetizer featured bad cheese, dried ham(old) on something resembling cabbage bed , though even the cabbage was dried up. The service was really bad as we waited 10 minutes (in 35 degrees) to get drinks, they forgot our order and we had to repeat it, twice... After we gave up on the food, my daughter, 3yrs, needed to go to the bathroom. The bathroom could not be locked, smelled like sewer, did not have a toilet seat and was very unclean. My daughter, who would not mind to go in the middle of the street, said that she didn 't want to go in there and asked we go outside instead. At least we were entertained a bit during our meal as the table next to us was filled with pigeons eating the food left in the sun on plates the guests that had left a while ago. If italy has something close to that guy in the states travelling around fixing restaurants, this should be his/her first stop next season. Avoid at all costs.

We had the grilled seafood and a mediterana salad. Good portions and fresh produce. Their white sparkling house wine was light and refreshing. Cheerful and helpful staff served us a quick lunch we really enjoyed.

Went here a few times for drinks. (VERY good cocktails), before having dinner here. Fab food. Seafood great, and hubby loved his steak. One of the waiters is the image of Gerard Butler... So eye candy too!!!

A MUST to go to when in Livorno.... Great place to go for breakfast, or for an aperitivo in the evenings There is an outside seating area that is great for sitting outside in the summer with friends -iit faces the ocean so is very relaxing! The also have live music and offer a dinner in the evenings