La Meridiana - MASSA

Absolutely love this place. The owners and staff are like family to their customers. The food is delicious. The facilities are beautiful and clean. The beach is very nice. We have been going here for years, everytime we visit Massa/Carrara. We had lunch here 5 out of 6 days we were in staying in Massa at the Hotel Excelsior, just across the street (which I also highly recommend). We will be coming back as soon as we can.

Not flexible at all, unfriendly service. Beach was very empty but they did not let us switch chairs. Try another one in Massa.

I can really recommend this beach club situated at Marina di Massa. Everything is just great at this place. Clean sand beach with lots of sun umbrellas and sun chairs. There are lockable cabinettes, free showers and clean toilettes. The inside lunch restaurant had a good overview of the sea and the food served to us was perfect also for the children. The staff was quick and service minded.

We arrived in Massa without an idea of where to enjoy a lunch by the sea. When we happened upon this gem. We had arrived 20 mins earlier than their normal serving hours for lunch but we were sat at a table, a menu brought over for us to peruse. Let me just say it was some of the best seafood dishes we have had in a while and we live in the area. The primi selections of lasagnette with zucchini gamberoni (absolutely divine; light and flavorful with shredded zucchini and scrimp in a light broth with tomatoes). My partner had spaghetti with black ink and vongole, let's just say he was in heaven. A side note all pastas are made in house! The secondi were just as good; the fish al forno was cooked to perfection and my fritto misto included all the favourites! We will definitely return. This is clearly a favourite amongst people as all tables except ours had reservations and clearly a family run business.

Absolutely Terrible. 1 star is too many for these people. Do not visit this place. I was travelling through Italy with a friend during the summer and visited this place to have a drink. The older couple running the place told us as we arrived that they speak English. We tied our dog outside and left our rucksacks next to the dog. The man seeming to be in charge then began shouting at us that we cant leave our things there. Upon trying to calm him down and explaining that we don 't want a problem, he became even more aggressive and started shouting in front of all the other customers that 'this is the problem ' pointing to our bags and silent sleeping dog. He was also talking to other customers in the middle of their meals shaking his head and clearly talking negatively about us. The other customers at this point looked just as shocked as us. We then quickly finshed our drinks feeling extremely stunned, confused and not welcome. Just before leaving my friend tried to use the toilet, which prompted Mr Hospitality to fly back out from behind the bar and scream at us that we 're not even customers and thus can 't use the toilet. Absolutely baffled, we took our things and made for the exit. Just before leaving my friend told the man and woman that this was the worst place we have visited in the whole of Italy and that they have treated us extremely badly, to which they both replied that neither of them speak any English... Absolutely shocking place, do not visit! Especially if you have a rucksack!