Il Rifugio Del Gabbiano' - PESARO

I went to Il Rifugio del Gabbiano with my family and family friends. We were greeted promptly, but then had to wait half an hour only to receive the menu. The wait seemed to be getting longer and longer as the evening was progressing, and it was especially frustrating when we had to wait more than an hour for the food, which arrived at different times. We ordered tagliolini al sapore di mare, filetto di pepe, linguine al pesce spada, which were good but nothing special. The same can be said for the mascarpone and tiramisu that we had, after another exhaustingly long wait, for dessert. We felt like we were being ignored and this seemed to be the situation everyone else was experiencing. We left the restaurant after 3 hours.

We had the name of the restaurant from a friend from Pesaro and decide to have a dinnere there.The Menu was rich of many different dishes, the location with the view of the sea was great.The waiter suggeted some changes in our choices because of the lack of some ingredients due to the large affluence for pranzo.The food was so fresh and good and the service was excellent.Even the deeserts were marvellous and original.I strongly recomend it.

My family and I have been coming to this restaurant for a leisurely Sunday lunch, since time immemorial. I can honestly say we have never been disappointed. The first thing that attracted us was the beautiful scenic position over looking a bay and in the distance Pesaro harbour/port. Almost each time we frequented this restaurant, we have been shown to a lovely positioned table outside on the terrace. Even though our italian is limited, we have always managed to order food from the delightful extensive menu. We are real 'foodies ' and fish/shellfish are our prefefence. We normally start with the local antipasti of large prawns, thinly sliced marinated pressed octopus, flaked fish mixed with slithers of cheese and celery and smoked tuna, all served cold. 'Yummy '. Main course can vary. I like the local monk fish gratinated and cooked with thinly sliced gratinated potatoes and artichokes. Theres plenty of other dishes to choose from if you don 't like fish meat pasta etc. One thing I would like to say though, we have only been for Sunday lunch, which is very leisurely. I know for a fact the locals frequent this restaurant with their families on Sundays. So sometimes service can be a bit slow. Pricewise the food can be quite expensive but very tasty! If you are looking for somewhere special, this is worth experiencing.

Lovely place, good breakfast, kind staff

Mediocre service. I'm not very careful. view of the beautiful port.