La Calanca - SESTRI LEVANTE

We ate there two nights running. The food and service were excellent..the scallops and tuna were the best I have ever had. We will be back next year

We reviewed several restaurant menus before we decided to try La Calanca. We really enjoy whole baked fish with sliced potatoes and olives which they had and it was delicious. We didn't want to order a whole bottle of wine and we were recommended a lovely dry white wine by the glass which was very good. The service was good and English was spoken. The Apple strudel was not like the classic. one but was good.

Wandered in here to discuss what was fish of the day . After some debate and google searching we established it was a white, meaty fish served as a steak. We decided to give it a go. I started out with the deep fried anchovies; in my ignorance I expected the strongly flavoured pickled anchovies. These were more like gutted white bait; very nice though and a lot of them. My wife just sampled the bread basket. The mystery fish was excellent, served with potatoes, olives, pine nuts and capers. Very tasty indeed and washed down with a carafe of the local white wine. As I went to pay our host called out that he had continued the search and the fish we had eaten, a rare visitor to these waters, was 16 kilo Amberjack.

The dishes were delicious and my family and I found myself at home!

Local with few tables inside, located in the ironic center. underline the courtesy of the staff and the kindness of the dishes due to the quality of the raw materials. the presentation is also updated. price quality ratio more than adequate. recommended.