Il Pirata

We arrived on a very rainy night and were welcomed by a super friendly and professional staff. The various great choices on the menu made it hard to pick our favourite plates but with the generous help of the waiter we picked some great plates and he also helped us picking the right wines from the impressive list of Italian wines. After dinner one of the waiters gave us a ride back to our hotel since it was still raining heavily! We will be back here soon!

Throughout our 14 days' vacation in Laigueglia we unfortunately had dinner only once at this excellent restaurant. In fact it was the recommendation of a waiter in another fantastic restaurant in Laigueglia.
If we had had another week, we definitely would have gone there another few times. It is one of those restaurants, where you blindly roam your finger of the menu and you choose, where your finger stops. Anything is excellent.
After a great antipasto (may Lucullus pardon me, I can't remember it, but it was great !), I had a platter of fried fish. Very tasty, crisp and fresh. Not drowned in oily flour paste (as you may get it in restaurants mainly outside of Italy). My wife had prawns, which she claimed were among the very best she ever had. The fried fish platter race between "Il Pirata" and "Dal Saraceno" in Laigueglia would be a very tight one.
The dessert alone was so good that it would be worthwhile to have dinner at "Il Pirata" again. Again the name has escaped me, but maybe the photo gives you a bit of an impression.
In "Il Pirata" they also employ a sommeiler. It's necessary for them to have one, as their offering of wine is so huge. I was overwhelmed with all this information, variations, possibilities, tastes, bubbles or no bubbles, .... After I choose, and the sommelier came with the bottle, he asked if he should keep the bottle upright not to stir up whatever was on the ground of the bottle, or if I wanted him to turn the bottle clockwise. I pretended to be knowledgeable and asked him to keep the bottle upright. I wonder if I had tasted the difference, if I had chosen him to turn the bottle and stir up what lay on the ground of the bottle. Please, dear reader, pardon my ignorance. -
So "Il Pirata" is one of the "must go there" restaurants of Laigueglia.

Just amazing 🤩kitchen and the most important friendly and helpful team! Thanks for a great experience

This restaurant IS really Amazing .very good good and good Price .they offered me à lot of things and they are really generous and attentive .
Luca thé Waiter si sweet si Nice .thanks you 😊

Perfect place for have a good dinner the pictures are more then the everything alse

Delicious authentic Italian pasta served by friendly waitresses. Bit more expensive than other places but definitely worth it.

Tasty food and good service

Beautiful choice of wine...dishes well presented in a pretty wide choice of typical local delights.

Nice Ambiente - good food

Just Great

Ottimi piatti ben presentati carta dei vini molto ben strutturata con ampia scelta e di qualità. Servizio ben curato e antipastino di benvenuto.

Abbiamo ordinato la Degustazione Pirata di 7 portate per due persone ! Veramente ottimo. Prezzo 140 euro!

Qui non si mangia né si beve ma si scopre il vero senso profondo del cibo e il piacere del saper degustare il vino.
Piatti che fanno apprezzare la Liguria e il suo lento ritmo verso il bello.
Con il dolce alle olive taggiasche ho raggiunto l'apoteosi dei sensi.
Non perdetevi una lieta sosta qui.

Sono stato in questo bel ristorante per una cena di lavoro con diversi colleghi, a tarda serata. Ambiente molto bello e ospitale, ampio dehor dove mangiare al fresco. Piatti della tradizione con pescato locale e prodotti a km zero. Ottima cantina di cibo. Fanno anche la pizza, ma noi abbiamo mangiato pesce. Atmosfera molto bella. Personale attento e cordiale. Un’ottima scoperta!

Sempre soddisfatti 😁 vino ottimo..... Tutto ottimo...... Ospitalità fantastica, mi sento a casa!!

L’ultima volta che venimmo qui è stato prima della pandemia! Che emozione tornare da Luca, rivedere la moglie e il suo fantastico staff! La location è veramente bella; d’estate è meravigliosa ( e noi ci sentiamo a casa) le pietanze sono sublimi, ì pesce freschissimo, le pizze sublimi e i vini eccellenti! Consigliatissimo

Posto in un angolo tranquillo del borgo ligure di Laigueglia, questo ristorante è davvero un’eccellenza. Pesce cucinato con maestria assoluta e ben presentato; personale cordiale, gentile e professionale. Ottima carta dei vini e dolci superlativi. Da non mancare!

Cibo buonissimo e presentato bene, personale molto cortese e gentile. Ottimo rapporto qualità/ prezzo

Sono andato a mangiare parecchie volte negli anni, un ristorante sempre in crescita, che non smette mai di stupire!!! Vuoi mangiare pesce in Liguria!? Questo è il posto!! Lista dei vini infinita!! Gentilezza e professionalità come in pochi posti!! Insomma un posto unico!! Complimenti

Ein Tip unseres Hotels: wenn ihr Fisch essen wollt, geht da hin. Eine tolle Empfehlung, wie sich herausstellen sollte. Aus Faulheit haben wir das 4 Gänge Menü bestellt. Aber entweder haben die Betreiber kein gutes Zahlenverständnis, oder man hat uns das größere 7 Gänge Menü serviert. Unabhängig davon bleibt festzuhalten, dass jeder Gang von sehr guter Qualität und toll zubereitet war. Neben Fisch war jeder Menge anderes Meeresgetier dabei.

Dazu gab es sehr interessante Beilagen - im positiven Sinne. Die Weinkarte war sehr umfangreich und sicher ist für jeden was dabei.

Die Bedienungen war flott, aufmerksam und sehr freundlich.

Trotz der weitgehend kleinen Portionen sind wir am Ende pappsatt und sehr zufrieden und Hotel zurück spaziert.

Was aus unserer Sicht nicht hätte sein müssen, war die live Musik. Die war etwas laut und klang etwas sehr elektronisch - lag wohl am Gerät, nicht am Musiker.