Osteria Dal Manzo

Our last night in Lucca but what a find. Superb food in a beautiful restaurant. Fried anchovies to start and then neck of pork with roast onions and roast potatoes , both delicious. Wine choices good and very reasonable. The stars of the show are the waiting staff - extremely friendly and helpful.

Cozy and authentic. Tasty local dishes and a good wine list. Friendly and welcoming staff.

The worst mixed experience ever. They are called "Osteria dal Manzo" and they have an interesting variety of meat dishes (Bisteca, diafragma slices, brain&core meatballs... definitely original). Short menu, but enough. Wine offer diverse and correct. Now the interesting part: after ordering and with the starters on the table, the main course took 1 complete hour to come AND after having served first a table of 6, who arrived and started later, having two of them the same ordering as ours. Only then (tired to wait without any attention offered during the complete hour) and having adivised of our paying (wine & starters) and leaving if the order was not in our table in the next 5 minutes; the manager arrived with both dishes asking whether there was any problem. So far, at the moment of the claim (5 min before) he was enjoying his dinner inside with company. The only thing he articulated to respond to our disapointment was "it takes whatever it takes" (forgetting the same and quicker service in the table of 6), giving the back and coming back inside without any attention or simple attempt of excuse (a missed order can always happen; why not to simply recognize and apologize? and keep going with the best service as possible). We had to call for his attention, and still his attitude remained. To note, fact: for a place called "Osteria dal Manzo" with a diversity of meat dishes, a better control of how long (number of days) the meat in camera is would be appreciated: they had to ask twice (first disapointment), and once clarified, it was not more than 14 days (second disapointment).

One of the best food experiences I’ve had to date in Toscana. Everything from the anchovies and zucchini flowers to the diaframma and tordellini was perfect. The strawberry and basil panna cotta was exceptional, would recommend to anyone. Service was quick, nice and helpful in suggesting dishes. The wine selection is good and very wide. Definitely will eat here again if I have a chance.

We had the best food of our 3 week Italian road trip at this amazing small restaurant in Lucca. Local favorites with an imaginative twist served by very attentive staff. This should be a must-eat if you come to Lucca

Disappointed experience. Small dishes and without flavour. Small carte list, small space and not comfortable to stay inside, specially in covid time. Probably the worst dinner in our stay of one week in Italy. It's easy find a better Italian restaurant in Lisbon.

We found this little gem on Google Maps. The dishes were tasty, we had tuna, the octopus, tiramisu and basil panna cotta. The octopus was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The tuna was seared on point. Our favorites were tuna and tiramisu. The tiramisu has tiny cholocate pieces inside and the panna cotta was creamy and refreshing. Prices were very reasonable and the service was very friendly.

Great food and service. The steak tartar was excellent, the best I had in Italy so far!