Antica Osteria Dei Frantoi - Ranzo

What a great little place! Great hospitality, service with a smile, a great way to start! Very interesting menu with Ligurian dishes, pasta dishes, meat and fish, but also pizze. First they bring a nice selection of breads, crostini and freshly made focaccia with rosemary. Yum! The sample of Ligurian antipasti was great, and so was the battuta. All nicely presented and tasty. They offer eels (fries or grilled and in spite of the look of the plate, knowing that they can 't do much about a snake looking fish, it tasted amazing!!! I 'm glad I took it grilled because they rubbed the eels with herbs and revealed the true flavor of the eel. The good thing about the eels: they were small and therefore not fatty at all. I 'll go back just for them! Interesting dessert menu as well. If I may say something negative, it would be: 1 the décor: Italy is the country of fashion but definitely not the country of interior design when it comes to restaurants : It 's a shame because they could revamp the place with little money. 2 when a customer orders a contorno with the secondo, don 't bring it 10 minutes before the secondo... But those are minors. It 's definitely a nice place to eat and great quality price.

My wife and I were there for lunch and it was packed with workers on a Monday, always a good sign. The antipasto mista was very good as we're the two pastas that we had. My tagliarini with mushrooms was unforgettable. Service was very friendly. Overall a good experience.