Il Faraone - ALASSIO

This is the third time we return to this restaurant run by a passionate father, origins from Egypt. He runs this affair with his family and the food is fresh, honest and delicious. Our next visit to Alassio we definitely come back. Price/ quality is...top.

We had happened onto this restaurant two years ago and went in because it was full of Italians and not tourists. The locals know ! I wasn't sure to find it again, a bit off the beaten track. But I went straight to it like...a heart that knows where love is. This is a family restaurant, the husband is the chef and the wife serves. But sometimes the chef comes out of his kitchen to bring the dish himself, so proud, rightfully so, of his work. The wife took great pains to explain the menu in a language we don't speak. But we agreed on minestrone soup and spinach ravioli. The vegetables in the soup were so fresh they were still alive. The ravioli were so delicious it was obscene. Huge portions and very inexpensive. So friendly because everyone is happy. If I lived in Alassio I'd eat there every day. We kissed the husband and wife good-bye. The next morning in our excellent hotel we saw many of the people who filled the other tables the night before, meaning smart people know about it. I thought it was MY secret.

This place feels like a local tavern with all local customers. Actually we felt like we were not welcome at all. We had salad for starters which was OK. The next courses came before we had finished the starters. The pasta was cooked well but...the sauce was so salty that it was a challenge to finish it.

We went to dinner this evening for the first time and I have to say that I was pleasantly amazed. super plentiful and delicious dishes, not united. full restaurant and owners of extreme friendliness. prices more than moderate. I mean, an experience we're gonna do every time we go to the alassium. Congratulations.

Pharaoh is a lot of stuff. Mimmo makes you fall in love for her sympathy, makes unique dishes of.pesxe throughout the Ligurian and not only. Crazy quality inhuman quantity and you have to eat everything compulsory. Mimmo.si goes to eat, without roses on the table, but with so much, indeed a lot of fish. Number one. Francesco da barolo.