Famous place/hard to get in/make reservation in advance/place is large, yet you always enjoy the bay view and simple delicious food. Go for 5 terre white wine and grilled fish. They offer free boat to collect and return you to main port of portovenere.

A tour operator recommended that we go to this restaurant for lunch when we were in Cinque Terra. We took the public ferry past Riomaggiore for another 10 minutes or so and the waters opened up into this beautiful town. Very trendy and much more upscale looking then the beautiful towns of Cinque Terra so worth the time. There is... More

Locanda Lorena is located on an island just across from Portovenere and you can either take their private water taxi , the local shuttle service, or your yacht to get there. By the way, the mussel beds are in the bay directly in front of the Locanda so be sure to sample some. The restaurant features many photos of the... More

Portovenere is a stunningly beautiful town, and Locanda Lorena enjoys a wonderful view of the town from its seaside location on the island of Palmeira opposite. A short boatride across the harbour, this restaurant specialises in fish and seafood that is fresh, fresh, fresh! After a mixed seafood starter we enjoyed two types of fish, one grilled and the other... More

there is only one way to go to Locanda Lorena, it's by boat. They offer you a complimentary 5 mins transfer on their taxy-boats (from Portovenere to the restaurant on Palmaria Island)... and this is the charming and particular thing. Stop. Once arrived on the island, we went to the restaurant for dinner, we expected something really special but we... More

We ate here twice on our visit to portovenere in June. The grilled fish and seafood were outstanding - very fresh and simply cooked. We arrived at our B&B on the island late on the Saturday of a long weekend and our B&B host managed to get us a table at short notice. The waiter was very attentive and apologetic... More

The restaurant provides a free-of-charge water taxi, which takes you from the main village to the island on which it is located (takes about 5 minutes max). My husband and I sat outside, looking back across the water to Portovenere (the most perfect setting at sunset). We ordered the pesto pasta for our "primi" and both agreed it was the... More

We went with the restaurant boat to the restaurant and it was a lovely but short trip. We had not reserved a table and you should to get the best tables.But it was ok.The waiter did not know a word english(I think) but was polite and got another waiter when we had a question he didn´t understand. Be aware of... More

I live only seven km (bird flight distance) to this place, but only recently I had the opportunity to visit this restaurant, very well known in the area. One of its strong points is the environment, which is really fantastic. The client is also favorably prepared by the pleasant trip form Portovenere to Palmaria in the boat that the restaurant... More