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£13 - £34
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Italian, Pizza, Seafood, Mediterranean, Tuscan, Central-Italian
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Vegetarian Friendly
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Reviewed 19 March 2019 via mobile

Not sure how they manage such exquisite food for the price. Pasta & superb meat dishes. Excellent service & a lovely location. Wonderful day.

Date of visit: March 2019
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Reviewed 7 April 2018

We attended the cooking classes conducted by the chef of the restaurant and had a dinner in the restaurant too. The restaurant setting is simple giving it an unpretentious atmosphere and relaxing feel. The service staffs are friendly and helpful. The carbonara pasta is delicious....The serving is very generous and we have to resist from over eating to keep our stomach for the main. The filetto alla Puccini with juniper berries and truffles is great too. We have the dessert recommended by the waitress and it is wonderful to end the meal with an espresso. This is definitely one of our better dinners in Tuscany.More

Date of visit: April 2018
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Reviewed 22 October 2017

I attended Chef Paolo's cooking school here, so I had several meals in the restaurant. The staff is very helpful, and the food is amazing. Highly recommend.

Date of visit: September 2017
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columbus1234, Proprietario at Alla Cantina di Carignano, responded to this reviewResponded 9 November 2017

Thank you very much! Chef Paolo Monti

Reviewed 2 October 2017

Great food and wine. Attentive staff. Charcoal fire for great meats. And, best of all, the supervision of a great chef! Bravo Chef Paolo! Go there and you will have a great meal, but also sign up for the cooking school, either for the day...or the week, and learn how to cook it yourself.More

Date of visit: September 2017
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columbus1234, Proprietario at Alla Cantina di Carignano, responded to this reviewResponded 4 October 2017

thank you very much!! Chef Paolo Monti

Reviewed 8 September 2017

Next to the road of Lucca Alla Cantina is a nice restaurant to enjoy typical italian dishes without fuss and overpriced item. The staff is efficient even if the youngest clearly does not show their love to the tourists. Only the boss speaks different languages...and he will fix all your issues. we loved the pizza, pasta and the tomato mozzarella. Cotoletta alla milanese (Milanese veal) was very large, but should have been cooked longer / more homogeneously. Desert are good and price are very honest. It deserve the road for the days you do not want to cook at home. At the end a good experience, even with a little unfriendly staff or a strange smell outside in the parking.More

Date of visit: August 2017
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columbus1234, Proprietario at Alla Cantina di Carignano, responded to this reviewResponded 12 September 2017

Thank you very much! Paolo Monti

Reviewed 5 September 2017

We stayed in Hotel Carignano ,Sant'Alessio , Lucca , and use to eat at the little restaurant Alla Cantina di Carignano. The food was very tasty and very good. Service was good and all waiters could speak English !! (The chef is well known and...also offers cooking classes). It was a lovely experience !More

Date of visit: August 2017
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columbus1234, Proprietario at Alla Cantina di Carignano, responded to this reviewResponded 12 September 2017

Thank you very much! Paolo Monti

Reviewed 30 July 2017 via mobile

We were staying locally and this restaurant was recommended. Classy Umbrian food with a good choice of wine. Good atmosphere and popular with locals. Some English spoken, and well worth a detour

Date of visit: July 2017
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columbus1234, Proprietario at Alla Cantina di Carignano, responded to this reviewResponded 4 October 2017

thank you very much! chef paolo Monti

Reviewed 26 July 2017

Initial thoughts were good looks lovely friendly staff......however the waiter clearly couldn't cope with the amount of customers. We had to wait over one hour for two pizzas and the rest of our party had finished their main course. In fact none of our courses...seemed to arrive at the same time which was made all the more frustrating as we had five children with us. Although the waiter was apologetic he was also quite abrupt and clearly was struggling to cope.More

Date of visit: July 2017
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Reviewed 7 June 2017

We ate here several times as the food is very good, especially the fillet steak which was particularly tasty and perfectly cooked and seasoned. The Tortelli Lucchesi were also very good. There's plenty of parking, comfortable seating indoors or on the terrace, and is situated...on a quiet country road. It's a lovely place for an evening meal.More

Date of visit: May 2017
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Reviewed 28 April 2017 via mobile

We dined with three persons at this restaurant. A delicious meal, friendly host and for a fair price. Typical Italian food and ambiance.

Date of visit: April 2017
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Reviewed 14 April 2017 via mobile

This restaurant is a tipical toscana restaurant,the food is good and the bill is cheap. Tortelli,crostini,prosciutto,salame,bistecca and also the pizza calzone was good, The staff is also nice and professional, Congratulations

Date of visit: April 2017
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columbus1234, Proprietario at Alla Cantina di Carignano, responded to this reviewResponded 20 April 2017

Thank you very much!!

Reviewed 17 January 2017

Price for the so-called "working lunch" [that is: 1st and 2nd plate, side dish, water, house wine 1/4 liter, and coffee] is now 9.90 euro [monday to saturday]. For a few dishes you have to pay 1 or 2 euro extra. Considering the high quality...of all food on offer here, the value for money is outstanding! Service with a smile, plenty parking places. Many people eat here daily, so it is usually packed. Quite an extensive menu, meat as well as fish dishes, etc. If you like fish, try the spaghetti alla scoglio [1 euro extra], very tasty!!More

Date of visit: January 2017
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Reviewed 30 September 2016 via mobile

Went with my husband for dinner after doing the pasta making class with Chef Paolo! The food and wine is excellent! It was very busy with local families which is always a good sign! The service was okay to start with but there was an...overly long wait between dinner and dessert as the waiter seemed to have forgotten us completely choosing to serve the locals instead. After 45 minutes we actually were about ready to skip dessert and the front of house asked if we would like to order!More

Date of visit: September 2016
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columbus1234, Proprietario at Alla Cantina di Carignano, responded to this reviewResponded 12 November 2016

Dear Madam, i am sorry you had to wait a long time, it was a very busy night and and I am sorry you had to wait. I am happy you enjoyed the food Thanking you chef Paolo Monti

Reviewed 28 September 2016

We went five nights to have dinner and the enormous amount of diferent dishes were stunning. We ate fish, pasta, pizza, rice, meat, desserts (perhaps the best to me)... The meats were perfectly cooked. We enjoyed the restaurant, the service and the food. Thanks!

Date of visit: September 2016
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columbus1234, Proprietario at Alla Cantina di Carignano, responded to this reviewResponded 29 September 2016

thank you!! Chef paolo Monti

Reviewed 28 August 2016 via mobile

I found a human hair in the chicken pathe. The salami's were fine. The risotto was fine. Pasta lobster was very fatty. And broken chells inbetween my teath. It lies next to a road with cars. Wont go there again, but for the non expecting...englishman its fine.More

Date of visit: August 2016
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columbus1234, Proprietario at Alla Cantina di Carignano, responded to this reviewResponded 27 September 2016

Dear sir I am sorry about the hair, if you mentioned to our staff we would have changed it, our kitchen staff wear hats, it could anyone's hair. Lobster pasta is made from whole fresh lobster with the shell, that gives the flavor. I am...More

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Alla Cantina di Carignano is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 4
  • Service: 3.5
  • Value: 4
  • Atmosphere: 3.5