Scacciaguai - BARGA

At a time when most « eateries » can’t call them restautants) are serving the same menu everywhere charcuterie platters, pinse, tartare steak , tacos, and so forth, Booooring) this is a real restaurant. There are a couple of other good ones in Barga one serving traditional Tuscan dishes which are excellent, and another specializing in fish, while Scacciaguai has wisely chosen to have more sophisticated dishes, and it was refreshing. Kudos to the young owners. The ambiance is pleasant and intimate, the service is smiling and friendly. Riccardo is extremely competent with the wines. They have an extensive wine list, focusing on Tuscan wines and even more on the local ones from Lucca province. Prices range from 11 Euros to well over 100 for some of the Tuscan reds so there is something for everyone. We chose a nice Poggio dei Paoli from Tenuta Lenzi at 22 Euros and it was perfect. Food: Both Porcini and Truffles from the Garfagnana have arrived, and I love both. I started out with the best way to eat truffles: two fried eggs. The eggs were perfectly cooked the white firm and the yolk pleasantly runny. The truffle shavings on top were just right. My friend opted for potato gnocchi filled with sheep ricotta with sauteed grape tomatoes. We followed that with guinea fowl breast cooked sous vide and roast friggitelli peppers. Finished off with a chocolate soufflee filled with melted chocolate. A digestif was offered on the house. A really lovely experience. well worth going back The price was right too of course it wasn’t cheap, but the food wasn’t either: Excellent quality ingredients, Excellent chef. Bravo!

Absolutely fabulous lunch with a group of friends on a long trip to Italy. Voted #1 meal by most of the group. A little hard to find as others have written but Barga is a medieval hill town and exploring is half the fun. Please make the effort. Service is excellent and when we were there there was a live feed of the kitchen so you could see your food prepared. The restaurant is run by 3 siblings (2 brothers a sister who does the cooking. I will not go through the menu but we ordered 7 different dishes and all of were terrific. Trout is a speciality but we were out of season. Dessert: We order 3 different soufflés and all were great (Order early) Wine: House red was terrific as was the white. You cannot go wrong. Note: Our group had not planned to come to Barga, but a friend of mine who is a retired marine saw my posting from Lucca and said you cannot miss Barga. If you are interested in history read the Wikipedia entry on Barga. Thanks D.A. for the recommendation to go to Barga and in particular to this restaurant.

This quaint little restaurant was recommended by the hotel. As others have said, it was very hard to find, but well worth the back-and-forth. Appreciated being greeted with a very delicious glass of Prosecco, so good I had a second! Focaccia was also quite tasty as I reviewed the menu. I ordered the steak tartare with black truffles followed by St Peter’s fish and sweet-and-sour onions. The chocolate soufflé was exquisite! The owner suggested a wine which was only €15 for the entire bottle so he sent it home with me. Would highly recommend.

Siamo stati qui in passato, il luogo è molto bello e suggestivo, il personale è attento e preparato. I tartufi eccellenti e la torta al cioccolato ancora meglio di quanto ricordassimo. L'unica pecca è stato il tempo di attesa un po' troppo lungo!

Sono appena arrivato a Barga all'ora di pranzo e ho deciso di fidarmi della mia fortuna, spesso intuizione. Questa volta è andata bene: ho mangiato tartufo, guancia di manzo e patate al forno! è un peccato che non siamo riusciti a provare altre prelibatezze a causa della nostra limitata capacità digestiva, ma ora conosciamo la strada. Ottimo!