La Cascina

Go here! Seriously! Go here! The food gives me goosebumps! The wine made me a lush! The atmosphere made me happy to be in Italy! The food is seriously delicious and the wait staff are so amazing. We stayed in Montecatini-​Terme for a week and ate hear three times. Each time we were happy to be there and there were a few times that we were upset that we went somewhere else.

The concierge at our hotel recommended we eat here, and immediately I was totally impressed… the restaurant is BEAUTIFUL. The lights, the outdoor seating, the romantic ambiance, it was all just spectacular. Unfortunately, our waiter was not great. The second we started to speak and he realized we were American’s he was rude, and did not go out of his way at all. The menu was in english and italian which was nice. He took our order kind of rudely and pranced away. Literally, pranced. We ordered the black squid ink dish as an appetizer and it literally tasted like salt stew… I am not exaggerating. We didn’t know what to do, considering how rude the waiter was… we told him, and he whisked it away. The rest of our food was pretty amazing, but the entire experience was clouded by the salt stew and rude service. If I could come back, I would just order wine and enjoy the gorgeous outdoors. There are much better options for food in Montecatini, but this atmosphere was solid.

What a beautiful place. We went in the evening and it was a bit windy. It would have been nice to sit outside in their beautiful patio. The inside is elegant. We were a large group and they accommodated us in a large room upstairs. The wine was flowing, thanks to our Collette guided travel. I had the beef in red wine sauce. It was very good and tender.