Osteria della Piazza

If you are in Ancona for the ferry, this is a wonderful restaurant to try. The restaurant has a comfortable atmosphere with pale yellow walls with watercolors and wooden beamed ceilings. The staff was excellent, and they were friendly to me, a no Italian speaking tourist. The menu has a description in English so ordering was not difficult.
The food is reasonably priced, portioned and delicious. I had the gnocchi with sausage. Soft gnocchi and creamy sauce matched well with the texture of the sausage. I had a glass of the house white, also inexpensive. I enjoyed everything about this restaurant.
A note to other tourists if not already aware: there is a bread/​service charge which is standard. The one here was two euros.

After a long journey on the ferry across from Zadar and a scramble to get work done at an internet café right at the port we needed to rejuvenate ourselves. We ended up wandering for a while since we had no idea where to go and what to eat and stumbled upon Osteria della Piazza in a little plaza. We didn’t make it to the restaurant until late at night and since Ancona is not a well traveled city by tourists, we were really the only non-​locals there. Our meals were exactly what we needed and absolutely delicious. They had a great menu and an extremely helpful staff. Since we knew nothing about the city we were able to direct us to a favorite local gelateria out in a square for dessert after our dinner.