La Taverna di Emma

This is a clear 4 and I would rank it a five if I spoke Italian and could read the menu. Our server helped but as noted by others the menu is a hurdle. But don’t be dismayed! The food and table wine are superb. The service is great — remember this is Italy. Go and enjoy!!!

Gemütliches Restaurant mit sehr leckeren Antipasti und selbstgebackenen Panzerotti. Auch die Pici al ragu cinghiale sind seeehr empfehlenswert. Der Service ist übereifrig, das Hauptgericht wurde schon serviert und wir hatten die köstliche Vorspeise noch nicht beendet.

Das kleine Restaurant bietet selbstgemachte Pasta und andere Leckereien, wirklich klasse. Man bekommt frisches Brot mit verschiedenen Olivenölen, und frische Bohnen zum selbst auspulen. Toll. Viele lokale Weine gibt es dazu. Herrlich und sehr empfehlenswert. Ggf. Tisch reservieren.

This place was amazing, found it trough Unilocal and foodspotting.
The service to begin with was great the menu was only in italian and handwritten so difficult to comprehend but the girls tried their best to translate.
The food was so amazing first we tried the cheese plate and carpaccio with truffle. Both the best we’ve ever had. Then a pasta with sun dried tamatoes. After that tagliata with lard and radiccio beautifully made and for desert mascarpone with fresh strawberries and melted chocolat.
All of this accompanied with the house white and after some coffee, for only 65 euro. To good te be true?
Also the chef came by our table to check if everything was great, a very nice touch and we praised him for the great food.
From all the restaurants in Pisa this is the one you want to visit!

We were afraid to get stuck in a tourist trap, but Unilocal helped us to find this gem! Despite the language barrier the Server guided us perfectly, and the food was amazing! It was the most creative presentation of lasagna we’ve ever seen, and most delicious! Smoked tuna with mushrooms was magnifico, we kept stealing food from each others plates. When we finished, our waitress remembered that we liked mushrooms and asked if we wanted to try something else. We were thinking of dessert, but she had fried mushrooms in mind. We slightly hesitated, so she brought the chef out with the plate of fresh wild mushrooms. How we could say no?;-) He left to prepare them and I chased him to the kitchen for pictures! … Looked like it was gonna be to much to eat, but we made them disappear. Our only regret was we did not try dessert, because our friends were waiting for us.
If it was not for that tower, we’ve never would of gone to Pisa. The tower was cool alright, but La Taverna di Emma is an even more worthy destination. Go there.

This came on good recommendation from a native Tuscan — said it was one of the few places in Pisa she would eat if looking for a meal out. And it was one of the most memorable meals we’ve had together. The staff was friendly and helpful. The owner/​chef visited with patrons, often delivering plates to the table himself. The menus were small, but it seemed a deliberate choice to offer quality over quantity. Our anti pasta could not have been better — highly flavorful meats with fried bread — Paccheri Lardo. A bottle of regional Syrah. Panzerotti Pasta. Fritto Calamari which needed nothing more than a little lemon. Polpo Arrosto, grilled octopus with potato. And finally, two well-​brewed espressos.