TheBay Café-DunmoreEast in Waterford

05/04/2025: Best food and best staff 10/10 couldn't get better

26/03/2025: Emiliano's delivered an incredibly authentic Italian experience, with some concessions to local preferences. The ambience is super nice. The interior design makes it feel like one is in a trattoria in the center/south of Italy during summer. Most of the waiters and waitresses are Italian. They are all very attentive. The menu has a lot of truly Italian courses with a few things that probably try to accommodate local taste. Everything I tried was very good. Some things were good but not in the way I would have expected. For example the pasta with meatballs didn't have the type of taste that I would expect to find in a restaurant, rich and filling, but it tasted like an Italian mum or grandma may prepare for the family during a normal day. This place came highly recommended by a friend who lives in Waterford and I can see why. I will definitely go back when in the area.