Catania, Italy
Piazza Turi Ferro, 36/38
$$
+39 957150142
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This was the worst meal I ever had without exaggeration. We came to this place on our last night of holiday after reading all the great reviews... As other reviews already mentioned, staff is absolutely not interested in their clients, we were ignored for good 10 minutes when we first walked in - not even an eye contact, an acknowledgement, a smile, nothing. This should have been a sign for us to leave, but unfortunately we stayed. Stayed to have the most disappointing meal I can even recall in my experience. We ordered the local cured meats and cheese board to start, and even this was disappointing as the meats mainly consisted of tasteless fat (see the far end of the photo), so we haven't finished it (we tried to scrape the fat of the meat, but the was hardly any). We ordered similar boards in Sicily before, not once we've been served with mainly fat, so it can't be a local speciality. Our main dishes were two different fish dishes, my husband's meal was OK, but nothing special, and mine was completely inedible. While it looked nice (pictured), the fish was dry, chewy, greasy as it was floating in oil and absolutely tasteless, I just couldn't believe how bad it was. I hardly touched it and my plate was still full when the waiter came to collect the plates, I did say it wasn't nice, hence I hardly touched it, to which the waiter apologized and said this fish is like this (why have it on the menu then?!). Anyway, although we left a lot of food untouched on the first and second course, nothing was offered to make our experience a bit better, we paid the bill in full, which was not worth what we got at all. And yes, the decor if the restaurant is querky, but this still doesn't make our experience any better than 1 star...
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Great wine and good food. The donkey carpaccio was an unexpected delight, and the pesto pasta was straight fire. The dessert couscous was amazing, and both the wines were really excellent.
Slo food but also slow service. Still, friendly staff and charming atmosphere either indoors or out. Food is traditional Sicilian, prepared in a simple way.
The restaurant looks very nice and the staff was very kind to organize for us a six people table near the wine cellar. They will give you as a starter a nice mix of local bread with olives. The cheese tasting is excellent because of the local home made jam and honey which is a very good mix to try. The stock fish was good but I was not impressed about the taste. It takes a lot of time between courses so you need to be patient. The personnel was nice and helpful but when we asked for an amaretto they commented that in Sicily they have only amaro ... but at the end of the day they brought us nothing :(
A nice location with wonderful interior and furnished. One can decide if you want sit at the bistro or in the restaurant. Possible is also to sit outside, looks however not so comfortable. Food is outstanding, with a good service. all in all very recommendable
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