PIERROT
Read moreFeel free to relax in this typical family and family trattoria: pizza, cooking kitchen in front of you in the room… good fish dishes, helpful service (but sometimes a little long) and very beautiful view. The fish couscous is famous. Enjoy the refreshing brumisateurs in the summer heat wave!
THA’AM RESTAURANT
Read moreA legacy of a mongrel culture, the kitchen here is a subtle mixture of Sicilian cuisines (caponata and fresh pasta) and Arabic (tajines, couscous and bricks). Very welcoming hosts and neat decoration (beautiful tents on the terrace): a trip on the other side of the Mediterranean for taste and eyes! You can extend the stopover by staying in one of the guest rooms in the B & B wing looking like the Thousand and one nights.
MOLTIVOLTI
Read moreThis multicultural and friendly place to live is a haven of peace in the bustling Ballaro district. Coworking area, solidarity restaurant at reasonable prices: Moltivolti wants to create social links since 2014. Here all walks of life come together for a meal, a drink, an exhibition or a conference. Moltivolti is a place of diversity and integration, and employs refugees, some from Afghanistan, others from West Africa. The restaurant and bar are used to finance projects. Another Moltivolti is now in Kalsa.
RISTORANTE DEL GOLFO
Read moreThis restaurant is a little out of the way. It's worth a detour. Specialising in fish and more particularly tuna, the chef offers a wide selection of dishes. Tartar, carpaccio, raw or cooked fish, always fresh and all caught in nearby waters, sea urchins and other delicious shellfish... The menu is constantly evolving. We are particularly fond of tagliata di tonno, linguine with sea urchins, breaded and lemon-breaded gurnard fillets. A guaranteed freshness, a very pleasant service and a modest but very careful and fair selection of wines. A good address.
OSTERIA BALLARÒ
Read moreThis good address offers "market cuisine" in the heart of an authentic Sicilian market, that of Ballaro. All the more so as the district does not abound in good tables, too narrow and labyrinthine. Here, the products are fresher than nature, Sicilian, from the slow food circuit. But grandmothers' recipes have been modernized. Large choice of vegetarian, celiac, babies and children (games on site). Theosteria is also enoteca, between 15th century walls and columns, the setting is magnificent, and the range of wines is very wide.
TRATTORIA DA PINO
Read moreA family trattoria with a rustic atmosphere serving refined Sicilian cuisine, this is what you are looking for on holiday to discover the local specialities! On the menu, a wide buffet of home-made antipasti that allows you to taste a little bit of everything and dishes around seafood and fresh fish of the day. The dishes are of quality, the service and the welcome are extremely pleasant, but above all the quantities are gargantuan, especially the pasta dishes, prepared to perfection and generous in ingredients. A good address.
FRIDA
Read moreAn address made especially for lovers of good pizza. Its success is such that many Palermitans don't hesitate to line up for dinner. The pizzas, served generously, are really delicious and one understands the craze for the place. The thin dough is soft and crunchy at the same time, the mozzarella and the cold cuts are Sicilian. In addition to the perfect cooking, the service and above all the owner's welcome are very pleasant. We also like the white tables and colourful chairs of the restaurant.
OSTERIA LO BIANCO
Read moreIn a simple and sober setting (varnished panelling on the walls and tablecloths with plasticized tiles), you can meet a clientele of regulars, attracted by low prices and the quality Sicilian popular cuisine as found in the pots of the island's mammals. The menu is rich in seafood products. You can also eat a very good dish of Sardinian pasta con (with sardines) or small sardine paupiettes with sweet and sour sauce(polpette di sarde in agrodolce) for a few euros. The address is almost a hundred years old and the service is cordial. Picturesque.
AL FERRO DI CAVALLO
Read moreNice osteria where good Sicilian dishes are served around fish, but also panelle, arancini, local antipasti. Lots of fried fish à la carte, don't miss the frittura mista di pesce : a mix of fried prawns, squid and other fried octopus, a delight! The pasta with squid ink, sardines or pesto and shrimps is also worth the fork. Recipes of authentic accuracy, with a strong taste. The terrace is appreciable but the service is a little long. Come early because the restaurant is very busy.
OSTERIA DEI VESPRI
Read moreA gastronomic institution of the brothers Andrea and Alberto Rizzo, where the dishes are particularly refined. A true delight for gourmets, to whom we can only recommend the vanilla fried lobster on a pine nut sauce with candied ginger and red pepper mousse . For the record, scenes of the Cheetah were filmed next to the restaurant. A very top-of-the-range table, where the addition is salty. There is also a dizzying wine list, with many Sicilian wines. The setting is intimate, under stone vaults.
CICCIO IN PENTOLA
Read moreA classy table, with elegant white tablecloths and dishes with a refined aesthetic, without being stilted in the heart of the Kalsa. The plates are spectacular. Typical Sicilian cuisine revisited, to discover the Palermo flavours in particular, raw or cooked. Fish fillet in sweet and sour honey sauce with red onions, raisins and dried apricots, or a carpaccio of scottona, a meat from a heifer of the best Italian breed, renowned for its tenderness, marinated in lemon-lime with mushrooms and plums.
ANTICA PIZZERIA GUGLIELMO
Read moreIt is located in the heart of the tourist centre of Monreale, in the main square in front of the Duomo. Moreover the view is wonderful to admire its architectural beauty. But it is not a tourist attraction. It serves a wide choice of honest and cheap pizzas, which even Sicilians themselves come to eat here. For a quick and tasty lunch break. And no matter what time of day you linger in the cathedral, here the service is continuous.
PIZZERIA CALVINO
Read moreThis is a very reputable institution and frequented by the young people of the city, because the pizzas are gargantuan, delicious and inexpensive. The perfect address for broke travelers who want to eat on a tight budget. Good lasagne in the oven and above all excellent pizzas made over a wood fire, the house speciality. Warm welcome. The popularity of the address makes booking more than necessary, or plan to order take-out to devour your pizza on a picnic in the city.
TRATTORIA DU LANTIRNERI
Read moreHere is an address a little far from the hustle and bustle of the main street and therefore less touristy, and that's good! With a micro-terrace, and its small room always well filled, this trattoria offers plates of local and delicious fish such as busiate (fresh pasta from Trapani) with clams and mussels or squid ink, the traditional fish couscous which here is sprinkled with saffron, very successful, or the stuffed squid. An unpretentious good address where it is good to make a reservation in view of the few tables available.
MAMMA CAURA
Read moreThis café-bar-restaurant enjoys an exceptional location, opposite the mill that houses the Marsala Salt Museum. What a pretty picturesque setting with small piles of salt lined up as a backdrop! The terrace is pleasantly furnished with comfortable wrought iron armchairs and pretty pastel blue wooden chairs. There is also the possibility to pick up various snacks or have a real feast. A tip, taste the grilled cuttlefish with its lemon filet and the famous busiate alla trapanese. A real treat. A must for tourists.
ANTICA PASTICCERIA DE GAETANO
Read moreIt's an institution in Marsala. This is thethird generation of pastry chefs since founder Benedetto De Gaetano, who opened his shop specialising in Sicilian confectionery and artisanal ice cream in the 1900s. Today it's an excellent address for the hungry and the budget-conscious. On the pastry side, you will find the great classics of Sicilian desserts: cassata, cannoli? The shop window is made up of a thousand little sweets. The choice will be Cornelian.
BABY LUNA RESTAURANT
Read moreA tourist address and a great place to stay. You come here to sit on a terrace directly on the seafront, very close to the cathedral and the Kasbah of Mazaro. In spite of the world on the terrace, the service is fast and courteous. In the plate, very good fish couscous, specialty of the region, as well as spaghetti with sea urchins. The pizzas are excellent too. Some are seafood (mussels and clams) for those who would like to try this strange combination. Good value for money for all the dishes. An unpretentious address.
RISTORANTE LA PENTOLACCIA
Read moreAddress recommended by the locals. Nice restaurant of traditional cuisine, where the busiati , the typical pasta of Trapani, is excellent. It also serves fish couscous, another great specialty of the region. The spaghetti al nero di seppia (with cuttlefish ink) is a must try for seafood lovers. Served a little cold, however. One appreciates its micro-terrace which also allows to taste the popular atmosphere of the district.
RISTORANTINO PALAZZO SAMBUCA
Read moreThis small restaurant with its comfortable and elegant chairs, hanging green plants, wall-mounted enoteca and pretty crockery is chic. Yet the prices are reasonable, so don't deprive yourself! The octopus carpaccio was divine, as was the Trapani style busiate pasta, handmade with nuts, Sicilian pesto and red shrimp. The flavours are very well balanced. For dessert the Sicilian cannoli and cassate are particularly good.