The best restaurants South

In a family but reserved atmosphere, a bit of a flea market, a bit of an art gallery, we sit down to pick up an Italo-Japanese menu. You can choose between a very good Sicilian cuisine, you know especially those famous crudo platters: tartars, carpaccios of raw fish, and delicious sushi. The quality is guaranteed by the freshness of the ingredients; as for the Japanese cuisine, it is the (Japanese) wife of the (Sicilian) householder who personally takes care of it. Original and good. The wines are rigorously from the island.

Lost in the middle of the steep landscapes of Cava Grande, this agriturismo offers a particularly tasty vegetable-based cuisine. Typically Sicilian, but prepared with great finesse. From prosciutto to melon to ice cream with an incredible texture, everything is at the height of the breathtaking natural setting. The Ionian Sea below, the horizon in the distance. The sunset on these heights is a privileged moment. Avola Antica also offers guest rooms and has a beautiful swimming pool amidst olive and lemon trees.

Here the aesthetics are perfect, both on the plate and in the decor. This restaurant at the entrance to the Valley of the Temples has a chic, vintage and graphic setting: from the lighting fixtures to the floor ceramics and the wall china cabinet, every detail has been thought out. The terrace offers a beautiful view of the countryside, the sea and the temples. Inspiring and invigorating à la carte: swordfish carpaccio with orange sauce, ravioli with eggplant and basil pesto, pistachios and parmesan, or red scorpion fish faggots with prawns. Let's eat!

In the historical centre, a welcoming and nicely decorated restaurant, adept of slow food. Organic cuisine, locavore (locally sourced), which ensures the quality of each product for high quality (but expensive) dishes. Divine crudo platter (raw fish), sublime antipasti plates. The steamed fish en papillote of leaves with herbs, capers, pine nuts and dried tomatoes was surprising and delicate, accompanied by a good glass of local grillo, the beautiful alliance! The menu included gluten-free specialities and vegetarian pasta.

Situated on the square in the heart of Marina de Ragusa, this restaurant managed by the same family (Locanda Don Serafina has Ragusa Ibla) has celebrated its 60 years of existence in 2013. It serves a fisherman's kitchen based on fresh products, historical specialities such as fish soup, ménage (pasta) in swordfish, urchins pasta… The quality is there. The 1950 s decor adds to the charm of this establishment, which also rents small beach cabins in its surroundings. A safe address.

Where to have lunch or dinner in the tourist streets of Syracuse? Many tourist attractions and other addresses, certainly touristy, but tasty, authentic and copious! The antipasti buffet is exquisite, the pasta with sumptuous clams, as well as the fritto misto with mini red mullet and sea urchin bruschetta, the pleasant service, the perfect micro-terrace, the taste of Sicilian family restaurant cuisine in the dishes.

Probably the prettiest restaurant and the most charming terrace in Ragusa Ibla. It serves family cuisine, with specialities of cavatelli (local pasta with pork sauce) and fresh homemade ravioli. Try the roasted local cheese, to be rolled on the floor, and the star of the house specialities: spaghetti alla rustica, with octopus, Sicilian tomatoes and basil. Remember to book if you want to taste this delicacy because the restaurant is often full at dinner time, especially at weekends!

There is unanimous agreement on this address! The name of this restaurant refers to a poem by Baudelaire. In a street of Ortygie, near the sea, Salvo in the kitchen and Saro in the dining room offer Sicilian and French dishes. Tournedos Rossini, tuna with caramelized onions, lean fillet with pesto, eggplant mille-feuille, tuna carpaccio, red mullet fillet with basil... It's all tempting. Two terraces in the heart of Ortygie. Numerous Sicilian and French wines. Homemade desserts (e.g. panna cotta with basil infusion and a touch of chocolate), regular evenings.

Restaurant with a pleasant terrace in the evening. Indoors is advisable at lunchtime when the heat is too strong. In a stone décor, a little dark but cool. In antipasti,the Sardinian spiedino beccafico style (fresh sardines with citrus fruits), or the Culatello ham and the truffled burrata are to be dropped on the floor. But also the spaghetti with sea urchins, the Sicilian rolls specialties of the house (sliced beef, onions, pine nuts, grapes) and the fish of the day in pistachio crust. A warm and irreproachable welcome

In a modern decor, this place offers a tasty and creative cuisine. The address is also a wine bar. The lower floor features comfortable benches ideal for an evening drink, while the upper areas are perfect for a chic dinner. On the menu, copious squash and pistachio risotto, trilogy of tuna, grilled fish, squid stuffed with olives and capers, fillet of beef with green pepper or pork fillet with almonds? : a selection of products handled with inventiveness. Attentive welcome and reasonable prices.

Located in the historic centre of Modica, almost opposite the Teatro Garibaldi, it is one of the oldest buildings in the city. The attention is focused on quality raw materials and respect for Sicilian culinary traditions, flavours of yesteryear that can only be found in the pots and pans of the nonna. The rabbit alla stimpirata with carrots, celery, garlic, capers, mint, olives, fries, vinegar and white wine will long be remembered. And the room is just like the plate, a rustic-retro setting with chequered tablecloths.

This pizzeria is unmistakable on a square of the Belvedere and the church of San Giovanni, with its terrace that extends its arms to you. It is full of hungry tourists who have stopped under the parasols. Open every day almost every hour, it has the merit of offering simple pizzas, but some too watery, too bad!

The elaborate menu promises delicious dishes but the quantities are not there for seafood (the grilled octopus on its potato cream was microscopic) and the pasta lacks taste. Too bad because the terrace is beautiful, the design of the dishes worked, but at this price it is not enough.

This grocery store of local gastronomic products turns into a lunchtime restaurant as the market closes. You can then let yourself be tempted by all the specialities on display, each one more tempting than the next. And you don't even need to know how to speak Italian: you just point and you're tempted! The assortment ofantipasti is delicious, all accompanied by a good wine. Cheese boards with pistachios and jams or cold cuts are also recommended.

It is the restaurant of the Eremo della Giubiliana - a 5-star Relais & Chateaux hotel - run by the chef Giorgio Ruggeri. It offers a revisited cuisine of territory inspired by the aristocratic tradition of the Iblean highlands. The result of research into the original products of this region and their quality, this cuisine is in the image of its setting: refined, full of history and evolving. The menu is varied, the chef works admirably with meat and fish. Impeccable service, sumptuous setting. Cooking school. Wine cellar.

Don't look for a restaurant, it's in a truck! Around 9 pm, there is a crowd, Sicilians jostle to taste Antonio's speciality, which has been "raging" here for more than twenty years! It is thus necessary to go there for the panino alla carne di cavallo (sandwich with horse meat). Other sandwiches based on beef, pork or sausages can be prepared, with fries, raw vegetables or onions at more than reasonable prices (count about 3 € for a nice portion).

Located a little before Ortigia, here is a brand new establishment, managed by Fred and Fiora in the kitchen. The super star of the menu here is the pizza! The restaurant regularly wins contests because it pays special attention to the levitation of the dough. And you can find it in all its forms: tasting pizzas with spontaneously fermented dough, wholemeal pizza, or with organic Sicilian flour, the choice is already original. The toppings are also original because here the pizza can be broken down into small toasts. An original concept!

The undeniable strong point of his restaurant is none other than his terrace with a view of the sea and the Valley of the Temples. These places are also popular, you will have to reserve them. Local dishes are served here, cooked with local ingredients, and the tourist menu of culinary discovery (made with seriousness) is delicious. The house exists since... 1919, as much to say that it knows the recipes of Sicilian grandmothers! Very extensive wine list. No tourist attractions here: the cuisine is copious and tasty, the service is warm.

Excellent cuisine that has won two Michelin stars. The chef revisits the flavours of Sicily in very sophisticated dishes that will put your taste buds in all their states. The atmosphere is intimate and very elegant, with a decoration in the bourgeois style. A real gastronomic table.

It is in a magnificent establishment dug into the rock that the young starred chef Vincenzo Candiano operates for a high-flying local and seafood cuisine, since the table has one star in the Michelin guide. Among the specialities, we can mention the yellowfin tuna on "caponata de Modica", the rabbit stuffed with Bronte pistachios and bacon, a kill, or the mackerel terrine with courgette leaves and dried tomatoes. There is no better place in Ragusa Ibla to discover the local and Sicilian gastronomy.