The best restaurants South

Pleasant room where you can sit down for a snack or taste an ice cream.

Literally by the sea, on the other side of the bay in relation to Ortygie (you need to have a means of locomotion to get there, or take a taxi), here you are in the pearl of the mould. The same cannot be said of the déco - a mixture of saints and lay - but we quickly forget thanks to the rapid but impeccable service. Try the impepata di cozze and the roasted gambas, and you won't leave without having to drink until your plate sauce!

Simple but carefully prepared kitchen with fish and seafood. The gnocchis bottarga e gamberetti, to the frenzy in French, i. e. dried mulet eggs, and to the gambas are served on a crispy crispy and wavy snug. Carpaccio of fish, oysters, the choice of the treasures of the ultra-fresh sea is wide. The quantity and the service are not being reproached either. Preparation with love in the kitchen, family atmosphere and warm welcome of the boss.

In San Leone, 10 min below Agrigento on the seafront, this restaurant integrated into the Costa Azzurra hotel is an excellent stopover. The menu is very varied and translated into French. The locals often come to eat there. You will have the opportunity to taste among their specialities the couscous with fish trapanese or the pasta alle sarde, pasta with Sicilian sardines, a real treat. A wide choice of dishes to take a look at the best Sicily has to offer, in a room where artists are regularly exhibited.

This family-run tavern offers simple and tasty rustic cuisine from the Modica tradition. With a good wine, you can start with cold meats and cheeses from the region. As a main course, the Nero d'Avola sausage served with fried potatoes is a real treat. Unless you let yourself be tempted by the star of the menu: rabbit à la Nicastro, a secret recipe of the charismatic chef, divinely fragrant. The tables scattered outside on a stone staircase offer a picturesque and romantic setting.

In this trattoria, everything is homemade, especially the fresh pasta. A seasonal cuisine, where the fish is chosen on the port. The antipasti Fontana d'Ercole will give you a foretaste of the region. Among the specialties, we recommend the busiate (pasta) with walnut pesto, clams and shrimps; the cavatelli (ricotta ravioli) or desserts such as the famous cannolo or cassata. A popular address where it is best to book in advance.

Forget the classic pizza. Here they are revisited with imagination. Like the Pippinedda: local cheese, white mozzarella, Asina salami, a mix of greens, grilled almonds, dried tomatoes, or the Vicenza, made with black Sicilian wild pig's sausage, mozzarella, tomato sauce, mushrooms, artichokes? Also a range of vegetarian pizzas. The flour used is 100% organic. The place is also trendy with nice graphic and colourful wallpapers, because the place is also a nice bar to have a drink.

This family restaurant has been in existence since 1987. In the courtyard of a 17th century palace, which recalls the Muslim period of the island, tables covered in white under the lemon trees invite you to settle down. The setting is attractive, the modern kitchen in an Arab-baroque setting. The plates are as noble as the frame. Sophisticated nouvelle cuisine where Sicilian recipes are worked to perfection, like visual and culinary works of art. Bonus: Modena chocolate as a fabulous dessert! Ideal for a romantic dinner.

Between Agrigento and Villagio Mosè, a magnificent terrace with views of the valley of Temples. Very pleasant reception. It is a good thing. Ideal after visiting the archaeological site.

This trattoria offers a real Sicilian market cuisine, but revisited according to a contemporary culinary aesthetic, very imaginative both in textures and flavours. The setting is very elegant and the prices are high. The tasting menu is a nice discovery, especially the red prawns with ricotta and lemon. The octopus in spinach sauce on a mashed potato with capers is topped with a cuttlefish ink chip. For dessert, Modica's chocolate éclair with smoked salt, cinnamon, or cocoa bean cake, cream of rum.

A great lover of regional cuisine, Angelo has worked in several Sicilian restaurants, after several experiences abroad. He decided to share with the general public his love for his land and local produce. Its vocation is to introduce dishes from the Sicilian tradition, from the "tavola calda" to more elaborate dishes, at a reasonable price. This young restaurateur with a smile to his ears will warmly welcome you in Italian and French (he speaks very well)! It is a very beautiful address that we recommend for an afternoon in town!

Terrible privilege: in this new restaurant we have a view of the sea, especially from the terrace shaded by palm trees, because the place is on a pontoon surrounded by water, a little happiness. But the address is also worth a visit for the plate and the decoration. Colourful, cosy sofas and well laid out tables whet your appetite. You can simply have an aperitif and share a delicious gourmet pizza in front of the sunset or opt for a more consistent, but also more expensive dish because here you pay for the view, the style and the novelty.

Restaurant in the heart of the Ortigia market, question of freshness, it couldn't be better! Good choice of pasta and seafood dishes of course. Beautiful Sicilian specialities with a provenience of the products. Tuna tartars, prawns, oysters, a nice octopus and potato salad, and many meats and fishes prepared in the local style. Very good value for money. Very reasonable budget, and copious plates. Simplicity and beautiful products well prepared and seasoned as in family kitchens.

This cosy vegetarian and vegan restaurant is located in a quiet alleyway, a vaulted entrance opens onto a small room. The chef works live and concocts an ultra-fresh cuisine with local and organic fruits and vegetables, which have patiently matured according to the principles of slow food. The salads are cheerful and tasty, the toasts colourful and generous, the menu evolves according to the seasonal market. You can let yourself go: everything is dietetic and the addition is as light as the dishes. The Cuban background music invites you to bite into life in green.

A noisy but pleasant atmosphere, and prices are quite reasonable. Good specialities based on aubergines and fish.

The setting is really fantastic: the room is set up in a huge troglodyte cave, with a guaranteed natural coolness! Moreover, wine barrels take advantage of this humid atmosphere to let good wine age. The restaurant also has a pleasant terrace overlooking the trout pond. In the plate, specialities of braised meats, and many dishes containing trout of course. We tasted original home-made smoked trout ravioli with field herbs pesto, a delight.

It is the restaurant of Hotel Villa Athena. From a terrace with a breathtaking view of the Concorde temple, you can enjoy traditional cuisine revisited with products of high quality. Excellent cooked fish and meat, a map of well furnished wines and the most demanding palate. Small meals are served all day, ideal for a break after visiting the Temples valley. An establishment at the height of the panorama. Also bar with snack.

Well located in the city centre, this small pizzeria in a simple setting offers a wide range of cheap pizzas. Here, no matter what the decoration, the important thing is what's on the plate! The pizzas are reputed to be among the best and the number of visitors is proof of this. Five-grain dough, porcini mushrooms and other mushrooms, eggplant grilled to perfection, tasty tomato sauce, melting mozzarella, tasty parmesan cheese shavings, crazy pizza size, it's all there. We recommend a table on the terrace to enjoy the bustle of the street.

Here you can enjoy organic and gluten-free, but above all delicious pizzas. There are also fish and seafood pizzas on the menu... Strange combination found in the Terra & Marre signature pizza: smoked salmon, shrimps, cream of asparagus and sundried tomatoes. If you're looking for less confusing experiments, try the Burrata pizza, with mozzarella and a ball of burrata certainly, but also bacon, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and pistachios, or the Radicchio: mozzarella, chicory, porcini mushrooms, bresaola and balsamic vinegar.

We love the frame with its large vaulted and very lively room. Long pizza card and local specialities. Try the ricotta ravioli alla or the broccoli cavati. Excellent wine cellar. The small terrace is very pleasant and more intimate than the room. Counsel: book!

The house has existed since 1979. Good value for money and good value for money. The boss speaks French.

Make a nice start to the young, the ragazzi of Ragusa. To eat on the thumb: pizza, oak, fries… Open in the evening until very late.

A family trattoria where the cuisine is generously served, but expensive, as many products have to be imported to the island - except for fish and seafood - and here you can't joke about quality. Taste the pasta with swordfish and grapes for example, a surprising and delicious combination. The small pension also offers modest rooms. A very popular address for Sicilians and Italians, very authentic and unpretentious. The restaurant also organizes inexpensive boat trips to explore the island's wild coasts.

Probably one of the best tables in Noto. The setting is classy and stylish, the lighting perfect, the atmosphere trendy, especially with the architect lamps screwed to the bar. Sicilian ingredients are celebrated here in the form of an inventive cuisine composed according to seasonal and market products. The menu is constantly renewed so that the regulars don't get tired of it. The creativity of the dishes both in taste and presentation is a marvel. A beautiful palette of flavours of modern gastronomic Sicily.

A few steps from the beautiful Piazza Archimede d'Ortygie. Address strongly recommended by the people of Syracuse. Specialties of antipasti and fish. Two rooms on each side of the street, one of which has a veranda in a garden. Refined décor in the image of the kitchen in this active restaurant since 1930.

An institution on the island. Managed by a whole family from Lampedusa, this restaurant founded in 1983 is very friendly. No à la carte menu. The dishes, mainly fish-based, follow the inspirations of the day and the arrivals and are all on the slate. A festival of seafood, fish divinely prepared in the local fashion. By the way, the star is the "aragosta": the lobster! Especially in the fresh homemade pasta, to be damned. Small terrace to enjoy the beautiful days. Reasonable prices for a quality cuisine.

This osteria makes a very refined Sicilian cuisine, presented in pretty dishes in a cosy setting. It is a very popular place for its organic recipes, revisited in an original way. We recommend the fish couscous of the house. If you are curious, you can taste the specialities of Agrigento with tomato and cheese pasta (your taste buds will never thank you enough). Don't forget to book in high season, as this famous restaurant is often sold out. The three young managers manage in French.

Don't be fooled by its name, it's not just a wine bar. When you pass the well stocked plates, you stop! The Cuban chef at this unpretentious address draws inspiration from the seasons to create creative dishes with an exotic touch. A bistronomy cuisine for gourmets. On the slate, at reasonable prices, dishes with lots of greenery, fresh fruit, fish and seafood cooked to perfection or in generous tartars. The wines are of course excellent and the waiters are smiling, efficient and friendly.

In a vaulted stone room or on a large terrace, enjoy a good choice of pizzas, bruschettas, salads, panini... The terrace is very pleasant. The place is often sold out because of the democratic prices and the gargantuan quantities. Pasta and bread are prepared in the basement. We advise you the plate of localantipasti (focaccia, local forms, caponata and ricotta), the pistachio ravioli, excellentissimo! And for dessert, the homemade sweetness accompanied by cinnamon with a small glass of almond liqueur...