The best restaurants Sicily

This new address stands out for its contemporary setting and original concept. On the "laboratory" side, fresh pasta is prepared in an open kitchen and sold to take away. Gnocchetti, pappardelle, fettuccine, trenette, cassatelle, treccioline, busiate... you will discover new kinds! In the restaurant, taste the famous pasta of course, but also fish or meat dishes from Sicilian recipes with a modern touch. Good wine list.

An institution in Palermo, therefore necessarily touristic. Since 1834, this restaurant has been offering "popular" Sicilian cuisine, and it is also stamped " slow food". In an old-fashioned setting, you can enjoy the famous pane con milza (bread rolls filled with beef liver), prepared on black cast iron stoves in buffet mode. There are also arancini, panelle, focaccia, eggplant involtini , swordfish à la palermitaine (with Sicilian citrus fruits). Outside there is a terrace.

Pleasant small restaurant with a terrace overlooking the bay of Naxos. A good address where you eat well. Seafood is the specialty. Efficient and fast service. Good value for money. But enough tourism.

We note the neat, modern and retro aspect of the place. Here, you can get your fill for a few euros. Because Giuseppe and Mimma (the boss) don't ask you more than that for a glass of wine, olives, cheese and a plate with 10 bruschette . We also love the lasagne of the nonna, home-made recipe. Or, if you want to have a picnic at the beach or on the Rocca, opt for a sandwich stuffed with all the local delicacies. And if you like good wine, you can choose a bottle to take away.

Unmistakable, this restaurant looks like a castle built on the sea, mounted with sculpted Liberty-style spikes. A la carte, Sicilian-style fish specialties of great finesse, revisited to be light and "green". As a starter, shellfish shavings on an exotic fruit tartar form an exquisite blend, while on the main course the sweet and sour pork fillet with Avola black red wine and almonds is as confusing as it is delicious. If the prices are high, the experience is unique: the chairs are Stark scratched and you can bathe from the terrace.

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.

Sale of oak, ice and fresh drinks for small voids at low prices.

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!

This restaurant serves homemade food in the pure Sicilian tradition in a setting renovated in 2020. Too bad, we liked the 60's atmosphere with its speckled tile floor and rustic wooden chairs and the food seemed better before. Now it's all white modern furniture! No matter, here happiness is in the plate. For starters, think of the triptych of octopus salad, sardine balls in sweet and sour sauce and swordfish caponata. Then spaghetti with squid ink and the famous fish couscous.

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.

As its name indicates, this restaurant offers grilled specialities, but the rest, especially pasta, is equally good, without forgetting the final cassata. Beautiful room overlooking green.

If you get tired of social life, you can always stop for dinner in the small port of Sferracavallo, less chic than Mondello, but renowned for its excellent fish restaurants. Well known to Palermitans, this address without fuss offers a menu of fish and seafood with a dozen choices in all for antipasti, primi and secondi, no more, but all at a low price. It is copious, very warm and appreciated by the locals.

A good restaurant in Trapani known for its quality cuisine based on local specialties. Fish couscous is the main specialty of the house (even if the quantity of fish is questionable), but there are also some rare recipes from the island of Pantelleria (couscous and Pantesca salad), where the Arab influence is also very present. Tasty meat dishes in sauce and good hearty salads. Don't miss the original squid ink meatballs as an antipasti. Good wine list, reservation recommended.

For pizzas in Taormina, head to the Tiramisù trattoria! They are crispy, generous in quality ingredients and golden to perfection. Or go straight to dessert without going through the main course if you're dreaming of an excellent tiramisù! The Italian dessert par excellence is to die for! However, it would be a shame to miss out on, for example, fresh pasta with prawns and seeded pistachios, with confit tomatoes, courgettes, basil and lots of deliciously cooked flavours. The execution was perfect.

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.

We eat under a beautiful pergola and in front of an incredible panorama, as we are in rue du Belvédère! But the best is in the plate. They serve great food here, and yet in a very rustic, Sicilian and family atmosphere. Everything is delicious, but the speciality of the house is the spaghetti with sea urchins, and the fresh pasta with prawns, with basil. The pizza menu is also recommendable and the choice of compositions is interesting. The desserts, with their pistachio and chocolate chips, are to die for.

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.

At the foot of the famous staircase, a nice trattoria with a typical but very contemporary cuisine, in a tourist site, but not a tourist trap. The air-conditioned room is of course nicely decorated with ceramics, but we recommend the outside terrace to admire the stairs. The pizzas are very good thanks to a yeast that makes them very digestible, some of them include pistachios in their composition. The pasta is tasty, the seared tuna is delicious, the prices are reasonable, a rarity in this privileged spot.

Taste the antipasti, very famous in this restaurant (but only on the menu), whose compositions are refined. The house offers almost exclusively delicious grilled fish dishes but also original seafood pasta such as fettuccine with citron, poutargue and prawns. Superb terrace in summer, quite lively. Efficient and French-speaking service. The Sicilian wine list is well stocked and of high quality. From the starter to the dessert, a tasty cuisine with fresh products. A very good address.

oenothèque, sale of typical products of Etna and the Alcantara valley, export possible. One of the best addresses in the area. Everything is home and the kitchen is typical, seasonal and rather focused on meat. Among the specialities not to be missed are the ricotta (like ravioli) ricotta - pistachio, wild fennel pasta, mixed grills and cutlets, without forgetting the desserts like the famous cannoli or the home cassata. Francophone home.

This small and typical family trattoria, in the heart of the old town, offers excellent quality Sicilian cuisine based on fish. Coming here is a bit like dining with a local family, as the mamma at the stove is as active as at home. The spaghetti al limone or the pappardelle alla marinara are delicious and a change from the specialities of the coast. Fresh homemade pasta prepared with love, fresh products and an irreproachable welcome make it a good little address for those who visit the charming town of Piazza Armerina.

This is the restaurant of Hotel Feudo Vagliasindi, a very well-kept and elegantly decorated establishment, in the middle of its agricultural estate of vines and olive trees. The table is very neat, oriented towards a Sicilian cuisine revisited by the chef Alfina. You will be offered a selection of the best wines of the region including the one from the house, a nerello mascarese DOC (AOC). Ideal for lovers of nature and the pleasures of the table.

Good local cuisine with a wide choice of starters and especially primi piatti (homemade pasta and risottos). Try the eggplant gnocchi and the steamed fish, which are particularly tasty. Everything is served on the terrace or in the shade of the lemon trees. The tables are decorated with fresh flowers and the dishes are very delicate, placed on very decorative lava stone tables. And if you like the specialities served, go and have a look at their website: a myriad of Sicilian recipes are detailed there!

The fish under all its bones and in all sauces! As everywhere in Trapani but with a special mention, fish couscous is a great classic here. This (very touristy) restaurant offers a considerable choice of sea antipasti but also dishes based on grilled fish or fried seafood. The service is certainly a little long, but the quality justifies it. And then the room is not unpleasant, one would think one was in a mountain chalet with pine chairs and benches, red gingham cushions and panelling on the wall... confusing!

One of the meeting points for the district's executives. Facing the sea and not far from the fish market, this tavern offers good Sicilian dishes (taste Taverna spaghetti) and a generous wine list. Attentive service, even if often overwhelmed. Beautiful terrace overlooking the sea.

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.

Address chosen by many travellers. We eat fish, but also very good pizzas on a very pleasant terrace.

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.

A restaurant appreciated by the natives and even an institution: the house has existed since 1972! The plates are elegant. Excellent homemade pasta dishes, fish and seafood to the fore, especially the famous red Mazzaro prawns, famous all over the island, served with a slice of grapefruit or the famous seafood couscous, generous in seafood. As a bonus: succulent desserts, carefully selected wine list with a beautiful range of island wines... One of the best addresses in the city and even in the region.

Beyond its high quality Mediterranean cuisine served in a nice indoor garden, it is the nightlife of local youth. The deco is awesome! Cocktails and concerts animate the evenings. Only 50 meters from the port. Very good street address honestly gastronomic. Too bad the reception is a little cold.

Real Italian style room, frequented by regulars both inside and outside on a large terrace. Family atmosphere and remarkable service. Pizza is also served (in the evening only). Really very affordable considering the quality of the dishes. We particularly like the high quality antipasti buffet, the pasta with Bronte pistachios, the tagliatelle with porcini mushrooms, a delight! The pizzas are also excellent, with a fine and crispy dough. It is strongly recommended to book at weekends and on football nights... To be seen!

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.

This is one of the island's historic restaurants. The chef Zurro is a charismatic bearded man with a bit of an eccentric streak who carefully prepares his dishes following his own recipes. He really has talent, you will never taste such flavours elsewhere. Everything is on the daily slate, suggested according to his mood and the market. The fish specialities are served on a beautiful terrace. Try the antipasti del mare like octopus salad and squid with capers, and the tagliatelle with squid ink and shrimp. By all accounts, a must.

For the past 50 years, the hotel enjoys Palermitains and tourists. To eat at small prices in Sicilian specialities, you can enjoy quality arancini and excellent ice creams. It's better to book because there are few places. Possibility to order online.

A magnificent blonde stone establishment that has existed since 1950. You can choose between pizzeria and trattoria, with excellent fish. It must be said that they arrive almost directly on your plate, the two rooms being installed on the beach.

Well situated in the heart of the medieval village, this old tavern offers a pleasant welcome for tasting local specialities such as hot antipasti or rabbit alla Paolina (capers, tomatoes, olives, onions, white wine). The great speciality is beef, which is available in various recipes. We recommend the slices of beef on a bed of rocket with local cheese and a green pepper and rosemary sauce. The restaurant also offers an interesting vegetarian menu. Very nice wine list. Friendly service. Not to be missed.

Lovers of fish, abstain! The owner is the butcher of the island... An originality in the middle of all these trattorias of fish specialities which will delight the amateurs of meats of mark and pieces of choice, grilled with the braise. The cuisine is made up mainly of Argentine meats, Angus, but also pizzas. A table particularly recommended to carnivores who are tired of fish with all the sauces. The plates are copious.

Recognized as the best restaurant in Sicily in 2013, Antica Filanda has nothing to prove with its @ chefs. And yet it never stops innovating on your plate or on the order with menus on tactile shelves.

It is the restaurant of the Sheraton Catania hotel whose table is animated by the renowned chef Saverio Piazza, more than 30 years in gastronomy. Here you discover the extent of its creativity and a seasonal cuisine that revisits the Sicilian tradition for a taste of flavours. The wine list is carefully chosen and for cause, Saverio worked with houses like Veuve Veuve where he agreed to develop dishes in perfect harmony with champagne and other wines. Let yourself be guided by its know-how and experience a unique experience. For people who are intolerant or allergic, some dishes are guaranteed without gluten.

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.

In this small restaurant frequented by the people of the island, one tastes a traditional local cuisine based on local products. We particularly liked the fresh pasta from the house, and the rabbit with a typical sweet and sour sauce from the Aeolian Islands, a real delight. The setting is exceptional, especially under the pleasant veranda. The pizzas also make the reputation of the address, do not deprive yourself! The prices are very reasonable and it is preferable to reserve as the address is popular with connoisseurs.

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 old lemon press from the last century, converted into a restaurant with a charming decor. You are immediately impressed by the size of the press and its massive wooden beams. The restaurant serves traditional local cuisine, including fresh pasta and mushroom specialities, which are a real treat. Lemon is a favourite ingredient of course! The prices remain affordable, especially the unique evening menu. Here we like simplicity and family recipes. Ideal for a hearty dinner after an excursion on Etna.