The best restaurants Taormina

The highest point in the city of Taormina, the terrace of the Zefiro restaurant, housed at the top of the NH Collection hotel, offers a romantic candlelit dinner with a 200° panoramic view over the city to Catania and Mount Etna. The menu honors the setting, with Natale Giunta as the conductor. He reinvents a local cuisine, mixing various local and foreign inspirations, granting inventiveness and harmony of typical Mediterranean flavours. We recommend the Tasting Menu for the unique experience of an exceptional meal.

If you have never eatenarancini, those fried rice balls filled with various typical Sicilian ingredients, this is the place to go. And even if you have already tasted them! Because these arancini don't have many competitors. So much so that the online shop ships them all over Europe. In the shop, you'll find them ready to munch on in the window: beef ragout, parmesan and tomato, cheese or pistachio, or ham and mozzarella, or aubergine or spinach and fennel... All tastes are allowed.

This is a great place to stop for lunch. Como Como offers beautiful salads, puccia (traditional rolls topped with original and local products, homemade drinks (made with Sicilian lemon for lemonade) for a reasonable price. In addition, there is a terrace at the gates of the main street and a relaxed service.

A little way from the other restaurants between the cable car and the Pensione Svizzera, this traditional trattoria serves hearty, good, typically Sicilian food, especially fresh pasta specialties. The linguine with shrimps and pistachios is a signature dish to try, as well as the assortment of crudo of the sea as antipasti: tuna in carpaccio, oysters, gambas, scampi, salmon tartar..., everything is divine! Very pleasant little terrace with a phenomenal view. It is advisable to reserve, however, as tables are scarce.

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.

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 restaurant exists since 1972. This Botte is located just in front of the famous Bam Bar where you can have an aperitif before a table becomes available. You can also approach the problem the other way around: go and have dessert at the Bam Bar after the pizza at the Botte. In any case, this is one of the very touristy addresses. Yes, it's crowded, but it's good and the service is friendly. The terrace under its arbour and its trees is full of charm. However, the cuisine has been very disappointing for a few years.

The kitchen is in the dining room under your eyes. Very good atmosphere and excellent address for fish (fresh and weight according to your wishes). It is also advisable to book festive days! The boss is very supportive.

Located not far from Piazza Duomo, in a small and quiet street, this restaurant offers ancient Sicilian cuisine. Try the spaghetti cà muddica (anchovies, breadcrumbs), the penne Donna Lola (tomatoes, zucchini, salted ricotta), the spaghetti turiddù (capers, anchovies, tomato filet, breadcrumbs). Or the orange salad, the tuna cà cipudolata (with red onions), the suckling pig fillet with spicy sauce, etc. Add a charming welcome and a quality wine list to enjoy a nice portion of Sicilian culture. Pleasant terrace.