Antica Pasticceria Venuti In Messina

Top marks for this place: among the few to have maintained honest prices. First side dish of water €9; excellent service, friendly and polite staff, generous portions

Efficient service, tasty ice cream. Prices moderate.

The daily meal has a great value for the price. Delicios and quite a big portion. The cookies are amazing, too. The staff is super nice.

Exceptional granita, coffee and almond (I can't eat cream), soft and aromatic brioche, generous portions and high quality of food. The staff is excellent, I was greeted by a smiling and kind girl. They also allow payment with POS. I will definitely return many more times😊

The ice creams are superlative, all the production is excellent, you can feel the quality of the raw materials. The staff is friendly, the guys who serve the tables are very polite, polite and refined. The only notes concern the internal room, which after so many years would be needed a restyling and, I must say, the external environment which would require greater vigilance. Unfortunately, through no fault of the restaurant's management, many customers throw food, tissues and other things on the floor, which creates dirt and attracts pigeons, which are very common in the city centre. Only a little attention would be needed: every 30 minutes sweep the floor between the tables and clean the tables immediately after the considerations, since the pigeons, attracted by the crumbs, land on them.

"Historical" place for Messina, existing since 1935, a destination for decades and decades of "doc" Messina residents, of frequenters of the nearby court, or simply of those who want to taste the typical products of Messina and Sicilian pastry and ice cream shops, the list would be long but it is enough to mention the black and white, the "pignolata", the "'nsudde" and the "piparelli", the cannoli, the cassata, the granitas (of many flavours, such as lemon, coffee, strawberry, almonds, pistachios etc.) . The pastries, like the ice creams, are handcrafted: at Christmas and Easter you will also find artisanal panettone and colomba: the quality is guaranteed. The restaurant is large and has internal rooms and outdoor seating under large umbrellas.