De Santis In Campobasso

A small restaurant in a historic area with excellent local products served quickly and tastefully. Delicious meats and cheeses. The owner cooks, serves, and calculates the bill in a flash.

The staff is very friendly, the food is delicious and the portions are generous. It's not expensive, but you eat a lot and well.

Just two words, Go there, highly recommended.

“The real problem is that you eat too much. But too well for too little.” In this place, in the historic center of Campobasso, the first thought that comes to mind is: “This is not fair.” It is not fair to serve all this good stuff, all at once, all in tournament-sized portions, and then have the courage to ask for a bill that doesn’t even make you feel guilty. Here you eat too much, that’s a fact. But be careful: it’s not an accusation. It’s a warning, and also a declaration of love. As soon as you sit down, you haven’t even opened your mouth that you already find yourself with a platter of cured meats in front of you that seems to have come out of a Christmas catalog. Ham, caciocavallo, capocollo, pancetta, all local, all aged with the patience of saints and the pride of Molise farmers. In the middle, perhaps, a mozzarella that goes “psssh” when you cut it. And the bread? Homemade. Obviously. Hot. Baked like three minutes earlier. Then the cavatelli start. Not “cavatelli” just like that, just for the sake of it. Cavatelli. The real ones. Fresh pasta, wrinkled, perfect for collecting all the sauce that clings like a lover. It can be with ragù, with vegetables, with sausage, but the effect is always the same: silence in the room and rapt faces. Immediately after, or even together if you're lucky, the cacio e ova balls arrive: golden, tasty, crunchy on the outside and melting on the inside, as if someone had fried a cloud of cheese. And do we want to talk about pizza and soup? A peasant dish, a poor dish, they say. Poor where? Rich in flavor, substance, history. It's a perfect chicory and escarole soup, that smells of good earth and earthenware pots. The great thing is that they don't even ask you if you want a taste. It all comes to you. One after the other. As if it were normal. As if you had three stomachs. And while you're there trying to figure out when to say enough, someone comes along with a smile and asks you: "Shall I bring the cake?" And you, now defeated, say yes. Because even pride, at De Santis, is left at home. And the cake is also sensationally and unexpectedly good... All this topped off with an atmosphere that makes you feel like you're at the table with uncles from Molise that you haven't seen for years: warm welcome, jokes and that rustic and authentic way of doing things that makes you forget the world outside. In conclusion: Trattoria De Santis is not just a place where you eat well. It's a place where you seriously risk eating too much. But with taste. And with the satisfaction of knowing that, when the bill arrives, the only thing that will fall are not tears... but the belt of a hole.

It took me a while to find it. But it was really delicious. Also excellent advice from the chef Mario! I will definitely go back

Characteristic place with excellent cuisine and informal atmosphere. Recommended to everyone

Friendly and attentive chef, excellent dishes, pleasant background music. Advised!

Ottima trattoria, nel centro storico, dove si mangiano piatti tradizionale ben cucinati. Ottima l accoglienza, il locale è piccolo e ben tenuto. Bello ilcammino all ingresso dove vengono cucinate le carni. Lo consiglio vivamente a chi vuol mangiare piatti tradizionali, materie prime fresche, piatti dalle porzione giusti e prezzo anch esso pisto. BRAVI

The restaurant is small but don't be fooled because the food is delicious, especially the carbonare and the picanha which is served on the stone. For dessert, the winner is the apple pie with such good cream on top that you faint.

Very nice and friendly owner. The meat is excellent, the first courses very good. Homemade desserts.