il cantastorie In Vietri sul mare

06/08/2024: I had a great time, the food was super good, the staff was super friendly, not at all intrusive, I didn't have to wait long, in fact quite the opposite. The cream of potatoes was out of this world and the decor deserves 6 stars out of 5. Highly recommended ❤️

22/06/2024: Lovely restaurant on one of the main roads leading to Paestum. We were welcomed by a very kind and helpful lady in a recently renovated room with a very classy atmosphere. The choice of menu, the wines, the incredible quality of the dishes, the jazz music: nothing in the slightest suggests a family-run restaurant. The waitress guided us through the choices of the fish menu with great calm and dedication, leaving us the right space to decide without rushing or influencing the choice too much. We decided for the tasting menu which includes 4 courses plus dessert. The journey began with an entree of tuna ham with first choice extra virgin olive oil, followed by 3 appetizers, one better than the other: red prawn tartare (the expectations for this now inflated dish were quite low but incredibly we found ourselves opposite the best tartare I have ever tasted), vegetable broth from the nduja garden and prawns (amazing dish which manages to express all the flavors and smells of the earth while keeping the exquisite meat of the prawn as the protagonist, the bread was not enough to make the slipper with broth), octopus Luciana (classic dish that meets expectations, tender and tasty octopus even if the real protagonist was the exceptional sauce) and finally the paccheri with lobster as the main course, truly generous and delicious, also tomato The lobster meat was exceptional and excellent and perfectly matched the aromas of the rest of the dish. Followed by semifreddo with buffalo ricotta on amaretto brittle and coffee mousse, also more than good but not at the level of the starters and the first course. Overall an exceptional experience, we will definitely return if we are in the Capaccio Paestum area. Cost of the tasting €55 + wine and coffee, to say money well spent is an understatement.