La Capinera In Taormina

Outstanding service. Beautiful presentation. It felt like a Michelin experience. Food was good but nothing mind blowing. We did a la carte so perhaps the tasting menu is more prestigious. No complaints and decent price for the experience.

A gastronomic experience of the highest caliber. The staff stands out for their expertise and professionalism, capable of guiding each guest on a unique culinary journey. The chef is simply extraordinary: every dish is a masterpiece, meticulously crafted and bursting with flavors that excite from the first bite to the last. The location is pleasant and welcoming, although, being a Michelin-starred restaurant, a few extra touches could make it truly perfect. Despite this, the overall experience was top-notch: everything was absolutely exquisite and unforgettable.

The strong suit of this restaurant is the location and views. For dinner you'll get to see the beautiful waters of the bay, with warm ocean gusts helping to keep you from dying from sweat. The one thing that I'm sure would bother most people but which we actually loved was the commuter and freight trains screening through every 20 minutes. It was such a jarring difference to the atmosphere we honestly thought it was awesome. We saw it as efficient transportation for coastal sicily and wondered how beautiful the views from the passenger trains must be. I think for a Michelin restaurant, the dishes were fine. None of them were real stand outs. The presentation felt a bit gimmicky and generic. Ie, we are a Michelin restaurant, therefore we must serve things in strange containers. Vs , we have unique ideas and we need unique ceramics to showcase them. The biggest offender was probably the coral "tuille" or whatever it was supposed to be. It had absolutely no flavor. You could taste the raw flour with barely any other seasoning. There was supposed to be saffron but it was imperceptible. I know how a mediocre tuille is made. I've botched a few as a hobbyist. Nothing tasted bad. But nothing made us go wow either, except for the views.

A culinary experience that goes beyond a simple meal: "La Capinera" is a sensory journey that combines elegance, innovation, and respect for Sicilian tradition.

If we consider it as 1 star Michelin restaurant, expectations are high, unfortunately it’s not what you expect. Average restaurant with quite simple menu. We took fish menu, during our dining staff hasn’t told us any story behind dishes. So 3 stars overall would be fair enough for the price and service we got.

Was delighted by the service and quality of food. They custom made a few items for our kids while the adults enjoyed the tasting menu. View was great, seating, waitstaff, everything. A wonderful night.

I think it was a bit lacking for a Michelin-starred restaurant. But I'm picky, and my wife liked it. The raw fish appetizer was delicious, and the service was excellent.

Location is pretty unique and romantic, if you have good company you don't mind the train keep passing, it was a nice breeze during the dinner and we set outside. we had to ask for bread sticks while other tables gets automatically, We prebook land and fire menu bit there was a little bit confusion, they started us with see food plates than we move to meat options, but we were not able to try the carpaccio which was unfortunate, food quality was top notch and taste really good, Emmanuel ( Manager ) was very kind and attentive. They work as a team and everyone one very attentive, wine pairing was great and server from Gunie was super nice, also lady who was helping us with wine was on top of his game and pairing timed perfecly, over all good experience but wasn't great. Thank you so much.

Great place, people and food, but they should take more time ... it should bot be a race against the clock, for this price and such great food.

La Capinera was the most disappointing Michelin restaurant we have been to. We had the tasting menu and the food was good but not Michelin standards. Servers were nice however the staff overcharged us TWICE. This has never happened to us before. They initially charged us for two drinks when we only ordered one drink. That was a quick fix. When we went home we saw another charge on our credit card and an email from the restaurant stating that we were charged for not showing up to our reservation. When we arrived for our 730pm reservation we were the first people seated and we clearly pointed to my husband’s name on the reservation list. We had to call the restaurant in the morning and luckily someone (i believe it was Pietro) did answer and instead of apologizing right away he blamed us for not telling them my husbands name that was on the reservation. I dont recommend this place. There are many other great restaurants in the city with better location and service.