La Grotta In Acireale

Excellent food, quality and flavours... We took a plate of pasta with sea urchin pulp and one with squid ink... what can I say! Among the best I've ever eaten. The place is small but delightful... With a view of the marina!

Perfect for enjoying seafood🦞 Well done !

Eating excellent first courses are his specialty. Friendly staff, clean environment, worth going back

...always in my humble opinion the best fish restaurant...without any rival...😊😊😊 ...and continues to be so until today...September 2024

It is absolutely incomprehensible why people give this establishment five stars. For a restaurant that claims to specialize in fresh seafood, this is really bad. The different types of spaghetti taste exactly the same, whether with lobster or shrimp. The shrimp are unforgivably overcooked, completely rubbery. The taste of the lobster is destroyed. The signature salad is just a rip off. Anyone could make a much tastier fresh seafood salad without ruining it. The staff is unkempt and unpleasant, morose. Poor quality glasses for a restaurant whose prices are above average. It feels like this place is full just because it was featured in tourist guides. Or maybe it used to be better, but has now lowered the quality of service and food unacceptably.

The place is very nice with a nice view of the marina where a photo shoot of two newlyweds was held, and the sea. The staff is super nice and the food is very good. I highly recommend the fish salad with bull's eye and a good roast fish.

The intimate atmosphere of a small place dug inside a lava rock cave and the delicious flavor of fresh fish, taken from the counter and cooked on the spot: these are the strong points of this historic restaurant in Santa Maria la Scala. The seafood salad surprised us: it arrived warm, freshly cooked and seasoned. Excellent. The first courses were also good while the grilled pauro gave us the best ending to a delicious meal. Excellent service with knowledgeable staff (also regarding wines) and very courteous.

Always a magical place. The seafood salad is excellent and remains their strong point👌

Suggestive location inside a natural cave, closed to the outside and air-conditioned; alternatively it is possible to sit at the outdoor tables. Before choosing the restaurant I read many reviews, and I don't understand how anyone could write negative ones: we arrived quite early, and this perhaps made the wait shorter and the service quicker and more attentive, but the seafood salad it was sublime: you choose the quantity upon entering and it is freshly prepared. The first courses are very tasty, rich and abundant, if you are not a big eater you can share them in two to leave room for a second course, after the first courses of spaghetti with sea urchins and prawns (both exceptional) we couldn't do it. If I really have to find a flaw, the choice of desserts is not very rich, practically limited to sorbet, but I would rather recommend pushing and exaggerating on the seafood salad which I found really out of competition, with the gem of the normally unobtainable bull's eyes. Finally I must say that the bill is without surprises considering the quality.

Excellent food, generous portions, very kind staff and beautiful view.