La Vecchia Fontana In Avola

Excellent! Exquisite food, reasonable prices, and attentive staff. I recommend it 100%.

An unforgettable experience. I booked for 9, specifying 8 plus a high chair, and found a table for 8. There was practically no room for the high chair, which was put in the corner. Oh well, I thought, the place must be small... no big deal. We ordered, some from the menu, some from the tourist menu, some pizza, water, and drinks (including a glass of wine from the ones the waiter told us were available). Shortly afterward, the waiter returned, embarrassed, saying that the wine (it was a sparkling wine) was unfortunately sold out. Our shared thought was that they didn't want to open a bottle for a glass. Anyway... the appetizers arrived, good I must say, but expensive for the lemon. We asked the waiter for more lemon, and he told us he would bring it to us, but didn't specify where. 😅 It took us a while to finish the appetizers, precisely because the lemon was missing, trying to catch the waiter's eye, or anyone else's, to ask for a lemon. Result: fish appetizers finished without lemon. The first courses arrive (good for those who ordered them) and the second courses (also fish, which needed lemon), but the lemon doesn't arrive 🍋 We ask for lemon, then we ask for lemon, then we ask for lemon. And nothing... the lemon doesn't arrive. When I ask for lemon for the umpteenth time, the waiter (the embarrassed one from before) tells me that the lemon is out 🍋❌️ Now... if you offer fish dishes and you don't have lemon to offer, not only upon request, but also without it on the dishes, maybe you should change your menu. The same situation as with the lemon occurs with the Coke. The first order arrived as expected, but the request for the second wasn't fulfilled because "...it's finished," according to the waiter, who is no longer embarrassed, but simply wants to disappear. The evening ends, and I go to pay, confident that when I pay, I'll see a sign saying "Scherzi a parte" (Jerking Apart), but unfortunately it was all real... no sign, no Mediaset crew 😔 Paid fairly, just over €20 per person. I wouldn't go back for the service offered. Review update after the owner's comment claiming to own lemon trees: this circumstance was indeed brought up by the embarrassed waiter when he informed us that the lemons 🍋 were sold out, so much so that the issue of the trees being without lemons became a topic of conversation among the eight of us. That said, I wonder if he also owns bottled Coca-Cola trees 🤷🏻‍♂️ In conclusion, I think that if, in addition to failing to satisfy customers, you decide to comment harshly (almost lemony 🍋, I'd say) on a customer's review, showing off your lemon groves (which perhaps dried out inside due to the scorching temperatures and didn't perform very well), in addition to considering changing your offerings, you should also consider watering your lemon trees 🍋 so they might produce more and you can give them to the customers who ask for them.

The food is delicious, authentic pasta, homemade and made to order. A great place to eat on the go.

A restaurant/pizzeria popular with the locals: delicious pizza, linguine with clams... with lots of clams, truly exceptional, with the taste of traditional food! The chef is super friendly!

I had a very good time, I felt at ease with the very kind and helpful staff

Very kind and helpful staff. Excellent cuisine.

Great place, the pizza here is really good. The chef was very friendly and even came to our table to ask if we liked the food.

Food was great and there were a young man able to speak English so everything was fine and i enjoyed the evening here

Consigliatissimo. Personale gentile ed accogliente. Piatti ottimi e servizio rapido. Prezzo davvero conveniente. Un plauso a Michele per la professionalità dimostrata. Torneremo sicuramente

Purtroppo abbiamo scoperto questo locale soltanto l'ultima sera della nostra vacanza in Sicilia. Cucina casereccia, ingredienti di prima qualità, freschissimi, piatti squisiti e menù molto vario. Ottime anche le pizze, tipica quella con mortadella, pistacchi e burrata. Ammirevole la cortesia e la simpatia dello chef Michele. Grazie ancora al gran cuore siciliano!