Le Delizie di Rita In Matera

08/08/2025: - Service: Self-service, with plastic cutlery and food served in traditional poke bowls. The waiter at the entrance explains the service and gives you menus, then you can sit wherever you like. There's a device at the table that, once you've ordered (return to the waiter at the counter), lets you know when your food is ready. Overall, the service was fairly quick and the waiter was very friendly. - Cuisine: The restaurant offers a variety of local dishes at reasonable prices but of good quality. For our appetizer, we tried the "cialledda" from Matera, a bread-based dish topped with tomato sauce, cucumber, tomatoes, and basil; it was very refreshing on the hot day. For our first course, we tried the orecchiette with turnip tops and crusco peppers (€9) and the cavatelli with pezzente sausage and cardoncelli mushrooms (€9), both of which were very popular, but I especially enjoyed the mushrooms in the second course. Finally, for dessert, we had "sporcamuss," a delicate yet crunchy puff pastry with custard. - Atmosphere: Quiet, quite cool, and informal. - Venue: Very simple, yet characteristic. Entirely carved out of stone, with typical cave decorations and ornaments scattered throughout. There are about twenty tables, but only inside. - Location: Sasso Caveoso, a short walk from many attractions and panoramic bridges, such as the Pascoli lookout. - Opinion: The quality of the food, the reasonable price, and above all, the availability of tables without waiting are definitely the restaurant's strong points.

29/07/2025: We had bread meatballs with sauce, truly exceptional. Then, two first courses: gnocchi with local sausage and ravioli with sauce. Everything was delicious and topped with excellent Matera bread. Highly recommended. Very quaint atmosphere.