Mediterraneo Cafe' In Taormina

Lovely cafe in Taormina. We stopped for a drink as we were walking around. It's really a nice place here, drink was nice and the host gave us some snacks too. Lovely vibe, well shaded for lunchtime heat and cool vibe too. Anyone looking for a stop I'm sure you'll love it here.

Giovani is wonderful. We had a fantastic time!

The place where I felt the best in Taormina

Very pleasant place for a glass of wine and/or apperitivo. Small al fresco terrace with some passage, but much less busy than the main street. So also ideal for some people watching 😏 Enjoyed a delicious white wine with a plate of Sicilian specialties. Delicious, fresh and priced right, according to Taormina standards. Very friendly and smooth service. Definitely worth a visit to catch your breath and enjoy a snack and a glass... Or two 🥂

A bit off the Taormina gates. Good spot for grabbing a sandwich-spritz combo

On holiday here in Taormina we spent had a few hours on the coast at Mazzarò: this had included a substantial lunch. We returned to Taormina Centro in the late-afternoon; walking around the whole of the central area to burn-off some calories! Now, the truth: we went looking for a ‘real’ wine-bar selling great wine! Information on the web pointed us to a wine bar right across town, so off we went. When we arrived there we discovered that we had already visited it, and sadly found it to be unsatisfactory and certainly not worth a second visit. Whilst in this area we did complete a walk in an area that was closed off earlier in our holiday. Then I recalled seeing this wine bar which was back-over on the other side of town. So, we walked back, found it and walked in. The bar was empty, it had a distinctly cold atmosphere; and we were not sure it would have been improved even if it had some customers. We were however curious enough to want to ‘give-it-a-go’. We sat at a table adjacent to an open window; giving us a view of the street. Our wine arrived and we tasted it; it was quite ordinary and certainly not as good as we had elsewhere on this holiday. The wooden table, at which we were sat, was glass-topped. We noticed that there were vintage-style monochrome photos under the glass. The photos were obviously of young male teenagers with unproportionally sized genitalia on display. This was somehow quite disquieting and we felt inappropriate; we are not prudes but one has to ask “Why?”. The photos may have been ‘Photo-shopped’, but that should not be an excuse. A couple of women then sat at a table outside, just 2-3m away, and lit cigarettes; their foul smoke drifted through our window. Given the presence of the inappropriate photos, we relocated to another table away from the window. We soon finished our wine, paid up and departed.

Great place, good price on cocktails and great service. Away from the busy streets with jazz as background music.

A very cute place with good cocktails at decent prices. Away from the busy main streets. Amazing cocktails. We went there 3 times during our 6 days stay in Taormina. Highly recommend.

My family stumbled across this place looking for drinks late at night in Taormina. We ended up returning every subsequent night that we were in Taormina. Our waiter every night, Giovanni, was kind and funny. He spoke English very well and he got to know us night after night. He remembered details about us, joked with us, and made us feel very welcomed. A real gentleman. The drinks were really great. One in particular, Mediterraneo, was a hit among my family. All of their house drinks in particular are great but there classics, like the Moscow Mule, are still solid options. The portions are sizeable and the alcohol content is generous. Nobody had any complaints among the wide variety of drinks that were ordered over our multiple visits. The drinks took a little while to make but perfection takes time. We highly recommend you drop by and give the Mediterraneo Cafe a visit.

We ordered 2 cappuccinos that were too small and the texture was all wrong. Also, they were overpriced, $5 euros each, compared to all the other cafes where we ordered them in Tauramina.