Osteria Mercede In Palermo

Excellent dishes, presented with care and kindness, quality of raw materials

Simply one of the best places in Palermo to eat fish.

An intimate and welcoming restaurant (reservations recommended), the menu features the freshest seafood, updated daily based on availability. Traditional dishes are elaborately prepared with a modern twist, and are cooked to perfection. Attentive and courteous customer service is provided. Highly recommended!

Amazing food, staff was really nice. The perfect authentic place I was looking for during my stay in Palermo!

Outstanding,truly outstanding. Great food,drinks and service on top of reasonably priced menu. One of the best restaurants I’ve ever been and it is quite possibly in top 5 in all of Italy. I love unpretentious restaurants with high quality honest food. Ticked all the boxes for me. Everything here was very delicious from a little surprise crostino all the way to dessert,coffee and Amaro. Chatting with the owner was fun( he speaks excellent English). He is exceptionally genuine/real/cool and very thoughtful too(thanks for the apperitivo! ). Waiting staff were very kind and patient with my poor Italian language skills and made our evening very special. I don’t think it’s easy to compete with their value for money. I haven’t come across a restaurant this good for a very very long time. Can’t praise Mercede highly enough. This trip was for my 50th birthday and I am so glad that I chose Osteria Mercede. Thank you Palermo, thank you everyone at Mercede. I will try to visit you again. It was worth the flight from London!! Grazie mille Update 18/11/2025 Second visit tonight at Mercede. Yet again super impressed with their food and wines. The freshness of their ingredients is on another level. You’ve made our night special again. A great example of how good food and drinks can make your life a little happier. Grazie a tutti!! Please note: I have noticed there are few one star reviews based on refused dining without a reservation. This is a very busy restaurant. The place may look empty but still gets completely full later. They won’t need to rely on tourists like me to survive. So let’s follow their policy. You’ll need to phone them to book a table,full stop. One star reviews based on your tantrum is way too harsh in my opinion,thanks.

Delicious food, very friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere.

Delicious food and friendly service. I recommend it.

I had an amazing shrimp cocktail... The service was exceptional, recommended.

Osteria Mercede is the pinnacle of seafood in Palermo. Beneath the surface of an osteria lies a warm, inviting place where the friendly staff are a constant presence, and Helios Gnoffo's expert hands create astonishing dishes that combine his creativity with traditional Mediterranean fare. Osteria Mercede is a must-visit in Palermo; you can't go to the city center without stopping there for lunch or dinner.

Top restaurant! The best dinner in Palermo. The owner and staff are very knowledgeable and capable.