Panificio Manzella In Spadafora

26/08/2025: Overall, the focaccia was good, but not one of the best in Messina. I don't feel like giving it a negative review, but I wouldn't particularly recommend it either.

24/08/2025: I'm from Messina and I love focaccia!! Inspired by some positive reviews, I wanted to try it, and unfortunately, the experience wasn't great! The place isn't anything special: old-fashioned, small, and with no seating inside; only three tables on the sidewalk... so I'd say it's a takeout-only option. The focaccia: the real problem isn't the ingredients, which could be good, but the fact that the focaccia is already all ready on the counter, like in a pizza place... it's placed on baking sheets and kept warm. When the customer arrives and chooses the weight/quantity and type of focaccia, the man cuts the various slices, weighs them, and then puts them in the electric oven behind him for a few minutes; This double or triple baking causes the bottom of the focaccia, and therefore the dough, to become dry and parched, losing all the fragrance and flavor of the true traditional Messina focaccia. Luckily (and the owner will be aware of this) at the end of baking, before wrapping your focaccia, they brush it with oil from a small saucepan, just to soften that dry feeling in the dough... but it doesn't work miracles.