Trattoria L'elfo In Bari

Lovely situation outside an old church. We stumbled across the restaurant looking for evening meal options and waited the 20 mins whilst they were setting up tables before opening (at 6:45pm) I had spaghetti carbonara (20 Euros) which was one of the more expensive pasta dishes. It was nice but had more eggs in it than I am used to and so with a big portion I was reminded a little of scrambled eggs by the end. The Lasagne was a slice cut from a bigger tray of lasagne and only cost 10 Euros. Complementary fresh bread with a lovely crust. Drinks were relatively good value especially if you had Peroni in a bottle (33cl) which was much better value than the draft Peroni (20cl or 40cl). Very busy with tables close together. Despite the business, we were not hurried to leave after having eaten. Friendly and efficient staff. Only one downside - lots of small flying insects which were too small to bite us but not pleasant if they fell in your glasses or landed on your table.

Specialty - ears and rape spikes

Go and you will eat very well. Ask for the amaro!!!! The owner is very nice. The spaghetti all'assasina are excellent, the best in Bari.

The owner, his son and all the staff were really kind and attentive to our every need. We ate very well and the environment made us feel like we were at home. A smile is the best welcome

Rating 5 well deserved! Beautiful location and delicious food! Well done!

Location nel cuore di Bari vecchia, a due passi dalla Cattedrale, cibo squisito, proprietari accoglienti e disponibili, camerieri attenti e instancabili, porzioni abbondanti, prezzi assolutamente modici. Consiglio le braciole (fatte dalla “nonna”) e le cime di rapa dal sapore unico. Quando capito in questa città ormai è scontato andare da loro perché sono sicura che mangerò bene, sentendomi a casa e scambiando con tutti loro quattro chiacchiere. Oramai non apro neanche il menu’ e mi lascio consigliare. Grazie!

Great food! Seafood, typical and non-typical dishes... Antonello and Roberta, the chef, will delight your palate.... I will return as soon as possible

We just finished lunch. Excellent food, unique flavors that really surprised us. Kind and smiling staff.

Typical place in the heart of old Bari Fresh fish, super welcoming staff An experience to try Amazing first courses Highly recommended

You take the wrong road and in the myriad of streets of old Bari you find yourself at the Locanda dell' elfo, you sit down, you eat and in the meantime you think that the famous fantasies of the starred chefs are a fairy tale, the real culinary experience is grandma's cooking, the traditional one, the real Italian one that the cook presents to you in an impeccable way, textbook orecchiette with turnip tops, braciola that melts in your mouth, dreamy dried tomatoes, simple things but cooked like a god, and the starred chefs throw them away