I migliori ristoranti in Matera

03/05/2025: An experience that teaches how much the way we feel welcomed matters. Saturday evening, 7.30pm. A friend and I enter the Ducale Ristorante & Pizzeria in Irsina, we smile, we greet with a simple and genuine "Good evening". The answer? A dry, cold and almost aggressive "Say!", pronounced by a man behind the counter, as if our greeting were an annoyance and not an act of education. We ask: “A table for two, please.” Without really looking at us, he replies icily: “At 8pm.” And he sends us away. In that moment, more than rejected, we felt invisible. The "no" is not the problem. It's as they say. It is the absence of empathy, of respect, of minimal human hospitality. The mind records these experiences more than one imagines: a door that closes, a wrong tone, one gesture too many can leave their mark. Yet, it was 7.30pm, and Google clearly indicates that the place is open from 6.30pm to 12am. The refusal was not justified by any rule, but only by an attitude. Welcoming isn't just serving food, it's creating connections. It's about making people feel welcome. And in this, unfortunately, the Ducale failed completely.

29/12/2024: Great pizza, nice place. Recommended

18/05/2025: Location bellissima e molto curata all'interno dei sassi. La cucina è molto raffinata e ricercata con piatti interessantissimi e non scontati. Carta dei vini molto ben fornita. Ottimo il servizio e il prezzo mi sembra in linea con quanto offerto. Assolutamente consigliato

14/05/2025: La comida estaba fuera de este mundo Lo intentamos entre nosotros cuatro La mitad del menú estaba asombrado por cada Plato. El camarero era agradable y paciente Explicó todo. Muy bien. Recomiendo.

02/06/2025: Excellent food, delicious, fresh, with several dishes to choose from and at very good prices. Fantastic place

14/05/2025: Excellent dishes at a reasonable price

31/01/2025: Vergognoso un insalata di pomodori fatta pagare 10 € solo perché condivisa con mia moglie, non tornerò mai più in questo locale

31/01/2025: Shameful, terrible experience, I returned after several years with good memories but all that remained of what was was the quality of the meat, otherwise the price was exaggerated for a tomato salad made to pay €10 just because it was shared with my wife, I don't think I'll ever go back in this place and I gladly advise against it to everyone.

14/03/2025: Creative and delicious food in a beautiful setting Small and intimate dining room with incredible service

08/03/2025: Service in this restaurant is fantastic and they really make you feel welcomed! We had the tasting menu, which starts with a chef’s selection of starters: they were wonderful although the fact that nearby tables - very close to yours - have something you’d like more than that you had, detracts a bit from the enjoyment…. First course we went for the orecchiette al ragu della domenica, we will say that you can happily skip those. Main were a tagliata and a pignatta - both a humph away from exceptional. Dessert will not be mentioned here. We really loved the restaurant but didn’t love the food if that makes sense?

12/05/2025: In my whole life I never got such an insolent service when eating out!!!! We started with the waiter telling us what we want to eat without any welcoming intro or giving us a menu!!!! When he came back for the order he told us it's better to have the same option to eat so we can eat quicker. We did the order and three of us took pasta, one of us a different option. The waiter told us better agree on the same pasta to have as we will wait for an hour to have our plate!!!! Never did I hear a waiter saying this and I never expected this at all!!! How absurd!!! We did order the same pasta as we were told but then realised that the other clients were having different pasta at the same time as us so the cook still had to cook different pasta!!! We asked for the wine list and the waiter replied choose any wine bottle you see around you, oh dear!!!! One of us told him, we prefer white wine so it'd be better not around us but refrigerated to which he told us to go and choose from the cooler!!! With all this absurdity we were served our pasta plates more than an hour later!!! Then finishing off with the bill. The waiter scribbled it down on a piece of paper and threw it away as soon as we paid, I never got to know if the bill was right. I was so taken aback with all this having an urge to get out of there that it was after that I realized!!!

03/05/2025: Excellent raw materials and impeccably cooked, each dish is a discovery with fish at its centre. Truly remarkable selection of appetizers and raw meats. The cellar is exceptional. I recommend it!!!!!!!!

31/05/2025: We went in a large group with a previously agreed menu. Impeccable service, excellent food and reasonable price.

09/05/2025: Experience, quality and courtesy. Everything exceptional

03/05/2025: Excellent food, nice service and friendly staff

17/03/2025: Beautiful and comfortable environment, family run, the zests are the best ever, my son takes them to Rome to share them with his friends who find them excellent. The Cazzati brothers and Arturo are very kind.

01/03/2025: come rovinarsi un uscita. sabato terrificante, prenotazione per le 22:00 ci fanno accomodare alle 23:30, in un angolo scomodo stretto pieno di fumi, il personale anche se volenteroso giovane ed impreparato, senza un minimo di formazione. servizio al tavolo pessimo. ordinazioni prese Dimenticandosi dei commensali. la ristorazione non è il vostro mestiere, siete una macelleria , di medio livello

19/01/2025: Excellent value for money, good quality meat, excellent preparations.

20/06/2025: Pleasant environment. Good food

06/05/2025: Nice atmosphere especially if there are tables outside

07/05/2025: Sehr schönes Restaurant im Natursteingewölbe. Freundliche und zuvorkommende Bedienung. Die Speisekarte ist klein , aber gediegen. Wir haben den Abend genossen.

26/04/2025: Ristrutturato con grande successo, il complesso di Aquatio é veramente bello ed accogliente…..tuttavia il servizio (vino versato macchiando tovaglia, impossibilità di cambiar tavolo, etc) ed i piatti non sono ancora all’altezza. Da migliorare! To be improved!

09/06/2025: Very tasty pizzas and hospitable hosts.

18/02/2025: First of all, the pizza was excellent both in terms of ingredients and cooking. Furthermore, the service was efficient.

26/06/2025: Perfect in every way really, excellent shuttle service to the sea, with Battista at the wheel very helpful. See you next time 😘

11/06/2025: Sanitized and very clean rooms, very friendly and professional staff

13/05/2025: a lady (the owner) really rude, she should be ashamed. in a FLOOD she chased a school group or rather more than one from her place. where they needed shelter and were planning to consume. with terrible and rude manners, you learn manners instead of yelling at a group of kids and half of them not even Italian very rude words. terrible experience. she should be ashamed. I do not recommend it to anyone

12/05/2025: Very good food and a very nice owner. The place is off the beaten track but the atmosphere and food are very good.