I migliori ristoranti in Matera

23/03/2025: a treat for the taste buds! very unwelcoming, the setting is magnificent and the servers very attentive...a good time, I recommend!

23/03/2025: Nice and very characteristic environment created inside the caves. Kind and helpful staff. Excellent food and wine. I recommend it

21/04/2025: Nice restaurant in the most tourist area of ​​Matera. Small and crowded place. Good and quick service. The dishes did not correspond to expectations: a few slices of toasted bread with unconvincing condiments at a high price; sausage full of fat and unappetising, sweet to the norm. Unfortunately the price turned out to be that of a starred restaurant... from personal experience in Matera you can eat better for much less...

21/04/2025: Recommended for all those who want to eat well, courtesy and professionalism are included in the price.

20/04/2025: They allow people to enter with their dogs. During the entire stay one dog was barking and sitting at the table on the owner's lap. The other dog was sitting next to us. With a lot of noise due to loudly talking customers the constant barking was unbearable. None of the staff reacted to this dog or its owners.

17/04/2025: We were at a hotel right next door and found it very good! The friendly boss speaks a little French, the cod dishes are very good and the meat is good, the homemade chips are excellent On the other hand, booked or arrive early, it’s not great!

04/04/2025: Historical location with local specialties. Highly recommended!

20/03/2025: Very good food, I recommend it to everyone

23/03/2025: Siamo usciti felici da Nico, dopo aver mangiato bene, con i giusti tempi, in una bella atmosfera e con un conto equo. Il menù è tipico e i piatti sono molto invitanti. Il valore aggiunto è dato dalle bravissime professioniste, tutte donne, preparate a fornire alla clientela tutte ld informazioni e le curiosità sui piatti e sulle tradizioni locali. Consiglio la salsiccia con vellutata di fave!

23/03/2025: Wonderful in the center of Matera

23/03/2025: Beautiful and welcoming place, particular and exquisite food, a location that I recommend to everyone. Congratulations especially to Anna, wonderful person, we will come from Calabria to visit you often ❤️

02/03/2025: Ingredienti di ottima qualità e piatti di ottima fattura. Siamo stati qui con la famiglia per una ricorrenza ed è stato tutto molto buono.

02/04/2025: Very nice atmosphere and a menu full of interesting proposals. Unfortunately my first course was not up to par. I chose the wholemeal strascinate with red Datterino and Cacioricotta sauce. In reality it was a supermarket tomato puree, with a very acidic taste.

27/03/2025: Atmosfera magica. Il menù un po più normale. Anche se l'offerta è su un menù turistico mi aspettavo un livello di cucina più curato.

25/03/2025: In September, my husband and I dined at this spot in Matera, which seemed popular with tour groups. Though hesitant at first, we gave it a try as the staff was friendly and it was getting late. We had the crusco peppers, Matera-style meatless meatballs, vongole, and Lucana-style carbonara. The vongole was our favorite, and while surprised the meatballs were meatless, they were still tasty. The crispy peppers were unique and crunchy, not like bell peppers. With the right expectations, it’s a good choice—especially if you can beat the crowds.

10/03/2025: Small but welcoming place, excellent service, friendly staff. We ate well at a reasonable price. To return.

26/02/2025: There is something paradoxical in crossing half the peninsula to find yourself, gastronomically speaking, exactly where you started (Milan). Let me explain. The restaurant in question, nestled among the rocks of Matera, offers an experience that I could define as technically flawless. The service moves with the precision of a ballet, anticipating every need with that non-invasive grace that is the true hallmark of professionalism. The venue is simply very beautiful. And then comes the food. To say. Caciocavallo – that cheese that tells of centuries of transhumance and dairy wisdom – appears transformed into a flan with an impeccable consistency. A preparation that could appear in any avant-garde bistro in Brera or Isola in Milan. Cruschi peppers – those crunchy wonders that represent the dry, vibrant soul of Basilicata – have been reduced to a kind of powder, a decorative accent that seems more interested in conquering Instagram than the palate. Lucanian cuisine has a precise grammar and a robust syntax that does not require conceptual quotation marks or gastronomic parentheses. Yet here in every dish it seems that the original identity is something to be hidden under layers of technique and presentation. Why? It's not that you eat badly, far from it. Eat well. Too good. With that aseptic perfection that could place you in any corner of contemporary gastronomic geography, but not necessarily in Matera. Gourmet cuisine, with its obsession with revisiting, sometimes seems to forget that originality is not necessarily proportional to the distance one takes from the original. Sometimes, true audacity lies in respecting the essential and following tradition.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

25/02/2025: C'è qualcosa di paradossale nell'attraversare mezza penisola per ritrovarsi, gastronomicamente parlando, esattamente dove si è partiti (Milano). Mi spiego. Il ristorante in questione, incastonato tra i sassi di Matera, offre un'esperienza che potrei definire tecnicamente ineccepibile. Il servizio si muove con la precisione di un balletto, anticipando ogni necessità con quella grazia non invasiva che è la vera cifra della professionalità. Il locale è semplicemente molto bello. E poi arriva il cibo. Per dire. Il caciocavallo – quel formaggio che racconta secoli di transumanza e saggezza casearia – compare trasformato in un flan dalla consistenza impeccabile. Una preparazione che potrebbe figurare in qualsiasi bistrot all'avanguardia di Brera o Isola a Milano. I peperoni cruschi – quelle meraviglie croccanti che rappresentano l'anima secca e vibrante della Basilicata – sono stati ridotti a una specie di polvere, un accento decorativo che sembra più interessato a conquistare Instagram che il palato. La cucina lucana possiede una grammatica precisa e una sintassi robusta che non necessita di virgolette concettuali o di parentesi gastronomiche. Eppure qui in ogni piatto sembra che l’identità originaria sia qualcosa da nascondere sotto strati di tecnica e presentazione. Perché? Non è che mangi male, tutt'altro. Mangi bene. Troppo bene. Con quella perfezione asettica che potrebbe collocarti in qualsiasi angolo della geografia gastronomica contemporanea, ma non necessariamente a Matera. La cucina gourmet, con la sua ossessione per la rivisitazione, sembra talvolta dimenticare che l'originalità non è necessariamente proporzionale alla distanza che si prende dall'originale. A volte, la vera audacia sta nel rispetto dell'essenziale e nel seguire la tradizione.

01/04/2025: BLUF: Amazing space, great food, and wonderful service by Michele. This was a great experience we stumbled into. It is a unique setting inside a cave and has some really cool sections for parties or just lounging. They have a dance hall and extra space in a historic cistern. We lucked out with having Michele as our waiter. He was incredibly gracious and patient with us. He even gave us a private tour of the cistern (prob didn’t hurt that we came at the American dinner time so it wasn’t too busy yet). Regardless, he worked through my broken Italian and ordered two pizzas and two glasses of wine. For someone who lives in Italy and has had many house wines, this was one of the best I’ve ever had. And €4/glass is hard to beat. Small issue in communication regarding the meal but Michele acknowledged the mistake and offered to make it right. Finally, after dinner, he showed both of our children how to make a boat and a peacock out of a napkin. We got dinner and a show. I would absolutely go back and would highly recommend this place for a special event. It is one of the most unique restaurants I’ve seen in over a year and a half of traveling not just Italy, but all of Europe as well.

01/04/2025: pasta with meat sauce, is full of liquorice smell. Honestly I don't like it

12/04/2025: to be airtight I would say: nice and expensive place.... to argue instead I'll tell you that the place presents itself well, with a nice English greenery, very elegant. A good and friendly lady, she is the plus of this small restaurant, which offers and makes you feel at home. The food is basically good and tasteful. The only negative note is linked to the prices of the dishes, certainly out of average for the product offered, obviously each restaurateur sets his price according to his own idea of ​​cuisine and based on the raw material, BUT the prices are a little too high, in line only including the discounts from the fork... which they correctly applied.

08/04/2025: Well furnished and elegant venue, intimate atmosphere. Fast and attentive service to customer requests and needs. Good food, good variety of choices.

07/04/2025: While passing through Matera, we discovered this small restaurant where we ate excellent pizzas. Absolutely good value for money

07/04/2025: Stella and the other waiter welcomed us very well.

07/04/2025: Very good choice of wines, revisited dishes and great style of decor! Great discovery

25/03/2025: Thank you for the delicious wine tasting and the great aperitifs! 🤗

18/01/2025: Beautiful location in an Italian atmosphere. I recommend !!!

03/01/2025: Excellent and tasty sandwiches! Quiet place and quick service. The cutting board with very good local products (especially the jam!)

01/04/2025: A little gem in the Sassi of Matera. A wonderful couple who have brought a little big dream to life. Food that is nothing short of excellent, attention to service... you feel at home with an extra edge. Not to be missed

31/03/2025: Non ricordo di aver mai fatto un viaggio culinario del genere...direi paradisiaco. Un ristorantino a gestione familiare dove si respira professionalità ed amore per il territorio. Cibo ottimo, servizio eccelso, piatti goduriosi. I miei video parlano da soli. Se non volete solamente mangiare ma fare un viaggio nel sapore andateci. Ho amato tutto dall'antipasto al dolce...il servizio veloce e col sorriso di Eufemia ci hanno conquistato. Consiglio vivamente