I migliori ristoranti di cucina italiana in Puglia

02/09/2025: Excellent location for wedding events

24/08/2025: Ferragosto lunch with a fixed menu of €60 per person was worth €30. Meager dishes, Italian-style appetizers without cold cuts and cheeses. On the main course, a measly slice... Never again

23/08/2025: Everything we ate was delicious, and the service was excellent. Honestly, the bill was a bit steep.

15/08/2025: A wonderful culinary experience in the heart of the province of Taranto. The antipasto della Cuccagna is a must, and the arrosto misto won us over: quality grilled meat with a spectacular smoky flavor. I don't give it five stars for the dessert: the mascarpone millefeuille with berries was delicious, but the flavor was more cream than mascarpone. The wine list is extensive and very well curated. We especially appreciated the sommelier's recommendation for an excellent Primitivo del Salento. They also have international wines; it would be a good idea to include a Spanish wine to round out the menu. In short, a place we will definitely return to... and this time, with friends.

22/08/2025: Excellent service, very fresh fish, and fair prices. Highly recommended.

22/08/2025: The location is not bad, the pizza is very good compared to those eaten in other local pizzerias... but it could offer more

13/07/2025: Lovely place Relaxing, great music, good food, and very friendly staff

23/05/2025: This is the best bar I’ve been in for many years. Luigi is a fantastic host and along with his father he has created a welcoming and atmospheric experience. Great playlists, enormous wine selection and fresh tasty food. Went in everyday on a long weekend trip and I can’t wait to return.

02/09/2025: The pizza was really good, the dough was really good, the service took a bit of a while, but the downside was that it was too hot. The air conditioning seemed to be off.

31/08/2025: A slice of Naples in Modugno. AMAZING Neapolitan pizza, as are the amazing fried foods. The atmosphere is welcoming, the service excellent, the owners friendly, and the prices are affordable. Highly recommended!

03/09/2025: ed: Visited after 3 years - unfortunately, a huge disappointment. The waitstaff was very poor, arrogant, and incompetent, and the menu, which contained nothing to impress, seemed tailored to tourists - a huge contrast to yesterday's visit to La Bul (located nearby), where the 5-course tasting menu and service were incredible. I don't know why Giampaolo's went downhill like this, but I hope they fix it someday. For now - don't come here under any circumstances. :( And the old review was: "Outstanding. My girlfriend and I visited just before the pandemic; the quality of the food and service, as well as the atmosphere, were a unique experience." And it was 5/5 in all categories...

26/08/2025: A wonderful culinary experience... fresh fish expertly cooked. The seafood risotto was superb. The staff were knowledgeable and welcoming, and Giampaolo was an excellent host. I'll be back!

06/09/2025: Very generous, truly tasty and reasonably priced typical dishes, whether it's pasta or seafood, we recommend without hesitation!

04/09/2025: This restaurant was a delightful surprise during our vacation in Salento. The dishes are carefully prepared, tasty, and you can taste the quality of the ingredients. The chef's linguine with their cherry tomatoes was simply delicious: balanced flavors, fresh fish, and a sauce that truly smelled of the sea. For the main course, I tried the fresh tuna, perfectly cooked, accompanied by garden vegetables that deserve a special mention: not the usual flavorless grilled vegetables, but chicory, zucchini, and steamed green beans, flavorful and homely, seasonal. I especially love vegetables, and these were truly special! The atmosphere is welcoming, the service very friendly, attentive without being intrusive, and the prices fair. A place where you can eat truly well and with flavor. Highly recommended!

27/08/2025: Beautiful, welcoming place... we were there a few days ago and had a great time... the staff was helpful and very kind... we ordered stuffed bruschetta, focaccia, pizza and to finish off a homemade tiramisu... everything was excellent... we will definitely be back 😍

23/08/2025: Very good pizza, congratulations 👏, it's a pleasure to eat a pizza like yours. However, unfortunately... The traffic noise and vehicle exhausts are really annoying. Your loud music is truly unnecessary and irritating, better to turn it off altogether. Between traffic, music, and loud voices, it all becomes a cacophony.

29/08/2025: The Sud Hotel enjoys an enviable location, overlooking the splendid Montedarena Bay. The hotel has enormous potential, but it's underutilized. EXTERIOR: The building appears anonymous, with not even a name printed on a canvas. The lush garden features a small central square and furnishings for relaxing in the evening. The hotel lobby is spacious and leads to the restaurant. STRUCTURE: The building is brand new, recently renovated with quality materials. The only downsides are the hallways, which are still made of terrazzo tiles, which clash with the modern decor; the rusty doors with sharp edges; and the bathroom sinks, which splash everywhere and require a trickle of water to avoid flooding. ROOMS: The seafront rooms are all beautiful, with large balconies overlooking the bay. The rooms at the back have smaller balconies and courtyard views. BAR: The bar is always brand new, accessible from outside, but is only being used at 5% of its capacity. RESTAURANT: Large with plenty of space. PARKING: Both paid on-site and free, gated parking a few steps away, unlocked with a card. CLEANLINESS: Adequate in all areas. FOOD SERVICE: The food service is NOT adequate: a single appetizer per course, e.g., three slices of mozzarella and tomato = or the next day, battered zucchini flower. But what if a guest doesn't like it? We were told to either leave out an appetizer or not indicate. The choice of two first courses and two second courses, for those accustomed to traveling and frequenting restaurants, is very perplexing. It ranges from slightly more sophisticated dishes to pasta with sauce, and we often left the dishes barely touched. The children's menu is almost always the same... often tubes of white or red sauce. The napkins smelled of egg, a problem reported several times but never resolved. Eventually, they took paper napkins. A neighbor of ours asked to eat something else because he didn't like the dishes that required a reservation... He was told he'd have to pay for the dish... And if you like the dish, there's no question of second helpings... it was like a parody of Fantozzi. Long wait times and the air conditioning was on full blast. Advice: you can't skimp on food service; if it's included in the package, it must be adequate, otherwise it loses its reputation. A quick tour of the managers on the Adriatic Riviera in even a two-star hotel would be enough to learn respect for customers in these matters. STAFF: The cleaning ladies were very friendly and proactive; the restaurant staff: some adequate, others in need of further training; the reception: remember that the first contact with the customer is there, so you can't put people who are lazy and often absent from their station on the front desk. The bar staff: knowledgeable and friendly, unfortunately with few customers. A special mention goes to Mr. Angelo... the problem solver, always friendly, helpful, and polite, a true asset to the facility. Someone like him should be employed in management roles. OFFICIAL LOCAL GUIDE

24/08/2025: We stayed at this hotel from the 19th to the 24th...fair rating. Let's start with the strong points: excellent location facing the sea, good cleanliness, very helpful staff (not all of them), Leo and Angelo are two lovely people. Good breakfast, not very varied but with quality products. The idea of ​​organizing evenings for guests and children is nice. The cons are many and not least significant. The rooms are not very comfortable, especially for a disabled person. The bathroom is small, the bidet is unusable, and considering it was in the disabled person's room, this created quite a few problems. The bathrooms have no guest kits other than hand soap and a hairdryer. The outlets, especially those next to the bed, are dangerous for children. Plugging in the charger would cause the entire power block to go out, and that shouldn't happen. Dinner wasn't worth it: the quality was poor, the portions were small, and the meat was inedible in our opinion (everything is subjective!). We had rice, potatoes, and mussels, and as a Bari native, finding several pieces of shell in the rice bothered me so much that I thought, if you don't know how to do it, avoid cooking this type of dish. At the end of our stay, no one asked us how we had enjoyed our stay or if we were happy with the service. This, in my opinion, is also unkind to people who paid as if they were staying in a 4-star hotel, when the service was anything but three-star. Would I go back? Honestly, only for the beach, but I would consider other options, such as hotels.

31/08/2025: A very good and refined family-run restaurant. It feels like home, but the dishes are top-notch, using fresh, authentic ingredients. Definitely worth a try.

01/07/2025: Allerbeste regionstypische Küche mit zahlreichen Presidi Slow Food Produkten. Sehr schöne Atmosphäre. Mein Favorit in Bari.

05/08/2025: We visited the restaurant based on the recommendations and reviews, but it wasn't open after 7 pm, as it says here. It was a waste of time.

29/06/2025: I had a wonderful evening here the finest ingredients cooked to perfection, the lady was so attentive and gentle she arranged extra plates for sharing, positioned the fans to keep me cooled ,and played a wonderful playlist of soul music I'll definitely return

29/08/2025: Truly professional, the ease and experience with which they treat their clients is rare. Birthdays and parties are organized down to the smallest detail, with top-quality food and excellent value.

22/08/2025: Truly enchanting place! Very elegant and welcoming, full of greenery with a very scenic fountain. It's a wonderful place to stay, highly recommended!

18/08/2025: Historic venue, top-quality products, friendly and helpful owners; excellent sweet and savory crepes. Must try.

25/05/2025: A really nice experience from sweet to savory, genuine and tasty products Congratulations

10/09/2025: Very good food, nice and cool inside thanks to the air conditioning, and the waitress speaks perfect Royal English fit for Buckingham Palace ! 👌

24/08/2025: Excellent food, good service, polite and friendly. I will be back soon. We were pleasantly surprised. Excellent value for money. The plating is also beautiful. The eye also wants its part. I highly recommend it and thank you for the excellent service received. Well done, top!

07/09/2025: It's been years since I've been to Beluga, but I've found a marked deterioration in everything. Sand in the clams, I asked three different people for mineral water three times and it arrived smooth, dirty chairs, high prices for a simple appetizer, water, and two seafood risottos "covered in sand." Last but not least, no receipt, just a preliminary bill. The people are still kind and friendly, but they don't solve the problems. For me, Beluga is closed. P.S.: The place was empty, with few customers... on a summer Saturday night... that should have made me suspicious...

29/08/2025: The best food and wine in the whole area 💚 The chef and all the staff are so hospitable. Thank you so much! I’ll be back. Il miglior cibo e vino di tutta la zona 💚