I migliori ristoranti di cucina italiana in Catania

02/10/2025: Excellent bakery, always smiling and kind, active staff, quality bread and hot food, humble and helpful owner...

23/09/2025: Exellent stop for a good and non expensive lunch. We had cavallo with weggies and 2 beers for 10

19/07/2025: Friendly and welcoming staff. The food exceeds expectations for the price. The atmosphere is comfortable and delightful. A great place for a carefree evening, spending little and eating well.

14/07/2025: A cute place, located on a small street near Nicolosi. The service is good, and the food is decent, although the portions are quite small for the aperitif.

20/08/2025: I got an upset stomach and blessed the toilet multiple times 2 hrs after eating here, my partner chose not to eat and he had a great nights sleep x

15/08/2025: Every time I go to Sicily, this is a must-see. The meat and everything else is excellent, the quality is excellent. The owner and all his employees are very kind, friendly, and attentive. The atmosphere isn't exactly "chic," it's very basic, but if you want to eat well and spend little, this is the place to go.

01/10/2025: We've always gotten cakes and snacks here. Everything's good. Today is my mom's birthday, and we got a cake. Very disappointed, it wasn't what I wanted.

01/08/2025: It sucks. Granite sucks, everything sucks, service 0

24/04/2025: If you’re looking to take a break from pizza and heavier fare, this is easily one of the best spots in Catania. The food was absolutely delicious—prepared with simple, high-quality ingredients and fresh local produce. There’s a great variety of organic drinks to choose from, which perfectly complement the clean, flavorful dishes. The staff is friendly and speaks English, making the experience even more welcoming for travelers. A must-visit for anyone who appreciates wholesome, thoughtfully prepared food.

29/03/2025: Ho trovato il mio bicchiere sporco di rossetto e maleodorante... può capitare? Certo! Peccato però che anche tutti i restanti bicchieri del tavolo puzzavano di odori diversi e anche le stoviglie erano sporche. Il cibo non è stato di mio gradimento (polled pork) in quanto l'unica cosa che si apprezzava del piatto era il peperoncino.

15/06/2025: Mi esposa, yo y otra pareja fuimos aquí el sábado por la noche. El restaurante estaba lleno de lugareños, todos riendo y comiendo. La comida es fantástica! Tomé el ragu de conejo tagliatelle, las chuletas de cerdo, la salchicha. Gran vino. Increíbles postres. La parte más maravillosa de la comida fue cuando nuestro Uber canceló en nosotros y el propietario se ofreció a llevarnos 15 minutos a nuestro hotel. Nunca olvidaremos este acto de bondad y ahora anhelo esas chuletas de cerdo.

24/05/2025: Il ristorante ha un’atmosfera calda, accogliente e curata. La musica di sottofondo perfetta per gustare in tranquillità dei cibi cucinati con cura. Non ci sono fronzoli, ma tutto quello che fa per me un buon ristorante: cibo genuino, piatti tradizionali cucinati in maniera originale ma preservando il gusto di ciascun ingrediente, personale gentile e professionale. Consigliatissimo per altri mille motivi che non sto qui a raccontare, ma ci tornerò.

28/09/2025: Zucchini and tuna pizza: Four slices of zucchini and perhaps the equivalent of half a can of canned tuna, a new jaw to chew on a crust that resembles a car tire, and the next morning still to digest with accompanying heartburn. I thought it had gone badly the last time I was there, but this time, it's exactly like that. What a shame, the Mamadina of old is gone, a real shame.

21/09/2025: I'm giving it one star because zero isn't possible. After booking for 10:30 PM, we waited 1 hour and 10 minutes for the first pizza and another half hour for the other three. Besides the wait, the pizzas were subpar. Finally, at checkout, a beer was added to the bill, which we didn't consume. Disappointing.

27/10/2025: Very, very hospitable. Very warm. Always happy to come back.

10/10/2025: Top hospitality even after closing time, excellent home cooking, family atmosphere, just what we were looking for.

13/09/2025: Good and well seasoned sandwich

04/09/2025: Historic slow food sandwich shop/brewery, if it didn't exist we'd have to invent it

07/10/2025: Me and my 4 sisters attended this restaurant for a birthday lunch, can I start off by saying the restaurant itself is beautiful! The decor is very unique alongside the placement of all the random vintage pieces along the wall magnificent! We ordered a few dishes and the total amount (€160) was extremely affordable we live in London so the price difference for the seafood was great! If you come definitely get the grilled sea-bream it was cooked to perfection, the mussels were very tasty so was the octopus salad! The only downside was the grilled prawns I feel they could have grilled them for longer maybe split them down the middle so they are cleaned better and included more seasonings as they were very bland. Apart from the prawns everything else was amazing the service was excellent and we was even offered lemoncello on the house. I would definitely come back when we are next in Sicily.

30/08/2025: I'll return to Catania just to be able to eat here again. It's a hidden, small restaurant with a beautiful, ornate decor and "Sicilian" service: We don't worship you, we give you service and advice if you ask. For me, it's better than having a waiter always on your heels! I ordered a Caprese salad with tomato and buffalo mozzarella, and what can I say? I wish we had this product in Spain for that salad. Not delicious, but delicious! And then I ordered spaghetti with gammon and zucchini, and that was another level! I don't understand how such a simple dish can be so absolutely wonderful. Brutal. Without a doubt one of the best trattorias I've ever tried, with a couple of glasses of house wine. Sicily on the table, you can't ask for more.

20/09/2025: These days, it's rare to not find something gluten-free, but at Gran Caffè Pam Pam, it happened. There was one exception: individually wrapped almond pastries with the word "gluten-free" written on the wrapper. I was about to eat them, but they told me they were gluten-free, but likely contaminated. At that point, I wanted to explain that the wording on the wrapper couldn't be there, but the staff was already getting annoyed. Anyway, for a coffee just sitting on a table, I paid two euros.

12/09/2025: Truly excellent coffee, top quality pastries and welcoming staff

18/10/2025: As an Indo, I was stupid and stubborn and still wanted to eat rice for one day... After a few bites, I was full. The food was too salty, and there was no atmosphere (which I wasn't expecting). I did have a nice chat with one of the waiters, though. That's where the stars come from.

13/09/2025: One star is too much, too bad there's no zero-star option. Five of us went this week for my birthday, to try it out and with the prospect of returning if we enjoyed it. The dishes (all of them) were tasteless or awful, the fried foods were soggy and rubbery, and the Chinese bread tasted like raw breadcrumbs. Of the various dishes, the only edible ones were some Chinese noodles with vegetables and a whole fish au gratin. By the end of the evening and for the next two days, five of us had terrible stomach aches... All five of us!!! This had never happened, not even in the worst places we've ever been. The only Chinese person inside the restaurant is perhaps the cashier; the dishes are prepared by staff who have no idea what Chinese cuisine is (or even Italian cuisine), in an open kitchen, where every so often someone eats and drinks standing up and in full view of the customers. I looked at the reviews beforehand, and while they aren't particularly high, there are some good ones, and I honestly don't know what those people who gave positive reviews are used to eating. As far as I'm concerned, this was the worst experience of all and one I absolutely must not repeat!