I migliori ristoranti di cucina italiana in Catania

17/11/2025: The owner is incredibly helpful, all the food is local, and the place is surrounded by nature... a paradise.

15/08/2025: At Agriturismo Imperatore in Belpasso, you immediately feel a familiar, authentic atmosphere. What's striking, beyond the beauty of the location and the authenticity of the flavors, is the owner's extraordinary friendliness: welcoming, helpful, and always ready to make guests feel at home. Every word and gesture conveys passion for their work and love for the region. An experience that leaves a lasting impression and a desire to return. Congratulations!

23/11/2025: We were here just for a drink. A very friendly young waitress in excellent English recommended us some excellant local beers and make us feel at home. Which we later discovered is very rare in Catania.

07/11/2025: Good coffee and desserts, lovely place.

04/12/2025: I had the opportunity to go to this place for an 18th and it was the worst experience of my life. First of all, it was poorly maintained, there wasn't even a centerpiece, then the staff was terrible, as were all the pizzas, especially the pistachio one which tasted like pasta and there was absolutely NOTHING in the pistachio! Furthermore, on another pizza the sausage and onion were raw!

18/08/2025: Pessina experience, they have no manners, I don't recommend it...

29/11/2025: Luckily, I was specifically looking for a type of food on the map, that's how I ended up at this restaurant. I really liked the food, my girlfriend had grilled veal, which was also very delicious. I thought I would write a review because I'm satisfied, then I saw that the place only has 2.5 stars 😅 The service is really cute.. you have to wave to finally get noticed, but they are polite and kind. The price couldn't be better, almost everything is 9 euros, and there are photos for all the dishes, so there are no surprises (+ how long it takes to prepare them) Thank you very much

03/11/2025: Contrary to the numerous negative reviews we read after placing our order, the pizzas were good, the ingredients fresh, the service welcoming, and the price reasonable.

18/10/2025: I do not recommend the food is terrible, it stinks, there was no alcohol in the Aperol, the fish soup was disgusting, I vomited after it, I was sick and so were my friends

15/10/2025: Came in for a drink, the front man with the braids (sorry didn’t get his name!) is fantastic, really welcoming, nice beer and decent price. Cares about the presentation and told someone off for littering outside his bar. Gave us a free snack to apologise the kitchen was closed for technical reasons. 10/10

15/10/2025: Very nice people working here. I felt like I met some new friends. The pizza and salad I ordered were very good too, but I mostly enjoyed the service.

14/09/2025: There were four of us eating rubbery sandwiches, spoiled ingredients, and burnt pizzas with no dough. High prices. WE WILL NEVER GO BACK

08/01/2026: The food is good, but the real problem is the lazy staff who seem to be doing you a favor by stuffing your sandwich. Sandwich with 2 slices of ham and 2 slices of cheese: €2.50

07/01/2026: Some of the staff are rude and the prices are sky high.

03/09/2025: A coffee costs €2.50, as if we were at Punta Penia 🤭 100 meters away it costs less than half. A perfectly normal bar in the city, to be honest, is a bit shabby, served by an old lady who, with all the good will in my opinion, physically couldn't manage a bar like this, which is also quite large. If it were run by young and brilliant staff, it would be a completely different story. I spent about €14 for breakfast: a bombardino, two coffees, and two croissants.

15/08/2025: Rude staff with excessive prices (two bottles of water at the counter cost €2.40) and they refused to give us a receipt. Only after several requests and paying by credit card did they finally do so, calling us rude names. Don't go to this bar.

27/11/2025: I have no idea what the food is like. But the service is terrible. I've done some work for them. I'm still waiting for them to pay me. They see the messages but haven't responded. It wasn't a big deal. But I put in the time.

05/09/2025: I didn't like the terrible attention, we asked for a place and more than 1 hour passed. We had to ask if they had forgotten the order.

31/01/2026: I booked two days before at 1 p.m. I got there and the restaurant was completely closed. There was a guy waiting outside. I called the owner back and he told me there was a traffic jam in Catania. At that point I said I was leaving. If you book at 1 p.m., you have to be open at 9 a.m. at the very least.

17/01/2026: An experience to forget, truly poor food, cold dishes from the starters hard, the hot dishes cold, first courses raw and cold pasta very probably reheated, second courses let's forget about the swordfish hard and inedible, lemon sorbet anything but sorbet let's say granita... the result was a night to forget, vomiting and stomach ache in short once we ate better disappointed very disappointed to avoid

07/01/2026: Purtroppo non avevo letto le recensioni del locale, visto che avevamo voglia di prenderci un caffè, ci siamo seduti e da "turisti" ordiniamo direttamente alla cameriera senza chiedere i prezzi... La nota dolente sono i cannoli, se non le avete freschi non dovete darli alla gente, roba da matti e soprattutto non crogiolatevi nel snobbare le critiche dei clienti solo per la vostra posizione nel corso lungo la via etnea (uno dei pochi con tavolini all'esterno) perché così è prendere per i fondelli la gente, non sputtanate le vostre specialità culinarie e il nome di Catania. Prezzi fuori controllo, troppo alti e poca qualità direi scarsa, con il cibo non si scherza.

06/01/2026: Arancini with ragù to forget... the condominance was strangely sweet... the rest acceptable as a hot food, but €4 a piece not even in Taormina... never again!

25/06/2025: Questo posto è da evitare per i seguenti motivi : 1) abbiamo scelto la giornata di Martedì per evitare la calca dei fine settimana ( venerdì, sabato e domenica ) sperando di essere Serviti in modo accettabile ... siamo arrivati alle 22:40 circa ed abbiamo trovato la Sala interna con soli 4 tavoli occupati e per di più tavoli con poche persone , i tavoli nella parte esterna erano di più, ma tutto sommato il locale si presentava con i tavoli già Serviti dalle pietanze . 2) visto la non tanta fame decidiamo di prendere i Menù da 19,90 l'uno proprio per degustare i piatti tipici della Cucina Romana , per poi farvi ritorno al più presto e mangiare gli altri piatti tipici ... .io chiedo un antipasto di polpette al pomodoro ( che mi arrivano con la salsa a temperatura 🌡 lava fusa e le polpette fredde all'interno ... senza parole ). Tra l'antipasto ed il primo passa un tempo siderale ( immagino come possa andare nei fine settimana ... tipo : dopo aver mangiato l'antipasto esci e fai una passeggiata , poi quando torni ti incroci con il cameriere/a che ti porta il primo , per il secondo conviene passare la sera seguente ... lo scontrino lo si puo fare in Acconto la prima sera ed il Saldo la sera seguente ... ) . Inoltre viene disattesa la mia comanda di Tonnarelli Cacio & Pepe , perché i Tonnarelli sono finiti ( di Martedì i Tonnarelli sono finiti alle 22:45 , di Sabato immagino che finiranno alle 20 e 15 ... ) , mi vengono proposti o gli Spaghetti ( pasta secca ) o le mezze maniche ( che a detta della Signora/ina è pasta fresca ... ), vengo talmente preso dalla delusione di non poter mangiare i Tonnarelli Cacio & Pepe , che di getto indico le mezze maniche ( pasta che purtroppo Non lega Assolutamente con la ricetta , nel piatto trovo degli spezzoni di Tonnarelli e trovo l'accopiata di gusto al palato perfetta , invece con le mezze maniche Assolutamente no ... credo che il Cuoco dovrebbe quanto meno Sconsigliare se non addirittura proibire un simile scempio ... ) inoltre avevo chiesto Esplicitamente : " con poco Pepe " ... invece il Pepe era stato messo come se non ci fosse un domani ... risultato ? Mi sveglio alle 04:15 della notte con lo stomaco che sembrava una fornace ... la cosa ancora più allarmante è stata la totale mancanza di tatto del cassiere , quello con gli occhiali 👓 per fare il distinguo con l'altro cassiere che mi è sembrato più consono al ruolo , lo stesso mi porta il conto al tavolo ( visto che il tavolo era vicino alla cassa ) lo porge alla mia persona , mi alzo immediatamente il conto in mano , glielo consegno , mia moglie si alza seguendomi ( perché voleva pagare Lei ) , io mi esprimo in modo perentorio : " pago io " esibendo la carta bancomat , mia moglie al mio fianco subito dopo gli porge una banconota ed il cassiere Non soltanto disattende quanto detto da me , ma tira la banconota dalle dita di mia moglie a gran velocità e con fare da super menefreghista ... Voto sotto Zero !!! Ai confini della realtà !!! Se potessi darei Zero stelle alla recensione ... Peccato , veramente peccato , avevo visto alcuni video 📹 realizzati nella Loro cucina di un Signore di mezza età che Simpaticamente mi aveva fatto venire la voglia di mangiare i piatti tipici di Roma ... ed invece è stata un'enorme delusione, veramente un gran peccato ... Servizio Scadente con poche persone ai tavoli, figuriamoci il sabato sera con il locale pieno ... ripeto Peccato perché gli ingredienti li ho trovati buoni , idem il rispetto delle ricette tradizionali ... Quando vado a mangiare fuori di casa per me l'aspetto fondamentale è e resta " il Servizio " ( assieme agli Alimenti che non mi debbano far star male ) ... e purtroppo qui il Servizio è alquanto pessimo ... spero che in futuro migliorino così potrò avere il piacere di ritornarci ...

24/06/2025: ottima qualità della pasta, bella presentazione del piatto, tiramisù originale. il personale gentilissimo e i bagni molto puliti.

07/01/2026: I didn't want to believe the past reviews. It was a nightmare New Year's Eve dinner. The room was packed with tables so narrow you couldn't pass, and the waiters were passing the dishes around because they couldn't fit between the tables. Aside from the Coke, the wine and sparkling wine were of extremely poor quality. I don't want to talk about the menu. The music was very mediocre in a small, crowded room. The only thing I've resolved to do is never go down that street again.

06/01/2026: I celebrated New Year's Eve in a welcoming atmosphere, with helpful organizers.

08/01/2026: AVOID IT COMPLETELY. POOR MIXED GRILL AND ABSURD PRICES. NEVER AGAIN

07/01/2026: I give one star because it can't be given less. Charlatans who immediately beg you as soon as they see you're a tourist. Rude. As soon as they see you, they lure you in and quickly make you sit down, yelling as if there was a lot of chaos and a rush. They don't even give you a menu and recommend what "everyone else does," giving you a mixed meat. Two trays arrive immediately, and immediately after, two more trays of enormous meat. You don't know the price of anything. When it comes to paying, they charge you an insurmountable amount. If you want to spend a lot and eat badly, this is the right place. €170 is the minimum they charge for everything, and the place is dirty.