I migliori ristoranti di cucina italiana in Messina

30/08/2025: Friendly and welcoming owners. Excellent coffee and granita. Fair prices.

31/07/2025: Super bar with very friendly staff. We often go for breakfast, which features granitas with cream and brioche, which are excellent.

21/08/2025: I came only for tonight, but I canceled the reservation for tomorrow to another restaurant, because I'll come back at AL PALADINO

17/08/2025: Sweet little spot in a side street. Price is affordable and worth the money. Food is what you would expect from an Italian restaurant. Full of flavours and nicely dressed. Bartenders are friendly and helpfull. See you tomorrow 🥰

28/09/2025: Messina's top focaccia and excellent butter arancini

29/08/2025: The food is good, but the service is not very respectful towards customers!

25/09/2025: A true gem in the lower part of the village, just a few meters from the sea and the pebble beach. The food is a delight for the taste buds; you'll never want to leave the table. All the freshest local fish is served with kindness by the owner Aldo's sons, who are also extremely hospitable and knowledgeable in explaining the dishes. The wine list is varied, featuring Sicilian products to suit all budgets. If you're near the village, stop here for an experience you won't soon forget.

13/09/2025: A charming, rustic restaurant just steps from the sea in Castel di Tusa. The staff is incredibly friendly and helpful. Fresh fish. Good value. We'll be back if we have the opportunity.

21/08/2025: Great food and very helpful staff

17/08/2025: A truly beautiful, quaint place, with seafood featuring a wide array of flavors and truly excellent pairings. We'll definitely be returning. I recommend the appetizer menu, which has a truly extensive selection, and the first courses. I highly recommend driving up a mountain to get here. Congratulations!

16/09/2025: Family restaurant. Hearty and delicious dishes. Great atmosphere

05/09/2025: Exceptional service, considering it's midweek at the end of August in a remote village in the Peloritani. Good traditional cuisine at a fair price.

13/09/2025: Poor quality and terrible customer service. I will never go there again. I'm sorry to have to write all this, but I've never been in a situation like this. They wanted to give me focaccia with completely burned edges and insisted it was well done. I can assure you, I know how to distinguish well done from burned (a black edge that is highly carcinogenic). There was no one in the rotisserie, so there was no confusion that could justify this arrogant treatment because I dared ask for a replacement focaccia with edible edges. Finally, the guy forgot to say hello. This shows poor customer service.

21/08/2025: Excellent arancini... Too bad about the guy (with glasses) who serves at the counter with infinite rudeness.

03/10/2025: Pasta highly recommended, but the pizza wasn't good.

27/09/2025: Excellent pizzas cooked in a wood-fired oven, friendly and knowledgeable waiters, beautiful and meticulously prepared table settings. By 7:15 PM, it was almost full, and it's October. Highly recommended; we returned after three years, and the food is always excellent. We returned in 2025, now for lunch; we're older, but still highly recommended.

17/06/2025: Granita with delicious cream, ditto the warm brioche. Friendly staff and great prices. Recommended.

24/04/2025: Il miglior cornetto e la migliore brioche col tuppo, secondo me, della provincia di Messina. Granita ottima, consiglio anche la sfogliatella alla ricotta. Top!

01/10/2025: A very positive experience. Quality ingredients and truly friendly and polite staff.

27/09/2025: Everything perfect, quality, courtesy, highly recommended

06/10/2025: A delightful and well-run place. The staff is excellent, always available and attentive to requests.

04/10/2025: Wife and I just finished four nights in the suites and had an amazing time. Tomas is such a great host. We were not familiar with Taormina so picking a place to stay was sort of a toss of the dice and we lucked out. The location was perfect, literally five steps from the city gate. So close to everything, yet nice and quiet. Our room was perfect with a very nice terrace to sit out and relax for a minute. Breakfast every morning was great, just enough to get the day started. Unfortunately we are late sleepers so I usually grabbed food and ran it back up to the room. We would have liked to sit on the patio to eat, but that’s on us. If you don’t know about Taormina, parking is very difficult. We laid the extra to have our car parked by the staff and it was worth it. The staff here is really warm and welcoming and I would not hesitate to stay here again in the future.

28/08/2025: I had homemade bread and classic arancini, both delicious. Thank you so much

03/08/2025: Have you ever tasted grilled chicken cooked over a wood fire? No? Then you have to come here! I can't remember the last time I had chicken that tasted better. I suspect it's the wood-fired grill that makes the meat so incredibly juicy and flavorful. The taste of the crispy crust is simply indescribable. And all this – for a very reasonable price. A hidden treasure!

12/08/2025: Nothing to say. Everything was perfect. They seated us, despite the late hour, welcoming us with great courtesy and kindness. All the dishes served were excellent and carefully prepared. Honorable mention for the lobster sauce: special.

09/08/2025: Attention to detail, dishes carefully crafted and executed to perfection. Superb wait staff. Everything was delicious, from appetizers to dessert. Compliments to the entire staff!