I migliori ristoranti di cucina italiana in Messina

11/11/2025: The restaurant is run by an Italian and a Polish woman (both serving customers). The menu is in Polish. It's tucked away in a quiet area. It's quiet and peaceful. Plenty of tables. The food is delicious, just like in Italy. I highly recommend it.

10/11/2025: The ambiance is wonderful, located in a dreamy area, very close to the Greek Theatre of Taormina, and across from the small Church of San Domenico. The atmosphere is very welcoming; there are always musicians wandering around the restaurants, adding a vibrant touch to the dining experience. I enjoyed the food; I tried three dishes: eggplant parmigiana, pasta with shrimp, and grilled clams. My favorite was the grilled clams.

12/10/2025: Excellent lunch, very refined and precise atmosphere, with friendly and helpful service. Truly delicious dishes with generous portions and absolutely fair prices for the excellent product served. Highly recommended if you're in Cefalù.

12/10/2025: Excellent balance between quality, price, and courtesy. Highly recommended!

03/09/2025: Messina pizza par excellence! TRY IT, YOU WON'T REGRET IT!

27/08/2025: A lovely little restaurant right on the shore. The owner is friendly and his wife is a fantastic cook, making sure you enjoy the delicious flavors of yesteryear. The place is clean and the staff is friendly and helpful. When we go to Messina, we always make the most of it by having dinner at "Sfizi e fritti"—it's truly worth it. Thanks, Peppe, the owner.

24/08/2025: Excellent experience, excellent creative cuisine with good taste. I also recommend the arancini with squid ink and prawns, fantastic swordfish caponata, everything delicious.

20/10/2025: I've been to many pizzerias in Milazzo. I'm a regular and almost never change places. One evening, when the pizzeria I usually go to was closed, we stopped here. I can't say enough good things!!! It was packed outside and more than half the dining room inside, being a Saturday night. They came right away to bring us drinks. They took our order shortly after, and the pizzas arrived in less than half an hour, especially considering the place was packed and takeout was always on the way... A small discount on the final bill too. Very fragrant pizza and light dough. Very well topped! Congratulations guys, keep it up!! See you soon!!!!

27/09/2025: Super delicious, inexpensive pizza. We ate there once and picked up a pizza once, which was prepared very quickly and cooked to perfection. Definitely recommend it!

10/10/2025: Excellent gym, spacious, with cutting-edge equipment, all qualified instructors who know what they are doing (something hard to find in other facilities). 5 stars and more are well deserved.

30/06/2025: I have been going to Palestra Palamodè for 3 years and I really like it! Clean structure, modern equipment and always available and competent staff. Motivating environment and well-organized courses. I recommend it to those looking for seriousness and results!

07/10/2025: Well...my friends reading this, my expectations were high, in the sense that when they tell you about a gourmet restaurant, you don't just expect a beautiful plating but something more. Punta Lena is a charming restaurant, nothing extraordinary, right on the sea. Perhaps the downside was that when we went for dinner, it was already dark, and we couldn't tell we were right next to the sea. In any case, the dishes were well-cooked, but like pretty much everywhere else in Stromboli. It didn't stand out compared to the rest in terms of food quality. One flaw I absolutely didn't expect was the peppered mussels, which were so salty it tasted like seawater. And we Sicilians know how to cook mussels...when we pointed this out, we were simply told: oh...strange... Anyway, my calamari was good, but it was frozen. Maybe it's because I'm used to eating fresh fish; I can tell right away. The flavor was very good, anyway. That said, I can't give more stars because, guys, it's truly impossible to mess up a Pepata... The prices are truly outrageous for the type of food.

26/09/2025: Decent dishes, very friendly waiter, nice location.

02/11/2025: Beautiful day, great food, excellent service...we'll be back

30/10/2025: The home-made food was excellent, but the portions weren't very generous. The road to get there wasn't the best, and the location was very basic. There were three of us, not two.

17/09/2025: We found this pizzeria practically by accident while we were on our way somewhere else. It was a Thursday evening, completely deserted, but we were in a hurry and went in. The pizza and sangria were really good. The sangria was better than the ones we drank last year in both Barcelona and Valencia. Honestly, we were surprised there was no one there; back in Veneto, it would always be crowded. What can I say? Move to our place, you won't regret it; stop trying to make ends meet in Messina.

20/07/2025: Unfortunately, our experience wasn't the best. The atmosphere was pleasant and the staff was courteous, but the food didn't quite meet our expectations. We struggled to swallow the Mexican dish, and the next day... let's just say our stomachs definitely had something to complain about. It's a shame, we expected better. We hope for a future improvement.

23/10/2025: Went here for lunch on a weekday, the place was practically empty as it is a part of a 5 star hotel. The outdoor dining terrace is bang on the beach with the beautiful mazzaro cove in full sight. The service levels were very high and they do charge a 15 percent service charge for the same. The food we ordered was routine fare like tuna tartare, a vegetarian pizza and pasta norma. Everything was as it should be, but nothing stood out as exceptional. Would recommend the place for a lazy lunch while visiting isolabella.

16/10/2025: We went as a group for a birthday. I chose the restaurant. We were all impressed by the charming setting and the impeccable service, with waiters who spoke French. But when the food arrived, we were all disappointed. Given the exorbitant prices, I felt really uncomfortable. Go there if you want to enjoy a pleasant setting and good service, but if you want to eat well, don't go. The dishes really lack flavor—you wouldn't think you were in Italy, which is a shame.

18/07/2025: We only tried an excellent granita with brioche. The cream was excellent. The service was fairly quick. It would be nice to install some air conditioning in the covered building overlooking the street.

18/07/2025: We chose this restaurant/bar due to special needs, especially with my celiac son. It's really hard to find a well-equipped and, above all, well-prepared restaurant. There's always the fear of contamination. Fate brought us to this place, where we were welcomed by Laura, a very kind woman who took care of my son and, in fact, all of us. We ate wonderfully. The bar is also well-stocked with gluten-free products, a joy for us. We truly felt at home. Next time we're in the area, we'll definitely be back.

27/09/2025: Upon entering the restaurant, we were greeted unwelcome by a lady who, when we requested a table we'd previously reserved over the phone, exclaimed, "I don't have a table, wait there!" (all in Sicilian). Once we secured a table, the quality of service improved. We ordered a simple mixed fried dish and the traditional focaccia, which was very good. One downside was the large number of animals, given that we were sitting in the outdoor area.

12/09/2025: Its strength, its quality, lies in having left everything intact over the years. You can be sure of what you're looking for when you decide to enjoy excellent Messina focaccia or something else from the varied and tasty menu dedicated to customers.

20/06/2025: Cozy atmosphere, good music. The staff service is impeccable! And the pizza is delicious. I highly recommend it!

26/10/2025: Quiet place, helpful staff, good pizza but a bit heavy to digest

06/10/2025: Even though we spoke no Italian the staff was very helpful and patient with helping us