I migliori ristoranti di cucina italiana in Messina

23/05/2025: I visited this café as a tourist speaking NO Italian, (only Si, Grazi, and Por Favore) and was treated very kindly and welcomingly by the barista who helped me find the pastry I wanted and made me a beautiful cappuccino!

14/05/2025: BUSINESS HAS CHANGED MANAGEMENT. FROM 2024

11/10/2025: The traditional dishes are very good, but the place is a bit dark and could use a refresh. Time seems to have stopped somewhere between the '80s and '90s.

08/01/2026: Dear [SICILY FOOD], I would like to file a formal complaint regarding what happened this evening at your restaurant. I went to your business with my daughter to eat. From the moment we arrived, we were greeted with evident superficiality by the staff, who informed us that we could not sit in the dining room due to a lack of staff, requiring payment in advance as a condition for seating. Although we found this disrespectful to the customer, we accepted. Once we entered the dining room, we found the hygiene conditions unacceptable: the tables and floor were visibly dirty. For this reason, disgusted, we decided not to eat there and to take the food away. The situation further worsened when, during food preparation, while the focaccia was being cut, my daughter noticed a large cockroach on the counter. I immediately reported the incident to the staff on site. Despite the seriousness of the incident, I still paid and left the premises, but I consider what happened to be extremely serious from a hygiene and health perspective and from a customer-facing perspective. I would like to express my profound disappointment and inform you that, in light of this experience, I will not be returning to your establishment. I hope, however, that immediate measures will be taken to ensure adequate hygiene conditions and more respectful customer treatment. Kind regards,

03/12/2025: Nice place, although it could be better managed with a little imagination. It lacks a greater Sicilian touch. If you want to be original, you have to sell only Sicilian and local products and not other goods you find in supermarkets.

31/08/2025: Delicious food and impeccable service

27/08/2025: Fresh, tasty, and freshly fried fish. Friendly staff, located on the main street of Canneto. The owner even gave us complimentary bruschetta to start. A lovely lunch on our first day in the Aeolian Islands.

03/11/2025: Managed with kindness, it has been my go-to place in the area for years. It always lives up to my expectations.

22/09/2025: I had a good time, good pizza and friendly staff.

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

17/10/2025: Very good restaurant. Chef Giuseppe explained us every meal in detail. They use local ingredients and everything was so delicious.

06/10/2025: We arrived around 9:15 pm and were greeted very coldly, feeling like we were intruding. We couldn't get a menu: we were simply told that there were only a few glasses of wine, beer, or cocktails left. We ordered a beer and a glass of wine... the latter was clearly a leftover bottle with a deposit, charged at €10 per glass. There was no opportunity for a snack, and the waiter stayed behind the bar on his phone, apparently waiting for us to leave to join his friends in the neighboring restaurant. A truly disappointing experience, to be avoided.

05/01/2026: New Year's Eve was a disaster The bathrooms smelled of urine, enough to make you want to vomit Zero hygiene Zero safety

01/01/2026: New Year's Eve 2025/2026 dinner to forget. The food was awful, with disgusting flavors, overcooked pasta, and everything served cold on frozen plates. The service was equally disappointing; we never had 12 diners eat a single dish together. Before midnight, they served fruit, dessert, and lentils, the latter served in a single central dish from which each person had to scoop with their own spoon—unhygienic at all. Not to mention the restrooms were not adequate for the number of guests. All this for the modest sum of €120 per person to fast... a terrible experience and definitely not to be repeated!!!!

18/08/2025: For the feast of Santo Rocco, a group of about 30 friends and I ordered pizzas from this pizzeria. I personally chose a Norma pizza. The dough was very chewy and tough, and once it cooled, the pizza was practically inedible. The eggplant on top of my pizza was completely charred—a detail hard to miss, especially considering the ricotta is added only later. Overall, a disappointing experience that definitely didn't leave a good impression.

31/07/2025: Good quality pizza... friendly and helpful staff... Clean and well-organized place

11/10/2025: Maurizio was very kind and welcoming. The caponata was the best I've tasted in the Aeolian Islands, and the stuffed squid with sauce was wonderful! Thank you.

05/10/2025: For the owner alone this restaurant is worth a visit. Such a lovely and engaging man, who spoke Italian, English and German with us. The food is delicious and though on the pricier side, portion size and quality justify it. We had the best seafood noodles here. (Sadly I only have a photo of the empty shells)

24/09/2025: A real treat, I highly recommend it! The welcome is incredibly kind, and the food... I have no words! It's delicious and authentically traditional.

28/06/2025: Restaurant and bar for friends and acquaintances. You are in company and always laugh. Daily menu and always fresh. Good food and excellent service.

04/01/2026: I went there for a cappuccino and it tasted flavourless and watery. Don't bother with this tourist trap

03/01/2026: Unacceptable and Discriminatory Behavior During my stay, I witnessed openly offensive and discriminatory comments directed at people from Catania, made by local customers. The most serious thing is that Giulio, a bar staff member, did not intervene in any way and openly agreed with those customers, allowing derogatory comparisons and stereotypes (such as the derogatory comparison of Catanese to Neapolitans) to be easily normalized. As a Catanese, I felt directly affected and deeply offended. A place that tolerates—or worse, ignores—this type of behavior lacks professionalism and respect for its customers. A terrible experience on a human level. I will not return, and I do not recommend the place to anyone expecting even a modicum of civility.

20/11/2025: Welcoming place and professional and kind staff.... We had both aperitifs and desserts, the quality makes the difference.. high quality products.... I recommend it!

29/10/2025: Excellent pastry shop, good and tasty ice creams, I'm also satisfied with the good pastries accompanied by the delicious cakes, the friendliness of the staff makes it excellent, I loved the numerous croissants for their true goodness, for my excellent breakfast that accompanies me every morning. If you find yourself passing by Viale Annunziata, stop by and sit down to enjoy the excellent coffee with a good croissant, as well as taking home the delicious pastries.

11/12/2025: Excellent products and friendly and helpful staff.

20/07/2025: The rustici and focaccia with generous fillings are amazing.

17/10/2025: Do you know what "shrinkflation" is? Essentially, it's when the price of a product is kept the same but the quantity is reduced. These rustici cost €1.50 and would once have been called mini-sized... now, however, they're the "normal" size. Very good, yes, but small and therefore expensive. P.S. I understand the answer, but in that case, there are two options: everyone else uses much lower-quality raw materials, or they have a lower profit margin. (The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.)

03/10/2025: Delicious focaccia and rustici…I recommend it