I migliori ristoranti di cucina mediterranea in Basilicata

23/02/2025: We found ourselves by chance, wandering around the alleys of Matera, 3 couples of friends, food of excellent quality and quantity, we shared appetizers, had a super abundant first course that left no room for anything else, very attentive staff, I highly recommend it!

22/02/2025: Personale altamente professionale e attento. Cucina locale con un tocco di innovazione, alta qualità delle materie prime. Lo consiglio e ci ritorneremo sicuramente

21/03/2025: Localino particolare e curato per un aperitivo o un drink dopo cena. Arredo vintage e atmosfera piacevole con musica. Torneremo!

19/03/2025: fantastic place, relaxing, where you can chat and have a drink in peace. excellent cocktails, original and good appetizers.

16/03/2025: We spent three wonderful days in this farmhouse surrounded by nature. Piera and her entire family welcomed us with kindness and made us feel at home. The children spent the days immersed in nature in contact with wonderful animals, the most appreciated donkeys. They also appreciated the play area dedicated to them, with swings, slides and much more. Salvatore, the chef, delighted us with exquisite dishes made with fresh, local products. The room was comfortable and clean. A relaxing environment for the whole family, a wonderful experience.

13/03/2025: Family-run farm, where you feel at home. Fast and attentive service. High quality of the products used, organic and Km. 0: eggs, vegetables, strawberries, pears, kiwis, oranges... Close to the sea, but immersed in the countryside and with farmyard animals, adored by children. Play area for the little ones and garden to stay in. Impossible not to take home their organic products: oil, sauce, jams and marmalades. Try it!

30/03/2025: Excellent restaurant, we went to this restaurant for lunch. Excellent appetizers, friendly staff, fair prices.

30/03/2025: Excellent food, service, atmosphere - everything! Veronica and Lily were the best! Veronica advised to get the chocolate dessert. Best decision of my life!

03/03/2025: A weekend with many friends, beautiful Matera... we then found ourselves in this restaurant, what can I say... everyone was very welcoming and always with a smile... the dinner was excellent, the quality of the raw materials was exceptional, dishes were refined and innovative, but with a pinch of tradition... a nice discovery for all of us... thank you for your welcome.

18/02/2025: Easily accessible place, in the center of the town. Good food and good price. I recommend booking.

10/02/2025: Siamo entrati in questo locale e ci siamo accorti sin da subito che l’unica cosa che mancava era il mare cristallino della Grecia . L’atmosfera , i sapori , i profumi la ricordano completamente . Proprietari deliziosi che mettono tanto amore e passione per il lavoro che fanno e i risultati seguono . Piatti eccellenti ed abbondanti . Abbiamo preso una carrellata di antipasti ( la moussakà deliziosa ) e bevuto buon vino , il tutto accompagnato da musica tradizionale . Prezzi onesti . Bravi !

19/01/2025: Very nice place, small but well finished, very kind and helpful owner, the Moussaka is fabulous, an experience that made me return to Greece for a few hours. Highly recommended

31/03/2025: A Matera per un weekend con amici abbiamo trovato i sapori locali che cercavamo, un classico piatto locale, pecora cotta in un tegame di terracotta dall’ottimo sapore e tenerissima e la seconda serata con maialino e cardoncelli Ottimi piatti accompagnati da un ottimo rosso aglianico

30/03/2025: On a visit to Matera, it was recommended to us by our hotelier, praising the excellent quality, quantity and price ratio. He advised us to order the appetizers because it offered the opportunity to taste all the typical products and that given the abundance of the dish to wait to order the first courses. We did not find all this abundance, the cost is € 18 but what was served to us was of the highest quality.

16/03/2025: ... We were passing through Maratea, we noticed this restaurant with a beautiful terrace and breathtaking views and we decided to have lunch here... Recommended by the owner we had paccheri cacio e pepe with raw prawns, after almost 40 minutes of waiting the dish arrived overcooked and cold, it was inedible, so we gave up the second course for the departure but it was also worth it because two first courses with a high price which then allowed the paccheri to be counted on the plate... strongly not recommended

13/03/2025: Beautiful place with a view of the port of Maratea. We trusted the staff's advice and ate divinely. Exquisite octopus, delicious cod and ravioli (super recommended) to die for! The owner proved to be knowledgeable and very friendly. Super recommended place.

15/03/2025: Great restaurant, we ate very well, typical local dishes. Perfect service, very kind staff and great welcome with warm bread and local extra virgin olive oil. Excellent value for money.

13/03/2025: We had dinner on Sunday 2 March in this restaurant, we were two couples, the food was nothing exceptional, the younger waiter was cute and smiling, the other waiter was very self-contained. The thrust in the evening was the gentleman who made the cash for us...those who pay in cash get a discount, those who pay with a debit card have no discount!

15/03/2025: Excellent typical cuisine, recommended sheep pignata. Very kind

05/03/2025: Place in the Sassi of Matera... beautiful and well managed... excellent food and dishes well served respecting the Matera tradition, the excellent pignata... the owner Pasquale and his family make the welcome familiar.... highly recommended and to be returned

26/02/2025: There is something paradoxical in crossing half the peninsula to find yourself, gastronomically speaking, exactly where you started (Milan). Let me explain. The restaurant in question, nestled among the rocks of Matera, offers an experience that I could define as technically flawless. The service moves with the precision of a ballet, anticipating every need with that non-invasive grace that is the true hallmark of professionalism. The venue is simply very beautiful. And then comes the food. To say. Caciocavallo – that cheese that tells of centuries of transhumance and dairy wisdom – appears transformed into a flan with an impeccable consistency. A preparation that could appear in any avant-garde bistro in Brera or Isola in Milan. Cruschi peppers – those crunchy wonders that represent the dry, vibrant soul of Basilicata – have been reduced to a kind of powder, a decorative accent that seems more interested in conquering Instagram than the palate. Lucanian cuisine has a precise grammar and a robust syntax that does not require conceptual quotation marks or gastronomic parentheses. Yet here in every dish it seems that the original identity is something to be hidden under layers of technique and presentation. Why? It's not that you eat badly, far from it. Eat well. Too good. With that aseptic perfection that could place you in any corner of contemporary gastronomic geography, but not necessarily in Matera. Gourmet cuisine, with its obsession with revisiting, sometimes seems to forget that originality is not necessarily proportional to the distance one takes from the original. Sometimes, true audacity lies in respecting the essential and following tradition.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

25/02/2025: C'è qualcosa di paradossale nell'attraversare mezza penisola per ritrovarsi, gastronomicamente parlando, esattamente dove si è partiti (Milano). Mi spiego. Il ristorante in questione, incastonato tra i sassi di Matera, offre un'esperienza che potrei definire tecnicamente ineccepibile. Il servizio si muove con la precisione di un balletto, anticipando ogni necessità con quella grazia non invasiva che è la vera cifra della professionalità. Il locale è semplicemente molto bello. E poi arriva il cibo. Per dire. Il caciocavallo – quel formaggio che racconta secoli di transumanza e saggezza casearia – compare trasformato in un flan dalla consistenza impeccabile. Una preparazione che potrebbe figurare in qualsiasi bistrot all'avanguardia di Brera o Isola a Milano. I peperoni cruschi – quelle meraviglie croccanti che rappresentano l'anima secca e vibrante della Basilicata – sono stati ridotti a una specie di polvere, un accento decorativo che sembra più interessato a conquistare Instagram che il palato. La cucina lucana possiede una grammatica precisa e una sintassi robusta che non necessita di virgolette concettuali o di parentesi gastronomiche. Eppure qui in ogni piatto sembra che l’identità originaria sia qualcosa da nascondere sotto strati di tecnica e presentazione. Perché? Non è che mangi male, tutt'altro. Mangi bene. Troppo bene. Con quella perfezione asettica che potrebbe collocarti in qualsiasi angolo della geografia gastronomica contemporanea, ma non necessariamente a Matera. La cucina gourmet, con la sua ossessione per la rivisitazione, sembra talvolta dimenticare che l'originalità non è necessariamente proporzionale alla distanza che si prende dall'originale. A volte, la vera audacia sta nel rispetto dell'essenziale e nel seguire la tradizione.

04/02/2025: I often go to this pizzeria/restaurant. Very good pizza. But the starters, first courses and second courses are also excellent. The cut is highly recommended. Value for money, really excellent. Highly recommended.

12/01/2025: Excellent traditional food, from starters to bitters. Delicious desserts and a comfortable environment.

17/02/2025: Very warm welcome. Out of season, we were still welcomed with open arms, and the kitchen was opened even though we were alone in the restaurant. We ate very well and the service was excellent. The artisanal ice creams offered for dessert are wonderful! 🤤

05/02/2025: It retains the traditional quality and courtesy of the staff that have always distinguished it. The cuttlefish ink is excellent!

09/03/2025: The best restaurant we tried in Matera, so much so that we returned a second time and regretted it when I tried others. Excellent quality food and extremely friendly staff. A beautiful memory that I will carry of Matera. Thank you with all my heart!

23/02/2025: Locale accogliente e pulito.Buone le foglie di ulivo con pomodoro e salsiccia materana.Avrei messo un po più di salsiccia,ma il pomodoro era gustosissimo. Conto nella norma .Proprietario accogliente

01/04/2025: A little gem in the Sassi of Matera. A wonderful couple who have brought a little big dream to life. Food that is nothing short of excellent, attention to service... you feel at home with an extra edge. Not to be missed

30/03/2025: ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE DO NOT GO HERE! As American Tourists she overcharged us €10 after relooking at the bill - my Invisalign fell out of my pocket and she replied online taunting us for forgetting it instead of offering it back to us. Food was okay but go to a place with good customer services - do not look at the top reviews rank this place by least to greatest - there is better food in Matera and this place is not it especially with the service!!! GO ELSEWHERE