I migliori ristoranti di cucina pizza e pasta in Siracusa

05/12/2024: In the heart of Ortigia, tables under a splendid pergola, excellent service and very good value for money. Definitely abundant quantities.

01/11/2024: I rarely write reviews. In particular, I almost never write bad reviews. However, our experience in October 2024 was so disappointing that I'm annoyed that I didn't check other reviews before we went there. The location in the backyard is really inviting in itself. It's really nice to sit there. If it was only open indoors in winter, I would forego it. The food isn't actually that bad. Not overly good, but definitely not badly cooked. What detracts from the experience of our visit is the incredibly poor service and the unavailability of the advertised food. By bad service I don't mean the very hard-working and warm waiters who were obviously bought from third countries for little money. They were great! What bothered me the most was the restaurant owner, who sat at a table at the entrance gate and just delegated everything. Once you sit at the table, you lose. It turns out that almost half of the map advertised outside is not available. We were there with our 9 year old daughter. There was no pizza (it takes up about 1/3 of the menu). We then agreed on Penne al Pommodoro (which is always available, no matter where in Italy). The menu promised homemade pasta for an additional 3 euros, but that wasn't available either. We parents had really very good Cozze al vino biancho and very good Gamberi as a starter. The chef can cook well. He's really got it. Unfortunately our meat main course wasn't available either (I'll be honest, I don't remember what it was), so we ended up going home with 2 starters and one penne pommodoro. But what fucked me up the most was the brash restaurant owner who then cashed in in the hall. The price was the same as all other restaurants on the street. But there is another problem with the payment: You: “You can’t pay by card, we don’t have internet at the moment.” Me: "Ok, I have internet here on my cell phone. In every shop in Ortigia on the same street, you can pay with your cell phone..." You: "No, you have to pay with cash. There is an ATM ATM around the corner." And it turns out that this ATM cash machine is in the window of the same restaurant when you go back out onto the street. Honi soit qui mal y pense. Sorry... I had one of my best vacations in recent years in Sicily this October. I gave 3 stars for the food and the location.