Yum yum for my tum tum…read more My husband kept asking me if I wanted to go the Chinese Buffet and of course my answer was always, "No". Well this time I'm glad I finally said "Si"! This combination buffet and Mongollian BBQ restaurant will be a hit with everyone in your party. Lots of options to choose from, plenty of fresh seafood to grill or have stir fried by the chef with your choice of sauce (soy, teriyaki or oyster sauce). My little one enjoyed picking out squid, shrimp, calamari, salmon, sushi and even a smily face like tator tot. The standout was the grilled calamari on a stick with lots of pepper and the shrimp salad. Too many favorites to name! Dessert was just a few yummy cookies nothing crazy or wasteful. It gets crowded right away so if you can make it in right before opening time do so! Service wonderful. Wine and beer served. Waiter spoke some English. 20 E pp and 10 E for kids. So it gets pricey when you have to pay for a family. The nice thing is they have a private parking lot and it's not located in the city center. It's just down the street from the bowling alley off the Autostrada. Don't miss this buffet!

A refreshing place after several days of Italian/Sicilian food. Friendly staff and fresh food…read more The fresh seafood order to cook was the best part. Love their fried rice! Very different but delicious comparing to what I usually have from SoCal! Mist visit!!

Interesting establishment. Far from main tourist area. Entrance is a small unassuming door in a mix…read moreof predominately residential establishments. We missed it twice despite using Apple and Google maps . Limited anti-pasta selections. Pasta dishes somewhat more extensive and are all seafood based. Certainly best part of the meal. Piscatto crusted tuna was bland. They do offer sushi which is weird or unique depending on your perspective.

Great Japanese/Italian restaurant ! They don't do fusions, just offer sashimi or sushi etc as an…read moreappetiser or main :) Sashimi was nice, scampi linguine was great, nice staff - they forgot one of our mains, however when asked about it they brought it out within 10 mins and didn't charge us for it :) no view really unless you sit really close to the balcony windows, which we had to close because it was unbearable without the air con on ! All in all, great restaurant with an extensive wine list.

This was my Christmas Day lunch, this was a phenomenal master piece crafted by the amazing chefs…read morethat make this place so amazing. It was an elegant tasteful fish sandwich, a variety of every amazing fish mixed together, on a tough rock hard, probably handcrafted sourdough bun, with a white cream sauce on top of the yellow American cheese that tops it off. Price wise, what a bang for your buck. Would recommend!

Usually the restaurants open at 8pm, we arrived early but they let us in and patiently explained…read morethe menu to us. Very fresh seafood, reasonable pricing and friendly people! Will go back for sure!

Great place for good seafood and friendly people. Awesome price too! I've been to enough places…read morearound Italy and Sicily to know that a few restaurants rip you off. This place was NOT one of them. I recommend it to locals and tourists. Had the appetizer buffet and stuffed swordfish. Really good!

Went to Vico dei Santi for the air conditioning but was very pleased by the food and low prices for…read morelunch. I had the Pollo con Patatine (chicken and French fries). The chicken was a fried cutlet and was hot, fresh and very tasty. The fries were flat cut and also hot and tasty. Bread was served with the meal and it was right out of the oven. The servers were very nice and provided good service.

Friendly servers, extensive menu, easy to find location, simple classy interior. Prices are fair…read more Ordered Seafoid pasta (11€$), cavalierly with pork (€7), steak (15€), fries (3€). Everything was good! Restaurant is on the second floor so don't be fooled by the ground floor bar / smoking area.

This is the freshest fish bought from fish market right outside . We had a authentic squid ink…read morepasta which is a must try. The

We had an absolutely fantastic lunch at this restaurant right at the Catania fish market…read more Everything we ate was delicious, particularly the raw fish and shrimp and the squid ink pasta which didn't just have the black ink color, you could actually taste the squid flavor and the pieces of squid were so tender. We also got a grilled seabream, picked by us with the help of the chef. It was grilled to perfection, deboned table side for us and enjoyed with a cold potato salad. Dessert was also good but we expected something different when we read "ricotta and almond cake". Their wine selection is also impressive, at the recommendation of our server we had a delicious bubbly from a vineyard at the foot of Etna that was bone dry, so refreshing and paired perfectly with our food.

I had the mixed platter #2 (horse meat). It was a large plate with a grilled thin steak (like a…read moregiant cutlet or thick slice of roast beef), a large, horse meatball , grilled sausage and cipollata (bacon-wrapped green onion) The food was all good and they brought over a basket of bread and the tray with seasoning condiments (salt, pepper, olive oil, hot pepper oil, balsamic vinegar) which I used in different combinations for my platter of meats & grilled veggies. The food was tasty even without condiments though. Also, I ordered a melon & prosciutto antipasto (appetizer), the grilled mixed vegetable side dish, and an awesome pistachio tiramisu for dessert. All the dishes were very reasonably priced. As there was no breeze on this hot day, I decided to dine inside and the manager turned the A/C on for me. The restaurant is a stones throw from Ursino Castel and I five minute walk from S. Agata's Cathedral Square. Highly recommended!

Came back again the second day before leaving town, the place is still permeated with deliciousness…read morewhile servers busy in and out of the kitchen with plateful of hearty dishes, while the location is not steps from Catania's biggest seafood market selling catches directly from and by the local fishermen, so despite the menu offers appealing grilled meats , we came again for the produce from the sea, had a sauté mixed seafood which came with swordfish, shrimp, razor clam...etc. Razor clam tasted so sweet that's unforgettable. Also ordered calamari and steamed clam, they are plump and juicy, the portions are amazingly huge, what a seafood feast at incredible bargain.

So since I have been saying "no" each time my husband asks if I want to go to the Chinese…read morerestaurant downtown, I decided I would try it out since he scored big with the Chinese buffet he recommended. We drove thru Catania on a Monday night so it was quiet since most places are closed on Monday's. If you go to eat downtown you will be parking on the street. Hone up on your parallel parking skills. You have to remember Catania was rebuilt after the earthquake and the Mt. Etna lava flow that occured in the16th century which destroyed much of the city, so the city centre is something out of of spooky storybook since some of it dates back to almost the 13th century. A castle can still be found in the middle of town from this era. The Baroque architecture, clotheslines off balconies and sadly vastly spray painted walls gives downtown Catania an eery feeling, especially after dusk. Some parts I swear look like what I would imagine Translvania would look like. Honestly, the only thing missing on this night was a vampire lurking around the corner. By now I was regretting my choice as I walked thru the dark narrow streets. Not to mention the speedy crazy drivers where even driving on the opposite side of the road means nothing. I found that the Italians are never in a hurry except when theyr're driving! So if you're brave enough to drive to Catania do so but at your own risk. The restaurant was nearly empty. Remember Americans eat between 5-8 p.m. and Italians eat between 8-10 p .m. We sat on the part of the restaurant that looked like it may have been a patio so it was a bit drafty. The "interior" portion of the restaurant was dark and had a bar so I'm assuming since we had kids we were sat in the other section which was well lit but chilly. Vast menu, lots to choose from, including fried frog! We ordered some spring rolls and they were mostly filled with cabbage. The sweet and sour sauce looked like ketchup but the flavor was just average, mildly sweet. The rolls didn't taste bad but they were nothing spectacular. We also had some corn soup and that was a hit with my little boy. He also ordered some fried fish and those were really good. The chicken curry was also not bad. I wouldn't order any noodle dishes since most of them are made from spaghetti noodles. We ordered the glass noodles and again just average. This place will satisfy you're need for good Chinese food but like I said nothing outstanding, except the service. We were greeted with a smile, service was speedy and the kids walked away with some cute toy fish magnets.

I don't usually give 5 stars, but for what it is, this small family run trattoria specializing in…read moreSicilian seafood is absolutely superb. It's exactly the kind of place you're looking for if you're in Catania, searching out traditional Sicilian marine delicacies, in a neighborhood trattoria where everyone feels like a member of the family, and all at astonishingly reasonable prices. The location is on a corner of Piazza Savour; a bit off the beaten path, but definitely worth a visit. On your right as you enter is an enticing seafood buffet, including (on the night we were there): stuffed sardines, marinated swordfish and tuna, assorted fried vegetable and fish morsels, roasted red peppers, and much much more. You can have this as either an antipasto or a secondo; if the latter, then you show the staff which of the various raw fish laying on the buffet you prefer, and they will carry them into the kitchen for frying. The ambience is relaxed, neighborhood friendly, with the freshest of seafood. Everything was delicious. Don't leave without trying the "crema di limone", a Sicillain specialty that some prefer over limoncello. You won't be sorry.