It's everything you want in an Italian food experience. This ranks way up at the top in all our…read moretravels. Grazie Stano!

We arrived on a Sunday evening in Matera, and we wanted a nice ristorante for Cena (dinner).  Stano…read morewas one of several that our host at Casa Roselli recommended,  and we chose Stano based on its menu featuring dishes that reflect the local cuisine as well as the Basilicata region.  Despite not having a reservation, we were seated without much wait. The restaurant interior is bright,  contemporary with clean lines.  Service was terrific.  We started with drinks and ordered a bottle of wine -- an AGLIANICO DEL VULTURE, Verbo 2020 D.O.P. (4/5 18,00€). For dinner, we enjoyed: FUSILLI IN BIANCO (5/5) -- Fuscilli pasta in a white wine sauce with with peperone crusco (crusco pepper), fried bread crumbs, bacon, and horse cheese.  Pepperoni crusco is deeply rooted in the local cuisine of Basilicata. 13,00€ GUANCIA DI VITELLO (5/5) -- Veal cheek with mashed potatoes and sautéed greens. 20,00€ ARROSTO MISTO AGNELLO (4/5) -- Roast lamb and sausage served with baked potatoes. 18,00€ FILETO ARROSTO DI MANZO (4/5) -- Beautiful grilled steak served with sautéed greens and roasted potatoes -- we ordered this dish "senza glutine". 23,00€ SALADE MISTO (4/5) -- Mixed greens. 4,00€ With our Cover (3,00€ per person), came a delightful loaf of fresh local bread with a great local EVOO (5/5). Overall, we had terrific dining experience in the city of the Sassi.

This place gave us a below average experience. The food was not the best, pasta was overcooked, and…read morethey gave us the bread before we even got plates and no olive oil or even salt to go with it. The waiters looked very unamused at literally anything that was happening and were just there because of the money, the food came fast and we had good seating. The lighting was good and the ambiance was nice until about halfway through our meal, the lights started flickering throughout the whole restaurant and then happened once more later on. I would not highly recommend but if you do plan on going, make reservations.

Service is top notch and personal, plates are made to order. The ravioli was not on the menu…read more My daughter ordered The cod and was cooked to perfection with delicious fresh tomatoes and potatoes.

Wow, such a nice little place and lunch was amazing. Not large but wonderful. I had the lasagna and…read moremy daughter had the pasta dish. wonderful and such nice staff. Looks to be family fun

This was a wonderful recommendation from our hotel (Gattini Hotel) and was a great way to wrap up…read moreour couple of days in Matera. The restaurant is run by a couple, and has a very family feel, like you have been welcomed into someone's home for dinner (it is quite small so I think reservations are necessary at key seasonal times). The couple, who were the chef and host/wait people, were friendly and really wanted to make sure we were enjoying our meal. Our meal was wonderful: lemon anchovy pasta, octopus, eggplant, and a wonderful wine paired with the food. Adding to the atmosphere was the open feel via the window that looked into the kitchen, you could watch all the food sing prepped which was fun.

This place was decent. We came here right before a tour and were greeted and sat down immediately…read moreby the waiters. No line, but it did fill up really fast after because we were early. Don't worry about reservations. Plenty of seating outside and inside and outside has great views. Inside ambiance was very nice with spread out seating. The food was decent but came kind of slow. Still highly recommend this place as a laid back lunch spot.

We had the most tasty and view filled lunch here a couple weeks ago. The food was delicious and…read moreflavor-filled. Very friendly service and flavors of the region tickled our tastebuds. Highly recommend this gem of an establishment in the heart of the walled City of Matera. We enjoyed the orrechietti, the gnocchi and the featured appetizer of buffalomozzerella and guancielle

This restaurant is carved into the rocks so it's pretty much a cave, which is a lot of what Matera…read moreis about. It was very nice inside and the staff was very friendly. Their English was middling but better than my Italian! My family and I had antipasto, chicken and potatoes, pizza, soup, and ravioli. The chicken and potatoes were great! Frankly, I wanted a straight-forward meat and potatoes meal for a break while touring Italy, and this dish hit the spot--not one tomato on it. The food was good. Cappuccinos were great. We made reservations for dinner and arrived on time at 6pm. The place was empty except for the other tourist family from England. Americans typically eat dinner from 5-7p. Italians eat dinner from 7-9p. We had the restaurant to ourselves for dinner at EVERY establishment we visited until 7p when the locals started showing up. Definitely make reservations if you want to ensure space for your party!

All I need to say is Spaghetti All'Assasina. It was amazing. We had several other dishes and all…read morewere great. Great setting in the magical town of Matera Italy

Not bad but not great , non male ma non eccezionale : they…read moreseated me in a high traffic area by the singer so i was uncomfortable from the get go .. i requested another table, but, no way when you're a solo diner .. food was below average for Matera which has some very good ristoranti .. service was good enough.. but the view of the Sassi was excellent .. ma la vista dei Sassi e stato eccellente !

We had very good service on this big holiday for Italy …read more I ordered the grandmothers pasta orecchiette with red sauce and lamb It was fantastic! My husband had the orecchiette with rapini anchovies and bread crumbs he's loved it . My frond had the spaghetti with anchovies. We were all satisfied and happy . Again the service was great . English menus and English speaking server ! The ambiance was beautiful in caves of course . Twinkle lights on dried grape vines . Lovely

Our favorite restaurant in Matera. Great food and great hospitality. Perfect location with a view…read moreof the Sassi across the street. Grazie Mille!

I visited Matera for all of the typical touristy reasons: the stunning views, the unique culture,…read moreand the troglodyte cave-dweller experience. But I stayed for Van Gogh Pizzeria. After hiking around the city for several hours, I was exhausted and starving. Being the savvy world traveler that I am, I determined to find the BEST dining experience Matera has to offer. Surprisingly, I found exactly that in the first open restaurant my tired feet stumbled upon. What luck! I knew I was in for a treat when I saw the enticing, mouth-watering JPEGs of the menu posted in front of the pizzeria. So, without further ado, I ducked through the automated glass door and found myself transported into a world of culinary excellence. The jovial waiter, Giuseppe, led us into a charming dining room which retained the authentic appearance of an Apple Store. He regaled me with delightful stories from the historic restaurant's past, such as the painter Van Gogh's pilgrimage to the pizzeria for which the trattoria is now named. This place felt far holier than the medieval cave churches I had wasted all morning in! Making a decision was difficult as the menu had a different pizza variety for every resident of Matera. After settling on what the Materans call a "Margherita," I settled in to watch the poor tourists beyond the spotless glass wall unknowingly walk past this national treasure. Poor fools. Giuseppe brought me some delightfully dry crackers to snack on until my pizza came. And mamma mia! What a pizza! The dough was wonderfully heavy and chewy, while the seasoning was subtle enough to keep me guessing as to what I was eating. It reminded me of the Italian food my grandmother made back in Alabama. Truly this is the best pizza in Italy! I can see why Van Gogh came all the way from Canada to eat here. One word of warning for less adventurous travelers: don't expect a traditional, Americanized transaction process. After waiting for Giuseppe to return for half an hour, I discovered that Van Gogh accepts payment in the traditional Materan fashion: at the cash register by the door. I was hardly upset at being given the opportunity to learn about this unique cultural custom. If you come to Matera skip the frescoes, the vistas, the caves, and the history. Do yourself a favor and make a beeline for Van Gogh, the best pizzeria in the world!

This is a fabulous Italian restaurant in Matera Italy. We started our meals off with a few…read moreappetizers mainly the known foods around the area of southern Italy. Eggplant Parmesan, potatoes, ricotta cheese, fried zucchini flowers with cheese inside these were so good! Sliced meats and olives. Everything was delicious! For our mains my husband had the lamb, it is like a stew and on the bone. He enjoyed it, portions are quite large here. I had the home made cavetelli with red pepper and pecorino cheese my cousin and her husband had the orecchiette pasta. My cousins daughter just wanted pasta with tomato sauce and fries. I tasted the fries and even the fries were delicious! For dessert we shared the lemon sorbetto it was devine!! A little pricey but worth it for the food and the ambience.

Based on the Yelp reviews we gave this restaurant a try. I think it might have changed since…read moreCOVID, because it was just o.k. The service was very good, but the food was nothing special. The ambiance was also just ok. I did enjoy the insalate due, which had crispy proscuitto and homemade croutons, but it didn't come with dressing - rather, they served little packets of oil and aceto balsamico with it. Orchietti is apparently a local specialty, so I ordered theirs, with bacon and crispy peppers (also a local specialty) but the fava bean sauce was not great - thick snd starchy. I appreciated that they had half bottles of local wine, which was nice. My husband enjoyed the baccala, which is a baked cod dish. So not bad, but not as good as noted by prior reviewers. There are better choices in the Sasso Caveoso.