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.

Great experience at Baccanti - good service and ambiance. I…read moregot the pork chops for my main - the flavours of the mashed potato, peperocino, reduction and pork really worked well together. The only fall back was that the pork chop was too fatty - it was hard to cut off the layers of fat. I do wish they trimmed the chop before searing it to avoid this. The other fallback - I do wish they had served a serrated knife with the main. The wine pairing with my food was perfect. I had the bread, olive oil, salt dessert. The best dish I had here. It was an amazingly creative dish. Don't want to spoil the experience for the readers but this is a MUST order.

Very quaint restaurant with excellent food. They have an extensive wine list to please anyone. We…read morehad the fava bean puree with chickory, white truffle pasta, pork in bechamel sauce and pasta with clam sauce. Every plate was excellent.

We were a large group of 14. The staff made every attempt to accommodate and set us up in this…read morerestaurant in beautiful Matera. Our experience was simply put: Sublime. The restaurant has English speaking staff. In fact, I believe they are capable of communicating in over four languages. This is a typical Italian restaurant, with a charming, friendly and very approachable staff. Something uncommon in other parts of Italy. Our primi included this wonderful pasta, followed by our secondi with steak seared with peppercorn and other spices, showered with arugula and truffles. Our desert was exquisite, and the local wines were incredible. A healthy combination of ambiance, helpful and friendly staff, and proximity to attractions is certainly the reason why I would give this restaurant 5-stars. This is an A+ location and a must visit while you're in Matera.

The food and the location are fantastic! We ordered the special of the day and ravioli and both of…read morethem were top shelf! Do not pass this one by and the Chef came out to our table as well. What a treat!

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.

Solo entrar, Pascuale y Mariella nos trataron como una familia. Nos recomendaron los platos que…read moreestaban buenisimos todos. Los pimientos dulces, el T-bone, el queso, absolutamente todo estaba buenisimo. El ambiente en el restaurante excavado en la cueva de película. Estuvimos con niños, que comieron carne y pasta magnífica. Destaco todo del restaurante: servicio, ambiente y comida! Llegamos tarde y Pascuale y Mariella se pusieron a comer cuando estabamos acabando para no apresurarnos... repetiremos seguro cuando volvamos a Matera! El vino (tambien recomendado) estaba muy rico también!

Amazing food and wonderful service. The restaurant is a museum to the olive oil industry.read more

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