Loved the food, the perfect service and the welcome atmosphere. Perfect place for real Italian…read morefood..

Soup was ok, no spoon was given and fish in it had bones!!! Can I still complain?? The waiter had a…read morelong face and never smiled!!! We are so spoiled in the USA!!! However we are the best country in the world and that's why we expect a little costumer service.... Tips are not included like back home so that's a plus, we still gave when deserved!!!! So we didn't

The food was mostly good I won't lie. They add a larger cover charge for tourists then they do for…read morethe locals (3 euro per person, instead of 2 total), I can see why they do, not nice but fine. They insisted tip was not included. I tried to tip 1 euro which by no means is required in all of Italy. The waiter waited for me to put the tip down. I put one euro. He handed it back to me and said no "5-10% tip". I said it's not required here he said no no "5-10%" tip. I started to translate using some app and was about to say aloud in Italian tip is not mandatory here but only suggested. He realized and shushed me and said ok. Spoke to my Airbnb host. And they said that he was trying to milk us for more money Honestly a prick move. For that reason I would never recommend anyone eat there. Tried to embarrass us into tipping extra

A solidly good restaurant, with prices slightly above the average for Palermo area, but with…read moreservice, presentation and ambiance to justify it. It's not the kind of place we would normally walk into, but it was recommended by someone we trust, and we were really glad we tried it. The restaurant is one of the few located right on the water, practically over it, so that you can eat on a terrace on the water or inside at these huge windows. If it's windy or a bit cool, indoors you have plenty of fresh air coming from the door and windows without the inconvenience of the terrace. We reserved a table for two at the window and it was so bright it was like being outside! The decor inside is quite formal, with double cloth table coverings and white faux-leather chairs that have seen better days but are perfectly comfortable. There is a less formal terrace at one side that is for the pizzeria and faster lunch, probably very crowded during prime-beach-weather. Let's talk food. We started with a plate of fried calamari (€13) which were huge and fresh, not at all chewy, with very light batter. Our primi came a little too soon afterwards; mine were a kind of three-coloured bucatini with tomatoes and pesce spada, which was really good, especially the quality and texture of the fish. I think the flavour was lacking delicacy slightly, I'm not a fan of pasta tricolore and no idea anyone actually ate the stuff, but the overall dish was good. My husband's pasta with pesto and shrimp looked a little heavy and over-dressed but you'll have to read Tommaso O's review to find out more :) I had just a salad after this, while Tommy O continued with a pesce spada which looked delicious. Dessert screamed for a lemon sorbet to digest, which was served in a kinda inconvenient bowl, rather than in the usual wine glass - so i transfered it to a glass :) My companion in crime had the most incredibly good cassatina fritta, I shall not tell you what it is just order it (it's a bomb!!). Today price 82 euros, which came down to 76 euros when we noticed a 2 euro discrepancy (coke we didn't order). Overall impression - very pleasant lunch and a great way to spend three hours after lazily reading on the beach all morning. It is a hard life, but the Yelper must do her best to eat, eat, eat.

Pretty extraordinary!!…read more We didn't have reservations but apparently got lucky someone cancelled. My party of 4 got seated right away. I'm a sucker for truffles and I noticed they had a lot of truffles on their menu. The special for the day was tortellini' with shaved white truffles. They brought a whole truffle and shaved a few grams in front of me. I posted a video of the experience. I then ordered the PIEDMONTESE FASSONA SIR FILLET, PURE AND BLACK TRUFFLE. It was cooked perfectly and the truffles had me salivating. Presentation is beautiful. Everything was perfect except the wait time. I normally expect restaurants in Europe to take 1 hour or two to get the food to the table but I noticed every table around us got their food 30 minutes before us, even if they were seated after. I guess that's why we need reservations next time. Pretty high end experience for a great price. Will recommend if in the area.

On a recommendation by the proprietor of "Homemade By Bruno", my family and I settled into this…read morewelcoming "cucina e bottega", run by twin brothers. The decor was "wine chic" modern, with ice buckets fabricated from wine boxes. The front of this establishment was a wine shop with Sicilian and other Italian wine selections as well as olive oil and other Sicilian delicacies. We received royal treatment from Marco, one of the twins, of crisply spoken English, cordiality, and expertise in creating a memorable dining experience. The food was scrumptious and professionally presented. Local seafood excellence along with meticulously prepared pastas, including "tenerumi" a true Sicilian vegetable speciality in pesto form. The stuffed zucchini flowers were almost too beautiful to eat. And, seafood arancini - magnifico!!Marco brought it all together with perfectly picked wine selections for our appetizers, then main courses. Of course, he chose varying drinking vessels to match the varietal served - a true maestro. This was an immensely grand dining experience that we hope to experience again in our next travels to this "Isola Bella"!!!

Great Ambiance and reasonable prices. This little gem is located right on the beach !!!!read more

This place was right on the main street and contained lots of different options from burgers to…read moresausages to croquettes. The food was prepared once ordered. I had a rice ball that was stuffed with peas, prosciutto, and mozzarella. It was of good size and had plenty of filling. It was fried a little too long, but that was the only issue I had. Everything else about the rice ball was great. Will I go back? Yes.

There are a few "beach clubs" along this stretch of Mondello beach. No wrist band needed or entry…read morefee. We stopped in for a few glasses of wine and snacks. During the daytime, it is all families. Come sunset, it turns into a big beach party. We were there right before sunset, before it got packed, and were able to grab a table, snacks, waiter service, listen to the tunes (female DJ), and watch the sunset. We left before it got packed. During high season, it's the place to be, as the bartender informed us. Maybe another time...

They are open, and serve drinks but it about ends there. Extremely rude to Americans and overpriced…read morefor drink quality. If you're in mondello, you probably made a mistake in first place. Sicily is not a nice place but this place kinda explains why.

Our first dinner in Mondello was absolutely delicious. Such a charming restaurant in a garden. We…read morehad the pasta a la norma, cacio de Pepe and a few other things, and definitely try the Grillo wine. Service was great. They speak English as our Italian was pretty weak. Beautiful outdoor dining experience.

Horribly pretentious restaurant with tuxedoed wait staff mulling around…read more Ordered insalate with grilled tuna fillets. The tuna was chewy. Cut wrong. The salad came without any dressing. Had to ask for vinegar & oil. I'm sure we were treated differently due to being tourists.

Great food at reasonable prices! My roomate and I each had one of their Pizza dishes and they were…read moreexquisite. I would definitely come back here next time I'm in Mondello Beach area. The burgers looked like their were extremely delicious too.

Very nice trattoria in Mondello. Great view the sea and surrounding hills. The waitstaff was very…read morenice. The atmosphere and ambiance were very relaxed. The menu had a little of everything. We had the octopus salad and oysters as a starter. Both were delicious. The pasta was also delicious. The sandwiches were amazing. This seems to be the popular dish for lunch. They were panini style with various delicious items inside. Highly recommend the sandwiches. Overall very nice experience for a good lunch in Mondello. Definitely recommend.

So bad on all accounts, a tourist trap at its best…read more Food is mediocre, service just ignores you. Best things about this place are wine and bread, anything else that we had (shrimp cocktail, grilled swordfish and lobster pasta) was just awful. Just don't bother to come here.

As an American tourist in Sicily, this place is a no-go... To start, we were seated and immediately…read moreasked what we wanted to drink by the pushy wait staff. Asked what wine the waiter recommended and he just recommemded the most expensive one on the menu. Then we watched three of the waiters berated 2 old ladies walking down the side walk. 3/4 of us then received our drinks and we ordered our starters and pasta. Our waiter insisted one of the starter dishes we ordered (Calamari) wouldn't be good unless we ordered a specific other starter (fried sardines)...?? Everything we ordered was a back and forth barter as the waiter tried to upsell us and we tried to explain through the language barrier that we just wanted to order a normal dish! All of a sudden our main dishes came out (before the starters) and the spaghetti with shrimp and clams turned out to be shrimp and clamshells... Only 3 of the clams actually had the meat in them... You can't make that up (see pic of clams). Then (after we reminded them) the fourth drink came, a prosecco bellini was ordered (6 euro) and a harder bellini (14 euro) was brought out... The reason I give two stars and not one was that the drinks, ravioli, and swordfish was actually pretty good. The night was just ruined by bad service. Our starter eventually came out while we were paying our bill (what a joke)... We just sent it back. Never going back to this place and you shouldn't either

DA Peppino was recommended to us by the front desk at our hotel. We had just arrived in Italy and…read morethis was essentially our first meal in the country. We were jet lagged and a bit dazed so we took their word for it that it was good and took a cab down to Mondello. The restaurant is known for its seafood and we saw tables full of hungry families ordering platters of different types of fish and seafood. We also noticed takes of sea urchin which we ordered as well as pasta with sea urchin, sardine meatballs (polpette di sarde), and a pizza. The food was fine though not the mind blowing pasta experience we were anticipating from our first meal in Italy. The service was courteous and very patient, all the servers hearing out our stumbling Italian and even giving recommendations on both food and wine. Prices are competitive to nearby establishments.