Happened upon this place while wandering in Old Town. A local tour guide with a group of 10 was…read moretalking with what ended up being the owner about possibly having the group enjoying lunch there. The owner Gianni was very animated and after a few minutes it was decided that the group would reconvene in a half hour to eat there. While Gianni was talking to the group I noticed a Harley parked by the restaurant and motioned to the shopkeeper beside him to see if it was his bike. He shook his head and pointed to Gianni. Now I'm a car guy, but I appreciate nice motorcycles as much as anyone. I caught Gianni's glance and motioned to the bike. He came right over and we talked, well gestured, and conversed as best we could, given the language barrier. He motioned the lovely K and I into the restaurant and showed us another older Harley that was in the back corner. Turns out he has quite a collection of Harleys as well as bicycles. I only point this out to give you an idea of the man that owns the place. Proud of his treasures and more than happy to talk, as best as we could, about them. It's more than a business, it's his livelihood and his passion. All that said the food was excellent, the wine even better, and the service great as well! Not to mention the show that went on when the 10 tourists showed up to have lunch with the local guide joining them. I could go on about the place, the service and the food, but suffice it to say if you are in the old town of Pecce, you just have to go there. Tell him the guy and gal with the yellow '72 911 told you to go there! You'll be glad you did, and if Gianni's there say hi for us!

Came here by chance after looking at it on google places. The restaurant opened 15 minutes later…read morethan its stated opening time (as seems to be the way in southern Italy), but this was made up for with outstanding food and service. The neighborhood in Lecce is extremely charming, and it is pleasant to sit outdoors here on a hot summer day. Prices here are a little bit cheaper than some restaurants around Lecce, with main dishes at about 15 euros. Everything we had was amazing here, but the eggplant parm was the star by far. Would recommend for a delicious meal.

Meh. We came here in a busy Saturday night on the recommendation of our B&B host. Everything was…read morejust ok. Never got the water we ordered, even after reminding the waiter about it. Seafood salad was pretty good, artichokes were okay, and our main dishes were also just ok. Beef carpaccio had some odd ingredients, and the porcini mushroom risotto was almost too hot to eat and a little bland. We came here very hungry and left unsatisfied.

We absolutely loved everything about 00! The menu is huge, what we ordered was delicious and every…read moresingle person on staff provided attentive, unobtrusive, superlative service in amazing ambience and decor with great music. Recommend!

Had a great lunch at this busy and fun restaurant right by the main cathedral in the old town…read more They have three inside rooms and a large patio. Some of the tables are two or four tops, and they also have long tables that seat approximately 10 and you might be seated next to another party that has an odd number of people or you might just be seated right next to other folks, so be prepared for that. They have very interesting decor. Roughhewn, unfinished wood tables, decorative chandeliers, made out of old bottles that look like they have been melted and strung together with wire, a bicycle above the front door, etc. They use plastic plates, but they are very cute with different patterns and add vibrancy to the feel of the spot. They sell olive oil, and I believe wine as well in full bottles to go. When you walk in from the front of the restaurant, there is a long counter with glass separating you from the food preparation areas. In the front they make the salads and the salumi boards, in the middle, they have the espresso machine and the drink station, further back are the sandwiches and in the next room, but still connected along that long strip, is the hot food kitchen. The bathrooms are in the back, and there is a common sink for men and women to use, although the women's toilet has its own sink. We started with the double zero salad which is the perfect amount for two especially if you're a bit hungry and are going to be having other dishes. It had some iceberg, some tiny, radicchio, arugula, chicory, walnuts, shaved, grown-up, Padano, slices of a very tasty bresaola and a very mild balsamic emulsion. We also tried the veal meatballs, which were moist and tender with a tasty marinara that was not lacking salt - for me, the perfect amount of flavor. It came with two pieces of bread and there were eight meatballs for €8. We also had the paccheri with a mushroom cream sauce. We had ordered the pacheri with guanciale but the server entered the wrong one into the system and we didn't bother to mention it because we wanted to try either one. We saw lots of interesting dishes going by, and made a reservation for two nights from now so we could try some more of the local delights. We checked out the dessert case, and they had three tarts - one was topped with chocolate Stasio's, another one with pinenuts, and a third one looks like something that they call casata or perhaps it looks like cannoli cream with chocolate chips.