All dishes are very presentable and actually pasta dish I got was delicious( I'm big eater and…read moreportion looked small). Chefs comes around and mingled with guests , wait staff very helpful and serve with smile.

I came here with two friends for lunch after a morning spent exploring Alborobello. It was…read moredelicious! I'd been wanting to try the puréed fava bean with chicory since it's a regional specialty and so we got it to start and it was delicious--warm, comforting, delicate flavors. One of the better dishes I've had in Puglia. I also knew that orchiette was a specialty of the region--particularly the darker buckwheat variety cooked with braised greens, so I ordered that. It didn't disappoint. It was toothsome and had a great earthy flavor. The staff was pleasant. We waited out a rainstorm then dashed to our car. Great way to cap off the trip to Alborobello!

Very rude service!!! Waiters are disorganized, running around and scolding each other and the…read morepatrons. They tend to be nicer with the locals . We felt neglected and very much rushed . Food is ok. Octopus was tough. I make a better one at home . The view is great, but...just eat somewhere else and come walk around the beach. Not worth it, skip this one!!

Located right on the sea just a few miles from Polignano, Veranda Gisela is appropriately named…read more The restaurant is one big veranda looking out to the ocean. In water months I imagine the veranda is uncovered. The setting is stunning. I've dined here a couple of times. Our first experience was awesome- we loved pretty much everything we ate- frittura mista, baked mussels, spaghetti with clams, etc. on our most recent visit, we ordered pretty much the same items, but the quality just wasn't as good. Perhaps It was an off night. Overall, the menu is traditional Pugliese. The setting is beautiful and the service is friendly. This place a-ok in my book!

The restaurant is beautiful and the pizzas were so good. There is a cover charge of 3.50 euro per…read moreperson which we did not know until we received the check. The pizzas were all fresh and hot. I had the Prosciutto and Funghi which was so delicious. My husband loved the Diavolo but he said it would be too spicy for me. My cousin enjoyed her Margherita pizza. Even the complementary bread sticks were memorable. I tried the Primitivo wine as our tour guide recommended it and it was a very nice wine. Sodas and water were just slightly cheaper so get the wine!!!! We are so glad our tour guide Vincenza recommended this.

Two of us stumbled into this restaurant on a day of sightseeing that was 91 degrees F outside. The…read moreplace was cool inside. I loved the ambiance of the stone. Felt like dining in an upscale cave! Service was abrupt but not bad. There was a long table of a tour group. Overall the place was about half full. We started with an amuses buche of little croquettes and two small pieces of focaccia. Yummy! Then we ordered the fava bean purée and a mixed salad. Fava beans came with a few slices of bread. It was a weird consistency but good. Salad had a mixture of items and was refreshing. We had to ask for oil and vinegar. I got the pasta with shrimp and lime and it was outstanding. You could tell the sauce was homemade and made from the stock of the shrimp shells. I kept eating it past fullness! My cousin got the orchette pasta with pomodoro and loved it. The waiter brought out a delicious piece of dark chocolate with a contraception to cut it. Yummy and cool presentation! We joked that the US would never put this on a table for liability reasons- it was a lawyers dream. We ordered the sporcamucco (sp?) dessert and it was amazing. We also got the tiramisu. Wine was reasonably priced (16 euro for Puglia white wine) and overall a good value. Bathroom clean.

Ok, the place is very nice, service was impeccable. Wine and starters were excellent. We had the…read moregrilled cheese with orange jam and then the Trullo D'oro pasta. We like both very much. The entrees not so much. The lamb chops were well done and tasted very gamey. The Octopus was like rubber. I had one or two bites of each. The worst lamb and octopus I've had. We should have said something at the time but we chose not to.

Service was really bad, no one attended to us so we sat down at a table, a server came to us and…read moresaid "this is a restaurant, not a bar" and we left immediately. ONE STAR.

Next door to the restaurant is a cafe ("bar," as Italians call it) that's open as early as 6:30am…read more Perfect for a coffee (or cappuccino, or steamed milk with espresso - latte macchiato con cafe - in my case) after watching the sunrise. The last Sunday morning of October is when daylight savings ends in Italy (until the last weekend of March) so watch out for that (changes from 3am to 2am on Sunday). The ever-charming barista Gianni is the epitome of Italian charm, with stylistic serving of coffee from the tap of the plate onto the marble counter to the kind explanation of the difference between espresso and espressino (the latter has a little tiny bit of milk on top of espresso) in his low, intoned voice. Doesn't hurt that he looks in part like Robert Downey, Jr. and part Edward Norton. Loved the experience from sunrise to warm, creme-filled croissant (cornetto) with a touch of lemon in the creme.