Wonderful traditional orchietta (little ear) pasta, great service and hospitality. It was the best…read moremeal I have had in Bari.

What a pleasant surprise! Well-placed signs and GPS brought us to this great lunch spot…read more Wonderful service and savory food (even for me a vegetarian who does not like mushrooms) The roasted veggie apps the waiter brought were a tasty surprise only to be outdone by the fresh roasted red peppers we crushed on top of 2 different, flavorful pasta dishes. Highly recommend this spot. We were glad we found it en route to Bari

We arrived late for lunch - they were closing. Graciously, they stayed open and served us a very…read morenice meal. We were simply passing through the town, but this was a great stop!!

Possibly the best pizzeria in the Cilento region. There are 4 pages worth of fantastic pizza…read morecreations on the menu, some rather original and quirky. The toppings are all really high quality and there are lashings of them. The local olive oil used gives their pizza a delicious richness that words can't describe. This place hasn't won countless awards for nothing, a MUST if you are in the area. Buonissimo!

We travel to Puglia every year, and this time we had some business to do in Foggia, but we arrived…read morelate and the office was closed, so we set out to look for some lunch and stumbled upon this delightful hidden gem! As you walk in, you are in the ground floor wine bar-restaurant. The walls are covered with wine bottles and there are tables to sit at as well as a beautiful bar. But if you are more hungry than thirsty, then take a walk up the gorgeous blue granite stairs to the upstairs restaurant. Shortly after we sat down, the owner and chef, Nicola Russo, joined us at our table. He asked if we had any dietary restrictions and what our wine preferences were. There were no menus! He selects the freshest seasonal ingredients available and then puts together surprises! We were not disappointed! Everything was to die for scrumptious! The presentation of each plate was a work of art - for your eyes and for your stomach! Nicola is a professional sommelier and chef, so I can guarantee you won't be disappointed here! Grazie mille, Nicola, per una giornata splendida! Ci vediamo il prossimo anno! --Jacira e Donato

From the owner: Siamo un ristorante improntato sulla ricerca dell'eccellenza e facciamo una cucina di territorio…read morerivista da un occhio un po' più moderno in maniera da lasciare stupefatti nostri clienti

Excellent pasta, hand-made by the matriarch of this lovely, family-owned restaurant. My wife and I…read moresplit the strascinati cacioricotta e crusc'k (a broad, flat local pasta with cheese and dried peppers) and another pasta dish with mushrooms and truffles. Both were delicious. Good, cheap house aliagnico and warm, witty conversation with Rocco, whose English is better than our Italian. Unforgettable evening!

Very good pasta, lovely restaurant. The bread was excellent, lovely local wine. Would definitely go…read moreback.

You know how you get into a routine when you are at home of going to the same places over and over…read moreagain. We are like that a little bit when we travel, and Bari is no different. We have found one place in particular that we've been to for lunch or dinner six times in the 11 days we've been here. Not last night, and boy are we glad we went to La Cecchina, it was possibly the best meal we have had here in Italy. We heard it was a busy place so we got there a couple of minutes prior to them opening, and we were already third in the queue. By 8:30 the place was jammed. After finishing our dinner and leaving at 10:20 we knew why the place is busy. Our opening dish is one we've had before, Orecchiette al ragu con bracioletta which is the famous local pasta with braised meat in a ragu sauce which was outstanding. The chew of the pasta coupled with the rich sauce and the braised beef was outstanding. They did bring us the wrong first, initially they set down Misto Frito which looked outstanding and has us planning another trip to try that. No easy task to get the lovely K to try fish, especially away from home, so dinner was already a win in my mind. The Secondi we chose was Filetto de Maialino con fiche secchi, vincotto e gelato al parmigiana. Pretty wordy stuff for pork tenderloin with figs and a parmigiana gelato. The combination of all the contents of the dish was absolutely amazing. It's something we will try to copy when we get home, but I doubt we'll do it justice. The figsthemselves along with the Demi glacé, sage and the gelato were unbelievably good together along with perfectly cooked pork. Good thing we didn't discover the place the first night we got here, we would have missed out on so many other outstanding places. One of my workmates said the food on this side of Italy wasn't up to snuff compared to the west coast. I'd have to respectfully disagree, the food in Bari and Lecce have been amazingly fantastic.

I know this restaurant received a Michelin mention in 2020, but perhaps the food and service were…read morebetter then, not anymore. The restaurant is huge for Italian standards and as usual there's only one person taking orders, therefore she's overwhelmed and service ends up suffering. Additionally, aside from the pasta we had to start, the rest of the dishes were pretty bland, particularly the vegetables. We were staying in Castelmezzano so for us it was only a short walk away to come here otherwise I don't think it's worth going out of your way to dine at this place.

Our tour group had a wonderful lunch there, delicious and well presented, the staff was gracious…read more...just a lovely dining experience.