Craziest dining experience I've ever had. You sign in, wait in a long line, get shuffled in as a group and thrown a menu, get bread, order and your food comes out in 3 minutes, correct if you're lucky. Everyone gets a large bottle of water and a check on their table. The waiters sing and dance on the tables for desert. Great fun and fantastic attitudes. This is the heart of Italy. Then everyone leaves and the next group of full house gets rushed it. Food was good. It's more like a big family gathering. We had no idea what we signed up for but loved it. read more

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Don't expect amazing food. It was worth going to if you happen to have an extra day and already tried the other places that are "must tries". You are paying for the experience. First you wait in line. At a minimum you should come 30-45 mins early. And this is during off season! Any later and you are not guaranteed a seat in the first wave and will have to wait until people are done eating. Once you're seated, service is fast. And then a guy comes with a mic and guitar and leads the group through some Italian songs. People get hyped and even a few were standing on chairs. A pretty entertaining environment which is why it's 3 stars. They have €15 2 course meal + 1 side. Water and bread are complimentary. read more

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We patiently waited outside for 40 minutes to get in, and were shocked at such low pricing but food mediocre. It was a frenzy of waiters taking your orders and serving each course in unison. All of sudden a party erupted in the lower room with the conga singing and dancing. We couldn't get a view but experienced the highlights of show while waiting outside. Anyway we quickly ate, everything was ok at best . A truly kind of different dining experience and everyone was jovial and excited. A tradition in Napoli. read more

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Terrible service. Long wait for lunch. We're sitting at the table for 30 minutes before our orders taken and even more before getting any food. Asked for mineral water and never got any. Tap water is terrible read more

We grabbed dinner at Nennella our last night in Naples. We got there about 5 minutes before they opened and there was a LONG line waiting to get in. They were able to fit ALOT of the line in and we were seated in the street. We did the 3 course meal with wine. Food and drinks are cheap and decent. We had pasta, fried cod and sea bass, and French fries and a tomato salad. The fried cod and the tomato salad were the highlight for sure. They definitely run people through quickly, but the atmosphere is very lively and fun. The servers sing and dance through the meal. We had a blast! read more

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Amazing restaurant. Really good food very inexpensive and so much fun. It's worth waiting

Food sucked. Pasta e patate con provola e pancetta had no pancetta and tasted like mushy baby food. Half of the clams were empty in the linguini con lupina. After serving the food, the waiter disappeared until I asked for the bill. A guitar player went table to table and would not leave until I gave a tip. When I paid the bill, another waiter stood next to the cashier and pressured me for a tip. The ambience is beyond loud. This is a gimmick restaurant serving terrible food and staffed by "cafoni" (translated, boorish rude loudmouths) who are laughing all the way to the bank. Do not be fooled. read more

Set meals at 12 Euros...Pasta, Main Dish and One Side...Loud, Boisterous totally Napolitan Atmosphere...Food is Very Good and Amazing Value Highly Recommended!!! read more

You don't go here for the food, you go for the ambience and the fun of the singing waiters etc. Last year we ate here and were seated in the front part and ate our less-than-mediocre food but enjoyed the merriment and the shows the waiters put on periodically. Despite the food we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Last night we returned but instead of being seated where all the fun takes place we were seated in the back in a tiny and cramped room by the toilets. We got the less-than-mediocre food without the merriment and fun. It was not a good experience. read more

Decided to go here based on online reviews. Expected the food to taste very good but it was just OK. Very loud and chaotic place(as expected). Lots of food for the price you pay but that's about it. Food ordered/tasted: pasta with potatoes and bacon, fetuccine with meat and tomato sauce, antipasti platter. Value: 9/10 Food: 5/10 Atmosphere: 2/10 Service: 6/10 read more

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At 12 euro per person, this might be the best deal in Naples! We were suggested to come here by a local friend, and the food was so delicious that we came two nights in a row and were pleasantly surprised that menu was slightly different! You order one course at a time and your food comes out very fast. Also, don't be shy to ask what you want whether it is bread, olive oil/balsamic vinegar, parmesan, etc. as that is likely the only way you will receive it. I highly recommend the seafood(whole sea bream / swordfish / fried anchovies) and sausage here! The house wine is also 3 euro for a bottle, and although more like a juice than wine, it is still a great deal. I'd love to come back again! read more

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This isn't a typical Italian restaurant! The service is loud and slightly more obnoxious, but they are really fast! The food is cheap and delicious- perfect for a quick lunch. My sister and I ordered the potato pasta and swordfish rigatoni. My rigatoni was delicious and tomatoe-y. The pasta was al dente and fresh! The potato pasta was cheesy and heavier. Both dishes with bread cost us only 12 euros total! This is definitely a place to visit if you're in Naples on a budget! read more

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This is just a plain old fun spot to dine at. It's very busy and you start by getting your name on the list by the 'door'. While you wait to be called there's a little bar right there serving spritzes and beers to help with the wait. Got in fairly quick and enjoyed the meal and experience but like everywhere in Naples if you're outside you'll be off the wagon just from the second hand smoke. We were gonna return the next night but it was a holiday and was closed. Definitely one of only a couple of things worth visiting Naples for. read more

After reading the other reviews, I'm not certain I was at the same place as those who experienced all the screaming jollity - but I checked the address and pictures and everything, so I'll just say that if you want a quieter experience with your food, come right when they open at noon! We were all meat-cheese-and-breaded out from pizza-ing our way around Naples, so chose to ignore the set menu and get the grilled sea bream, cuttlefish salad, marinated eggplant, and chicory-nut risotto. It was so wonderful to taste some fresh raw veggies like fennel (in the cuttlefish salad) and the bed of arugula and red lettuce the fish came on. The fish was perfectly grilled and adorned with absolutely nothing but salt (it didn't need anything else). While the cuttlefish was a hair tough and didn't have a lot of flavor, the combination of its companions - green olives, fennel, and potatoes - was refreshing. I'm not a huge risotto person but enjoyed the bitterness of the chicory in this one. At €10 per person, this was a steal. read more

It's loud, boisterous, crowded and entertaining. Imagine going to that Chinese restaurant with all the rude waiters but Italian style. You order off a standard menu and the food is in front of you within seconds. It's obvious that the food isn't freshly made but who cares. It's fun as long as you don't take things too seriously. There will be a big queue so take advantage of the €1 spritz for sale and have your aperitivo at at leisurely pace while you wait. It'll be most leisurely part of your meal! read more

This place was the worse! The food was bad the service was horrible. I was in the middle of ordering and they guy just left with a rude BYE! Came back with two plates of pasta and just left. Good thing cause the pasta tasted like dog food. Maybe cause I was a tourist? Anyways avoid with a 1000000 foot poll. read more

I was here one week ago and I still crave for this food. SEA BASS! Mark my words. When you watch a tutorial or a cooking show about how to cook fish properly people always talk a lot about texture, moistness, degree of doneness, etc.. instead, they could just direct every single person to this simple trattoria and make them try their whole sea bass. Because it is PERFECT! Absolutely perfectly done, very moist meat, great flavour. This place is a simple no fuss affair. Come, sit down, order, eat, leave - and yet leave with a strong wish to return. It's incredibly loud and busy and bustling which is why this is a pure Napoli experience, a concentration of Napoli and its people. People are stressed yet extremely warm hearted, cut to the chase, don't mess with me, tell me what your about and I will help you. If you don't speak Italian: tip generously as every tip gets called out (as in SCREAMS!) and the running bustling waiters scream back "thank you!". Did I metion yet this place was loud? :)))) The pasta starters were very satisfying, too. Not haute cuisine style but the way you'd imagine a Nonna would cook pasta for you. I especially liked the pasta with potatoes. And don't forget the sides! The grilled radicchio was simply fantastic. A lot of coal grill flavour, beautiful purple colour. And last but not least: this place is frigging low priced. Starters, main course and wine will cost you about 15.- therefore: tip generously ;) read more

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We were looking for a place near out hotel for dinner. Stumbled into this joint because we saw a huge crowd outside. This place is absolutely authentic and is frequented almost exclusively by locals. Let me tell you what authentic means. Picture the waiter reaching over another table to hand us the our order while he is yelling at the top of his lungs to his boss while is boss is shouting back at him. The place is loud, chaotic, and leaves you nervous and edgy for the entire dinner. But, the food was fucking great. Hands down the best food we had in our entire trip in Italy. We went back the next dinner and once you figure them out is not as uncomfortable any more. read more

To be fair, the experience here is great. If you sit inside near the kitchen, you get to witness the waitstaff hilariously yelling at each other the entire time--excellent entertainment! My issue was our waiter. Maybe he just didn't want to deal with Americans, but in all the times I've been to Italy, I have never received such horrible service. All of the other waiters seemed wonderful! To start, he didn't give us the wine we asked for. When I reminded him, he slammed the wine down onto the table without giving us extra glasses, so we had to choose between drinking water or wine at one time. Next, we ordered our secondi and he didn't ask what we wanted for our contorni--resulting in us not getting a vegetable with our main at all. When we were done with out main, he saw that we were finished but blatantly ignored our table for 25 minutes, even through there was a line to get in. When we caught his eye, he looked away and proceeded to help the other tables right around us. Finally, when it was time for fruit, everyone else got fresh plates, but we had to eat our fruit over the remains of our main course--eating fruit over leftover meat is really not appetizing at all!! So basically, the food is good, the atmosphere is wonderful. I just really hope you don't get our waiter if you aren't Italian!! He was more tan than the others with black hair, and his shirt had "chicco" embroidered in the front (none of the other waiters had names on their shirts) read more

You come here for the experience. We arrived around 8h30 and had a 20 minute wait for a table. You stand in line with locals and other tourists in a small street in the Spanish Quarter. Some went to get a drink a couple of doors further. We saw that they did not have trouble taking them with them when they got a table. Once you get to your table you get a piece of paper with primi, secondi. You just pick a couple of them and share. We took the red housewine which was ok. You pay for the number of plates you order. Sometimes we just pointed at something we saw at a neighbouring table. We were satisfied with 7 for the 4 of us. We did pay less than 40 euro in total. A bargain. Staff was very loud and seemed to enjoy themselves shouting at eachother and the clients. It really is an experience I would not have want to miss. Not for a romantic dinner. read more

Extremly loud and hectic atmosphere. And not in the nice, local, original, charming kind of way. This could be quite OK if the food would make up for it. But it did not. Not even close. One pasta was over cooked and more like a less than average mac and cheese. And the other pasta was bordering to boring. The main dishes just didn't taste good and was not well prepared. Other things to note: - the tokens "offered" at the end for coffee is not included and you have to pay for them... Although it sounded like it was part of the deal. - no English menus. read more

Definitely get here early cause it gets packed! Antipasto was delicious(salami, prosciutto, fried mozzarella, fried ricotta, eggplant, olives). Got the pasta with potatoes and cheese for first course and it was good-a bit on the salty side. One person with us got the spaghetti with sausage which I wish I had gotten because it was great. Got the roasted steak for second course and it was cooked well. Not the best cut of meat but still good. I tried some of the other plates from other people with me (roasted chicken and salmon)-both were good!Then we got bananas, grapes, and peaches for desert. Our table got 2 bottles of house red wine, 3 bottles of naturale water, and 2 cokes. All this for 15 euro a person! Fantastico! To the people complaining about the service- get over yourselves. They were very accommodating and even translated italian to english for us. When we tipped them as we were paying bill they all cheered. We were offered caffe or frozen lemoncello as we left. Was a great atmosphere! Will definitely go back! read more

We waited a few minutes for a table at the lively Trattoria de Nennella. We sat down and the waiter opened up some bottles of water for the table as we sat and looked at the menu. Not even five minutes and another waiter comes over and snatches a menu off the table that my father was trying to read to give to the neighboring table. Rude indeed, my father had us get up and leave. Both waiters rushed over to apologize after seeing what had happened but the damage was done and to make matters worse, they had the nerve to ask us who was going to pay for the water that NOONE drank. Tab on the rude waiter! Rude and Horrible customer service that reflects poorly on a restaurant. read more

A good eatery should have either good atmosphere or good food and preferably both. This place has neither. If you want screaming waiters throwing your food onto the table and creating as much noise as possible, then this is the place for you. But remember ear plugs. At one point the head waiter turned the music up to unberrable levels while training his karaoke voice. I don't even want to get into the food which was way below average. Even for the low price. All in all we felt raped after visiting this place and it ruined the rest of our evening. read more

To be honest, was never a big fan of pasta...until I came here! The service is fantastic, very friendly staff and also accommodated my need for veg. option. The whole 3 course dinner cost me less than 15 euro!!! I was lucky that I found a table, just after 10 minutes the restaurant was completely full and people waiting outside. Maybe I was early for dinner (7:30 pm) by Italian standards :) Shit, I can't even get a take-away pizza for that price in Switzerland... P.S. on our way out, we got free espresso :-) read more

Look, I don't know much about food. I basically just shove it into my face in a vain attempt to fill the void in my soul. But let me just say this: this place serves the best pasta I've ever had. read more

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I was excited to eat here after seeing the great reviews, but I didn't love it. I felt very rushed by the waiter- I was in and out in 30 minutes and they took my plates before I was finished. I had the pasta with potatoes and cheese, which was okay, and then the fried mozzarella. I wish I had gone with something else, but oh well. it was a lot of food for 12€ plus a big bottle of water and bottle of wine were included. read more

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This place was chaotic. Not only did the atmosphere leave me uneasy with waiters shouting and rushing you in, but the food wasn't even good. Its only 12 Euro a person, but I actually felt sick walking out of there. I ordered potato pasta and chicken cutlet. I took one bite of the cutlet and decided to leave. I would never go back or recommend this place to anyone. Waste of time. read more

This was an incredible experience! Not for everyone, as the fellow American patrons at the table next to us said "get me out of here!"... but we wanted to stay and never leave! 2 course dinner for 12euro was filling and tasted decent as well! 3euro bottle of wine was nice. Sometimes you need to remind them to bring your food, but it's worth the experience. Cool vibe, good food. Recommended. read more

Amazing atmosphere in this icone of the area :) It s always full of noisy and happy tables. You can try a lot of different dishes for few money and enjoy the sweetness and simplicity of life ! read more

You are going to either love or hate this place but nobody will deny that they will not have had an experience here. Is basically a circus that pretends to be a restaurant. Reminds me of neighborhood joints in the South Bronx or Fells Point, Baltimore. The point here is to have a good time as much as it is to eat. Is a fixed price menu that is 12euros for primo, secondi and fruit. Is basic fare that reflects the price but is all tasty. We had pasta w clams and pasta w tomato for primo. Pasta w clams was best. Good flavor and lovely wee clams. For secondi we had the grilled chicken, pork and tuna. Chicken was tender and nicely grilled. Pork was tasty but had a good amount of fat on it. Tuna was a nice large piece that was probably on the grill 40 seconds too long but who is counting! Fruit very fresh. Waiters own the place and as a tourist don't expect them to kiss your ass but they will work with you and have fun with you. The owner loves to sing and at some points has the whole room singing with him (at other points he is just loud). Early in the meal I asked the waiter for a glass of house red and he put a bottle of house red on the table. Seemed like I was about to be ripped off but when the bill came there was no mention of wine just the food. So the 12euros includes wine! WTF! Which basically sums up the experience: eat, drink and be merry. It will be your most memorable and cheapest evening meal in Italy! read more

I suspect people do not come here for the food. It is the environment and the lively staff that make this restaurant an absolute must visit place while in Napoli! The other reviews covered the basics. I will just add that wine is included and I suggest you come early as the line can be a bit long. read more

Very good local restaurant, very popular with locals, low price. don't be too late if you want a place. for address check Nennella in googlemap. read more

I never do reviews but after my experience I feel I need to. The food was average at best, service was excellent but the atmosphere was terrible. The staff are constantly yelling and the music is incredibly loud. I would not suggest this place for a relaxing sit down dinner. I was looking forward to leaving the whole time just because it was so uncomfortably loud. read more

Excellent food and lively waiters. We shared our dishes and especially the chicken and breaded mozarella was delicious. Recommended!

The food is good and cheap but service is terrible. Other reviews complaining about it are spot on. It is definitely a chaotic atmosphere which has little patience for tourist and questions. If you don't mind this, would try it out. read more

This restaurant was highly recommended but we could not have been more disappointed. From the moment we walked in we were treated condescendingly (note: party of 4 of which 3 Italians). Waiter reprimanded us for moving a table so one of us could squeeze in ("put it back"). Rude staff, barely listened to our orders. Indeed, I had to place some orders twice because they just ignored us and the food never materialized. Overall VERY underwhelming food. Spaghetti were undercooked (no, not al dente, undercooked to the point they would not twist around the fork); potatoes and broccoli were cold. Aside from a couple of traditional dishes like fried mozzarella or pasta with potatoes and provola, the rest was nondescript fare you'd eat anywhere else in Italy or at a fair (sausages, fries, and, lo and behold, Wiener schnitzel). There are way better restaurants in the Spanish Quarters (Il Gobbetto, one thousand times Il Gobbetto), stay away from this depressing mess. read more

Trattoria da Nennella - Trattorie Near Me - Naples, NA

My new favorite. Liveliest restaurant I have eaten at in Napoli. 15E 3 course dinner is a great deal - included bottle of wine and water. I saw many pastas and segundi I will return to try. Roasted porchetta was fantastic and roasted swordfish looked worth a return trip alone. Similarly pasta potate e provalone was great but The pacciere rustica or pomodoro fresco looked great as we'll. The roasting vice fried looked great. Staff was very friendly and entertaining dancing and singing to lively music and cheering every time someone tipped them at checkout. Very popular, so a reservation may be a good idea, although they do keep expanding the dining area into surrounding alleys to accommodate. Next to a popular apperitivo bar if you have to wait (and desert place if anyone can eat more than 3 courses plus whole fruit). Authentic Neopolitan food. No rush - I didn't notice 40 people waiting for my table until after I left. read more

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This place was intense in a good way. Extremely loud and busy. We were seated inside right on the edge of the outdoor seating. The menu was in Italian but our waiter gave a quick translation of a few items and we were on our way to order. The food came out extremely fast. Our pasta dishes were just ok but we really enjoyed the other courses we ordered. The price couldn't be beat with our meals and wine for only 24€. The experience of dining there and people watching was the best part. read more

Stumbled upon this trattoria due to Yelp! Definitely not a tourist place. 3-course dinner/wine/fruit for €12. We only had 2 courses and wine, so I was charged €15 for the two of us! Food was fresh and tasty, and the atmosphere was lovingly boisterous. read more