The best seafood restaurant in San Vito Lo Capo that we went to. Everything is fresh and remarkable…read moreservice.

I was leery for this place because it's in a very touristy location, but it didn't disappoint. We…read moreboth had pasta and were thoroughly pleased. We started with Tartar. I had the pasta con sardi and he had a pasta al mare with an abundance of fresh shellfish which is abundant in San Vito. It wasn't just good pasta, it was reminiscent of my Nonna's pasta and took me to that happy place!

I'm from California and have experienced food around the globe. San Vito is my family's home town…read more During my last visit to San Vito I wanted to treat my family there to a nice dinner after they blessed me with many wonderful home cooked meals. I asked if they had recommendations, they mentioned Syrah. Ladies and Gentlemen after eating here I am convinced that this is the best meal I have ever eaten at any restaurant. The food is absolutely amazing. The service is impeccable and the atmosphere was warm and inviting.

A little bit way from the main touristy areas, but they have an Italian/English menu here and they…read morewere happy to serve us when we arrived at 7:40pm. Warm and comfortable with linen tablecloth and linen napkins and heavy silverware, they have a long wine list and we opted to just have the house red which was great. Beautiful bread basket, we got the baked mozzarella cheese to start. A good portion baked in oil with fresh garlic. It was awesome and there will be no vampires tonight. For mains, my friend chose a noodle dish with eggplant. Big portion, very nicely presented and I had a small bit that was excellent. I chose the buccatini with sardines and it was amazing. Fresh sardines, pesto, perfect noodles. Yummy. Our first "full" dinner in Palermo (last night was the food tour) and it's really looking like we'll have a great food fest here. [Review 12819 overall, 133 of 2020.]

We checked out this place on our first full day in Palermo - based on our B&B host's…read morerecommendation. We are so glad that we did. It was one of our best meals in Sicily. I especially liked their house antipasti (eggplant dishes). It was fantastic! How can eggplant be so good? Biondo is located right off the main shopping drag. They have a pizza shop around the corner too. Ordering in English was small struggle - so picking up a tiny bit of Italian would help for those that do not speak any.

This place has amazing food Crik & Crok and was open surprisingly at 330pm. San Vito has so many…read moretourist that we found more business's opened during siesta. In May of 2011 when we ate at Crik & Crok in San Vito, my wife had a pasta pesto, not the kind of pesto we know here in the states but more like a blended garlic basil, and tomato. Nothing close to a marinara or pomodoro but almost like blended salsa, I had the Couscous, of course it was fantastic. When were paying the bill I told told the owner that my mothers family came from San Vito, she was so happy to hear that she insisted we try her casasetti; a fried ravioli with sweet ricotta.. wow, I could have ate about a dozen... When in San Vito: try their version of pesto, couscous and of course the beach, breath taking....

This is a very nice, elegant restaurant in S. Vito. Prices are a bit higher as the food quality or…read morepresentation may be better. My Tuna (steak) Saporito was fork tender and tasty with cherry tomatos, capers, onions and olives. I also had the fried octopus appetizer on a bed of creamed chick peas. This was very filling although the octopus could have been more tender. Steak fries, some wine and a basket of panelle (fried chick pea batter) rounded out a pleasant night out.

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"!!!

Came here for lunch with a party of four just after 12 PM on a Wednesday and we were seated…read morepromptly. This place has quick turnover so they took our food and drink orders shortly after we sat down and everything started coming out shortly thereafter. The pastas we got were all incredibly delicious! Would definitely recommend this spot if you're looking for pasta for lunch and are in the area!

First Impressions: cute spot with outdoor and indoor seating. I found this restaurant on a travel…read moreblog and I'm super excited to try it. Not much info on yelp, so I'll add as much as I can via this review. There's a pasta factory/store front that is open at 9am-4pm Tuesday-Sunday (closed Monday) and a restaurant front that's open 12pm-4pm Tuesday-Sunday (closed Monday). The Noms:

Had the most fabulous night out at Cumpá. The meal was so delicious. From appetizers to the main…read moremeal, everything was simply delicious. Being from New York, I am used to first class service accompanied with first class dining. Cumpá was the tops in every category. I wholeheartedly recommend this fabulous dining experience to those who savor the best of everything!! Enjoy friends, for I surely did.

Although the service is a bit slow, the restaurant itself was great. Beautiful atmosphere, friendly…read morestaff, who make great recommendations based on your cravings. We had the tuna tartare which is probably the best thing on the menu, the octopus salad was fabulous too, and for mains the tuna with sweet onions and angus steak. The potatoes were terrific. The side of spinach was a bit bland but everything else was cooked perfectly it melted in your mouth. For dessert the lemon sorbet or the broken cannoli's are a hit. The portions were big so skip having a big lunch if you are going there for dinner. Best restaurant in castellemmare del golfo!

Three of us found this place based on a recommendation by the shop owner at Chrisafiflair. She did…read morenot steer us wrong. The outdoor seating was beautiful with a sloping wall of plants. But it was still hot even in the late evening and we opted for inside with some air conditioning. I loved the decor inside. The place was packed outside and filled up inside as we ate. We started with pasta dishes. I chose the tagliatelle "vedova allegra" which is the specialty of the house. Black pasta with crustaceans and pistachios. It was very good. My friends both got typical Sicilian dishes. One got the "Crimiso" with pine nuts raisins, and anchovies. The other got shrimp and sea urchins. Cassata Siciliana and the Cassatella di ricotta were our desserts. The cassata was heavenly light but both were good. The other was like a ravioli shape. We were treated to Marsala wine which sparked interesting conversation. Bathroom clean. Free WiFi. Air conditioning inside Only complaint- no hook in the bathroom for my purse.

This restaurt is very nice looking, food is great, sometimes I forget to take pictures because my…read morehunger overtakes my other senses, . Service - The staff was professional and friendly. Ambience - indoor and outdoor seating great place nice locality and area.

If you are ever in Palermo, this restaurant is worth the 30 min drive down the coast…read more Ristorante Al Burgo offers unique spin on traditional Sicilian dishes, catering to a worldly palate looking a wonderful experience. Nestled in Castellammare del Golfo between the pedestrian zone of Corso Giuseppe Garbaldi and the marina, down some enchanted rustic marble steps, sits a unique gem. My first experience was like this... My GF and I, were sat around the time of sunset, gazing upon a gorgeous view of the mountains and the vast Tyrrhenian Sea. The table was situated on the serpentine steps that cascade through a tiny corridor down to the fishing port below. Music, people, and the sounds of the ocean filled the streets as we dined. Our first dish was a fantastic mix of Sicilian favorites: fresh fish, fruit, and vegetables; new combinations of these typical foods join with different Mediterranean flavors. Across the board the selection was superb. For our prima plate we shared two pasta dishes that turned out to be a complete dream. Our server recommended a dish I've never had before. It was a busiate pasta blended with light tomato and oil based and topped with prawns and fish eggs. My eyes lit up with delight as I embraced the saw the meal and embrace the smell. It was outstanding. My Gf had the squid dyed linguine with delicious prawns and sea urchins. She couldn't believe how much her dish took her back to her childhood when she would collect sea urchins with her late grandmother. It was really a joy just to see her face as she devour it. For desert we had the semifreddo; a beautiful semi-frozen blend of hot espresso and the coffee gelato, comes together perfectly. Hands down one of the best meals I've had in Italy/ in my life. It was so good that even on our 3 day trip we had to go back a second time. I got the pesto gnocchi that time and after that the perfectly cooked tuna, it was simply delicious. She had the sea urchin pasta again. I cannot wait to go back.

We had a lively dinner in this fine-tuned italian restaurant. The young crew is offering a menu…read moremainly based around fish and home made pasta. Great, simple and to the point. Oh forgot to mention the beautiful view inti the harbor.

I think I should start this short review by saying that this place was highly recommended by a…read morenative of San Vito whose opinion I trust so this may have been a one off bad experience - even a good chef can have a bad night I guess but this was truly awful, particularly given that this was mid week in the quiet period of September. First the good points: you get picked and and dropped off gratis from the middle of San Vito at a time of your choosing; the restaurant has a lovely terrace and is very comfortably furnished in a modern European style and you will be offered freshly ground black pepper from an electric grinder by your charming waiter whose command of the English language put me to shame!!! However, it's a restaurant in Sicily so it's all about the food and in a town where you can eat like a king at the most humble of cafes this was a complete disappointment while also being an assault on the wallet. Thinking we where going to be in for the long haul we decided to share an antipasto and only order the primo (pasta or cous-cous) plate to begin with as we wanted time to let the food slip down before we turned our attention to the secondo (meat or fish) plate. We started with a mussels in a broad bean soup which was in fact more of a thick purree; bland, and heavily over seasoned, which was the first time this had occurred in any restaurant in a fortnight. We had survived all day on snackage in preparation for the feast so we were ravenous and managed to get it down without too much trouble, but this would normally have been left or sent back to the kitchen. However, worse was to come as we moved on to the pasta dish. I had the shellfish ravioli which was pretty tough, not at all velvety or smooth, and was again horribly over-seasoned; I had much better in a blatant tourist trap while waiting for a ferry in Trapani, and thought I was being a little exploited at EUR10 - how little did I know!! B actually fared much worse with her choice of the local classic, spaghetti with prawns and courgette: three or four small prawns and gloopy stuck together pasta which reminded me of bad school meals from the 70's. It lacked any of the fresh zesty flavour which has been a feature of all the other pasta dishes we've had here. Despite being starving this was just inedible and I could only shrug with amazement and lift the congealed mass of pasta with a fork when our affable waiter remarked that they only accepted empty plates!! Of course by now the second plate was out of the question so it was a quick dolce of the safest option on the menu another local classic, cassata which was fine and I suspect was supplied by a local cake shop as this seemed to be the case with most desserts in restaurants we tried in San Vito (and no bad thing in my opinion as these guys just love their dolce and are keen to source the best) All in all a truly disappointing evening and at almost £80E with a couple of apperitifs and a decent bottle of bianchi from Planeta, on this evidence I would strongly recommend that you stay in the centre of San Vito and frequent one of the many excellent trattorias or full blown restaurants which you can find all over town.