This restaurant is carved into the rocks so it's pretty much a cave, which is a lot of what Matera…read moreis about. It was very nice inside and the staff was very friendly. Their English was middling but better than my Italian! My family and I had antipasto, chicken and potatoes, pizza, soup, and ravioli. The chicken and potatoes were great! Frankly, I wanted a straight-forward meat and potatoes meal for a break while touring Italy, and this dish hit the spot--not one tomato on it. The food was good. Cappuccinos were great. We made reservations for dinner and arrived on time at 6pm. The place was empty except for the other tourist family from England. Americans typically eat dinner from 5-7p. Italians eat dinner from 7-9p. We had the restaurant to ourselves for dinner at EVERY establishment we visited until 7p when the locals started showing up. Definitely make reservations if you want to ensure space for your party!

All I need to say is Spaghetti All'Assasina. It was amazing. We had several other dishes and all…read morewere great. Great setting in the magical town of Matera Italy

This place was decent. We came here right before a tour and were greeted and sat down immediately…read moreby the waiters. No line, but it did fill up really fast after because we were early. Don't worry about reservations. Plenty of seating outside and inside and outside has great views. Inside ambiance was very nice with spread out seating. The food was decent but came kind of slow. Still highly recommend this place as a laid back lunch spot.

We had the most tasty and view filled lunch here a couple weeks ago. The food was delicious and…read moreflavor-filled. Very friendly service and flavors of the region tickled our tastebuds. Highly recommend this gem of an establishment in the heart of the walled City of Matera. We enjoyed the orrechietti, the gnocchi and the featured appetizer of buffalomozzerella and guancielle

This is a fabulous Italian restaurant in Matera Italy. We started our meals off with a few…read moreappetizers mainly the known foods around the area of southern Italy. Eggplant Parmesan, potatoes, ricotta cheese, fried zucchini flowers with cheese inside these were so good! Sliced meats and olives. Everything was delicious! For our mains my husband had the lamb, it is like a stew and on the bone. He enjoyed it, portions are quite large here. I had the home made cavetelli with red pepper and pecorino cheese my cousin and her husband had the orecchiette pasta. My cousins daughter just wanted pasta with tomato sauce and fries. I tasted the fries and even the fries were delicious! For dessert we shared the lemon sorbetto it was devine!! A little pricey but worth it for the food and the ambience.

Based on the Yelp reviews we gave this restaurant a try. I think it might have changed since…read moreCOVID, because it was just o.k. The service was very good, but the food was nothing special. The ambiance was also just ok. I did enjoy the insalate due, which had crispy proscuitto and homemade croutons, but it didn't come with dressing - rather, they served little packets of oil and aceto balsamico with it. Orchietti is apparently a local specialty, so I ordered theirs, with bacon and crispy peppers (also a local specialty) but the fava bean sauce was not great - thick snd starchy. I appreciated that they had half bottles of local wine, which was nice. My husband enjoyed the baccala, which is a baked cod dish. So not bad, but not as good as noted by prior reviewers. There are better choices in the Sasso Caveoso.

Terrible - avoid ...charges us $8 to move inside due to mosquito infestation in their plants…read moreoutside....

We were looking forward to a special occasion night out, but since other restaurants were closed on…read moreMonday night, we ended up here. The prices are reasonable, the wine was an excellent red from the region, the food and service however were not. My order of prawns in a cream sauce over fresh pasta arrived with what looked like 4 little 1/2 inch pieces of not sure what. Maybe they only had one left from a week ago, and had to cut it into 20 pieces and put only 4 of them on my plate, but as of this morning my stomach is gurgling and I'm having Pepto Bismol for breakfast - probably lunch too. After two bites of this pasta I had to stop. The fishiness of the "prawns" combined with some sort of grit in the pasta was disappointing, but what followed left an even worse taste. Instead of noticing I had set my plate on the other side of the table and was not eating, our waiter could not be found. After quietly explaining the problem to the other waiter, he did not ask what they could do to make things right, instead he, and later the owner when we went to pay, argued with me that in his restaurant those were prawns. Maybe, but my understanding is; they are the size of a finger and taste better than the nail, and arguing with a customer is never a good tack for a restaurateur of good character.

The food and the location are fantastic! We ordered the special of the day and ravioli and both of…read morethem were top shelf! Do not pass this one by and the Chef came out to our table as well. What a treat!

Great staff. Best thing on the menu is the Imaginative starter from the chef which is a hearty…read moreportion. (Service for one pictured) The pork was a bit dry. The restaurant was overly perfumed when we arrived but started to fill with the fragrance of the food once cooking began and that was much better.

We had an absolutely delicious lunch at this restaurant. It was our first day in Matera and it was…read morea perfect first impression. We started off with the cheese appetizer which was a good way to sample multiple local cheeses. We then had the capocollo with mushrooms and pepperoni cruschi as well as the lamb entree. Both were delicious but the capocollo was particularly good. We also ordered a zucchini and apple salad which sounds like an odd combination but it worked! The salad had both red and green apples and some mint which made for a very well balanced and refreshing dish. Although we initially did not intend on having dessert we caved when our server mentioned the ricotta mouse with amarena, it was so good and we were so happy we indulged. The servers were very attentive and helpful in providing great recommendations for our meal.

Nice space and really great staff along with hearty portions . I'd recommend splitting everything…read morein two. Get two or three dishes and maybe dessert. The fava soup w chicory was good,, pastas too.

My favorite place for coffee in Matera! Also great for breakfast, lunch and an aperitivo! I would…read morerecomend this place to anyone!

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Excellent food and service plus very reasonable! The atmosphere and decor is also beautiful! It's…read moreout of the way and frequented by the locals so that should tell you something! Our dishes were delicious!

It's everything you want in an Italian food experience. This ranks way up at the top in all our…read moretravels. Grazie Stano!