We only stopped here for water, espresso (which they gave us a regular coffee), and croissant and it was awful. We stopped for a table for my in-laws to sit at but this could have been skipped entirely. They pull you in with their charm and gut you with the prices. Like many other reviewers; avoid this shit hole. read more

Bar Il Protontino - Cafes Near Me - Amalfi, SA

Avoid at all costs! These people are SCAMMERS! They rip you off with high menu prices, poor quality food, charge higher prices from the menu and then add a €3 per person service charge without any prior notice. Seriously, avoid this place at all costs! The hundreds of other reviews on Yelp, Google and TripAdvisor are not wrong! read more

Bar Il Protontino - SCAMMERS! - Cafes Near Me - Amalfi, SA

DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS lemon cake! We wanted to have drinks in the plaza & this place was perfect! The owner was so sweet & she even walked us over to her daughter's restaurant that was TOP NOTCH! read more

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Such a scam!! READ THE REVIEWS and save yourself before going here. The guy was so nice and persuasive like someone mentioned to get us in to this place earlier in the day. We stopped that night for a lemon sorbet that every other place offers, but with that and a water, we left with a €60 bill for sorbet and water. INSANE. €3 cover per person, FIFTEEN EURO for lemon sorbet that should be €3 max, and €5 for a sparkling water. Kept calling me queen and princess to schmooze me, and then hands us the bill and doesn't take card!?? So we had to go to the ATM for something that should have been pocket change. Under no circumstances come here. read more

AVOID these criminals at all costs! They charge 3€ service charge per item you buy!! It's a mafia run tourist trap. We ordered a cappuccino and a beer, it was already a rip off at €5 for a cappuccino and £7 euro for a small bottle of peroni. When we got the bill they charged an extra £3 service charge per item. So the sh$t tasting coffee was actually €8 and the beer €10. After an argument, as they argue the service charge is shown in small print on the menu folder cover (like anyone would see it), so I called the police and when the police arrived and saw who the owner was - they backed off. That's didn't stop me showing them the middle finger and shouting fen criminals at the top of my voice in front of everyone in the square. read more

The wait staff was friendly. The food was incredible. I had limone pasta that was delicious. We ate outside, and the atmosphere was pleasant. read more

The service was awful. Drinks were undrinkable. I asked for chicken to be added to my pasta and it was microwave chicken. I spoke with the staff about the terrible drinks and awful chicken. They removed the drinks from my bill but suddenly said they were only taking cash. I responded by saying that they never said that, and I wanted to pay my bill with a card. They threatened to call the police and I said ok. Suddenly their credit card reader was working! The worst restaurant at the Almafi Coast! read more

This place is an absolute garbage, the pizza is a microwaved pizza, the worst pizza in all of Italy. The pastas were both disgusting and no joke the food is 100% trash. If your ever in the area keep walking up the hill there is a hidden gem called DONNA STELLA and go have the pizza and pasta from there it's to die for, these guys beg you to come in because they know dam well their food is disgusting. If I can give 0 stars I would've in a heartbeat. Don't fall for the clowns that work there persuading you to come in to eat simply walk away read more

Don't go to that place, the food is terrible and after you eat that crap they tell you they don't accept credit cards.

What a rip off! My wife ordered wine at nine euros a glass when the waiter started pouring he just kept pouring more more and my wife said that's wonderful. We then ordered taglia Bolognese and spaghetti with clams. Both were subpar. Then my wife ordered another glass and again the waiter poured it rather full and my wife thought it was nice. When we got the bill, they charged $18 for the glass of wine twice. The whole bottle only cost €30. They ended up charging us €36 for less than a bottle. as some of the reviews have said they are very nice when you are greeted and then turn into mafioso upon eating there they take their time And get poor service and then after €109 for our meal said they only take cash. I said I don't have the cash. You have to take the card or forget it and wouldn't you know they were able to take the card no problem. Stay away! read more

We were seated after being greeted as we walked by. We then waited for menus for 5 minutes and the people who sat themselves next to us, were given menus and ordered before we we had even gotten our menus. Not surprising, they got their food before us. We waited another 10 minutes for our food, only to have one of our meals not delivered. Although it's posted nowhere, this place is Cash only, so don't brother trying to pay with a credit card. Tourist trap. Skip this place. read more

*** scam alert *** do not eat here *** they tell you "cash only" because they claim the credit card machine is broken. they try to force you to an atm. the card machine works just fine!! they are nice while you walk by and once you sit down they ignore you. i would not feed this food to a starving person. every review on this yelp page is 100% accurate. i wish i would have read them before eating here and getting sick. read more

Bar Il Protontino - Soggy pizza that tastes like it was ran over by a taxi - Cafes Near Me - Amalfi, SA

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My wife and I did a boat tour from Sorrento to Amalfi. We stopped here to get food because it was in the shade. Unfortunately we should have looked at reviews. We ordered a margherita pizza, gin and lemon, and aperol spritz. My gin and lemon was ok but but my wife's aperol spritz just tasted like aperol. The pizza was sadly our first pizza to try in Italy and it was one of the worst things I've ever tasted. Luckily we grabbed a slice of pizza in Sorrento the next day to help us forget we ever ate such garbage. Stay away from this place. read more

Absolute worst restaurant experience I've ever had. DO NOT GO. Food is terrible, but the service is even worse. The waiters flat out ignored my family every time we tried to ask for service. They were incredibly rude and the food took a long time to come out. It was then cold and hard. Would give 0 stars if possible. Do not recommend. read more

Worst meal I've had in Italy. The waitstaff was rude, we were ignored when asking for things, and all three of our meals came out cold. 100% a tourist trap. Don't waste your time. read more

NICHT zu empfehlen! Wir haben ein mittelmäßiges Eis gekauft: 1 Kugel = 7€. Auf meine Frage warum kam die Antwort, ich habe ja nicht vorher gefragt. Ich sagte er solle sich schämen, Antwort von dem Opa: ihm egal, hier kommen genug Menschen und er hat uns nicht nötig und lachte mich und meine Tochter aus. read more

Bought a lemon sorbet at the attached ice cream shop. It turned out to be very overpriced compared to the rest of town. And then the waitstaff kicked us out of the sidewalk cafe. It turns out the cafe and the attached ice cream shop were two separate entities, and ice cream was takeout only. There were no signs explaining this. read more

I wish I saw these reviews! worst food ever!! my pasta was raw and pizza tasted terrible! better pizza at another place anywhere else! I am so angry I wasted my money. they also charge you service fee and never check on you!! the staff is rude and food is terrible!! read more

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OMG ... Don't know where to begin. We had just arrived into Amalfi & were hungry ... just need a good tasty pizza. This place was right in the front. Wish I would have checked on the reviews before eating here. My daughter insisted that we walk a bit further into Amalfi but we were so hungry & decided to have a quick bite here. BIG MISTAKE. The owner forced us to order 2 large pies even though we told him that we would order the second one after we see the size of the first one & if we were able to finish it. He was not willing to let us order one pie & wanted us to leave. He didn't even know the size of the regular pizza. WE SHOULD HAVE WALKED AWAY. The pizza was tasteless & the crust was not cooked completely. Service was very cold & inattentive. Combination of FOOD & SERVICE the worst we have ever experienced. And further more we were charged €3 per person service charge for NO SERVICE. read more

a guy outside the restaurant was very persuasive to pull us into this restaurant so i knew it was not going to be a good restaurant. i'm actually laughing seeing the rating on this place because i wasn't expecting it to be this badly rated. the service was very slow and i was running late for something, they promised us the food would come out in 10 minutes, it came out in 30. the sandwich was 90% bread, 10% substance. i'm not giving it 1 star because we both finished our meals and it was okay. just don't eat here, don't let them pull you in. read more

DO NOT GO HERE!! It is a tourist trap - the food sucks, the drinks suck, and the waiters are rude. They overcharged by an insane amount and when we went to correct them the waiters started yelling at us for no reason. If I could give -1000 stars I would. read more

I'm standing to leave this restaurant and already leaving a review, that's how annoyed by my experience I am. We waited forever to even get a menu, had to ask for one after sitting for at least 15 minutes and watching others get menus right away. Had to wait ages for a server to take our drink order which we promptly placed food orders for fear that no one would come back. I ordered a salad with chicken and a side of French fries, my husband a pizza with mushrooms and prosciutto. The fries and the pizza came out at the same time which was fine. My salad did not but I assumed it was because it's a small table. We shared the fries and my husband nearly finished his pizza and still no salad. I finally decided to ask, apparently it was never coming because the server didn't write the order in. I waited and ultimately got a salad, my husband went to use the restroom and commented that there is no toilet seat in case anyones wondering. Also, they don't tell you but it is cash only. Thankfully we had cash on hand and we're able to get the heck out of there. read more

Absolutely do not eat here!! The guy was friendly when we wanted a table, then when we only ordered two dishes and no drinks he became very rude. The lemon risotto was actually pretty good but the seafood spaghetti looked nothing like the photo. No real seafood at all, just seafood flavor. When we finished we asked for the check and tried to hand him our credit card. He then said "cash only!" and walked away from us very rudely. It doesn't say cash only anywhere! I would say this is the only time in a week in Italy that we've actually been scammed. read more

We purchased a small cup of gelato to "take away". We were actually over charged. Charging us 5,00 Euro instead of the correct 3,00 Euro. And worst of all, when we asked to sit and quickly eat it we were scuttled away saying the gelato is for take away only. Very disappointed and was our only bad experience in all of Amalfi. read more

We saw a sign advertising granita, so we walked in and met someone who seemed to be the owner or manager. We asked for granita and she confirmed they do serve granita. We clarified we only wanted to order one. Abruptly, she told us "no" and walked away. I guess it wasn't worth her time to make just one granita... read more

This place will rob you if you try and have wine shipped back to your home country... my friend and I visited in September 2019, and they have refused to provide customs with the proper documentation and LIED to US customs about what was in the box... telling them it was just ceramic bottle filled with oil... We spent over 300 Euro on wine and shipping.. when we finally got a hold of them and told them what we needed they responded ". What you are asking us cannot be done by us." and "for 300 € we do not change our lives and face" what a FOUL embarrassment of customer service.. after emailing and pleading with them I am finally sharing so that no one else has to suffer the damages we have... we purchased gifts for our loved ones and were robbed. read more