Everything was incredible. One of the best pastry shops I have ever been too. I want to come back…read moreto Sicily just to have their pastries again.

We stopped by Costa during our visit to Palermo to try their cannolis. The cannolis were super…read moreyummy, featuring a crisp shell stuffed with ricotta filling. We also tried a strawberry cream bread which was super light. The spot was super cute and offered seats outside amidst the busy street. The servers were also super friendly and patient with us, as we did not understand Italian.

Fast, clean, delicious gelato. Highly recommend. I didn't love the area I was walking through, only…read morebecause it's full of dirty streets/ graffiti, people smoking, strange smells coming from every angle... however this was a lovely surprise along our walk. We ate this on the way back to our cruise ship.

This is a great place to get gelato if you are in this neighborhood. The place is clean, the staff…read moreis friendly and the gelato is oh so good. I must have started to look like a "regular" as the woman who works here began recognizing me as I would come in and begin to scoop up my gelato. It made me laugh! They have plenty of flavors and also have the brioche rolls if gelato on a bun is your thing. As for me, just a small cup of cool deliciousness is all I need to make me happy!

One is a "cannolo" but more than one is a "cannoli" and it was great to learn the difference this…read moreevening with this sweet stop on our food tour. The menu board is in Italian and in English which was most helpful. Pick your shell, pick your filling and then then how to you want to finish it off. The do have other things here including the famous "brioche" (ice cream stuffed brioche roll), arancine and fruit slueshes. I went with the pistachio shell filled with the hazelnut ricotta cream and then crushed hazelnuts at one end and candied orange at the other end. This is a big cannolo and some of the tour took some of their home. Not me. I'm all in for sweets tonight. It was excellent with a crisp shell and a sweet filling. Heavenly. [Review 12798 overall, 112 of 2020.]

Tasty cannolis! There were many choices and flavors and there was quick service. They spoke…read moreEnglish, which was helpful for us (American tourists). It wasn't the best cannoli we've ever had, but it was pretty great! We also picked up some arancini which were typical quality arancini. The cannolis were also pretty sizeable which was a good value.

Palermo is the sweets center of Sicily and at Pasticceria Buscaglione you will discover why…read moreSicilians in their own right can brag about the amazing sweets produced on the island. But they don't. So I will for them. Opened in 1899 (!) dishin' out pastries for over 117 years, Pasticceria Buscaglione gave me and my posse a sampling of excellent Palermitano sweets. It's soo easy to love this sweets shoppe. First, they make a genius cassata and if you've never had this, try it here. A cassata is a dome shaped marzipan cake, ricotta (best in Sicily), enveloped in a marzipan fondant type covering, so delicious and with a coffee will send you to heaven faster than a tiramisu. This version is soo good, my group got them togo. That, in addition to the awesome hand painted marzipan fruit, wrapped nicely for presents to friends, you are treated to a unique experience: you almost don't want to eat them for fear of ruining Art. The mandorle (almond based cookies) were 2die4 as well. Come here for a quick dessert and coffee, after the Teatro Massimo and have an unforgetable espresso-- so good here also. The staff here are friendly and helpful. They speak a little English but the language of food is universal, no need to speak Italian, just point and smile. Hope you enjoy this place, it's a Yelp find. Ciao. Visits: a few Tip: Cassata, mandorle and marzipan fruit are their top buys. But this bakery has been around for centuries, that's how well respected this pasticceria is.

This is the birthplace of the (regionally) famous Setteveli cake. Layers of chocolate and hazelnut…read moremousse, crunchy chocolate and chocolate sponge cake. Cappello also offers decent ice cream and good traditional Sicilian desserts. Only drawback: the cafe is located on an ugly backstreet.

Pair of Palermo reviews without photos - 2 of 2…read more It's only appropriate to write this review as part of a matched set. That's because this was the next stop after La Taverna di John. The pizza was more than fine, but I wasn't going to balk at "dessert" that I was being treated to and where the consensus was to go. This is definitely the place - Brioscia on Via Mariano Stabile, meaning this dude was, or is, "stable." Who can forget a street name like that? It sits under or near one of those blocky office buildings or condos that must have gone up during the building boom of the '60s or '70s, and where the sidewalk is covered by the colonnade of the building. (I'm sorry for having to get into all these specifics, but I can't seem to write up a review without giving a lot of extraneous contextual information.) Moving right along, I am almost sure that the Sicilian term brioscia is rooted in the French word brioche. Here, the thing to do is to have the gelato and/or sorbetto placed into a brioche bun that has been spread apart to accommodate the ensuing decadence! I was not expecting this presentation. I have had "brioscia(s)" in the morning for breakfast and they are really tasty on a stand-alone basis, given that they are sweet. And I've had gelato in a cup or a cone. This merging of gelato and a brioche bun is a cool idea. I shouldn't do this when I go for gelato or ice cream, but I usually mix it up with one chocolate based flavor and one citrus flavor. And that's what I did at Brioscia. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I'm talking about how the mix comes off. That the individual flavors at Brioscia are excellent and tasty goes without saying! There is a little wafer that they place at the top. A napkin is placed below the brioche bun. (I think you should also ask for a spoon.) The treat is, or can be, drizzled with a topping. Note that Brioscia is popular. You won't have the counter to yourself! The young people working here are pleasant. I got a sample, or maybe two, before deciding on the flavors, but know what is reasonable and don't be obnoxious. This is a popular gelateria in Palermo, and for good reason.

All I can say is wow! Visited here on my trip to Palermo since I needed to try gelato in a brioche…read morebun as recommended by every food article about Sicily. This did not disappoint. I had Baci flavored gelato in a brioche bun drizzled with chocolate. It was delicious, divine, and sinful - the perfect combination for dessert. The gelato was creamy and light, not dense at all. The bun was fluffy and tasty. When the hot chocolate was drizzled on the gelato it immediately hardened and created a great texture. I'm so happy I was able to give this a try while in Palermo.

It's a very cozy corner with quite a variety of choices. We had a couple of milk shakes and red…read morevelvet cupcake. They were quite good ( although for me they were too sweet). Girls were very friendly and polite. They also have inside area and outside we were very glad that they were open during their siesta time ( as you know many places aren't open) .

Last stop of the food tour, we had espressos, lattes, cappucinos and pastries. Despite the fact…read morethat we were all beyond stuffed after everything we'd eaten for the last three hours. Service was great, the espresso was a fabulous way to wrap up the day and I had a little nibble of the nutella pancake to go with it. YELP! Please don't merge this with Le Delizie di Cagliostro. They are COMPLETELY SEPARATE businesses! [Review 12799 overall, 113 of 2020.]

Walking in I heard someone walking out say "tutto spettacolare" and they were right…read more Vegan options are limited here, so a few of our meals have been vegetarian. Sal and I went for the vegetable lasagna. Broccoli and spinach in a white sauce. Absolutely incredible. My daughter said the lasagna rustica was excellent and my wife said the same of her pasta al forno (baked pasta). Both with meat (not a lot) and red sauce. 4 plates, two liters of water and a ginger ale for €23. Not bad! We're leaving full and happy, but needing to "walk it off "!

Best croissant I ever had with a subtle hint of "panettone flavor" (probably a tiny bit of…read morerosewater in the dough). They have a wide delicious-looking array of pastry and ice cream creations, plus housemade gelati. Coffee was great too. The only reason I don't give five stars is that it is very loud inside with the sound of plate crashing. We kept thinking that they dropped plates in the kitchen, but I guess it was just their way of throwing them around.

A lovely little cafe just near the markets, I had a hot chocolate and pistachio croissant and it…read morewas amazing. They seem to have a great coffee judging by the stream if locals dropping by for a caffeine fix. They have a number of drink options for that hot summer day including frozen ice coffee and some daiquiris. The place has a nice outdoor area where you can sit and relax in the warm Sicilian sunshine. It's a great spot to people watch as you soak in the experience of staying in Palermo

Delicious gelato, cannolis and more. They offer a variety of coffees, and paninis. The prices are…read morevery reasonable.