Friendly hosts and charming venue. Seemed very authentic and while this would likely be a more…read moreenjoyable experience during a nice, warm, daytime meal seated outdoors to ratchet up the ambiance, we were there in the evening and indoors. Sadly, we were not impressed with the food.
First it is a bit of a hike from the town center, so that start would make expectations greater for a special meal. It started well enough with some tasty bread (served in a paper bag) and olive oil. The bacon-wrapped burrata seemed a featured delicacy, but instead of wow, it was only meh.
We each ordered a single plate of a pasta speciality with a glass of local red. The red was surprisingly good for just €5 per glass., but the pasta again were disappointments.
My wife's dish (Tortelli Fidelio) was what would be normally termed ravioli, supposedly stuffed with shellfish. We could not tell the kind of shellfish, nor could our waiter explain it due the language barrier, even with the English translation menu. Regardless, it did not impress.
My pasta (Orecchiette in a baked clay pot with cheese and minced meat) was the local specialty. While the clay pot came out steaming hot, it was obviously reheated after having been frozen since sometime earlier. Underneath the top layer it was cold. Really? Reheated?? I had to send it back. While it came back to me hot throughout, the bloom was off the rose.
We left without a dessert, already dissatisfied with having hiked over a mile from the town center for what was supposedly the best the town had to offer. A taxi ride back to our hotel near the town center was €20. Not money well spent at the restaurant nor the unnecessary extra cost of travel.