While visiting Matera we ate here twice because we enjoyed it so much the first time. On our second…read morevisit it was bbq night so I tried their tomahawk pork chop and it was delicious. Along with a few other items also delicious. Two brothers run the restaurant and are fun and helpful in making decisions from food to wine

One of the very few disappointing meals in our tour of Puglia. The restaurant was suggested to us…read moreby locals (i know, there is always the risk they send you to their cousin's joint) and it looked nice from the outside. We were therefore surprised to find on our table the most basic of dishes, with ingredients just thrown on the plate rather than cooked together. The tomato sauce tasted like it came out of a can. Sorry to say, if this is what the locals suggested, i am afraid of what the other restaurants look like!

This place gave us a below average experience. The food was not the best, pasta was overcooked, and…read morethey gave us the bread before we even got plates and no olive oil or even salt to go with it. The waiters looked very unamused at literally anything that was happening and were just there because of the money, the food came fast and we had good seating. The lighting was good and the ambiance was nice until about halfway through our meal, the lights started flickering throughout the whole restaurant and then happened once more later on. I would not highly recommend but if you do plan on going, make reservations.

Service is top notch and personal, plates are made to order. The ravioli was not on the menu…read more My daughter ordered The cod and was cooked to perfection with delicious fresh tomatoes and potatoes.

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.

Great experience at Baccanti - good service and ambiance. I…read moregot the pork chops for my main - the flavours of the mashed potato, peperocino, reduction and pork really worked well together. The only fall back was that the pork chop was too fatty - it was hard to cut off the layers of fat. I do wish they trimmed the chop before searing it to avoid this. The other fallback - I do wish they had served a serrated knife with the main. The wine pairing with my food was perfect. I had the bread, olive oil, salt dessert. The best dish I had here. It was an amazingly creative dish. Don't want to spoil the experience for the readers but this is a MUST order.

Very quaint restaurant with excellent food. They have an extensive wine list to please anyone. We…read morehad the fava bean puree with chickory, white truffle pasta, pork in bechamel sauce and pasta with clam sauce. Every plate was excellent.

We came here without a reservation at 8pm, we were told there were no spots available, but if we…read morecan leave by 9pm they can squeeze us in. We ordered our food and were amazing at the quality and the taste. The only regret is that we did not order the beef in the bread or the bowl with meat. It looked fantastic! Total with a bottle of water came to 33€. I would go back again!

We were a large group of 14. The staff made every attempt to accommodate and set us up in this…read morerestaurant in beautiful Matera. Our experience was simply put: Sublime. The restaurant has English speaking staff. In fact, I believe they are capable of communicating in over four languages. This is a typical Italian restaurant, with a charming, friendly and very approachable staff. Something uncommon in other parts of Italy. Our primi included this wonderful pasta, followed by our secondi with steak seared with peppercorn and other spices, showered with arugula and truffles. Our desert was exquisite, and the local wines were incredible. A healthy combination of ambiance, helpful and friendly staff, and proximity to attractions is certainly the reason why I would give this restaurant 5-stars. This is an A+ location and a must visit while you're in Matera.

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!

This is a charming place cut into a mountain in Matera. It has a blend of casual feel with fine…read moretable settings and table cloths. The team if servers is very helpful in describing the meals and selecting wines. My wife and I split the nochi with local sausage in a delicious cream sauce. Next we shared the slice beef which was surprisingly tender and went well with the potato cakes and mushrooms. Finally, for dessert we had a ricotta and chocolate cake that was like none I'd had before. All this gray food came with a very reasonable price so our entire experience was one we will always remember fondly.

This place is delicious! We waited to get a table and it was well worth it for a late night dinner…read more Great service and friendly staff. We ordered other appetizers to start with that are not pictured, like the local cheese. We chose a local wine of course and it was very good. They have gluten free pasta, crackers to try the local cheese and plenty of dishes that are naturally gluten free.

Great local food. Very nice staff. Accommodated all our needs. The dessert was deliciousread more

Pignato and eggplant ravioli were amazing, owner was friendly, wine was amazing, price was good…read more Would definitely come again.