Friendly English speaking employee helped us with some quick bites for lunch and sweets for after…read more Everything was amazingly good. I would revisit in a heartbeat!

Charming place. Delicious coffee, gelato, and pastries. I felt like I was going back in time; the…read moredecor is classic 40s-50s. The caffe freddo is the best ever and so were the mini-cannoli. I had a lot of favorite places during my stay in Calabria, but Soverato Dolci is in the top five.

This restaurant is racist. They refused to serve black people while serving all of the…read morewhite-skinned people who came in long after us. We sat for almost 30 minutes with no service. They wouldn't even get us water. The white people who came in 15 minutes after us were given waters on their table right away. When I asked the waiter if he would help us, he looked at me up and down and then turned to go take orders for the other tables, who again came in at least 15 minutes after we did. We are visiting Italy from the US; I do not recommend this establishment to any black person or anyone who does not condone racism, as they do not wish to serve blacks.

Coffee martini. Bailey's shake Port of Messina. Sicily coffee trying for first time. Yummy…read more So Italian styled Or Sicilian styled.

This gelato place is supposed to be the best, according to a local blog. They had a lot of options,…read moreincluding vegan flavors! I tried the pistachio and something that may have been mislabeled but tasted a little like ginger snaps (?). Everything was delicious and the staff was helpful. We'll probably be back before our trip is over!

The Bar del Porto is my favorite place to hang out in Panarea and the closest thing to a…read moreneighborhood café the island has to offer. The name of the place - The Port Café" in Italian - is no accident. Getting off the ferry or the hydrofoil it's the first place you run into morning or night, and usually my first cappuccino breakfast of my visits to Panarea I have right here, just after we hand our bags off to one of the golf-cart taxis owned and operated by Angela and her family. The cappuccinos and croissants are good, the sandwich selection good enough, they know how to do basic cocktails well and they service is usually very efficient. At cocktail hour (aperitivo) they bring out a decent spread and they leave the loud music to The Bridge and the other 1st floor patio bars nearby. Like every bar or café along the tiny port the view is gougeous: sail boats, yachts and the islands of Stromboli, Basiluzzo, Dattilo and Lisca Bianca.. My favorite thing they serve are are the granite - the original Sicilian slush puppies - either "al caffe" for a second breakfast or other flavors after dinner after a stroll through town. Their granite seven years ago inspired one of my first blog posts (http://carbonara.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/slush-puppy-heaven/ ) although the guy with the cinnamon no longer works there.

Best coffee and fresh croissants in the morning! Nice outdoor seating on several levels, very…read morepopular for breakfast (pastries and coffee). It's my third stay on Stromboli and I'm happy to have finally discovered this spot for our morning coffee. The staff was very patient and friendly. Our croissants were warm and fresh. Based on this positive experience, we might try dinner another time.