Trapani is one of Sicily's temples for good food and wine. Due to the proximity to North Africa the…read morecuisine in the area is very influenced by Arab tradition. For example Couscous is a typical dish here, but differently from North Africa, it's prepared with a fish sauce. Just great. I was in Trapani for a few hours today and decided to spend them enjoying local food. I came across this restaurant by accident. I must say I'm very suspicious of restaurants here nowadays, the quality has dropped incredibly as the area has become more and more touristy. Since the traditional couscous takes 6 hours to make, almost all restaurants catering to tourists serve horrible pre-cooked stuff and pass it for authentic, or they get it delivered ready-made, which upsets me very much. The first thing I asked here was whether the couscous was home made, fresh and prepared according to tradition. They said yes. It wasn't. I was pretty disappointed, also because they charged 13 euros for a portion. The antipasti were ok-ish but nothing special and expensive. The pasta with fish was not bad but the noodles were basically raw. I was also upset me by the owner's attitude, advertising everything as great, home made and traditional when in fact it wasn't. I'm not only referring to the couscous. At the end of the meal they offered us a shot of a "fantastic herb liquor made with their own hands". Too bad I saw it being poured from a bottle of a known liquor brand.... We ended up paying 107 euros for 4 pasta dishes and one antipasti platter to share, plus 1 litre of local house wine from a jug. If you guys want to eat traditional Trapani food, look elsewhere, you may get a much better fare for much less money.

The place is overpriced and service is rude. We ordered two fish dishes with water and paid 33…read moreeuros. Both meals had maybe 10grams of fish, in microscopic chunks. When we noticed that, the rude waitress was completely ignorant. On the top of it, the forced service fee of 4euros was added in the bill. Not recommended, I would say it is a simply the tourist trap basing on low expectations of the foreign vistors.

We asked a guy to take a picture of us on the beach in Trapani and it was the owner of SOOD. He…read moretold us about the place and we went there the same evening. Everything here is from Sicily. The wine was amazing and the food as well. We really enjoyed it and can highly recommend it.

Great selection of wines by the glass and bottle. We requested two Sicilian wines and they didn't…read morehesitate to open new bottles for us. The bar food menu is extensive. The service was friendly and attentive. The background jazz compliments the experience. My wife left behind her raincoat and they set it aside safely until we returned to retrieve it.

AN interesting place with a fantastic selection of wine and some nice food as well. The service was…read morespotty when we went in to sample some Marsala wine and appetizers. The staff seemed highly distracted and after serving us a drink, never checked back at the table. There seemed to be a lot of regulars in the room and the staff were busy chatting and socializing with them. The thing that was most distressing, tough, was that the staff allowed customers in the restaurant to vape and others to stand immediately outside the door and smoke, the resulting environment of second hand vapor and smoke was unacceptable.

Nice place for a tourist style wine tasting. Grounds are nice, your tour gives you an overview of…read morewines and regions. Not a place to taste wines for serious wine tasters, too limited and restricted to understand the collection.

Whenever you're traveling to Sicily it doesn't matter. You must pay a visit to this winery. They…read morehave the best Passito di Pantelleria (zibibbo) I ever tasted: the Ben Rieu

Fantastic small bar and bistro. There is a huge wine selection, both Sicilian and around the world,…read moremany of which you can have by the glass. Dining is informal, but the food was some of the best we had in Palermo. It is easy to pass this place as it is small and unassuming, but that is part of its charm. The staff were extremely friendly and helpful, and very knowledgeable about wine.

I'm classy. I used…read moreto bring my own Spanish or Italian wine to my Fraternity parties. Classy. This place has a multitude of deelish wine options to choose from. I tried the 2010 red from the winery by Mount Etna. Totally worth the price. You gotta pay for class. The service is very Italian: Slow and a bit terse. Perfect, now you know you're in Italy. The place is cozy and yet has this traditional/historic feel. Come try it. Nah, you ain't classy like me. Grazie.

Thank you so much, Christian for such a great time. With only one day and one night in Marsala, you…read moremade our day! Come over and talk to him!

I stopped in for a quick respite from the hot August sunshine to find the nicest people, terrific…read morewine, and delicious tapas. I cannot wait to come back. I'm lucky, as I am here in town for another three weeks. They will get used to me here. :)

Disgusting attitude, charged us 5€ for two bottles of water listed for 1.30€ each just because…read morewe're tourists. The worker wanted to make us pay 2.60€ then the manager intervened and charged 5.00€.

From the owner: Piatti della tradizione siciliana rivisitati in chiave moderna , eccellenti cocktail.read more