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    La Fontana

    5.0 (1 review)
    Closed 7:00 pm - 12:00 am (Next day)

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    La Duchessa

    La Duchessa

    2.3(3 reviews)
    2.1 km

    This place was a recommendation and I'm sad to say that although it is beautiful, this is the worst…read moremeal I've had in Italy. Firstly, we walked in at 7:40 and although it was empty, there seemed to be some confusion that we didn't have a reservation. (Let me add that that it wasn't full by the time we left at almost 10.) Nevertheless, they did seat us at a table in the open patio that did have some breeze. We ordered- nothing outrageous- spaghetti with sauce, gnocchi with sauce and cheese, pasta alla norma (a local dish) and a pizza (their specialty). The pasta came out completely wrong- we let them know, but explained that the kids were starving so we would deal. The pizza came out charred and the ingredients were canned. I couldn't even eat it. When we asked for the bill, I was shocked to see that not only did they charge us for everything, they had the audacity to add a cover charge. I brought it to the waiter's attention and he argued with me, but begrudgingly took off the cover after lecturing me on how they would have remade the dishes. We had already waited 45 minutes by the time the food came, I wasn't going to ask the kids to wait again for their dinner. We come to this area once a year and I will not be visiting this establishment again.

    Recommended to this restaurant by my cousin who lives here. So excited to have some great pizza. We…read moresat and ordered very simple meals 1 pasta pomodoro 1 gnocchi and pizza. The beer and wine were good which is the only reason why it gets two stars. The waiter took our order and was miserable about it. What ever happened to service with a smile?! Two tables next to us, party of 2 and party of 4, seated after us were served and finished eating their meal before we got our dish 40 minutes later. Ok, maybe they want to bring it all out together? Nope, pizza took another 10 minutes and Pasta came out completely wrong from what we ordered. Oh and the pizza, don't expect fresh mushrooms, vinegar tasting mushrooms and pizza with zero flavor. This was not fuor di latte cheese. I don't even know what it was. Zero flavor other than the vinegar taste on the mushrooms. Huge disappointment. We have been to better places in the center of town. Pretty decor, good beer, poor service and bland food.

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    La Duchessa - This is supposed to be plain spaghetti with just tomato sauce... notice the salted ricotta on top.

    This is supposed to be plain spaghetti with just tomato sauce... notice the salted ricotta on top.

    La Duchessa - Pasta alla norma... Beautifully presented, but totally overcooked.

    Pasta alla norma... Beautifully presented, but totally overcooked.

    La Duchessa - This is supposed to be gnocchi with salted ricotta..  an easy fix unless you have one child that hates salted ricotta...

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    This is supposed to be gnocchi with salted ricotta.. an easy fix unless you have one child that hates salted ricotta...

    Quetzal - Octopus

    Quetzal

    2.8(6 reviews)
    3.4 km

    The restaurant is located on a mountain and it has an absolutely gorgeous view to Castellammare del…read moreGolfo. And the view become even better at night. Spectacular!!!! The restaurant is very big, it has inside and outside dining areas, even has some swings for children, which I think is great!!! Very specious place. But that's about it. The rest we didn't like at all!!!! Especially food. It was really BAD!!!! We come to the restaurant first of all for food. We ordered Pizza Margarita, grilled octopus and angus steak . Nothing was good. I asked specifically for grilled octopus, not boiled and they brought me oven cooked. It was so rubbery I couldn't chew it at all. So I didn't eat it, we gave it to the cat, even the cat has problems eating it. The steak was also rubbery and tasteless. And surprisingly the pizza was not good as well, just ok. And the service was average as well. I would not recommend this place at all.

    If I could rate my experience here as a zero I would. Horrible!!!! We were attacked by 6 yellow…read morejacks within 5 minutes of eating our meal. We tried to call over waiters to move us which they finally did and then the bees followed us. Then we finally got up again and no one even seemed interested in assessing or fixing our situation they just looked. Finally we had to get up and find someone,, the owner told us he would bring our food inside. Not to mention when I got my wine my glass was dirty!!!! By this time our food was cold and they had the nerve to let us pay for every single thing including an in opened bottle of soda and water!!!! 55 euros for absolutely nothing and no apology! Stay clear of this tourist trap!

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    Quetzal - Indoor dining

    Indoor dining

    Quetzal - Pomodoro salad

    Pomodoro salad

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    La Fontana - pizza - Updated May 2026

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