Wonderful people watching location in Santa Lucia park. Good service, good Italian food.

Amazing food, especially the house bread. A nice place to sit in St Lucia Plaza and eat.

Went here for Sunday dinner. Place was crowded so we had a wait at the bar. Our table was ready in about 20 minutes. We were hungry so we ordered right away. I got the linguini with a mushroom oil sauce, and others got the chicken Marsala and the chicken with a creamy parmigiana sauce. The linguini was really good with a lot of flavor, the chicken in creamy parmigiana sauce was good. The chicken Marsala did not have a lot of Marsala flavor. My wife even asked for more sauce which did not help. Live eating in this park and the surroundings. read more

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Since I don't speak spanish, my attempts at trying to find out the types of whiskey the restaurant has turned into an annoying and embarrassing problem. Perhaps they could list their whiskeys on the menu, as many restaurants do. Then the staff won't need to get so bothered at my attempts to see what they have. I would think they have a good selection but I had to settle for Johnny Black because it's the only thing they understood. Google translate Como no hablo español, mis intentos de intentar averiguar los tipos de whisky del restaurante se han convertido en un problema molesto y vergonzoso. Quizás podrían incluir sus whiskies en el menú, como hacen muchos restaurantes. Entonces el personal no tendrá que preocuparse tanto por mis intentos de ver lo que tienen. Creo que tienen una buena selección, pero tuve que conformarme con Johnny Black porque es lo único que entendieron. read more

Great food, service and environment! Pizzas, fresh Pasta and Piñas coladas are amazing! read more

La Tratto Santa Lucía - Drinks at La Trato en Mérida Yucatan Mexico! - Mediterranean Near Me - Merida, YUC

My wife and I wanted to eat dinner at another nearby Italian restaurant but it was closed so we decided to give La Tratto a try. We sat inside at the bar to enjoy some air conditioning and catch a few innings of baseball on the large screen TV. We shared a Cobb salad and sausage pizza which was a perfect amount for the two of us. The food was very good as well as the service. Drinks were 1/2 off for happy hour. I'd definitely come back here again read more

Great place for lunch. Stopped in randomly for an afternoon bite. Shared a Caesar salad with my girlfriend - great dressing and juicy chicken. They also brought out some complimentary flatbread with some fantastic olive oil. We shared the margarita pizza as our plata fuerte and added a little arugula - and it was phenomenal. With a half bottle of wine and all that it came out for $15 a person. Not too shabby for the quality and the change of pace. read more

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Great place to go to get a nice meal in Merida. La Tratto does a great job of offering traditional Italian cuisine but with a nice Mexican twist to it, so you don't feel like you're getting food you could eat anywhere. The location is also beautiful, with a great view of Parque Santa Lucia. Would definitely recommend! read more

La Tratto Santa Lucía - Mediterranean Near Me - Merida, YUC

This is a hard call. The food is fine and price is acceptable but it just lacks a little kick in the food. This is like a fake Italian place in the U.S. trying to be a high end restaurant. The decor is high end but the food doesn't match quite well. First we had the black seafood spaghetti and my husband had the all cheese pasta. I thought mine was good but the cream was lacking some taste. My husband's pasta was too cheesy and he didn't think it was that good. Another time we had the caprese salad and the mozzarella was disappointing and the tomatoes looked good without much flavor. The spaghetti with pine nuts was good but the vegetables in it tasted a little cold and lacked the fresh flavor. Overall I like the place ok but it's no comparison with Oliva. Here is the issue. With Oliva around all other Italian restaurants are just not good enough. However, this place is located more central and spacey with nice courtyard feel. It's a nice place for a date night I guess. read more

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Insultingly small portions of wine. My "glass" of wine was literally the smallest glass I have ever been served. I complained and was told no, that's a full glass So then I ordered a "quartino" of wine (which literally means a quarter liter) and it was less than I would get in a single glass normally. (see photo: that's the full, untouched portion). Hate to bitch, but 225 pesos (over US$11) for a Mexican red that was barely passable? Fail. When I politely complained in Spanish to the manager I was told I was just wrong, that's a full quartino, measured. Umm, no. It isn't. It's not not even close. You are just ripping us off. read more

La Tratto Santa Lucía - A quarter liter of wine? You kidding me? - Mediterranean Near Me - Merida, YUC

Terrible restaurant. During our honeymoon, my husband and I came to eat at this restaurant. I ordered a daiquiri and it tasted great. However, I soon came to realise that there was a hair in it, which should have been the first sign. We proceeded to order salads. Two salads were 470 pesos ($25 dollars). This salad was very small and completely basic, definitely not worth the money. The pizza was definitely nothing special either. Finally, we paid for the overcharged food and left our waiter a tip. He came over to get his money faster than he had served us throughout our meal. To top it all off, the waiter told my husband to give him a bigger tip. This was unbelievable and COMPLETELY unprofessional. I immediately stood up to leave but my husband insisted on just giving him the money. If it were up to me I would have taken back what we did give him and left him with absolutely nothing, which is what he deserved. You can get much better food and MUCH better service for a lower price almost anywhere else. Terrible restaurante. Durante nuestra luna de miel, mi esposo y yo vinimos a comer a este restaurante. Pedí un daiquiri y estaba delicioso. Sin embargo, pronto me di cuenta de que tenía un pelo, lo que debería haber sido la primera señal. Procedimos a pedir ensaladas. Dos ensaladas costaban 470 pesos ($ 25 dólares). Esta ensalada era muy pequeña y completamente básica, definitivamente no vale la pena el dinero. La pizza definitivamente tampoco era nada especial. Finalmente, pagamos la comida cargada de más y le dejamos una propina a nuestro camarero. Vino a buscar su dinero más rápido de lo que nos había servido durante la comida. Para colmo, el camarero le dijo a mi esposo que le diera una propina mayor. Esto fue increíble y COMPLETAMENTE poco profesional. Inmediatamente me levanté para irme, pero mi esposo insistió en darle el dinero. Si fuera por mí, habría recuperado lo que le dimos y lo habría dejado sin absolutamente nada, que es lo que se merecía. Puede obtener comida mucho mejor y un servicio MUCHO mejor por un precio más bajo en casi cualquier otro lugar. read more

Excellent! Love this place! We come to Merida at least once a year and this is one of our faves when we've had our fill of Yucatecan food. Our favorite pizza is the Margarita con burrata. Simple but so delicious. Tonight my daughter tried the ravioli stuffed with chicken and cheese and she loved it. The complimentary bread and dipping sauce is also delicious. Service was excellent and we truly enjoyed our night. Be sure to give it a try! read more

The service is very attentive, but not excellent. The food here is good, but not superb. I have the feeling that several dishes are made from frozen meats and fish rather than fresh, and that the pastas are definitely not made in-house. I'm okay with that, however the prices are slightly high for the quality. 15% less would be more reasonable. With that said, it's not a go-to choice of mine but it's always a backup option depending what I'm in the mood for. read more

Monday is the best day to go there for lunch. Any of the pizzas on the menu are $115.00 pesos. We ordered the arugula and proscioutto and the Chicken or Chino salad which as very good. The pizza was a personalize with a nice crust and fresh mozzarella, prosciutto and topped wit arugula. One of my observation to this restaurant is that the music is awfully loud so one can have a conversation with your guests. Service was fine but when the bill came the waiter asked me if I would give him 15% tip so he could include it on the bill which I thought was poor form. I forgot to mention that we also had 2 coffees and 2 capuchinos that were great along with a cheese cake with guava that wasn't that good. I certainly would go back for Monday pizza though. read more

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We spent a night at the hotel across the street from this restaurant and since it happened to have excellent reviews and looked great from the outside, we decided to give it a try. Many were dining outside in the very pretty courtyard, but it was a bit too hot for us so we headed indoors. The restaurant is very nice, with a very pretty enclosed garden and a large open kitchen. My partner and I shared a a pasta dish with spaghetti noodles, a red sauce, veggies, and chicken, in addition to a margarita pizza. We also each ordered a glass of Mexican Tempranillo; I had never tried Mexican wine before and this one tasted great. The pasta arrived first and it was very good, the sauce was flavorful and they put just the right amount on which allowed us to still enjoy the flavors of the fresh veggies and chicken. The pizza arrived after we had finished the pasta and I thought it was very good. read more

I'm with Cai D. on this. Tough call. I had just had dinner at Apoala the evening before (a restaurant just across the square), which is perhaps a tough comparison, but it's what's most fresh in my mind. The menu is very predictable - not predictable for a Mexican restaurant, but rather for (in Cai D's words) a fake Italian place in the U.S. In addition to the pizza and pasta, they have salads and entrees along the lines of arugula and pear, chicken caesar, a dish or two with quinoa, a "chino latino" (think asian salad at the California Pizza Kitchen), salmon with couscous and spinach, seared tuna, etc., etc. Cocktails are standard and not all that interesting (i.e. manhattan), but they do have a fair selection of wines. I ordered the salmon. It came out with something that looked like spicy mayo across (but didn't have much flavor otherwise), and the spinach was doused in oil. I had trouble getting the waiter's attention, so actually stood up and went right up to ask someone after I had been waiting for nearly 10 minutes. Thankfully (5 stars for this part), they took back the plate and brought it back with fresh, unadulterated spinach along with some additional vinegars, oils, and salsa on the side. Appreciated. And so the salmon with spinach was okay, but there was nothing unique or innovative about anything in the dish, or even the restaurant / experience as a whole. I keep going back to Apoala - something so simple (steak tacos), but every single detail, from the way they cooked the steak, to the way they served the tortillas, to the rosemary smoking in the drink they had nailed. Impeccable service, incredible experience. In comparison, I felt like I was getting dinner at Pret a Manger or Applebee's: food that fills you up, nothing else. The price put the nail in the coffin. $27 USD for entree, water, and wine vs. $26 for entree, water and cocktail the evening previous. Super cheap for good food in New York, but très cher for mediocre in Merida. read more

Excellent food in Centro Historico in Merida, Yucatan. I had the Bistro salad and the Steak Au Pouvre. Highly recommended. read more

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We were sent by a nice woman at the gallery we viewed earlier and she suggested their Happy Hour. You never really know what Happy Hour will be but this one was great! All beers and liquor are half price between 6 and 9pm (does not include wine). We had 4 top shelf margaritas a beer and a pizza for around $25! My guess is happy hour is not on the weekends, but I didn't confirm. (This was a Wednesday) Pizza was excellent as they have a pizza oven. read more

Great Italian food! Amazing amazing service with friendly staff. In the cutest little park with pleasant music and atmosphere. Must try if you want a brief break from Yucatecan cuisine. ++ read more

Extremely average and bland Italian food. Pizza was over done. Pasta are far from authentic. Overpriced beer and they tag service charge on top. I would avoid while visiting Merida. read more

Excellent Ravioli dish!!! The artichoke spinach dip is one of my favorite appetizers. We have been La Trotto customers (in their previous location included) for the past 8 years and have never had a bad experience. In fact they were the first restaurant we ever dined at in Merida, when we first moved here. So glad they are now walking distance from our home in gorgeous the Santa Lucia neighborhood. read more

This is supposed to be a higher-end restaurant? We sat at the bar at first, for some drinks. The waiter, who was obviously in training, could not answer any of our questions about the drinks on the menu. He seemed lost and disoriented, and was completely useless. We were brought utensils and plates, but had to summon the waiter in order to get a menu. This is completely ridiculous. The waiter never asked us if we wanted another drink, rather we had to summon him over for that too. We ordered a Caesar salad which was tasteless and bland.Very disappointed with the entire experience. Go to Rafaellos down the block for much better food at half the price!! read more

Such good food and service here! Had my first taste of habanero salsa here and although my mouth was on fire, it was such a good burn. They even gave me some to take home. I got a pizza and steak. Both were mouth watering. There is a beautiful outside seating area where you can enjoy street performers from your table. The staff constantly checks on you to make sure you are comfortable. Definitely recommend this restaurant. read more

Very mediocre food and poor service. There are definitely more interesting restaurants in Merida. Hard to beat the outside seating in the plaza though. So come with the right expectations, enjoying music (the night we were there a couple singing Carpenters songs in spanish?!) read more

Worst service ever! They don't like foreign people at all. First of everything, we try to call several times and nobody answer the phone. We want to make sure that they're open and taking reservations. (Anyways it was a party of 2) however we arrive to this place and the host screaming at me because I don't have my face mask on, I told her that I lost it on the rain earlier, and ask her if she have one for me... (I can pay for it) she just laughed in my face and told me that's not possible at all . So I just go into the table in the PATIO. With my face and mouth cover with my shirt. ( the only thing that I can do) they offer me drinks and 3 minutes after that, the "manager" ( i think) came out and told us that we need to leave because I don't have a face mask. We thought it was a joke, but not. They literally kicked us out. How I'm gonna get food with a face mask on ? By the way... Place it was EMPTY! Sad story because my husband and I we just bought a place here, in Merida; and we are celebrating, but we can't try this place and off course we never tried it! You guys need a capacitation of yours employees ASAP! We walk 20 feet, and we saw a nice place called ROSA SUR 32. We tried they're food and wow! Amazing place, amazing food and amazing coustomer service.we explain to the waitress what happened to us and they even can't believe it! So if you're looking to have a good time, this place is not the correct one! read more

We had a wonderful evening at La Tratto. The outdoor seating is within the park and it easy to relax, watch people and enjoy reasonably priced high quality food. The complimentary fresh bread is like a pita and served with garlic seasoned olive oil. We followed this with a series of appetizers, salad and wine. Definitely recommend this! read more

The food is excellent, but the service is not quite as good as La Recova, which is in the same plaza.

Get the pizza with sun dries tomatoes and basil. You'll be happy and keep going back. The pasta is also delicious, but not as special as the pizza. read more