A fantastic find on the first evening in Palermo. A warm and inviting decor with excellent…read morecocktails and small plates. Bartender Fabrizio made some excellent variations on traditionals including his own takes on the Negroni, Hanky Panky, and Old Fashioned (with Grappa). He is well trained and creative with great presentation skills. The owner was on site and careful of every detail. This place is worth going out of your way for but better yet, if you are in Palermo, do pay a visit.

Music venue with actual, real-life rock music.. In Sicily!! Not like, "This dude has a guitar and…read morethis dude has a cello... so listen to their folk-ish music and this terrible cover tune." On an island completely void of live music and entertainment, this place was pretty cool. Drinks were cheap enough, vinyl records are for sale, and if you're lucky enough for the one holiday when they have live music, you're in luck. Because it's good. Honestly, it might only be Fridays, I don't know. I think Sicily refuses to acknowledge any other days as days to have fun except for Friday after 10pm. Even then it's a stretch. No kidding. But the vibe is cool, it's a good size, and it gets packed... because I'm guessing everyone is just waiting like a pack of rabid dogs during the week for Friday to come where you can see rock music, drink a little booze and stay out past 9pm. Oh, if you're lucky, by the time you're reading this, hopefully it won't be closed already. That seems to me the norm around these parts. By the time word spreads of a good place, it's long gone. Or at some other address you can't find because it's hidden like some goddamn Smurf Village.

This amazing restaurant mixes simple Sicilian ingredients with creative recipes. Everything we had…read morewas sooo tasteful.

Tl;dr: I highly recommend Boccum. The drinks, food and service were all excellent…read more Palermo's cocktail culture is a work in progress compared to many of the other large cities in Italy, but there are a few small places doing some exceptional drinks in the city and Bocum can count themselves as one of them. Boccum's bar is a single-person operation lead by bartender Sonja who at the time of this review had been working behind the stick there for approximately 3 months. She was happy to chat with us about her experience, give us recommendations and discuss the growing cocktail scene in Palermo. Bocum has a dozen or so unique craft drinks on their menu and a good selection of bottles to prepare high-quality classics. My first cocktail was their Vesper Twist, which was quite a twist, as they have swapped the usual Lillet for a quinquina vermouth and added a hint of scotch for a very dry, slightly smokey version of the drink. My partner got a Geisha sour, a yuzu forward drink with Ki No Bi gin, cherry liqueur, yuzu purée, wasabi, lemon juice and egg white. We were also treated to some unbidden but yummy fried, stuffed squash blossoms during this first round of drinks. By this time Sonja started to realize that we were pretty enthusiastic about cocktails and started bringing out some fun stuff she was experimenting with, including a super creamy clarified milk punch and an absolutely stunning porcini mushroom infused Negroni, which sounds like a gimmick but was legitimately the apex of our drinking experience in Palermo. It was super well balanced and the porcini wasn't overbearing at all. To showcase that porcini taste, we were also provided with some panko fried porcini mushroom tapas which were delicious and light. We went to several other cocktail bars in Palermo with varying degrees of success, but Boccum was the only one we came back to again. The second time was for their dinner service, which is also top-notch from antipasti to dessert. I definitely recommend Bocum if you'd like a break from the typical tourist menus and aperol spritzes of the historic district. The drinks, food and service were all excellent.

Very small inside with a very cool looking bar. The seating outside is pretty big. We were greeted…read moreenthusiastically and seated in a preferred spot inside because it was so windy outside. We ordered 2 different lasagna and both were delivered quickly. The vegetable lasagna had peas and carrots inside, not my favorite but the red sauce with meat was very good, and made extra cheesy with butrata cheese on top. A very nice place to have dinner.

I don't believe I have given a restaurant a low review as this one. But I value places same as they…read moresale themselves to be. The staff actually stopped us on the street and made it seemed like a great place to eat. We asked if they had fish on the menu as a few of them wanted fish and they confirmed showed us a menu taped to a board in front of restaurant which we liked. We ask to sit outside but only if the two tables by our side were not smoking because we have asthma. They confirmed sat us down. However the bartender had his girlfriend sitting by the bar next to us and she decided to smoke even when she could see us covering out faces. She did it two more times which made it worse. The waiter kept us waiting a while. Finally came and dropped menus and a paper bag which we then noticed it was extremely hard bread. So hard we could hit the table with it. Terrible and sad for an Italian restaurant and for the price. We ordered our food and one of us was left waiting for a long time. Our waitress was no where to be found. I flagged some and told them. And we were left waiting. I went up and found someone and explained and they finally admitted they made a mistake. However no apologies. I had to get up again as the food was still not brought in. All the food was bland except the carbonara which was the only meal we all agreed was great. The fish and vegetables were so disgusting we had to add salt; olive oil, and even balsamic to get some flavors. One of the fish was ordered with different sides and they also had that wrong. Very sad Will say never to go to this place. Service was bad, no one cared and no one even asked.

amazing! if you can ask for ayman! we ordered apertivo and had the best time! highly recommend.read more

Classic lasagna was very good Vegetarian lasagna is…read morebasically spinach manicotti covered in. ricotta Both very tasty. Nice spot away from the busy street Relaxing spot as well.

Really tasty beers and apps. The doc's bock and the avant garde (rye) were both really solid…read moreinterpretations of their respective styles. The trappist tripel is also quite good if they have it on tap.

From the owner: Ballarak è il primo vero Brewpub di Palermo. Siamo allo stesso tempo un Birrificio ed un Pub. Vieni…read morea provare le nostre birre, ti promettiamo che non rimarrai deluso ;)

We were looking for a quiet location away from the hustle and bustle of the Main Street cafes when…read morewe found this place located just off the main thoroughfare. The wine was cold and delicious and the food was very good and reasonable. The portions are very generous. Will come back again.

Very cool bar in a very cool rustic ally way... Good/affordable local wine list... Will get busy…read morelater in the night with locals booking tables... Drop in and try your luck...

There are a few "beach clubs" along this stretch of Mondello beach. No wrist band needed or entry…read morefee. We stopped in for a few glasses of wine and snacks. During the daytime, it is all families. Come sunset, it turns into a big beach party. We were there right before sunset, before it got packed, and were able to grab a table, snacks, waiter service, listen to the tunes (female DJ), and watch the sunset. We left before it got packed. During high season, it's the place to be, as the bartender informed us. Maybe another time...

They are open, and serve drinks but it about ends there. Extremely rude to Americans and overpriced…read morefor drink quality. If you're in mondello, you probably made a mistake in first place. Sicily is not a nice place but this place kinda explains why.