we happened upon this place by chance. the food is exceptional. Probably the best we have had in…read moreour lives. it is a family owned business and they were all super nice and attentive. If you are ever in Trapani - you need to eat here! I cannot wait to go back.

Nice place on the wall overlooking the sea. Great cous cous with seafood, very flavorful. Local…read moredish. Pasta Busiata with any tuna, triglia (Mullet) or anything is great. Friendly people.

We had a fantastic dinner at Antichi Sapori in Trapani…read more We started with their scafood tasting plate (octopus, smoked tuna and swordfish, squid and fish fried, sardine meatballs and , bruschette with Trapanese pesto). As a main course we had the homemade pasta; mine with clams & zucchini; hers with Trapanese pesto which is made with fresh tomatoes & almonds. To accompany our meal, one of my favorite Donnafugata wines, Vigna di Gabri.

Antichi Sapori has a good reputation for being one the best places to eat in Trapani. I am sorry,…read moreafter going back several times I am not that convinced anymore. It's rather turned into a tourist trap. The cous cous here is advertised as freshly prepared according to the local tradition, but it was nothing to tell home about AND 19 Euro for one portion really is a LOT. I am pretty sure that last weekend's was my last visit here. In the meanwhile many good alternative options are available in the city.

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.