This was such a lucky find! My family and I were visiting Calabria to see the towns where my mom's…read moreancestors came from. These areas feel very rural and mountainous compared to what were used to, and Griglieria Vallefiore was large and bustling compared to everything else we passed. We went in and found that the staff didn't speak much English, which did not surprise nor disappoint us. We used our phrase book and asked the questions we could, and ended up with one of the best meals ever! Five of us split the vegetarian antipasto platter and it was plenty of food and delicious (a bargain for the price!). The cheeses were amazing and varied and they seemed to make everything- meats and cheeses- in house. Four of us for variations on porcini mushrooms and pasta and we've never tasted such fresh and delicious mushrooms and pasta! The fifth member of our party got a hamburger, which we all tried (well, except for one vegan family member) and agreed was amazing and fresh. This was such a good experience for us, trying to interact with locals and enjoying their cuisine. I would highly recommend this place for anyone passing by!

In this little town in The Sila mountains hide many a little treasure... one of the is this place…read morewith big windows facing the small main thoroughfare and yet a neighbourhood "gem". The serve all the usual espresso, cappuccino and have a delicious variety of hot chocolate--NOT the North American style, rather, yummy thick, stick to your cold ribs kind :-9. It is a quaint place to stop on the way up Via Roma toward the "Angelo" for sure :-)

Absolutely fantastic. A jewel in the middle of nowhere…read more We had a fantastic meal here and it is worth the trip. The food is also local. The owner (we assume he was the owner) was showing us baskets of freshly picked truffles and porcini and another mushroom we didn't recognize. The three of us did the tasting menu - bonus as we didn't have to do the same tasting menus as some restaurants require you to do. For the tasting menu with fewer courses, they just brought my husband a plate incase we wanted to share with him. Every single course was fantastic. The atmosphere was fun. We would highly highly recommend.

Sooo it is taboo to say any one meal you ate in Italy was the best meal you ate in Italy. But. How…read moreabout this, foodie friends: if you can, build Camigliatello Silano and its environs into your next trip to Italy, and set aside at least 4 hours to sit at La Tavernetta and indulge in all of the amazing things they parade in front of you. It is worth a side trip for. This is a very top-notch eating experience, with the simple, clean, elemental focus on super fresh and local ingredients that is so important in the Italian eating experience, but with the flair for presentation and unusual combinations you might see at fancy American restaurants (although, in my opinion, without any feeling of fussiness--this is still an Italian family establishment). The meal starts with a wine and meat and bread tasting sample in the restaurant's wine cellar, and concludes with a visit to the kitchens to wave to the staff and observe the pastry preparation area (or at least did in our case). The owner/head chef, Pietro Lecce, came out to shake our hands and introduced himself. The menu is terrific. The restaurant's surrounding area--the gorgeous national forest La Sila--is known for its porcini mushrooms as well as signature cheeses, both of which are featured prominently on the locally-sources menu. Things we ate which I would emphatically recommend: --a buckwheat mafalda (a new pasta to me) with local signature ingredients porcini and anise --porcini tortelli served with shave truffles --the porcini appetizer platter--it was great --"The Tradition": a semi-standard antipasto platter, but with local specialty cheeses and meats I hadn't eaten elsewhere We were so full we failed to order dessert, which I really regretted because the tables around me had some really nice-looking stuff. Poor planning. Go to Calabria! And eat here. Make a day or even two out of Camigliatello Silano--check out La Nave della Sila, the emigration museum, and Parco Old Calabria. And go buy all the gastronomical delights from Camigliatello's downtown shops--stock up on your spicy sauces!

We enjoyed our meal here very much. The antipasti sampler was great and plenty of food for two. We…read morealso got the fileja with 'nduja which was nice and spicy and the stewed boar with roasted potatoes. The stew was a very hearty dish and literally kept us full all day. We also had some wine, 2/3 of a bottle to be exact, since they bring you the bottle (not house wine) to your table and only charge you for what you consumed.

This place is located in the ancient part of Cosenza. We walked from our Airbnb and enjoyed seeing…read morethe alleyways with Street art and the Duomo. The restaurant was easy to find with maps, and we were quickly seated outside (at about 9pm on a Sunday night). The view of the cobblestone plaza and apartments with terraces was so beautiful and charming. The staff at Calabria Bella didn't speak very much English at all, which made us happy. The place seemed to be full of locals enjoying a relaxing, beautiful, summer evening. We ordered a bottle of wine at the waiters recommendation and ended up with something crisp and white, not sweet, which is exactly what we'd hoped for. There were so many options, but some of the things we tried were the roast chicken, the gnocchi and the veal. The one hiccup was that we thought we were ordering scallops and ended up with veal, but that was totally the fault of us and our translating app, so we made do and all tried it- it was amazing even though we're not even fans of veal! We were definitely tourists since we spent a shorter amount of time seated than any of the locals, but we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and hope we didn't look too foolish to all the locals!