Very friendly place, waiters are helpful and entertaining, the owner stops at the table with…read morerecommendations and checks later make sure everything is OK. Both food and wine are good with an emphasis on seafood (logically enough since the restaurant is directly in the marina). The house white at 6 euros for a half liter is a steal.

This place is truly amazing. Went here after a day spent swimming in Mediterranean and super hungry…read moreand this place hit the spot just right. We ordered fish croquettes to start with and they were great. Yummy flavor and texture. Bread in the basket was super fresh and just perfectly crunchy. For main dishes I ordered the fish lasagna (omg the best lasagna I have ever eaten in my whole life ). Order it! It is life changing. Think you know what a lasagna should taste like? No you don't until you eat this. Wow. Mind blown. My bf had the house gnocchi which can had a tasty sauce and great texture. For seconds he ordered the fish of the day. Tip: get it whole, don't get a filet. The whole fish has all the flavors in it and the crunchy skin and tail and cheeks. Insanely tasty. And you get to eat a whole fish. With head and all. It tasted heavenly. Get the fish! Plus the house wine was amazing too and went perfectly with our fishy dishes. Prices are affordable and food is out of this world. The whole time we were there we were the only tourists everyone else was Italian. I would return here in a heartbeat and suggest this place to anyone who wants to try authentic Amazing Italian food in Trieste. What a find!!! Skip all the other places. Go here now!

Delish all the way! Had and unbelievable soup and octopus. Very good highly recommend.read more

** in Italiano sotto*…read more A classic! One of the most traditional Trieste Eateries, and a must visit when in town. Scarpon has been there forever, offering a homey feeling, no big scenes, no pretentiousness, just very good food at very good price and a friendly service. Scarpon has plenty of traditional Trieste dishes, but specializes in fish and seafood, so indulge, because this quality at these prices is very hard to find. I can't even suggest what you eat, haven't had anything that wasn't very good. If you visit from the USA you will probably pass out when you see the price of the branzino here: we are talking about a great fish offered at US hamburger prices! Scarpon is a legend in Trieste and for good reasons! *** Scarpon e' uno dei locali tradizionali di Trieste. Senza tanti fronzoli e sceneggiate gourmet, Scarpon offre ottimi piatti ad ottimi prezzi. Potrete provare diversi piatti classici Triestini ma la specializzazione qui e' il pesce: sempre buono, sempre ben curato, prezzi davvero piu' che ragionevoli. L'atmosfera e' famigliare, rilassata, ma il servizio e' sempre attento; cordialita' senza strafare, praticamente perfetto. Cosa provare? Potrei dire tutto, ma diciamo che dovrete provare i vari antipasti di mare, il pesce intero sia branzino, o orata o rombo e fanno delle ottime paste con i frutti di mare. Assolutamente da visitare se siete a Trieste e soprattutto se avete voglia di pesce buono senza lasciarci mezza paga.

Went here just to sample a variety of local wines. Prices per glass range from 2.50 to 5 Euro…read more Excellent range of varietals - - from local Refosco to Barolo; each wine ordered came with a fresh serving of breaded fried fish and different fish salads, which was super. I ordered first from the board, then asked for recommendations, and the man at the bar was smooth, thoughtful, attentive, and caring, replying to my crude Italian in English (as all bar staff seem to do in Trieste). Dark but vividly decorated interior, with lots of wood; superb overall atmosphere. A really great place to try a variety of wines, at very good prices, with nice bar snacks, in a memorable atmosphere. An excellent experience.

This place was amazing…read more I got into Trieste late, and all the restaurants were closing up and only serving drinks. Le Vele allowed me to order a sandwich. I ordered their Supremo burger. It came out fantastic. It was one of the best burgers I've had in my life. Also, their Aperol Spritz was super delicious. Service was top-notch. And, the atmosphere sitting next to the canal is super laid back.

Best meal we had in Trieste. Loved the chicken Caesar salad ( with chicken) and prosciutto pizza…read more Went back the next day for more. Top notch friendly service

Good pizza ,service good, ambiance good muy buena comida ambiente tranquilo la comida de muy buen…read moresabor la recomiendo

Josip was our waiter and his table side manner was Excellent! The sea food was fresh and very well…read moreprepared. This was one of the best experiences we had on our three week visit!

A restaurant that charges this amount of money for its plates does not deserve more than 1 star…read more Let me try to explain our experience. We sit down and notice that some wine glasses and some water glasses are missing. We ask about 3 times to bring some. In our table of 8 people we had 1 vegetarian. I know this is a fish restaurant so our vegetarian friend said sorry to the waiter and asked if they could make a vegetarian dish for her. The waiter said that they can make anything: "vegan, vegetarian, gluten free no problem!" So we look at the menu and all they have is Pasta with tomato and a caprese salad. I can eat those at home. We notice that there are some side dishes within the fish plates that are vegetarian: a parmigiana cake and guacamole. We ask him to make something with those and he said no problem we'll make a beautiful dish for you. We receive a complimentary entreé but it had fish. It was served also to the vegetarian friend. Great! They've already forgotten she's vegetarian. My friend hands it to one of us and isn't given anything vegetarian. The vegetarian dish arrives and it certainly looks beautiful but unfortunately it had no sign of any avocado or guacamole and it ended up being just grilled veggies with no dressing whatsoever. Very boring. They later ask if she's still hungry and she says yes. She would like a dish of cheese if possible. The dish was literally just a few cheeses, some feta, some mozzarella, and some parmesan. The only condiment was some honey on the parmesan. Another friend of ours ordered an entreé of polyp carpaccio. I ask him if i can taste some and he tells me it's a bit weird... It feels like there's sand in it. I take a bite and i definetly feel that "crunch". It's not a normal crunch. It feels like sand or seashell. We tell the waiter and he says that MANY customers tell him that there's sand but it's just salt... because "polyps don't live in the sand!". Right... This was not salt... it was sand or seashell... i think i can tell the difference. We ask for it to be changed. My friend orders scallops in exchange and they are nice. Our main dishes arrive and on some of the roasted potatoes we find again.. some sand but less than before. Again... it's not salt. Anyway... Most of the food was good. Nothing spectacular. We're certainly not happy about the sand... To make things worse we're always served by a different waiter so none of them remembers who ordered what. Every plate we have to tell the waiter who ordered it so that he can place it in the right spot. This to me is quite ridiculous. The bill arrives and they charged us for the sandy polyp... great. We decide to just pay, leave as soon as possible and never come back. Concluding: the service was terrible, the cooks obviously can't cook a simple vegetarian dish and there was sand in a few of our plates. Don't go here... ever.

Great patio view of the sea! Seafood options were fresh and abundant. The server even brought out…read morethree huge fish on a platter to show the table next to us their options for the fresh catch. We ordered scallops al gratin for an appetizer; grilled squid, shrimp, and octopus with polenta; and gnocchi in beef stew. The gnocchi was disappointing (too soft/ mushy) but all of the seafood was delicious. Anyway, we were here mostly for the view & atmosphere (only couples were dining at the tables around us) and this restaurant definitely has that down!

Great seafood restaurant right by the lighthouse overlooking Trieste harbor. Reservations are…read moreencouraged. We got along w/out Italian, and the first visit was so good we had to go back two nights later.

Eatally ALL'Aperto offers two levels of widely spaced outdoor restaurant seating, with table…read moreservice. They serve drinks until 7; dinner service begins at 7. Food options are on a multi-page menu in Italian, with English translation available using a QR Code. Quite a pleasant place, good food in a relaxed and uncrowded setting. A note: We waited a long time for the check, before realizing that you need to go to the cash register to pay; you provide your table number and the cashier recites the items you bought and tells you the total. Tips go into a tip can at the cash register.

I stopped in just to see how it compared with Eataly that was in NYC when I stopped in there…read moredecades ago. This place felt like more store shopping, yet plenty of grab and go foods. Areas to sit and have a drink is nice. Hiring on the water is the best!

Very typical Italian trattoria for the area. White tablecloth place that you will want to be…read moredressed nice to come to. Smallish with about 18 tables. We only speak English and they very nicely had an English language menus. Prices for local wines seemed pretty low to us. Very nice and local seafood. Lots of home made pasta selections. It was a truffle special time for the menu. Truffles are not what we really enjoy, so we ordered of the regular menu which was very good. Two price fix options. One with 4 courses for €49 and a larger one with seven courses for more. We were told this restaurant won a local cooking competition among local places.

This place is awesome. Great wine steward. Great service. Be sure to order the octopus with pumpkin…read moresauce and the tuna Provençal.