This restaurant certainly deserves a yearly visit and if we head down to Calabria on other…read moreoccasions we will always go to this fantastic restaurant. Now a 1 star michelin so expect to pay around 100 Euro per person. What is so fantastic about this restaurant is they serve perfect tasty plates using local products. The fish is always perfect, first courses divine and the desserts are what makes the entire dinner worth while. Staff are professional and the manager describes the menu perfectly Love it one of my favourite places in Italy not only Calabria !

After our Messina tour, we wanted to have lunch so this spot was nearby and recommended. Also…read morefound out they have locations all over the world. Arrived around 12:30 on a Thursday and we sat outside. Empty inside but filled up by the time we were done. Good mix of menu options from salad, pasta, pizza, main entrees including burgers. . We started with the Ruoto di Bufalo- a good mix of fried veggies, Arancini, fried cheese and dough. All delicious except the fried dough was a bit bland and that was the biggest portion. For main, Spaghetti alla Nerano with fried Zucchini and cheese was tasty and enjoyed. Based on recommendation, also ordered pizza fritta-a monstrous calzone that is fried and filled with tasty buffalo ricotta and pork cracklings-enough for two. A Naples dish and they did it right. We finished with a couple of Macchiatos which hit the spot. Service was attentive and friendly. They have been ranked top 50 artisanal pizzerias in the world for the last 5 years. Close to the port and definitely worth a visit.

Outside of the tourist areas, in a working class city, this is what Sicilian cooking is. Very…read moredelicious food, and good service. The pizza and everything we had was very good.

This is sort of like an Italian Biergarten. An Aperitivogiardino! Meraviglioso. Here, one can sit…read moreunder lemon trees for drinks or at a table for meals, among a pleasant outdoor ambience enriched by a fantastic collection of music. I tried their pasta with eggplant and ricotta: It was savory and hit the spot at a reasonable price point. Friendly staff. Occasional live music. A retreat from the touristic island bustle!

From the owner: Il Giardino di Lipari is a lovely oasis hidden in the narrow streets of the historic centre in…read moreLipari Island. Here good wine, cocktails and local food meet high-quality music, art and culture.

Stayed in Siderno for 15 days with my family and went daily to the Acqua Azzurra for the…read morebeach..which is by far and away the most beautiful, unspoiled and clean beach we have ever been to. Located right on the lungomare. As americans, we didnt take the cue to go home and eat every day at 1-2pm, so we would stay as the beach cleared out and our kids would get hungry. Thinking this was more of a beach joint for fries/dogs, we went up and were greeted by the friendliest, most accommodating people outside of our family. Ordered the crudo y meloni [proscuitto and melon] and it was served on a huge pizza dish with a whole melon cut up and wrapped in like a pound of the best procsuitto we've ever had. Hot dogs [wurtzel] were these massive pigs in blankets baked in homemade bread and the fries were, i think, fried in olive oil which made them taste amazing. Kids forgot about McDonalds almost immediately. Fast forward to the weekend and we had a family dinner for 12 where they set up tables for us on the beach not 100 feet from the sea, They could've served pb&j and stale chips and it still would've been an incredible setting as the red moon rose over the Ionian Sea. Thing is, the dinner matched the incredible ambience. All fresh, local seafood[ mussles, clams, shrimp, sardines, scungili, octopus, and fish i dont even know how to describe] were prepared from cold seafood salads with lemon, olive oil and garlic to sauteed over pastas to lightly fried and salted. This was serious, SERIOUS food simply, yet perfectly prepared. No crazy sauces. No adding 20 incredients. No pompous chef being cute infusing uncessary enhancements to food that stood quite well on its own. Don't like seafood? Their pizzas make Pepe's in New Haven taste like Domino's. From proscuitto, pancetta, salami to fresh local eggplant, artichokes, zuccinni, and tomatoes to tonno [tuna--yes.. i was a little reluctant but it tasted awesome] and one kids pie that had hot dogs and fries baked into it, for 4 or 5 euro[$5-$6], in New Haven it would cost $15...if they made it. Throw in the staff which are all to keen to help you pick out exactly what you want and nutella gelato to finish, and it became clear we didn't need to stray to get one meal that was better than the other each time we went back.

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!

Wonderful dinner. Highly recommend! Maccheroni with ragù Miele was incredible. Veal chop, bistecca…read moreand anatra were all well prepared and delicious.

This was one of the most enjoyable meals of my life. 4 courses. Polpette miste then two pastas with…read morelocal specialty ingredients, involtini di vitello, verdure grillate, fagioli, and gelato. We told the waiter to bring a local wine he recommended and my grandmother said it tasted the same as the wine her grandfather used to make. We sat there talking and drinking for 3.5 hours.

Great restaurant in mammola, the city where you come to eat Stocco. Delicious surprise!read more