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    Trattoria Il Mare

    4.5 (26 reviews)
    ModerateItalian, Seafood

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    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Fried fish fritter
    Jonny M.

    Wanted seafood so tried out Trattoria Il Mare for dinner. It was packed outside but no wait for a table inside. Menu and ordering is straight the QR code. Coperto was 2,00€/person. - White wine (1,50€ for 1/4L) - Red wine (1,50€ for 1/4L) - Mixed platter (12,00€) - mix of octopus, oyster, squid, sardines, baby shrimp and mixed fried seafood. Favourite was the octopus. Came with a fried fish fritter (surprisingly tender). - Mix grilled seafood (15,00€) - swordfish was dry. Seafood wasn't grilled. Platter was better - Red peppers (4,00€) - cold, marinated style. Meh - Grilled mushrooms (4,00€) - cold, salty porcini mushrooms. Skip it

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    1 month ago

    5th day in Catania and this is the best food by far! Service was great and food was amazing!!!

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    4 years ago

    Great family oriented restaurant. Great experience! Food was outstanding & service was great.

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    8 years ago

    The prices are cheap. Portions are generous but the food is too salty. Not sure why they put so much salt. Almost inedible.

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    6 years ago

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    8 years ago

    Wonderful fresh seafood. Had a big dinner for two with wine for 55€. The fish roasted with olives and potatoes and tomatoes was excellent.

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    11 years ago

    Delicious meal, prompt and friendly service, plus great recommendations. Best dinner in Catania by far!

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    7 years ago

    Excellent review from a traditional restaurant. Would highly recommend! Remember it's a family style restaurant so take your time!

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    8 years ago

    Delicious, great service... couldnt ask for a better experience.. wonderful memories to take home! we'll be back in a few months!!

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    House wine is good and inexpensive, food amazing.

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    Trattoria Giglio Rosso - Rigatoni alla Norma

    Trattoria Giglio Rosso

    4.8(21 reviews)
    0.5 km

    My wife and I had one of the best dining experiences of our life at Trattoria Giglio Rosso…read more This morning, while walking in Catania we spotted this place and decided to visit it tonight...BOOM! It was delicious! I think we were taken care by the owner judging by the care and passion he gave to us. He gave us some recommendations which we skipped because we wanted to have pasta that night. We ordered grilled octopus with verdure sauce as an appetizer, it was super fresh and delicious. After that we ordered our pasta dishes, my wife went for the Catanian classic Rigatoni alla Norma and I went for the linguini alla Giglio Rosso ( with mussels, prawns, tomatoes, parsley and toasted almonds), it was to die for. We were full by the time to order desserts, my wife and decided to share one, the owner ran away and brought a dessert of its choice for two! BINGO! He blew our taste buds again! We thanked him for the experience and the wonderful food. Top notch!

    Service was flirty and delightful. Seated immediacy and the. They were patient as we added another…read moretwo to the table with 45 min wait. We came because it was as recommended as a great pasta al Norma which is ubiquitous but not always well done. This was divine. Of also recommend the pasta with garlic and lemon, the tuna and the prawns - as table favorites. The menu was broad and as a smart one does we followed server advice and had two apps - antipasto and ' a thousand leave a of Parmesan' ( a mini eggplant lasagna) , two pasta and three fish dishes for 6 folks to share and we were pleasantly full (no solid meals that day until this sit down at 2100). We crushed several bottles of local wine and had Camilo (a Sicilian creation) and tiramisu for desert- only because they're ran out of the promised divine panna cotta- stinking cute charming server! All was delish. Will recommend forward and at here again - possibly this weekend!

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