Me Cumpari Turiddu In Catania

We expected a bit more from this restaurant being “bib gourmand” marked. Food was fine, not special. One dish was not according to menu (soup with vegetables from the garden turned out as lentil soup/stew). Service was OK, not special. Location is in unpleasant Catania area, inside was cozy.

One waiter made his hair stand on end. The main course was great, the starter could have been something else, I chose it myself. it was hard to choose too many options. There was a good feeling in the kitchen with the kitchen staff. The wine was good and the bottle was used up quickly.

Great food. Cheese board was great. Donkey meat was unique. Fish of the day was well-cooked

Very nice environment, elegant welcome, excellent food with revisited Sicilian dishes, I recommend it.

Very nice place with very welcoming staff. Rich and very interesting menu for the research of raw materials and combinations. My wife and I had an excellent dinner.

Fantastic. Other adjectives are difficult. Location, service, quality of raw materials, attention to presentation and processing capacity are all at the top. No other word encompasses everything that our experience here was: FANTASTIC!

A very nice welcome. Quality service (advice, smiles, discretion, one of the servers speaks French...), typical decor, a long room where the tables are airy. Good dishes, very good products like goat's cheese, dried tomatoes in oil... An original dessert-style coucous. In short, a very good address, especially since the prices are reasonable.

The place is alright, but is nothing too special for the prices they offer. We had artichoke pie, which was delicious, but did not have much artichoke in it - it had mostly meat and potatoes. For the main courses, we had Fresh Fish and Donkey Cutlet, which were prepared well and were tasty. You have to take into consideration that the donkey cutlet is fried, essentially like a schnitzel, but is really delicious. For desert we had Scanollo, which was pretty good. The main problem was with our second appetiser, which was grilled octopus. It was practically inedible - very hard to chew and with distinct sea smell - so overcooked and not fresh. We returned it and it was deducted from our bill. So, it’s three stars from me - taking one because of the pricy items and one because of the octopus.

Unfortunately they had some issues with their pipes in the kitchen and the restaurant was very smelly (sulphuric) the evening we went there. The staff didn’t inform us beforehand, just after we pointed it out to them they gave us another table further away from the kitchen door. Would have been good to be informed right away. Especially in a restaurant where it’s all about the smell and taste. The amuse bouche was different types of bread, which was not very interesting/very blend/dry and they served us some with meat even though my friend just ordered vegetarian food (not many options though) and I just ordered fish. So would have been great if the service would have noticed it and ask us if we eat meat. Unfortunately the service staff was not very friendly, warmly and not very attentive, the food when served was not explained and the flavors of it weren’t outstanding. The vegetarian dishes couldn’t convince my friend, my dishes (octopus as starter and fish as main) were nice, but not special or memorable at all. We had way better food in family run trattorias. So I can’t agree with the other reviews and wonder what kind of food was served to the team from the Michelin guide to recommend it in their Bib Gourmand section. Although I liked the slow food concept and using traditional products. (But why serving then San Pellegrino/Aqua Panna?) The interior was nice and gave a warm touch and cozy feeling.

The best. Please try and try plate of charcuterie and cheese. So lovely. And they have passion about their job. We enjoyed the food.