Albergo Ristorante Pizzeria Del Viale

The food was good and the restaurant had a cozy feel, but we paid €75 for four pasta dishes, antipasti for two, and a small jug of house wine. Wow, that’s easily the most expensive meal we’ve had in Sicily so far, and we live here! 😵‍💫

Ask to see a menu with the prices printed on it. We didn’t, and ended up paying sixty euros for two pasta dishes, two plates of low-quality meat, a beer, and two macchiatos. The quality was poor, and I suspect tourists are charged differently from locals, who pay less. The positive reviews seem to be from Italian people, which feels suspicious. AVOID EATING HERE!!

PS: This is about our restaurant experience, not the albergue. We paid 75 euros, eventually reduced to 70 after we argued about the bill, for a beer, tap water, three mediocre pasta dishes, three servings of low-quality fried meat, an espresso, and three shots of limoncello. Everything came in small plastic cups. Be careful with the prices and ask to see a menu listing each dish’s cost. The server said there wasn’t one, but don’t take his word for it. If you order verbally based on his suggestions and don’t understand Italian well, he’ll push the most expensive options. He made no effort to help us understand and “doesn’t” speak English or any other language. PS2: Different prices for tourists. Try to avoid this place if you’re not Italian.

Cinema Paradiso by Giovanni Tornatore was filmed in this lovely little Sicilian town. There’s a nice small hotel here with a good restaurant and pizzeria.