The Top 20 Italian in Palermo

Fresh reviews:

Ridiculously cheap and great food. How do they do it and why do they do it??? Kindly bought us an English menu. We had the sardine meatballs to start and grilled baby squid and stuffed red mullet with a side of grilled veggies. Add a carafe of wine and we were amazed at our 35 euro bill. Locals get in around…

Kim W.

Ferro di Cavallo

The best meal in Naples or Sicily. The staff were so polite and very helpful, service was impeccable. The wine list was quite impressive and pairings with the food ended up being quite good. From a Chefs perspective the food was tremendous, my first time having salt crusted fish, PERFECTLY executed! And soo…

Philip M.

Lo Scudiero

Make a reservation, they fill up quickly! The tables are very cosy, yellow linens over flowered cloth. Very fresh ingredients on the best selections at the antipasto bar. We also had the insalata mix, which was delicious. The cannoli and the cake were very good too!

Cheri B.

Casa del Brodo

A great place to try out their mixed plates of sicilian food. This is a very informal place, you queue at the counter to order your food and then collect it my handing over the ticket at the food and wine counters (separate). Main reason to go here is the food (of course — highlights are the eggplant rolls and…

Kim W.

Antica Focacceria San Francesco

This is an in formal little restaurant hiding behind a bunch of white Coca Cola umbrellas on the left side of the street just south of the Sephora (Sephora is on the corner across from Teatro Massimo). The locals frequent this place typically for lunch, so prepare for a bit of a crowd if you go there around…

Rebecca P.

Foccaceria del Massimo

Pizza was slightly burned but not terrible for Italian standards (I am from sicily). We spent 20 eur for 2 pizzas and a bottle of water, cover was 2 euro, not the cheapest but ok. Staff was friendly but unorganized. They didn’t accept my card claiming their payment device device was broken

Antonio M.

Margo

Lunch. Not busy, but pasta was overcooked, and secondi brought wrong dish. Menu is deep but seems beyond the competency of the kitchen. Expensive for Palermo.