Tratorria Da Antonio

Lovely place and amazing food options. Recommended by our B&B host. Our antipasto had some olives that were incredibly tasty! the next table had the «catch o the day fish» it looked so delicious and judging by their faces it surely was. After we needed to head to the airport and the owner graciously call for a taxi service. Great all around.

Great food. Menu was totally in English. I had the pasta alla Norma which was amazing and my husband had the mussels and clams. Also delicious. Very friendly staff. Antonio greets each table and takes orders. Good spot!

This place was really amazing. Our waiter (probably the owner) was incredibly nice and service minded and spoke English very well. Our primis was well made, although the pasta was a bit overcooked (not al dente), but had great flavors. We had the pesto, bolognese and salmon, all were great. The Sicilian rolls (secondi) were okay, but nothing extraordinary. Most of the desserts tasted really good, but the chocolate cake was a bit «dull».
The prices were really cheap. We got three primis, one secondi, three desserts, a bottle of wine and two bottles of water for € 60. We really recommend it!

I really loved this small Italian restaurant next to the place where we were staying. It was recommended to us by the host of our holiday accommodation. The place is really great. You are greeted and the door and invited to your table. The maitre — Antonio is full of humor and jokes. He also makes sure that you will have a great time during dinner and you will come back. Both of the times we visited the place we were offered a nice apéritif to start dinner with. This was each time a great start to our dining experience. They have a great selection of pastas — my all time favourite is spaghetti alle vongole and a selection of mains. Make sure that you order tomatoes with onion and salted ricotta to start with — those are to die for:-) Restaurant has a great selection of wines. Although they dont have a house wine but it doesn’t mean that you cannot order half a liter of any bottled wine for a very good price. If you are ever in the neighborhood of Catania be sure to visit this place and you will not regret it.

We stayed in Catania for two days and our bed and breakfast was located next to this place. Our host recommended it and we followed his advise and don’t have any regrets :) During the 5 day trip, we actually went here twice because the food (and atmosphere) is just great!
The owner of the place is very helpful. If you do have any requests outside of the menu that is not a problem. If they have it, they can make it right away for you. If you want to be sure, you can actually tell him your request the day before and he will try to accommodate it the next day!
The owner is also very funny ;) When my wife ordered a smaller portion of one of the dishes and he came to our table with it she was asking «That is small?». He was acting offended and asked whether she thought it was too small. Actually was not small it all, but still a very large portion :)
Next time we are in Catania, we for sure will be paying another (probably multiple) visit to this place!