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Top 10 Southern-Italian food in Isola di Salina, Italy
Find out what Southern-Italian restaurants to try in Isola di Salina. Though Salina’s rocky beaches nod to its volcanic composition, today the island is as tranquil as can be. Think olive farms, think caper bushes, think storybook trees heavy with plump figs and citrus fruits. Salina is a place for your taste buds to swoon over nature’s sweetest and saltiest bounties. Cap each meal with a sip of the islands signature Malvasia dessert wine. When your belly needs a break, explore Salina’s stone lanes, pebble beaches, and the twin volcanos, dormant for 13,000 years.
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10. Mamma Santina
Overall Ratings
4 based on 557 reviews
28 years ago, Mamma Santina, decided to open her kitchen to the public and offer a taste of typical aeolian cuisine and warm hospitality. 28 years down the line, the same recipes, taught to her by her granmothers, have been passed on to the following gene
Reviewed By info B
We first visited the beautiful Isole Eolie 12 years ago after I saw Il Postino. I fell madly in love with Salina and dreamt of returning some day to the same hotel where we were then hosted by a young and enthusiastic chef owner, Mario, and his fiancée. We returned yesterday and found that Salina was still the same magical place but the charm of Mamma Santina had eroded. It is no more a charming hotel with a passionate owner at the helm. Perhaps first time visitors may not notice, but now there are distant but pleasant and helpful staff( lots for the size) and Mario is around but appears to have run out of steam. On the plus side our suite with a huge private terrace was unbeatable. We would bring our breakfast up to our terrace every morning and have coffee and fresh croissants with the glistening Mediterranean below. The breakfasts were lovely with fresh breads, pastries, and home made conserves. We had lunch and dinner on the first day and our grilled fish was superb but the mixed salad was sub standard. Our stay was lovely, our suite gorgeous but the feeling of coming home was missing so alas we will return to Salina but stay somewhere else. Dear Sudha, I truly appreciate your feedback and I am glad that you enjoyed your room and the meals. I am so sorry to read that your experience didnât fulfill your expectations, I wish you had reach out to me directly for any questions or comments during your stay, maybe we didnât have the chance because at the moment of your departure I wasnât present. The only certainty, for me, is that today as 12 years ago I work with the same enthusiasm and I hope that in the future, giving us another chance, I will be able to prove it to you.Have a safe trip home,Mario
9. Trattoria Cucinotta
Overall Ratings
4 based on 746 reviews
Reviewed By ingam
I have been I this restaurant late July, position is good but food and service nothing special. I went as recommended from a friend who was there some years before. May be it was good but not now any more. Food ready in second most probably already cooked and just wanted up, service unattentive, cost not proportioned to the quality
8. 'nni Lausta
Overall Ratings
4 based on 625 reviews
Flawouros of refined aeolian simplicity ,conveying culinary elegance,style,and excellance of skill
Reviewed By virginiab551
A magnificent evening amongst the smells and tastes of the beautiful aeolian tradition. The âPolpette Patate al Nero di Seppiaâ reflect an inextricably modern take on classic ingredients, simultaneously conjuring a savoury link to the sea that is so strongly embedded in the local culture. The swordfish blesses the palate with a cascade of freshness and richness which characterises, yet redefines, Sicilian cuisine. The simple beauty of the desserts mirror an accurate and meticulous research carried out by Chef Fabio Giuffrè, culminating in a balanced though surprising blend of sweetness and bitterness. The excellent service and inherently caring nature of the staff serves only to frame and complete what I can describe as a beautiful painting of Salina.
7. Trattoria A Quadara
Overall Ratings
4 based on 107 reviews
Reviewed By Nadia080
Once again we unfortunately relied on the review of someone who doesnât understand much about produce quality, food presentation and service. Everything was of low quality. The swordfish rolls that we ordered for our daughter were refried and burnt, totally soaked in oil. We got two âalalungaâ and have to leave it on the plate partially as it had the black parts not removed, so it tasted too much of cooked blood. Tasted like black pudding to me! The side dish were grilled vegetables soaked in oil. They said they make them hours in advance. Not even bothering to make them on the spot! I asked for black pepper to grind on my fish. No luck! They didnât even invest in a grinder :). The house wine tasted bad. The restaurant faces the street, so expect the fumes from many motorcycles passing by.
6. Il Gambero
Overall Ratings
4 based on 538 reviews
Reviewed By Trisha K
The setting is sublime, at the lighthouse-end of Lingua's pretty little promenade, with a view across to Lipari. There is parking by the lighthouse.There is an extensive menu and we had a delightful 3-course lunch for 74 euros for two, including a half-litre carafe of house white (5 euros) and a litre of sparkling water (2.50 euros). Husband had marinated anchovies then spaghetti with clams (both 15 euros), finishing with ice cream (3 euros). I had pasta shells with prawns and courgettes (12 euros) then mixed fried prawns and squid (16 euros) then a granita at 2.50 euros. All delicious and such good value.Service was excellent even though they were also coping (very well) with a couple of groups. Such friendly people, and such a surprise to us, in such an out-of-the-way place, to hear fluent Australian-accented English (they spend part of the year there).
5. La Pinnata del Monsu'
Overall Ratings
4 based on 400 reviews
Reviewed By bobandrewsjr
Really enjoyed this restaurant - excellent simple food, fresh, delicious, local, reasonably priced and the family who runs the restaurant could not have been nicer. Had pastas, fresh fish and excellent salads. This was one of those feel good meals, where everything works, from the food to the service to the atmosphere to the beautiful view. Would definitely return.
4. A Cannata
Overall Ratings
4 based on 343 reviews
Reviewed By moglie08
Mr Santino owns this beautiful restaurant on the strand of Lingua in Salina.Food is super.Cozze (mussels) alla messinese and polipo (octopus) are the best appetizers.Their pastas are like you would expect to eat in a Sicilian home...so genuine and authentic! Our favorite ones: spaghetti alla siciliana; Maccheroni a la cannata; permette al profumo di salina.We are here for almost a week and never got tired to taste all the dishes of the menu!Customer service is outstanding so is the food. Well priced too. Don't miss their cannoli and their cassata for dessert!
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3. L'Oasi Snack-Bar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 334 reviews
The best place to eat something fast and fresh!Il miglior posto dove consumare qualcosa di veloce e fresco!!Chiusura stagionale dal 20/10 al 30/03 dell'anno successivo.
Reviewed By Legal_itinerant
You'll not find it if you're expecting to find a cafe in a building. It's just a makeshift food truck on the side of the road on the way to the beach.Câe Stato un tempo in cui assomigliava a un bar perché organizzato a tal punto da farlo sembrare. Alcune foto lo dimostrano! Questâanno è stato purtroppo abbiamo dovuto fare delle modifiche in peggio. Ma miglioreremo per il prossimo anno!!
2. Ristorante del Agriturismo Galletta
Overall Ratings
4 based on 454 reviews
Reviewed By jameshmclayton
After 15 years of living and travelling in Italy, dinner here was up there with the best. A wonderful welcome from Aldo and then superb cooking from his wife Erminia in their family agriturismo, almost entirely from their own organic produce (so fabulous for vegetarians). We ate with Italian foodie friends who were similarly wowed and we are all still talking about the quality the morning after. So it wasnât just the excellent Malvasia that went with it!
1. Didyme Ristorante
Overall Ratings
4 based on 256 reviews
Reviewed By mstocek
Very nice surprise for our group after long sailing day. Owner well explained menu, background of resources and dishes. Meals were freshly prepared, very tasty and nicely served with care. Selection of drinks and deserts chosen complemented well the dinner. We were very satisfied and can recommend this cosy place.Thank you for your review. It was a pleausure for me.Hope to see you again at our restaurant.With loveCarmelo
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