(The Restaurants in the Gambero Rosso Guide)

LA GROTTA

loc. Santa Maria La Scala
Via Scalo Grande, 46
TEL 0957648153
CLOSED martedì;
COVERS 25
€ 40 wine excl.
CREDIT CARDS all
TRATTORIA In the enchanted fishing village of Santa Maria La Scala, the Strano family has been running this small fish restaurant for three generations, partly created inside a lava stone cave. Fish can be ordered directly at the counter and the specialties include octopus salad, fried squid and prawns, sautéed mussels and clams, and the catch of the day to be ordered grilled or in soup. In the summer you can eat on the panoramic terrace facing the sea. Wine list with a good ethnic presence and attentive and cordial service.

(The Restaurants of the Italian Academy of Cuisine)

AQUADELFERRO
Address: Via Santa Caterina 42 Telephone: 095 7633735 Kind of place: Restaurant in a hotel Day closed: never Holidays: never In the kitchen: Daniele Negretti Cost: €€€ - from 46 to 65 euro Place settings: 60 additional place settings outdoors: 100 Parking: Private of the restaurant or garage with special rates of interest Information of particular interest: Restaurant in the hotel open for over a decade. Sicilian cuisine with a prevalence of regional products, some of which are slow food products, all enhanced by the chef who has a Mediterranean style and enhances the raw material and in particular the local fish. Typical dishes: Red prawn tartare and seasonal fruit - Arancino with mullet ragout on red onion cream - Black tagliolini with broad bean cream, tuna roe and lime - Squid and mussel soup with croutons