Catania
I Crociferi

I Crociferi

Piazza San Francesco D"Assisi 14, Catania, Italy

Vino • Pasta • Caffè • Pesce


"in the heart of catania is located one of the best restaurants in the city. every time I come to this city I give myself a dinner in this restaurant that can merge tradition, experience, competence and professionalism in one name: fusari vito, owner and great estimator of the best Sicilian cuisine. in this restaurant, they can welcome you, advise you and spoil you in a thousand treats. the kitchen ranges between raw and always fresh fish chosen and selected carefully every day; a multitude of rich appetizers and various entertain the most refined palates while waiting to be pleasantly lost among the goodness of the first and second dishes. the appetizers see the fries of calamaretti, of anchovies and trigliettes, meatballs of newborn, caponatina, anchovies marinated in bittersweet, panle, octopus and potatoes.... among the first are certainly to try linguine to the seafood with abundant seasoning, risotto of cannolicchi and shrimp, the enveloped to the cream of aubergines flavored fish you can't finish the dinner and you can't leave without having tried one of the many desserts that the kitchen proposes. If it is time when you find the fresh ricotta, I suggest you ask the ricotta cake covered with almond granelles, a real delicacy that will leave your ecstatic palate. you should not forget to mention also the selection of the best wines of the trinacria that accompany pleasantly all your evening. I highly recommend to anyone who will come to catania to enter among the various stages, to indulge in a healthy culinary refreshment in this historic and elegant restaurant, you will simply be amazed. a plausible again to Mr. vito and to all his staff for their friendliness and unfavourable professionalism."

Trattoria Giglio Rosso

Trattoria Giglio Rosso

Da Maggio A Settembre Aperto Tutti I Giorni, 95121, Catania, Italy

Pasta • Italiano • Siciliano • Mediterraneo


"As a small business owner, I struggled mentally with the thought of leaving a 1 star. But you ruined our first night in Italy, and fully deserve it. Host called me a Baby and ruined our dinner because he was too lazy to get another straw. My fiancée and I are in Italy to get married, we went on a night stroll and found this restaurant which seemed quaint and nice. The hosts at first seemed gracious and kind as well. When we went to order, we were planning on each ordering a $12 pasta dish, and my fiancée wanted a white wine. The host said no, don’t get the wine I’ll bring you both this drink, and we’ll start with a pasta then a fish. We foolishly accepted and trusted his judgment. What was going to be a $30 dinner ended up being an over $100 dinner when the bill was due. He served us the specialty drinks, (which were actually quite nice when mixed) with a straw. My fiancée ordered a second round, and I waited patiently until they brought new cutlery to ask for straws since our first ones had them and the second ones didn’t. The host called me a Baby for asking for a straw, when it was HIM who gave me one in the first place. He then kneeled down next to my fiancée and repeated it again, I thought it was a joke. But then he said, no no straw and never brought one. Really acted like a total jerk for no reason and ruined our first night in Italy. This guy needs to grow up, learn how to be a reasonable host and stop being a baby when asked for a simple request."