Gola Caffè Bistrot — Restaurant in Bari

Slow service and then very overcooked and frankly pretty tasteless food. Pasta to start was over cooked so pasta had congealed and was served lukewarm after an hour wait. One measly small prawn in the squid ink pasta was pretty pathetic too. The grilled fish for the main was all over cooked. Squid was like rubber, the prawn was so dry, salmon and tuna also overcooked. We also had tuna on its own which was equally as poor as was also overdone. We were extremely disappointed and staff were undeterred about our experience. After asking 3 times we eventually got the bill and we were glad to get out of there. We learnt our lesson going off the beaten track, we wish we had stayed more central / old town where we had much better and considerably cheaper meals. This was easily the worst meal we had on our 7 day trip of Italy and one of the more...

One word for this place - amazing!

From the moment you walk in, you feel like part of the family here. The owner and his staff are extremely welcoming and keen to ensure you have a wonderful dining experience!

We had the octopus, caprese salad and salmon to share as starters and all of them were amazing!

For main, we had the famous Puglian spaghetti all’assasina (even better… with gluten free pasta)! As a symptomatic coeliac I felt very safe eating here and all of the staff were very knowledgeable about cross contamination!

After travelling throughout Puglia, I can say that you will not find a better spaghetti all’assasina...

My partner and I came here on our last day before flying home, because we really wanted to have Spaghetti all‘assassina, as it is s recipe that is actually from Bari!

Because we came a little early in the day the kitchen did not open officially for one more hour, but they were so kind to fulfill our wish and prepare a pan for us anyways! And we have to say, it was quite tasty!

So thank you to the wonderful staff for allowing us to experience your tasty dish and the chef for his great cooking!

We will...