Ristorante Tre Olivi — Restaurant in Capaccio Paestum

What a wonderful experience! I went for lunch by myself and it turned out I had the whole restaurant to myself. The staff was absolutely wonderful, never made me feel rushed, observed or anything. Definitely top notch. The food was absolutely insane. The combination of ingredients, the thought process behind the dishes, and last but not least the taste is sensational. Also the room change for the dessert dishes is a great touch. I definitely will come back once the pastry kitchen is up and running in that area. I would absolutely recommend this place to anyone who is looking to treat themselves or others.

The only comment I have would be with regards to the menu, I took the 10 course option and all dishes were light, summery, and fit together nicely. The only exception being the last savory dish, a meat dish. The dish in itself was perfect, it's just that it did not fit the 10 course pairing in my opinion. It felt as if such a menu at such a restaurant needs to have a meat dish and so we add one to the menu. But, honestly, that's not a complaint, more...

Michelin starred restaurants are often so stuffy, and sometimes you leave hungry, but that is not the case at Tre Olivi. The staff are super friendly, and you are sure to leave with a fully belly. I had the chef's tasting menu (about 10 courses) - I think you can order a la carte, though I was not asked, they just assumed I wanted the tasting menu for some reason, so if you don't want that speak up. The courses were innovative, and although small, there were so many of them, that I was quite full at the end of the night. Just to give you an example of how unique this restaurant is, they have 38 selections of water! 4 selections of olive oil, and 8 selections of salt. A couple of the dishes were too salty (the mushroom steak and the sausage), but most were divine. I had 2 glasses of wine and one bottle of water, and the whole bill for 1 person came to about $250. An extravagant splurge for sure, but very good. The ambience is nothing special, a little boring, but the creativity of the food is the star...

Primi and deserts ok but not too exceptional. Main course was pigeon - and this was almost impossible to eat. They served a piece of breast-which was tough-even difficult to cut - and extra they served a pigeon leg with the claws on it - which was actually disgusting! All of us were shocked at this sight - but none of the stuff noticed our discomfort. At a place like this I would really expect more empathy! Getting the food explained in English was also difficult-and sitting in an almost empty restaurant did not make the ambiente more pleasant -which was not their fault of course.

We were really disappointed and it was definitely not...