Ristorante La Baracca — Restaurant in Catania

We had a lunch here after a morning on the beach and I must say that when we came I was very happy, the place is a very nice place for a small restaurant by the beach BUT, the menu was very very low on vegetarian or vegan food, I had just some fries and tomato salad, they were missing even most types of cheese. The bread they brought us to begin our meal was literally for a photo shooting and that is why I used it, since eating it was impossible. It was at least a day or two old. It was hard as a rock! I left pretty much unhappy for the meal, but happy about the atmosphere on this beautiful terrace. Such a shame for the kitchen. If I had a good experience I would even consider it as a place I would like to go out for a dinner by the sea and enjoy myself, but not like this, not at a cost of...

There is not too much, I can write about this place. I was in search of a place for a couple of beers, having done the walk to the beach. This was the only open place. The waitress seemed first a bit taken aback, that at 16h30 I was only interested in a drink, but eventually I got assigned a seat in the otherwise empty restaurant. Service was then fine and sitting in the garden was a nice experience. There was a glitch with my bill (2 beers, so not that complicated...), but that was clarified easily (after all I was the only guest) Not sure, whether I would come...

I would reccomend the pistachio spaghetti here (not pictured) because the pasta is fresh, very creamy, and flavored well. I got a prawn pasta and it was okay, very al dente, and Prawn tasted a little dry. I also got sea urchin, which has a more fishy taste than I'm used to but its 3€ (Santa Barbara Uni). The wine was fine. There are pictures on the menu so good place to eat if you don't speak Italian. The service I felt was a little lacking, but there was a language barrier. The atmosphere is decently cozy and we were seating outside...