Ristorante Mille Fiori — Restaurant in Catania

So we chose this place because of TheFork 30% discount. First problems appeared when we wanted to know what spaghetti allo scoglio is, but the waiter was unable to explain, probably because she was not Italian and not spoke it well. Later we found out that this same appeals to English language, when lady sitting next to us ordered grilled chicken breast and received it in grated bread, and then after explaining the mistake to the waiter and being apologized, she received a horse meat. So we’ve ordered frittura mista of seafood as a started, then spaghetti with seafood (allo scoglio but we had to google was it actually is) and mixed grilled seafood. The main dishes came first, not simultaneously, and then when we were already in our main dishes, the waiter brought our appetizer. Spaghetti allo scoglio: pasta had no taste of the seafood, it was like a separated element in this meal, like the seafood was randomly added just before being served. Grilled seafood: the fish was fine, just one prawn and extremely rubber octopus. Frittata mista: so small parts of some animals that they were basically made just of batter, little tasteless fishes and rubber squid. What surprised me the most was the fact that they were brave enough to serve it with the worst and cheapest “sweet thai” sauce at side. I mean, what the hell? What does it have to do with Italian seafood? Looks more like KFC...

As much as I can understand some organization mistakes that happen to restaurants at the beginning of their activity, this was not only about service but also (mostly) about food.

I thought you can’t eat bad in Italy, but it looks like I was wrong. Maybe it’s because I’m not sure if this place is run by Italians, more like some eastern European people, this might explain putting rucola and balsamico everywhere, like it was in 2000’s in Eastern Europe.

I strongly recommend not to dine there if you’re looking for authentic Italian seafood experience. I believe there are many places offering you quality food in Catania, so do a...

Restaurant is located a little of from the busiest part of the neighbourhood, in the contemporary building and next to the street that is quite busy in the evening with car traffic. This should make the outside dining less attractive, but actually we stopped to notice it quite fast. The staff is helpful and engaged, we actually came here in the evening after being invited out of the street when walking by few hours later. The vibe seemed good, so we came back and were not disappointed. We also took a leaflet with menu then and another thing that raised our interest was addition of few Ukrainian dishes to the menu (and the menu itself in Italian, English and Ukrainian). Well, that was needed to be checked of course ;-).

The food was good, simply: good. We ate beccafico sardines and shuba for starters (slightly Sicilianised version of the one we know, but really good, especially with grappa shot), spaghetti with prawns, gnocchi with truffles, salsiccia: all solid dishes of nice taste and textures. All in all this was a good culinary experience with interesting twist. If staying longer in Catania I would definitely come back to explore more of those Sicilian-Ukrainian...

Delicous food, very good prices and a lovely staff. Not in the center but just a few steps away from via catania. Definetly not a tourist trap. The food was great and fresh. The potions generous. You can order there pizza too, that smelled very good (we didnt tried one cause we always went for fish or meat). I really liked the meat courses cause you can choose some smaller potions (like meatballs from veal or horse) an create your own main course. I think its run by family and they were all really nice. The best restaurant we had in catania, we will come again when we are...