U pastaro — Restaurant in Favignana

We had Busiate (alla norma and pesto trapanese) as well as polpette di tonno (kind of tuna meatballs) and fruit salad. The fishballs were absolutely amazing in flavour and texture, perfectly balanced with the savoury tomato sauce. Raisins and pine nuts gave this dish a unique note. Good fruit salad. However, the busiate were far from that. They were undercooked (white spots visible when cutting the pasta) and lacked sauce. The sauces were somewhat bland. Eating the pasta felt quite heavy, but I did not expect what was going to come. I had the worst stomachache in 5 years! And my wife suffered from similar problems. So far from easy to digest. Better cooking and antique varieties of grain may...

5/5 This takeaway pasta place has authentic Sicilian busiate style pasta

My travel partner is Italian / Sicilian heritage and said this pasta is very typical of the area

We spoke to the chef and he explained that they make the fresh pasta for most of the restaurants in the town / island so it’s great quality

Highly recommend for a quick but delicious snack / meal - we came back again the next day for another bowl of quick pasta to share

Recommend the busiate...

This was probably our favourite lunch place on Favignana. Just good pasta for fair prices. Also highly recommend the spinach Arancina. This is more of a take away place but they have a few bar chairs outside which we made use of. Pastas are generally around €10-13 and Arancina...