L'Anfora S.A.S. di Maurizio Cipicchia & C. Lipari — Restaurant in Lipari

We dined at Michelin Guide restaurants every day in our Aeoian islands trip and this one is clearly the best. The owner is warm and welcoming and even let us in before opening time. They have English menu and give us excellent suggestion for the food. We love the Antipasto Della Casa which is Chef's seafood choices that you can try in varieties of raw and cooked ones. And the Taglioni with Mazara prawns is full of flavors especially the fat inside prawn's head that goes well with house-made pasta. We have chances to try Nepitella which is local Italian mint in panna cotta with interesting aroma. Overall, it's an enjoyable experience with welcoming service, generous portion and reasonably priced. It's a good way to bid farewell to...

No effort to get explain anything in English. Ordered specific bottle of red wine. Wait staff came back saying not available and suggested something else. I said fine. Came back with bottle of white. Seemed surprised when I said that wasn’t suitable. Asked for delay between first and second courses.Both came within 20 minutes. First course of marinated anchovy nice presentation but nothing special for taste. Then grilled fish. Tough, dry and tasteless.Only had 2 bites. When came to take away my plate no interest in why I left it uneaten. Earlier I asked if meal came with bread.Told no so I asked why at bottom of menu it said 2.5Euros for service and bread. She then brought bread. Even if service and food was better still very...

Phenomenal service complemented by an even better meal. The antipasto plate with octopus was simply amazing! Next came the swordfish pasta—buonissimo! We followed that with the fish of the day. They kindly offered to either let us serve ourselves or have it deboned and plated for us; we chose the latter. Dessert was a delight, featuring homemade gelato over a caramelized nut crisp. There were a few other tempting items on the menu that caught my eye, but honestly, I wouldn’t change a thing about...