La Corte dei Mangioni — Restaurant in Marsala

I usually try not to write bad reviews, but in this case, I simply can’t stay silent. They don’t have a wine list or a drinks menu — you have to ask what they have and how much it costs. The food is simply not worth the money. I had octopus and potato skewers — four small sticks with alternating pieces of potato and octopus, all deep-fried. You really had to look hard to find the octopus. It was definitely not worth €16. At most, maybe €7. But fine, let’s leave that aside.

When we got the bill, it turned out there was water on it that we hadn’t ordered, and bottled beer which we had ordered — but we were clearly told it was €7 per bottle, and in the bill it showed up as €16 (!) per bottle. That was just outrageous. When we pointed this out, they said they had mixed up our bill with another table’s.

We were essentially being tricked twice — all the dishes were ours, only the prices were wrong. In the end, after sorting things out, our bill was reduced from the original €75 to €55 — meaning we were overcharged by €20, and we left the place still feeling half-hungry.

It was a very unpleasant experience — something we’ve never encountered before in Sicily.

I absolutely do not recommend this place due to the disrespectful treatment of tourists and the unjustifiably inflated prices for very...

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