Taverna Quarant8 — Restaurant in Marsala

One of the best pasta experiences in Sicily so far. The best price-performance for sure. Maybe one other pasta trumped it, but the other one cost twice the price of what Quarant8 offered.

Also loved the fried cod as an appetizer. Was perfectly tender and seasoned nicely. If anything the chef maybe added a pinch of salt extra to a few pieces (that he later forgot from the stake).

Stake as the main course was huge, well cooked. If anything - there was a slight hint of salt and pepper missing to my taste.

And we topped it off with a well balanced creamy cheesecake.

We also got a different wine to go with all of the courses finishing strong with a Marsala Superiore Secco - that was astonishing. The usual over-sweetness from all of the rest of Marsala fortified wines was not there and the actual palette of the grapes presented it very well.

I do agree with the rest of Google Local Guides - well worth the visit...

The food was delicious but the service terrible. The male staff and the owner ignored us or forgot our orders, only the female staff were nice and friendly. Too bad then that they had no table sections divided between the staff so every time we would have a new person taking our order or bringing us food. The owner completely ignored us during our entire visit and would not look at us at all, which I think is because he hates tourists or is a racist? In either way I would not go here if I were not Italian since he were very friendly to the...

Really delicious and well prepared dishes. We had the octopus, the artichoke, and one of the pasta dishes and each was cooked perfectly. I think the octopus was the best I’ve ever had - just perfectly tender and fresh. The house red was also delicious. Really one of my favourite meals in Sicily.

The staff are also really friendly and accommodating. We showed up with no reservation but they still managed to seat us no problem. It was a Monday night but there were only a couple empty tables and it did eventually fill up.

Absolutely...