La Trattoria Del Buongustaio — Restaurant in Naples

This family run restaurant located on a small side street near the metro station Università serves authentic, inexpensive and comforting food.

Their menu is small and changes on a daily basis, depending on the available ingredients. We tried their roasted chicken thigh and it was superb! Pan fried in butter with a drizzle of lemon juice, the thigh was utterly tender and juicy on the inside with a crunchy skin. Their mixed vegetables side platter was good, especially the aubergines sautéed with tomatoes.

The family is very friendly and eating in Trattoria Del Buongustaio is like eating in somebody’s living room - what a...

We were recommended this place by a friend and so we were quite excited to try it out. No wait, good vibes and food was prepared fast. Everything was delicious, the fish and octopus were a highlight. Except the caprese salad was possible the saddest and most tasteless salad I’ve ever eaten (I ate a two forkfuls and couldn’t eat more) and in Italy there truly is no excuse for a bad caprese salad, sorry. The meal was also quite expensive in the end, especially considering we’ve eaten better food elsewhere for half the price literally, and this trattoria was labelled as...

The food here is quite good. The contorni are solid and very traditional. The grilled fish was also good, especially the triglia…a small, delicate local fish that is made for the grill. The pasta portions looked HUGE for the price and well made.

65€ for what you see below, a bottle of white, and a few amari on the house. It’s not the best or cheapest restaurant in naples, but I would eat here again in a heartbeat if I were in the area.

Edit: the bread was also...