Ostaria Pignatelli — Restaurant in Naples

Unbelievable experience given by a great team who show a lot of care and devotion to what they do which is provide authentic Neapolitan dishes in a great atmosphere. Alessandro served us and was patient and happy to deal with our broken Italian and my wife's Spanish. Can't say enough about the "TEAM" as everything was done efficiently with an unhurried feel. Can even watch the kitchen action going on thru a window in the entry way. Giulio the owner initially greeted us and checked on us frequently making us feel very welcomed. The mozzarella de bufalo was fresh and juicy served with tomatoes you can taste the sun in!. Sweet stuffed peppers with veal demiglace like nothing I have ever tasted. Stuffed zucchini flowers were light and not over breaded with plenty of ricotta filling. We had the Genovese candles and the spaghettis nerano. Now that I know what these are supposed to taste like I will never order them again in America!!

The other tell tale sign about what is going on here were the other clients. Did not see tourists here. A bunch of young Italian buddies celebrating some special occasion. A couple of Italian families 3 generations deep having dinner together with their beautiful bambini. And some seventy something year old couples having their traditional dishes of octopus, sardines, and pastas which will keep them alive and healthy until they are centenarians.

It was a blessing just being here. Experiencing the the food and service put it over the top. We will anxiously await a return visit with Giulio and his team when in...

This is a very good restaurant with local food, recognized with a Bib Gourmand from Michelin. I would recommend to do a table reservation a couple of days prior your planned visit as this place can get pretty busy. The stuffed pumpkin flowers and stuffed peppers were amazing, paccheri pastificio carminiano with cernia was great too, the red tuna tataki was a bit boring, tiramisu was super tasty but the crunchy at the amarena dessert was way too sweet… overall: there are some positions in the menu which are extraordinary but also some which did not hit the spot for me… I also need to give one less star for the staff which wasn’t too nice and not very helpful. They also mixed up our order which was super unprofessional, especially because our waiter was writing everything down! I received my order as planned but my partner had to wait extra time for his dish to be prepared… this was pretty annoying and we did not even get a „sorry” for it. Should not happen in a...

The cuisine here is good, as the amateur and professional reviews attest, but I cannot recommend the restaurant highly (at least to tourists). I came to dinner at 7;30 on a Wednesday, so not a busy slot, with my wife who speaks some Italian and two polite teenage girls. The waitstaff were obnoxious nonetheless, I am not sure why: whether because we did not order secondi (we apologized and said we had big lunches which was true); because they thought we were Americans (actually Australian); or because we asked to have grilled vegetables with the pasta course, and option they volunteered. None of these good excuses. I fact when the grilled vegetables came they were so dry they were inedible, more like zucchini chips, as if they asked a sous chef to burn them specially for us. The bussing waiter tried to take the kids' plates the second they finished, while both parents were still eating at a civilised rate. The pasta dishes were excellent however. Food 5 stars,...