Ballarak Magione — Restaurant in Palermo

A simple charming brewpub in Palermo. They offer an amazing range of home-brewed beerts on tap carefully designed and thought by a creative owner. There is something for everyone's taste and whatever one you choose won't dissapoint you in the slightest.

A chill ambiance can be felt around the place wherever you are heading there after a long day at the office or looking for a new beer to try out for the evening. I had the great pleasure of spending a few days, enjoying and admiring what the place has to offer. You won't find a better place than this in the whole city. Friendly staff makes the whole experience even more enthralling.

They offer over 15 home crafted brewed options as well as some other italian crafted beers. My personal favourite has to be the 'BIttersweet Symphony IPA'.

If I return in Palermo in the future, I know just the place where I want to enjoy a...

A fantastic brewery. If you're slightly skeptical of anyone else other than the British, Americans or Belgians taking on brewing their own version of said nations' beers, then you will be more than converted by Ballarak.

There are many micro breweries back in the UK and the States who could learn a thing or two from these guys.

The beers I had were superb, and as you can see from the photo, along with their own extensive range, there was an impressive list of guest beers that seemed to all be Sicilian/Italian. Their rye stout (Little Black Submarine) was particularly impressive.

Good social distancing measures are in place (well, until you get out of the bar and into the big Kalsa square, but it is very easy to get quickly past the throng and find a nice quiet spot on the...

Probably the 'go to' place for craft beer in Palermo. A wide selection of their own brews on tap plus a few guests covering a considerable range of styles. Also, the range of snacks/small meals is decent enough. Well worth a visit if you are in Palermo! Just a word of warning: if you can, check their planned opening time directly with them before turning up. My experience on more than one occasion is that published information via Google, etc. is either not always accurate or is, at best, 'aspirational'. Current Google information claims they open at 18:00 but, as a recent example on Tuesday 9/9/2025, it was 18:15 by the time they finally started taking orders with several thirsty customers waiting...