Il Proverbio — Restaurant in Palermo

Stay Away!!! Every single order they got wrong. We ordered a small bottle of water ( they brought a big one), we order a big caraf of wine (they brought a small one), I ordered a pizza from the menu (the owner brought a pizza that is not on the menu. We also ordered a set menu which was horrible too. Besides the fact that everything was tasteless, all orders were wrong and when we highlighted the issue the owner tried to argue that we are wrong. At the end, they tried to upcharge us 10 euros and invented a price for the pizza that wasnt on the menu. The Pizza tasted worse than frozen super market pizza, the pasta was in 5ml of oil and the chicken was so dry it...

The worst experience of our 14 day trip, by far. The antipasto rustico was edable but that’s it, bad ingredients. Bruschetta was boring and had lack of taste. One bite of the scaloppine was enough, couldn’t eat any more, and the looks was even worse then the taste. We also ordered gnocchi a la sorrentina, with they didn’t have, so we got another pasta with was overkocked. The wine was undrinkable, tasted more like water with a hinch of cheap wine. We got two slices of pineapple as a compensation. Stay far away from this tourist trap. Palermo has so much fantastic...

We have eaten here 5 years ago when last in Palermo. We found it again and are so glad we did. We had the antipasto followed by an arribatta and a seafood pasta, the pasta in both dishes was fresh and perfectly al-dente. We had a carafe of local rose and a complimentary amaretto. I cannot recommend highly enough from the friendly multilingual service to the outstanding food it was perfect Sicilian. I do not understand how it gets bad reviews, perhaps from people who do not understand or appreciate...