Restaurant Antiche Mura — Restaurant in Polignano a Mare

Antiche Mura looks like a normal simple restaurant from outside but absolutely beautiful inside. The decoration gives Antiche Mura a very posh atmosphere and you can really feel the sense of Italian architecture inside.

I was pretty lucky to be able to squeeze in without a reservation but other people were turned away. There’re less than 20 tables inside so you’d better book in advance.

What I like the most is the mixed grilled seafood. How the food arranged was too funny. The chef must have a good time. Fried seafood was lovely and not as salty as other places that I’ve tried in Puglia. The quality of the seafood is top notch. Best grilled prawn of the trip. Strongly recommend

The pasta “the sea itself” is very interesting. Having many Italian friends made me realise how Italians like their food. With such beautiful ingredients, they won’t mask it with a lot of seasoning and the food sometimes can come across “bland” to some people. They preserved the taste of the oyster & sea urchin very well. If I have to fail it somehow, I would say the tough texture of (fairly big) pasta is too much of a contrast to the soft texture of the oyster & sea urchin. For €16, it’s expensive so I would probably recommend the tagliolini with seafood with you want something with more seafood than 3 oysters and a few piece of sea urchin.

I also recommend the raw seafood starter. We didn’t order it but I’ve seen it and it looks insanely fresh and delicious.

In terms of service, I can’t false them at all. Everyone seems to love their job and very enthusiastic while speaking to us. They also love wine and would probably won’t stop talking about it until you say so.

Overall, the atmosphere, the service and the food balance itself out and I’m happy with 5 stars. If you like high quality seafood, fancy restaurant and a good time, make a...

It’s an unnecessarily stuffy restaurant with a strange overly formal vibe. The food is pretty good (it’s nearly all seafood, so if you’re traveling with someone in your party who has an allergy, there’s nothing good on the menu for them.)

The wine list is on a QR code and is organized so poorly that it’s impossible to understand what they actually have. If you’re going to be a formal restaurant, don’t make people take out their phones.

The space is beautiful, but make sure they don’t seat you under the arch where you’ll bonk your head if you stand up. Not sure what we did to get the worst seat in the house. We booked our reservation months ago.

Lastly, the restaurant gets no cellular signal, which wouldn’t be a problem, except their WiFi doesn’t work and, therefore, you cannot see the wine list. So you’re at the mercy of someone who recommends a Merlot because of the aforementioned QR code. Ugh.

And when the WiFi goes out, they have no backup so they can’t process a payment and insist you either pay in cash (the bill for our dinner was €140, which no one should be carrying on their person) or come back the next...

The overall experience was extremely disappointing. This is a place for tourists. The food was good but not amazing- and certainly not for the price. I do not mind paying 50 eur for lunch but I know in Italy this is not cheap- it better be special. There was one waiter who was bald and seemed to be having a terrible day. Fortunately I didn't have him the entire time- my waiter with dark hair was nice and friendly. But I went alone, when I arrived there was only 1 other table. They stuck me in the back of the restaurant and then forgot about me- another table arrived 5 minutes after me, they received menus before me and their main dishes came before mine even though I ordered the tasting menu. I appreciate that the owner asked me about my experience and took off 5 Eur but I would not recommend the place. I still have a bad taste in my mouth from the overall experience. If you want to see some cute, kind of kitschy place, you'll enjoy it but you can eat better for far less in...