Meeting Trattoria Pizzeria — Restaurant in Porto Cesareo

Giving it 2 starts because the people are nice but in terms of food I really don’t understand the great reviews for this place.

Firstly it’s a “pizzeria” by its name and they don’t serve pizza for lunch on a Saturday (just a note: other places in P.to Cesareo have this same strategy too this way you’d consume and pay more for other primi / secondi dishes so instead of paying let’s say 25€-ish for two you’ll end up paying 35€+).

Then, the taste of the food is non existent. Both of our pasta dishes had no particular taste; they aren’t neither traditional nor authentic and certain ingredients aren’t even included on the menu. It’s like they put a bunch of random ingredients together and made up the menu from it…

Lastly, I get it. You need people to pay for “coperto” but if you make people pay 2€ per person .. well at least bring FRESH BREAD or I don’t know bring OLIVE OIL to the table…

There are better places in Porto Cesareo so go somewhere else if you value your money and...

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