Ristorante Porto San Paolo — Restaurant in Sciacca

We stayed in the Sciacca area for vacation recently and our hotel butler advised us that Porto San Paola was a great spot nearby that many locals would eat at for a consistently good dining and servicing experience. They made us a reservation same day for dinner and we arrived promptly at our dining time and were seated immediately at a table overlooking the water and city. The views are purely stunning for sunset!

The servers were all so nice and I believe it's a small family owned establishment, and I think the owners were also waiting on us at some point during the meal. All of the restaurant employees were so nice, welcoming, and offered to answer any questions we had on the menu.

We started with a bottle of white wine and it was amazing! I think most wines of their menu were less than 25 euros a bottle. They also provided us with a basket of bread to start complimentary as well.

We started with Panelle to start as an appetizer (little chickpea fritters, they were amazing! 5 euros for I believe they were 5 fritters). We also ordered the Busiate alla Norma (13 euros, this was the best and freshest pasta you could imagine, truly amazing and they split it for us in the kitchen and was plenty big for two people to share).

For entrees, we both ordered the Filetto di pesce fresco (fresh fish filet, 20 euros), and included a few small vegetables as well.

We also ended with a Canolli for desert, and OMG it was the best cannoli I've ever had. I believe it was 3 euros and the flavor was out of this world. We split the cannoli in two, but I think I could have eaten two of them just myself!

I really felt like we were eating in a Michelin starred restaurant, the food quality and preparation were amazing, along with the service was very white glove as well. If you're in the Sciacca area, definitely...

The place is a must. It should be cumpulsury eating here. I'm Italian but I live abroad since many years. I come to Italy for my holidays, and this is my first time in Sciacca. Well ristorante Porto San Paolo Is Just the place. It's in the port, just in front of the fishing boats. So they get to chose the fish as first, even before the market people. You walk up some steep steps and arrive to a covered terrace, that looks at the port. Classical Sicilian ambient, so no zen, no lounge. Rather a proper port restaurant, with very little tourists, mainly locals that now, for lunch, come from their offices. So no posh. But by far the best fish you can get in Sicily though. By far really And that's because all fish in Italy goes straight from the ships to Milan's fish market, and then gets redistributed. The Sciacca area is where the Italian most important fishing fleet stays. So here they fish the best we have in the Mediterranean, and in the morning when the ships come back in, big trucks come and take the fish directly to Milan market. The only person that intercepts that fish first, is the chef of this restaurant. So...🥳😉 The Christine con le alici di Sciacca Is something you must try before you fly back. Same for the blu shrimps. Think of me when you are eating, your gratitude and blessings will surely make my...

Such an incredible experience, one of the best restaurants I’ve been to. The restaurant has a wonderful view on the port of sciacca, and is just amazing to enjoy the sunset. Very welcoming staff, at the attention to every single detail, very gentle and always checking if everything’s good. The menu is very rich, if you’re a fish lover that’ll be your paradise. All food was so fresh and soooooo delicious, starting from appetizers (antipasti) to secondi. We took an antipasti of raw fish that is just amazing. We took a lobsters pasta with cherry tomato, the mixture is wonderful. We also took grilled fish, the waiter takes you to choose the fish you want then weights it, lobsters were still alive and fish smells so good since it’s so fresh. Everything was sooo delicious, we enjoyed a lot, they give you just the right quantity of everything so that you enjoy it. Prices are so fair for how good and fresh the food is, but also for a high quality service. If you’re around, you must go to this restaurant. I would suggest that you make an early reservation because it’s always...