Trattoria Al Faro — Restaurant in Sciacca

Seven stars out of five! Reservation recommended! The fisherman's menu consists of seven starters (! :-) ), two first dishes, a mixed main dish with salad, fruit, dessert and wine. Each of which is impeccable, with delicious original taste, no cheap tricks, I would prefer the scales on the small fish removed, hence only five stars out of five. Price per person: 30 eur. Sixth star for the dilligent proffessional attitude of the staff. Seventh star for the toilets, which is hard to find that clean in Sicily.

The starters are a mixture of typical Sicilian food, quality on first place. Won't give up the details, check my photos. Then tuna pasta. Then muscels risotto. Then main dish with squid, a small fish, a sword fish steak and a shrimp. With salad. Dessert: pieces of pine apple and delicious baked sicilian filled sweet buiscit.

Never ever have to wait for next course to come, the food keeps coming with regular paste as one finishes the previous dish. Makes one feel welcome.

GOOD JOB! If I ever come back to Sicily, I'll wind up...

It's a pity that we cannot award 4.5 in our reviews: This restaurant is popular for a very good reason. It's a nice little restaurant with white table clothing and clean restrooms. The service is really attentive, they treated us very well (mind we were two adults and two kids). We tried a variety of dishes: their mussel soup is delicious, I ordered 'polipetti affogati' which are small octopuses in a sort of tomato sauce and they were sublime. I got a bit disappointed with my pasta dish: I ordered pasta with lobster which is one of the most delicious dishes in Sicily, but the dressing was pesto-based and not made with tomatoes. It really tasted plain. But apart from that, everything we ordered was really good. They have a nice selection of wine and even a dessert menu (which is rare in Sicily). We paid 117 euro, four people, starters, pasta, dessert and a bottle of wine....

I Had dinner in July 2010, but I still vividly remember this restaurant and the experience. It was very hot outside, but the restaurant was pleasantly cool. Typical Italian style restaurant with only men in the room serving. No-nonsense, polite, quick, and great (sea)food. The pasta was excellent, too. One of those places you wish was around the corner, so you could try it out more often. Recommended if you are not one of those nit-pickers critisizing everything that is not according to their standard (if everything would be according to certain standards, restaurants would look the same all...