Bistrot Bella Vita — Restaurant in Syracuse

Shockingly appalling. Arriving at 9pm to a virtually empty place and greeted by the proprietress who tells me they're chiuso! I mentioned their website clearly says they're open until 11pm and the chef then says he can do a fillet mignon for me. Are you kidding me? I don't want a steak! Even offers a calamari dish which sounded fine side more out of exhaustion and hunger I Stay you have this one dish that was very simple and quite nice calamari and a basic tomato sauce with some pieces of grilled bread. The chef on his way out stops at my table and says it's wonderful isn't it I told you. I then wait for the owners to stop showing the iPhone pictures to the one table and things so I can get a check and get the hell out of there and to my horror I am charged $40 for this one dish. To put this in perspective in this part of Sicily that's more than my hotel. It's considerably more than I paid for a Michelin star 5 course lunch in Ragusa today. Beyond the extremely average fare, is the overpriced bill with zero service and a, "it's your lucky night, we're going to throw you a bone and over charge...

We had dinner for three, not the cheapest place but the food was delicious and Sicilian, not Italian. Entree 'Raw and cooked seafood' - this was spectacular and truly showcased the joy of seafood 'Squid salad' - beautiful seasoning, tender squid, lovely flavours 'Mussel and clam soup' - delicious. Very large serve for one, definitely a dish to share. Lovely tomato and fennel base to the soup with the flavour of the molluscs enhanced instead of outshone

We had pasta mains. I went with the truffoli which was packed with flavour and freshness

The menu had a good range of food available. Mains were 14-16 euro and entrees ranged...

This was the best dinner I had in Siracusa and I ate at Don Camillo as well. Get the sushi appetizer. It was one of the best dishes I’ve ever had. Also, very friendly staff. My boyfriend and I were wondering the streets looking for a place to eat, and even though we didn’t have reservations, they seated us. Go eat here. Also, get the dessert. It...