BOATS — Restaurant in Syracuse

Closed Sunday Drinks only on Saturday 26 September 2020 and Monday 28 September 2020 Really nice glasses of white wine (Grillo) at €5.00 per glass. We only managed two each as we had to dash off for dinner!

Thursday 12 April 2018 BOATS means Based On A True Story. Really nice atmosphere in a beautifully designed interior space with very polite and friendly staff. We were immediately served with iced lemon water and offered the cocktail menu. We ordered two big glasses of white wine (as we prefer wine to cocktails). We chose Izolia and were very glad as it was truly superb. We were offered the food menu and it did look very good but we had already made dinner reservations elsewhere. We were expecting to pay more than €12.00 but the bill came to only €10.00.

Dinner on Saturday 14 April 2018 This late night cocktail bar and restaurant (open until 02.00) oozes class and sophistication from every pore. It is often filled with young people but don't let that put you off as they are all polite and friendly! Four big glasses of excellent white wine (Izolia at €5.00 per big glass), one bottle of water, two starters of Macco di Fave Tradizionale (traditional cream of broad bean soup), one main of Involtini di Pesce Spada di Lime e Zenzero su Purea di Patate allo Zafferano (lime and ginger swordfish roll with saffron flavoured potato puree) and one main of Filetto di Spigola con Carciofi e Mandorle (sea bass fillet with artichokes and almonds)...

We come from London and have been to many amazing cocktails bars, Boats certainly will be one of the most memorable ones. Great cocktails and chill vibes. Overlooking the Apollo temple with tasty cocktails? I can do this everyday!

Bartender Fabio is an absolute star 🌟, amazing WORLD CLASS cocktails. He is very knowledgable and passionate about his craft. Not to mention that the bar food, bruschetta, is also top notch.

Alexandra and all the staff are super friendly, she recommended us cocktails based on what we normally like, and they are so good! She also kindly shared her local restaurant list with us as we are keen to go where locals go. (I really appreciate that because they are definitely the best restaurants we’ve tried!! And we are just crazy about food and drinks 😄)

We had been coming every two days during our 11 days stay, and we absolutely adore this place.

Thanks so much to the staff, warm service, good chat, super helpful giving us some local tips which made our trip...

The food was very good: I had an asparagus risotto with mussels, squid and bacon, with a glass of wine. My partner had baby squid with a pea cream and potatoes, also delicious. We were able to get served at eleven in the evening, and didn't have to wait long. It's also a cocktail bar, and appeals to the young and trendy Syracusians. The location next to the Temple of Apollo is delightful, with both outdoor and indoor seating. The prices are good considering the location and the quality of the food: our bill came to €33 for the two of us. Well...