Enoteca Solaria — Restaurant in Syracuse

The enoteca is very charming- old, classic style with a very nice seating area outside overlooking the street. They have a very big choice of wines per glass, as well as an impressive collection of wines by the bottle. The food was really good- we had the aperitivo plate and it was with high quality and tasty ingredients. The only thing that disappointed me a bit was that the owner/waiter (I’m not sure) was probably in a bad mood as we came. We asked for a recommendation about which wine to choose and he didn’t explain anything, he just showed us the very first choice and said it was ok. The wine was indeed very good, but we missed the experience of talking about the wine and its flavor… He was rather grumpy, and that kind of spoiled the beginning of the evening for us. After that we decided for ourselves and the other waitress was friendly and nice. So we had...

Slightly underwhelmed but blame it on growing up in the Cape Winelands region in South Africa where we are spoiled with the wines, affordable prices, excellent service and beautiful settings! It was interesting to taste the Angelica orange wine for the first time: a bit bitter, with sediment and perhaps not served cold enough but still interesting. Would have loved to get more information/explanation from the pourer about the wine/s. In terms of setting: only point of criticism is that the tables and chairs could be updated to something a bit more...

We couldn’t find a vineyard in the area that was open for a tasting so went here hoping for a few good glasses of wine. Instead we had a fantastic experience - they have dozens of good local wines available by the glass and half glass, and were happy to plan a tasting of many of them, based on their recommendations. It’s a great scene too - laid back but on a nice street for people watching. They speak good English and are happy to explain anything. We also bought a few bottles - reasonably priced....