Caffè Solaris — Restaurant in Taormina

Small restaurant just off of Corso Umberto with indoor and outdoor tables. If you can get an outdoor table, it will overlook the ruins of an amphitheater. The restaurant is run by Paolo and Maria Pia, a local family with simple authentic Sicilian food. The dishes are absolutely mouth-watering and made with fresh local ingredients. We had the cuttlefish pasta (sepia) which uses the ink of the cuttlefish to make a black sauce. I’m not a big fan of seafood pasta but this one is simply incredible. We also had the pesto and almond pasta and other antipastos and all was amazing and reasonably priced. We definitely recommend this...

The nearness of the ancient Roman Odeion is beautiful. The service in principle is friendly but not very present and helpful. The prices seem to be fairer in fact than those on the main street. But : the Lasagna for 12 Euro was tiny small, the Pizza Salame had saucage and cheese only in its middle circle, and not all of the desserts on the card were available. Compared to the positive echoes in Google maps we were in fact disappointed by the performance of the Cafe Solaris (two persons at 7.30 pm...

It was conveniently close to our hotel 🏨. This was probably the cheapest place in Taormina, it was worth the money and the staff are friendly. They let us have a plain crepe with ice cream ( because we didn’t really want too much to have for dessert) for 5 euros. If you sit outside you have a nice view of the old amphitheater, which if you come in the night you can see a cat resting. We have been here a couple of times and it is worth...