La Zagara — Restaurant in Taormina

I have to say I almost walked past this spot as I thought it was closed, they had in fact closed the door because it was so damn cold and to block out the street noise. So if you pass by have a look inside to see if the lights are on and the staff are waiting before you walk past, don't assume it's closed and and it's a sliding door so trying to push or pull it doesn't work ;)

Because of the location in the old city like most places you can be sure of a little road noise once in a while but they have music softly playing so it mostly drowns it out. I wouldn't consider the road noise an issue the ambience manages to make up for it :)

I ended up ordering the cabornara as it's one of my favourite dishes and the picture I saw of it made it the only choice I could make. I ended up asking them to leave out the pepper as I felt it would mask the beautiful ingredients that goes into the dish. It wasn't an issue for the chef to leave it out.

They did make sure it was just I didn't like pepper and it wasn't an allergic reaction that I wanted to leave it out. Once my dish came out and the staff showed a little bit of their humour by betting me to try just a little pepper and left the pepper shacker on the table with a huge grin. I was eating alone so it was nice to have a bit of interaction with the staff as most restaurants just ignored me and let me eat alone. So thanks for hiring great staff that do make a bit of an effort to ensure the guests are comfortable.

I decided to skip dessert as ive already had three treats today but I'm sure their desserts would be amazing.

They have a decent range of seafood and seafood pasta options but don't worry they have a good range of meat alternatives. The staff were great and had a little fun and interacted with the customers which was a nice change.

I would say drop by here if you are in the area you can be sure to have a wonderful meal. Also if you arrive before 9pm you can beat the rush as most Italians don't reserve a table until...

This was my last night in Taormina. So me and husband decided to come and eat here. Started of bruschetta, 18euros. With some salmon on top. Was ok. After waiting around 35 mins for my mains. Husband was fritto misto, cooked well but a meagre portion at 25euro.mine was black ink risotto with gamberetti. It arrived, watery, rice was hard, and 3 small prawns thrown in bland that tasted of nothing. I sent it back. They knew this was a disaster so kindly did the right thing to offer me a different dish. I declined and they removed the charge from the bill. A real shame. In Sicily am disappointed with these expensive tourist places thinking the tourists are ignorant and don’t know about good food. They are tarnishing their reputation as being one of the best culinary countries in the world. I expected more in Sicily, food much better in the northern...

posto situato nel magnifico centro di Taormina che ai suoi lati positivi come i suoi aspetti anche leggermente negativi perché avendo mangiato a cena di sabato sera eravamo nella distesa fuori e si stava benissimo ma c’era tantissimo casino e traffico perché giustamente le persone entravano in paese per passare la serata. Purtroppo demente loro non ne hanno cosa ma ad alcune persone potrebbe dare fastidio a me in particolare no. Per quanto riguarda il cibo ho apprezzato enormemente il fatto che alcuni piatti già presenti nel menu fossero stati selezionati e posti nel fondo del menu con su scritto “ menù vegano” . Quindi li si potevano trovare vari piatti già presenti nel menu tradizionale ma appunto erano vegani già di per sé e in più altre proposte che rispettavano questo stile. Avevo davvero voglia e bisogno di legumi visto che qua in Sicilia era un miracolo trovare qualcuno che li proponesse nel proprio ristorante e quindi ho optato per questa zuppa di ceci al rosmarino che era super aromatica e speziata come piace a me. anche qui il signore è stato molto carino a non servirmela in stile invernale ma a temperatura ambiente e sicuramente non ha tolto il gusto . ho mangiato insieme il loro pane che era davvero molto buono nonostante fosse un semplice pane bianco che a me non fa impazzire ma aveva una super crosta croccante . era molto saporita ma forse direi anche troppo perché nonostante fosse davvero buona verso la fine sembrava ricordasse un po’ come se fosse stato aggiunto del dado vegetale. Per iniziare ho scelto un’insalata siciliana ricca di cetrioli pomodori cipolla e tanto altro del territorio con aggiunta di rucola e anche qua confermo ciò che dicevo sul condimento della verdura ossia che preferisco sempre condirla io perché quando un prodotto è bello fresco secondo me bisogna farlo risaltare invece loro utilizzando troppo condimento sembra quasi che lo coprono anche solo con un eccesso di sale. Fatto sta è stata una bella e piacevole cena ....