Ristorante Naxos — Restaurant in Taormina

As somebody said here, i completly agree:

"It's difficult to accept such banal and bland cuisine in a region so rich in taste. When some osterias, and for a few euros, offer you a few pieces of bread, olive oil, tomatoes and spices which are enough to thrill your taste buds, this ideally located restaurant, with an unrivaled view of the Etna and on the sea, cannot offer the acceptable minimum.

It's really sad to waste such potential to this extent. The staff were friendly but didn't seem at all surprised by our view at the end of the meal.

Our breadsticks were dry, as was the bread. My starter, rather good smoked swordfish, was ruined by a Boursin heart... My pasta was not bad but tasteless, with visibly frozen seafood. I skipped dessert... My wife's Milanese escalope arrived with half a braised endive, all particularly dry.

The bill, for 4, exceeds 150 euros, for 3 starters, 4 main courses and 2 glasses of wine. It's way too expensive for the quality of the food. Disappointed, really. I wasn't expecting an exceptional dinner but not to this extent."

The room is in a conference room, the people are so loud, the stuff is very nice but a bit too try hard. It's actually unreal how painfully embarrassing this experience was. It looked like it was making fun of fine dining. The food is for somebody who wants to pay double for tasteleess food and service. Its the prime example of why people say fine dining is "not worth it", it's supposed to be about the food!! Not big prices, exaggerated service and bad bad food. I respect the cooks for trying to make it look elegant and stuff. But you can't just trick people like that. It's all APPEARANCES. look at my pasta, its literally canned pasta. No concept, boring options, fish fish fish with nothing else. Also...frozen french fries. Painful. Don't pretend to be a fine restaurant, inflate your prices, and serve frozen french fries. It literally felt like a art exhibition: fine dining tables with fine dining looking food with 0 taste in a backroom conference room. At least get a concept if the...

Difficile d'accepter une cuisine aussi banale et fade dans une région aussi riche gustativement. Quand certaines osteria, et pour quelques euros, vous proposent quelques morceaux de pain, d'huile d'olive, de tomates et d'épices qui suffisent à faire vibrer vos papilles, ce restaurant idéalement situé, avec une vue sans comparaison sur l'Etna et sur la mer, n'arrive pas à proposer le minimum acceptable.

C'est vraiment triste de gâcher à ce point un tel potentiel. Le personnel était sympathique mais n'avait pas l'air du tout surpris de notre point de vue en fin de repas.

Nos gressins étaient secs, le pain aussi. Mon entrée, de l'espadon fumé plutôt bon, a été ruinée par un cœur au Boursin... Mes pâtes n'étaient pas mauvaises mais sans saveur, avec des fruits de mer visiblement surgelés. J'ai fait l'impasse sur le dessert... L'escalope milanaise de ma femme est arrivée avec une demie endive braisée, le tout particulièrement sec.

L'addition, pour 4, dépasse les 150 euros, pour 3 entrées, 4 plats et 2 verres de vin. C'est bien trop cher pour la qualité des plats. Déçu, vraiment. Je m'attendais pas à un dîner exceptionnel mais...

very good and professional services. the food was not very good, I had a starter and a main course and both were tasteless. for dessert I asked for a gluten-free dessert option and a dessert was brought in plastic packaging from the supermarket which I sent back to the kitchen. they were very nice and didn't ask me to pay for...