Ristorante Antichi Sapori — Restaurant in Trapani

Got the table while was still not busy, at least for the first hour. Front house staff was lovely. We ordered 1 starter and 2 main courses and a bottle of wine and water. Drinks came very quickly. Then long break, but that's fine we are in Sicily... But the table next to us received their food, managed to eat it and pay and we were still waiting for our starter. Starter came along with only one main course. We asked waiter if another main is coming. He left and queried another waiter about our order. In very short moment another waiter came apologising as there was a mistake made by the kitchen and our 2 main course will be served shortly. We were fine with that as mistakes are happening and as they promised second main course was served within few minutes. However, the food was bland, cous cous was under seasoned, fish stock sauce had no taste, it was tasteless and salty. Such a heartbreaking meal. After we finished, we asked for the bill and you think what else could go wrong... Well... The cockroach decided to stroll across our table (thank God that was after the meal) we jumped out and rushed to pay the bill, and when we wanted to pay their card machine stopped working 🤣 so we had to wait until they replaced it with a...

A Gem in Trapani! Reservations highly recommended as people were turned away at the door. We had our stay make reservations for us. The restaurant crew were fantastic & friendly besides one server who clearly didn’t want to be there… Outdoor seating in the summer is classy, not with plastic furniture like old photos. Mind blowing seafood cous cous with the carafe of fish broth is a must try of course.We cold have shared it as a secondi each! Raw red prawns were creamy & flavorful along with the assorted fish antipasti. Sardine & fennel meatballs in tomato sauce were out of this world delicious. The grilled swordfish steak is flavorful perfection. Try the caponata or accompany with the swordfish. Sicilians blow you away by what they can do with eggplant! The seafood pasta was delicious. Chilled Grillo white wine to wash everything down on a warm evening. We dined twice but wish we did all three evenings… The portions are large in Italian terms. Don't forget the beautiful rustic bread to mop up the sauces! Complimentary almond wine shots & sesame biscuits for dessert. Perfetto!...

TL;DR: Fantastic Sicilian restauraunt that is a MUST TRY for Seafood lovers (I think most reviews skip over this point). Also, you should definitely book ahead of time if you are set on dining here.

This restauraunt hardly needs more positive reviews, but the food and service we experienced were excellent!

This is absolutely a seafood restaurant first and foremost, and if you want to try local cuisine/preparations, this is the place!

Highly recommend the mixed seafood platter which was probably the highlight despite the delicious mains, due to the variety of dishes and flavours that came on the plate(s).

We chose to pair our food with a bottle of local Sicilian orange wine - Aremi, which was absolutely delicious (on the drier side).

The service was fantastic from the moment we sat down, we were even provided two complimentary serves of the almond liqueur and biscuits to end the meal mentioned in many other reviews.

Would definitely return again and recommend to anyone...