My partner and I both visited the local area near where we were staying, we walked past the restaurant and were instantly drawn to the intimate nature of the restaurant and the menu itself. We booked in for a table at a busy time on a Sunday evening, one of the big reasons why we booked was because of the octopus dish with potatoes. The starters and the wine were fantastic, although both starters (arancini and tempura cod) were both accompanied by fava bean puree. In both of the starters the puree worked well with the dishes that we ordered, but upon receiving the octopus main course it came not only as not described on the menu (with pasta instead of potatoes), but also featured the fava bean puree as the sauce.
I was disappointed with the amount of the octopus in the main course, as the octopus was supposed to be the advertised as the main feature/element of the dish. There were four pieces of octopus in total in the whole dish which were overpowered by the aforementioned fava bean puree, which ultimately became repetitive throughout the dishes. Very one note.
The front of house did a fantastic job in not only the service but the handling of our complaint. We explained everything to the best of our abilities and they understood the issues raised.
The atmosphere was great, the wine selection was fantastic and the location was ideal for anyone in the centre of Trapani. We would definitely still potentially revisit, but we would hope that next time would feature more variation in the accompaniments and not just fava bean puree being served with every...
Read moreMy daughter and I stayed here for 2 nights last week and had a wonderful experience. Excellent location, extremely easy, free parking out front along the street. The B&B is owned and run by the chef of the restaurant next door. Breakfast is served in the restaurant --excellent breakfast spread, and excellent coffee. All the rooms have a nautical theme--ours was the crab. Our room was large, clean, beautifully decorated with crab themed light fixtures, throw pillows, etc. Ours had a lovely private patio. Bathroom was large and modern. Beds are very comfortable, high quality linens. Entire place extremely clean and updated, plenty of outlets for our devices. No noise--except the seagulls. Location is excellent-right around the corner from all the restaurants, port, historical center, etc. We also had dinner in the restaurant the first night and greatly enjoyed our meals. We highly...
Read moreMy daughter and I stayed here for 2 nights last week and had a wonderful experience. Excellent location, extremely easy, free parking out front along the street. The B&B is owned and run by the chef of the restaurant next door. Breakfast is served in the restaurant --excellent breakfast spread, and excellent coffee. All the rooms have a nautical theme--ours was the crab. Our room was large, clean, beautifully decorated with crab themed light fixtures, throw pillows, etc. Ours had a lovely private patio. Bathroom was large and modern. Beds are very comfortable, high quality linens. Entire place extremely clean and updated, plenty of outlets for our devices. No noise--except the seagulls. Location is excellent-right around the corner from all the restaurants, port, historical center, etc. We also had dinner in the restaurant the first night and greatly enjoyed our meals. We highly...
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