Trattoria Nerodiseppia — Restaurant in Trieste

This was one of the two best restaurants of our month long trip from Milan to Trieste. We just happened to walk past and both our funk meters went off! The place just had a good vibe. We could not get a dinner reservation (they book up about 2 weeks out) but we went for lunch twice. Their focus is seafood, with creative variations on traditional dishes.

The first day, I started with deep fried sardines, marinated with onions in a sweet vinegar. My partner started with scallops on an asparagus cream. We both had the pasta with stracciatella, bottarga and pistachios, which was a home run. We also had a very nice half bottle of an Istrian Malavasia recommended by the owner. Everything was delicious.

The next day, we each started with the linguine with clams, broadbeans and tomato. A total surprise. Rather than a briny, classic spaghetti con vongole, it had a sweeter tomato driven sauce. Very good. My partner had a carpaccio of lightly smoked tuna with mozzarella buffalo and amazing french fried eggplant, while I had the monkfish on mash potato (one of the fish of the day). We had a half bottle of Sauvignon, again recommended by the owner and a nice match for our meal.

The space is pleasant and the co-owner is a delight to chat with periodically...

Words do not describe how happy this experience made us. It was pure luck to find this culinaric treasure chamber while wandering in Trieste. Already before the first bite we had a good feeling: The trattoria was completly full at 14:30 and all of the guests were italians. It was hearthwarming, how passionate and patient the landlady explained the dishes. And our expectations were exceeded. I had the best Fritto Misto of my life and the Pistaccio Cake almost made me cry. I know, that this amazing culinaric place has no need for my rating, but I hope it guides some visitors of Trieste to this place to get the same emotions. Thank you for this experience and all the best...

My husband and I had a really nice experience here. I found the food a little pricey. We ordered the scallop appetizer and fish pasta with mushrooms (forgot the name). The scallops looked wonderful, but we found them very bland and would not recommend this dish. I think sautéing them in butter and adding some salt would make a huge difference and maybe using another vegetable instead of mushrooms with that dish would bring out more flavors. On the other hand, the pasta was phenomenal! It was some of the best pasta I’ve ever had! Also, I really enjoyed the wine and our server was very sweet. I would definitely recommend coming here and maybe just avoiding...