L’altro scalo trattoria — Restaurant in Vietri sul Mare

EUR 18 for a very small pasta dish that tasted like mac and cheese, with 4 of the tiniest muscles I've ever seen (about the size of the nail on my pinky finger) , 1 prawn and a smattering of finely chopped other seafood. EUR 6 for a glass of thin, low quality, wine with no pallet. And EUR 2 for a coperta, with nothing provided, not even bread, and the only service consisting of taking our order, serving our order and giving us the bill - all without any engagement, let alone a smile. We ate there because of the good reviews and because there were a few other diners who may have also got sucked in. What a...

My daughter and I found the food surprisingly tasteless and we wondered if the chef was on vacation as the other reviews didn’t reveal any issues. The spaghetti with prawns was quickly recommended by the waitress and was not even listed on the menu - we soon found out why - the price was double the average meal on the menu. However the spaghetti lacked any taste or even salt and were way under cooked. The octopus on the appetizer menu looked more like a full meal as it was in a bowl of tomato sauce but again so tasteless that it felt it came out of a can. Probably the worst meal...

I love this place! I visited it with my family (4 people). The lady who served us was nice and guided us through the menu because we knew nothing about pastas 🙂. We ordered two pastas and fish. The portions were big. Everything was delicious and for fish we asked to exclude tomatoes that was noted and served as we expected. The benefit of the place is that it's quiet because of the location when other places are crowded and too noisy. Right next to it there is pizzeria for those who are interested. So, perfect food, kind staff, quite location....