La Barchetta - ACIREALE

I had dinner here with my family, the place is small and the food is made by the mother of the owner. u can't get more local than this. the antipasti at usually more than enough for a full dinner, but they have also excellent first dishes. we had to ask simple pasta pomodoro for the kids, even that was excellent. definitely a hidden gem.

This place had only been opened about 3 4 weeks when we found it. There is no menu and you don't know what you are having to eat until it arrives on the table. This is dependant on what has been caught that day everything is freshly caught and prepared, absolutely beautiful. The restaurant itself is quite basic but the food and the owner/staff are excellent, and reasonably priced.

Had a delicious lunch, Fritto misto and local white wine with a sorbet to finish. They were extremely patient with our terrible Italian we were the only customers and I think they were surprised to have British tourists on a Wednesday afternoon in April very reasonable prices and friendly service.