Vesuvio 3 - MELENDUGNO

Beautiful restaurant , very delicious meals , very kind waitor , wonderful garden, no crowd, we absolutely loved this place

We actually ate here twice because it had been recommended by the locals....both nights were a disaster. The restaurant is fairly big so even if you have to wait it’s not a long wait thank goodness but as far as food quality and taste go I guess you get what you pay for. The first night we had fish...it was rubbery and the portion size was pretty pathetic compared to the price...you could tell it wasn’t fresh. The second time we went we decided on pizza apparently that’s their specialty but it wasn’t special at all. Yes the pizzas are big but the selection of flavors is small and it doesn’t taste like pizza from Naples...the crust was doughy and almost seemed undercooked.

We were recommended Vesuvio 3 by a friend, but on entering I did not have high hopes. This is a large restaurant that looks like it caters for tourist crowds. It claimed to be Neapolitan, but, as my wife is from Naples, we were skeptical. Meeting a waitress, we were surprised to hear a Neapolitan accent. In fact, most of the staff are in fact Neapolitan. There is the usual fair on the menu, but you can get pizza al metro (pizza by the metre). We ordered some of the seafood pasta and a mixed pizza (only 50 cms). The pasta was very good, with fresh vongole at least, and the pizza is very close to a good Neapolitan pizza (very rare in Salento). Our son liked it so much that we were forced to go back two days later. The waitress remembered us, which was nice, and the food again was very good. The only bit that we were unimpressed with were the starters. They were not very good. Overall, a very friendly place with good food, but be careful of the starters. Really good pizza, if you like the Neapolitan style (which I do).

Buona mattina grande pizza, peccato per l'organizzazione posti a sedere. avete bisogno di più precisione per coloro che prenotano presto per telefono

Una buona pizza ma non come anni fa comunque meglio di molti altri