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Reviews - Gambero Rosso Taormina

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8.8/10

Fabulous
294 reviews
Ambience
8.8
Food
8.9
Service
8.6
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  • Britt J.6 months ago

    10

    very friendly service, very good food. went twice in one week and definitely didn't regret it. postion is slightly off the main drag, which makes it even more appealing 😊

  • GEORGIOS D.6 months ago

    7.5

    Food was good. Ambience was good. Service was too fast. Starter and main course came at the same time.

  • Chris L.7 months ago

    10

    lovely setting and staff very friendly food was excellent

  • Paul C.7 months ago

    10

    Still great after all these years! Anyone visiting Taormina should visit at least once.

  • LESLIE R.7 months ago

    9.5

    Just such a wonderfully classic Italian restaurant/trattoria. Good vibe, pleasant staff, loved the pasta!!!

  • Fătu A.8 months ago

    10

    Even if it looks like a tourist trap, it’s not. Good service and food for more than a decent price. Loved the staff.

  • Matt R.9 months ago

    7.5

    Food was good especially the muscles, negative was as soon as I finished them the main course came out, all felt abit rushed to get the table free

  • Isabella C.9 months ago

    8.0

    Food was good and the ambience lovely. Staff friendly and helpful, however had to wait almost an hour to be served. All the same would return.

  • Sylwia K.1 year ago

    10

    such a wonderful place. i asked in advance - one week- if it would be possible to organize to dinner special request - a birthday cake for my father, and they were wonderful making everything so perfect - cake, candles, singing. i ' m so grateful for that. plus great service and delicious food! amazing pleace, great people!!!!

  • Svetla B.1 year ago

    10

    Warm and hospitable welcoming. Delicious food and perfect service.

  • Karl G.1 year ago

    9.0

    Very enjoyable meal. Great prawn spaghetti!

  • Mohammed A.1 year ago

    7.5

    The food and the menu

  • Lynn C.1 year ago

    10

    Fantastic seafood pasta.

  • Renata C.1 year ago

    2.0

    This place should be kicked out of Taormina. With all the other restaurants that are decent to good to great -no one would miss it. They hawk you from the streets (bad sign). They hurry you up with attitude. The food…I think I had Ronzoni Linguine topped with someone else’s leftover pieces of fish, and it was tasteless—Gross. They extend some manners with a free watered down tepid limoncello…hoping you’ll forget your sub sub par meal.

  • Meina J.
    Meina J.1 year ago

    10

    delicious authentic neals, warm and friendly family business.

  • Robert d.1 year ago

    10

    Busy restaurant with high turnover. Gave us a nice corner table on terrace.Nice ambience. Crudi (raw seafood and Tuna tartare) for starters were excellent. Seabass al messinese plus roast potatoes were tasty. Wife enjoyed linguine pasta with lobster. Cassata Siciliana for dessert was very good. Free prosecco while we waited a few mins for our table, and free limoncello at the end. All staff were very nice.

  • Alex B.
    Alex B.1 year ago

    8.5

    Lovely cosy terrace, nice food and friendly staff with good service.

  • Jessica C.1 year ago

    10

    My favourite restaurant in Taormina, I came here a few years ago and ate here several times, did the same this trip. Their pasta Gambero Rosso is sensational and the service is fantastic. Keep trying other restaurants but coming back to this one.

  • nermine h.1 year ago

    4.0

    staff very rude

  • Richard R.1 year ago

    7.0

    Food was good, service was good, every was good. Not great, and not bad. I guess you could say a relatively safe gamble to dine here. The only obvious negative would be the waiter not leaving the table when check was being paid wanting on a tip overbearingly .

  • Andrei C.1 year ago

    8.0

    Superb staff. Great atmosphere. The lobster was 9ver cooked but the pasta was excellent.

  • Bea D.1 year ago

    3.0

    Less than average food for too much money. Pushy and rude waiters.

  • Colin R.1 year ago

    5.5

    Food was not bad but nothing great. Had a tuna salad to start - just some tinned tuna and iceberg lettuce with a couple of small pieces of mozzarella and 3 olives. Main was spaghetti vongole - clams were tiny and certainly packet spaghetti although they claimed all their pasta was fresh. It was reasonably tasty. Wine was nice if a little pricey. Waiters seemed more interested in selling us anything they could and attracting customers off the street rather than actually serving. Certainly never asked if we were enjoying our meal.

  • Catherine L.2 years ago

    10

    We were so happy to find this restaurant. The food was fresh and the server was accommodating to our larger group.

  • Inge J.2 years ago

    5.0

    We Got an infektion after eating spagetti with shellfish. Now sick with vomiting and diarea.

  • Roy S.2 years ago

    10

    Looked up this restaurant on line with good reviews. Was not disappointed had the most delicious lobster, and the service was excellent

  • Emilia M.2 years ago

    7.0

    Food, was ok, but nothing really special. I expected more. But cleanliness of the restaurant was not really good. Bathrooms was one of the horriblest in Taormina.

  • Andrea S.2 years ago

    7.5

    The food was delicious but unfortunately the service was extremely poor which is such a shame as lovely atmosphere and we had been recommended the place which is why we went.

  • Melody H.2 years ago

    10

    delicious!!

  • Jorge A.2 years ago

    6.5

    The server he had an attitude since we arrived. He was extremely RUDE when he was the one who make the mistake and blaming us. We ask for another server. Everything else was ok.

  • Helen D.2 years ago

    8.0

    Lovely buzzy restaurant. Only negative was the food wasn’t hot when both dishes arrived. Otherwise would have been perfect

  • Meryl M.2 years ago

    9.5

    We read reviews and decided to try it. Overall it was delicious. We ordered the cheese plate which we didn’t love but everything that came after that was really delicious. The bolognese, prosciutto and fungi pizza, the sea bass and the pasta gambero russo were fantastic! Great wine list and spritz’s too!

  • Steven T.2 years ago

    4.5

    Food was thoroughly mediocre — definitely the least interesting dinner we have had in Sicily. Why the restaurant gets such positive reviews on sites such as TripAdvisor is a mystery to me. To be clear, it wasn’t terrible, just blah.

  • Brigitte W.2 years ago

    9.5

    Lovely atmosphere great food and service could not fault it. Fish and pasta was so fresh and tasty would go again very soon. My husband absolutely love it .

  • Amanda B.2 years ago

    10

    Great little find! In a little old street! Very authentic Italian food! Amazing food - absolutely gorgeous! We shared octopus salad and then had lobster linguine and my husband had fish of the day and potatoes- we washed it down with some lovely rosie! Waiters could not go enough! If you want value and good food head here! Brilliant! Visited twice both wonderful experience! Great spot to people watch! Enjoy x

  • Alina I.more than 2 years

    7.5

    The food was average, not at all the quality you would expect from a place with the history of Gambero Rosso. The pasta "Gambrto Rosso" was very dry, the Etna pasta had a bit too much garlic inside and the desserts were a big disappointment. We took the tiramisu and semi-freddo al pistachio. The tiramisu did not have the coffee aroma and the savoiardi were not soaked enough. All in all it's a good place for the setting and location but with average tasting food.

  • Janet K.more than 2 years

    10

    Excellent evening out with friends. Great service and delicious food. Atmosphere is lively and fun. Highly recommend making a reservation for an outside table.

  • Ruth H.more than 2 years

    5.0

    Lovely place and good food but totally out of control. Waited over and hour without even any bread. Felt sorry for the staff.

  • Gabriel A.more than 2 years

    10

    Excellent service, excellent atmosphere, excellent food, good price!

  • Bill B.more than 2 years

    10

    Excellent food great service

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