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Reviews - Gambero Rosso Taormina

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8.2
of 10

Very good
286 reviews
Ambience
8.5
Food
8.1
Service
8.3
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  • Karl G.1 review

    October 21, 2024

    9/10

    Very enjoyable meal. Great prawn spaghetti!

  • Mohammed A.2 reviews

    October 5, 2024

    7.5/10

    The food and the menu

  • Lynn C.18 reviews

    September 26, 2024

    10/10

    Fantastic seafood pasta.

  • Renata C.2 reviews

    September 22, 2024

    2/10

    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 review

    August 27, 2024

    10/10
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    delicious authentic neals, warm and friendly family business.

  • Robert d.14 reviews

    August 15, 2024

    10/10

    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 review

    August 15, 2024

    8.5/10

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

  • Jessica C.1 review

    August 10, 2024

    10/10

    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 review

    June 12, 2024

    4/10

    staff very rude

  • Richard R.3 reviews

    June 27, 2024

    7/10

    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 review

    June 1, 2024

    8/10
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    Superb staff. Great atmosphere. The lobster was 9ver cooked but the pasta was excellent.

  • Bea D.1 review

    May 18, 2024

    3/10

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

  • Colin R.1 review

    May 17, 2024

    5.5/10

    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.1 review

    April 29, 2024

    10/10

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

  • Inge J.2 reviews

    October 21, 2023

    5/10

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

  • Roy S.2 reviews

    September 24, 2023

    10/10

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

  • Emilia M.1 review

    August 30, 2023

    7/10

    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.1 review

    August 28, 2023

    7.5/10

    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.1 review

    July 31, 2023

    10/10

    delicious!!

  • Jorge A.3 reviews

    August 4, 2023

    6.5/10

    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 reviews

    July 14, 2023

    8/10

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

  • Meryl M.1 review

    July 6, 2023

    9.5/10

    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 reviews

    June 28, 2023

    4.5/10

    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 reviews

    June 18, 2023

    9.5/10

    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 reviews

    June 17, 2023

    10/10

    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.2 reviews

    April 29, 2023

    7.5/10
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    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.

  • Mia V.1 review

    October 17, 2022

    5/10

    Because iof other reviews and online photos we expected a high quality seafood restaurant. But the lobster was overcooked so much that the claw had vaporised to a little dry lump. Other dishes were okay, but below standard and way to expensive for the quality level. It took 45 minutes for the starters to arrive and staff seemed indifferent and not engaged. Go somewhere else

  • Janet K.6 reviews

    October 8, 2022

    10/10

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

  • Tiffany T.1 review

    August 27, 2022

    10/10

    This was our first time in Taormina . We are a group of 8 friends (4 couples) and we planned our trip about 10mo in advance . Tons of research went into making the best restaurant choices. This place was 100% on all levels.. Location, authenticity, ambiance, beyond friendly and kind, and the food was AMAZING! Great value , portions were wonderful sizes and their wine list was fabulous.. every one of us loved it! Book it and go! You won’t be disappointed !

  • Paulianne P.1 review

    August 13, 2022

    5/10

    The food is excellent, but the table in the stairs no. And I booked almost a week in advance, and was given a table in the stairs just like others who just came that second to sit down.

  • Scott M.7 reviews

    July 13, 2022

    9.5/10

    Fabulous food and atmosphere. Highly recommend. Waiter Matteur delightful.

  • Leesa H.1 review

    July 13, 2022

    9/10

    Good food, lovely atmosphere and friendly, attentive staff - highly recommended for a casual and reasonably priced dinner. Best to make a reservation, as it was very busy,

  • Ruth H.1 review

    July 11, 2022

    5/10

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

  • Traci L.3 reviews

    July 7, 2022

    7.5/10

    We had lasagna, and lamb chops that we’re good. Gnocchi was heavy and pasta del mare was ok with very little fish. Service was very slow though, even for Italian standard. Meals not served at same time. We all felt like we were really bothering them if we asked for anything

  • Gabriel A.41 reviews

    May 20, 2022

    10/10

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

  • Bill B.6 reviews

    April 17, 2022

    10/10

    Excellent food great service

  • Stephen K.1 review

    October 13, 2021

    10/10

    Fantastic, authentic, and the friendliest service. The food was great, as was the atmosphere. It was like having dinner in your mother's kitchen with her true Italian cooking. For sure, I would go back and highly recommend.

  • Zhanna D.2 reviews

    September 15, 2021

    10/10

    Nice family place with Sicilian ambience, worth to come back, all dishes are tasty and enough to enjoy

  • Andrew S.3 reviews

    September 14, 2020

    8.5/10

    Good food at a decent price in a busy part of town. Swordfish rolls in a Sicilian sauce was very good as was the sea urchin pasta. Choice of wine was good and not too expensive.

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