Il Corto Maltese 22

Carlo A. • 19 reviews

July 1, 2025

7.5/10

Corto Maltese 22 is a small restaurant with some tables on the outside pavement. Staff is nice, kind and hardworking. Unfortunately food was not what we expected. We had three starters which one of them was really salted, mussels came extremely soft (were they cooked multiple times?) and courgette flowers were too battered. The main was quite dry and did not taste of clams. As overall, food was not really tasty. A shame considering the reviews read.

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Il Corto Maltese 22 • Owner

This week's temperatures have caused quite a few problems for our dishes and especially the Fresh Mussels suffer it in the first place, alas they must necessarily be opened to be able to serve them a Soutè and we do it at the moment as they require a preparation of 1.5 minutes so it would be ridiculous to cook them before, the zucchini flowers as shown on the menu are in batter and therefore like any fried in batter that respects itself they are nice loads, I don't know about those main courses I'm talking about to be able to give them an answer but I'm sorry that you didn't like our simple trattoria cuisine.

Adrián P. • 7 reviews

June 6, 2025

10/10

Abiamo mangiato buonissimo! Il cibo espectacolare! La pasta fresca, il polpo e amaro fatto in casa. Grazie mille. If you are in Lecce you have to visit this restaurant, the owner is amazing he offerd us home made appetizers and amaro to finish our delicious lunch. Real italian food with regional dishes.

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valentina m. • 12 reviews

May 29, 2025

10/10

Super !!

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Michael S. • 6 reviews

May 21, 2025

6/10

octopus was excellent but scorpion fish was flavourless. service was almost non-existent. had to ask for bread. never asked if we wanted coffee or dessert. too busy on her phone

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vedran m. • 9 reviews

April 20, 2025

7.5/10

Prices of food are fair.

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Andrea R. • 2 reviews

February 22, 2025

8/10

All very tasty

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Il Corto Maltese 22 • Owner

Grazie speriamo di rivederla presto

Jackie M M. • 3 reviews

September 9, 2024

10/10

We enjoyed a great lunch

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Il Corto Maltese 22 • Owner

Grazie Siamo felici che la sua esperienza alla Locanda CortoMaltese abbia soddisfatto i suoi gusti. A presto

Vivek R. • 12 reviews

August 13, 2024

9/10

loved the ambience because of the jazz music. We ordered chicken and it was very nice and delicious. we also ordered the Orecchiette with anchovis and its was not bad.

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Il Corto Maltese 22 • Owner

Sono lieto che la sua esperienza alla locanda Cortomaltese 22 sia stata di suo gradimento . Grazie Sandro

Nicolas T. • 9 reviews

August 4, 2024

10/10

Very nice restaurant, owners are very friendly and welcoming. Food is good, and place is quiet.

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Il Corto Maltese 22 • Owner

Grazie

Susan R. • 5 reviews

June 7, 2024

8.5/10

The staff were lovely & very helpful, restaurant slightly off the beaten track but delicious food. Wonderful sharing starter bursting with flavour, delicious local produce. Carla our waitress was delightful. Very pleasant evening

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Il Corto Maltese 22 • Owner

Thank you and we hope will see you each other soon

Marcus F. • 18 reviews

May 10, 2024

9.5/10

Great food and very fair prices also for the drinks

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Il Corto Maltese 22 • Owner

Grazie , Siamo felici che la sua esperienza alla Locanda Corromaltese’22 sia stata positiva - A presto

Andrew P. • 1 review

May 5, 2024

8/10

Thoroughly enjoyed our dinner for two. The food was good and plentiful. Service friendly and efficient neither rushed or tardy. A good experience which we would be happy to repeat.

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Il Corto Maltese 22 • Owner

Grazie , Siamo lieti che la sua esperienza alla Locanda Cortomaltese’22 sia stata di suo gradimento . A presto