Reviews - Maccaruni
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8.8/10
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10
Top service! Great food!
9.0
Food was good but nothing stood out. Probably would not return. Lovely restaurant and charming staff.
10
Really excellent seafood dishes.
5.5
Service was unbelievably slow. The food wasn't great. The servers were nice enough. The food was presented well but not tasty. The most annoying part was how long it took to get our oder after being given the menu. The food took even longer to come out. Waiting for someone to come by to ask for the bill was another headache. I just had to chase her down in the end. The place wasn't even busy either.
6.5
Very odd dining experience. When we sat down, and asked for a pre dinner cocktail, waitress said she didn’t know if we could have one as it is a restaurant. Minimal amount of people there at 8pm on a Friday evening in a bustling city.
9.0
Upon arrival we were immediately seated. The decor is almost English pub. The food was excellent. For starters we had caponata, bruschetta and arancinetti di mare, and for main tuna steaks and linguini ai ricci. We all raved about our dinner.
10
Thank you for a great meal and service. Really enjoyed dining with you
3.5
I don't like writing negative reviews.
10
It was a wonderful and special experience. The food was delicious. And the service - excellent. One of the best evenings in Catania we spent right here - at Maccaruni. Greetings to the staff, especially the Chef! :)
10
We had a delightful, local- feeling meal at Maccaruni during Christmas week. There’s an old-school warmth that pervades the place, with professionals who clearly care about their diners. Highlights were a roasted spigola (fish), filleted table side with great olive oil, salt, and little else. The freshness of the fish came through.
10
Enjoyed our visit. Felt like home. Food was great and we couldn’t handle the amount of it. Will highly recommend!
10
Wow! The food, the caring, the wine!! What a fantastic meal. Highly recommended!!
MaccaruniGentile
9.5
The ambiance and food were exceptional.
MaccaruniGentile
10
So tasty! Highly recommended
MaccaruniGentile
8.0
The food and atmosphere were great
MaccaruniGentile
8.0
The food was good, especially the stuffed sardines and the pasta with shrimp and pistachio although the pasta was a bit too dense for my liking. My wife had the pasta with scampi and a tomato, chilli and garlic sauce, the sauce was nice but there wasn’t too much meat in the scampi that she had to extract herself. The restaurant did not honour the 20% discount promised when booking through The Fork although the prices were reasonable anyway.
MaccaruniGentile
10
Nice restaurant a short distance away from hustle and bustle of the main tourist area. Extensive menu, especially seafood. Food was excellent. Special shout out to Vito for looking after us so well.
MaccaruniGentile
9.0
Food was amazing, house wine not bad. The street seating is a bit chaotic so maybe eat inside?
MaccaruniGentile
10
Amazing food, some of the best we have had in Sicily.
MaccaruniGentile
9.5
Vito, the cook
5.0
Slow service
3.5
Thé service was tragic, Staff was not speaking any english, we had to ask three times fór thé bottle of water, I had eggplant parmigiana, that wascold in thé Middle...overall bad experience
4.0
Rude and inattentive wait staff spoiled the experience. The food was good but no way I can recommend this restaurant when there are so many options for enjoyable dining elsewhere
9.0
Delicious food, good staff, the street was a little loud.
MaccaruniGentile
6.5
Restaurant is correct but Pasta don giovanni at 25€ is expensive for what you get...tiny shrimp and nothing else. Outside the place could be nice but too many cars and scooters pass close the street with noise and smell of Co2 is not enjoyable. Service is nice and fast that's the good point.
MaccaruniSorry
9.0
Food all wonderful
MaccaruniGentile
5.0
Really wanted to like this place because of the wonderful review and so made reservations in advance. Grilled swordfish was overcooked and flavorless and lasagna was thin and dry. Waitress was polite but inattentive. I am hoping we just ordered wrong on the vast menu but would not want to come back.
MaccaruniSorry
8.0
Food was tasty but felt like savings were being made without very few prawns in prawn dish and hardly any aubergine in maccaruni alla norma. Flavours were good though. Also disappointed that didn’t get told that pizza oven was down until our order was taken 20 minutes after arrival - difficulties ensure trying to find something that our fussy teenager would then eat. Restaurant showed some good flexibility on this. Ambience somewhat ruined by loud motorbikes driving up and down the road beside the table.
MaccaruniGentile
10
It was just perfect. Really nice Service by Vittorio.
MaccaruniGentile
10
The kindness of the staff goes without saying, and above all, the food was absolutely excellent. I’m truly grateful for having been able to spend my last evening in Catania so enjoyably.
MaccaruniGentile
9.5
Great service very very fresh seafood prepared specifically for our group, huge selection of food!
MaccaruniGentile
10
Everything we ordered was delicious. The waitstaff is also excellent. The director Vito was attentive checking on us making sure everything was good. It was the best meal we had in Catania. If you’re thinking of going, I would not hesitate. We had a delicious meal in a beautiful restaurant with a great wait staff.
MaccaruniGentile
10
Food excellent and lovely atmosphere
MaccaruniGentile
9.0
The waiter and waitress are very kind and friendly
MaccaruniGentile
10
food was superb
MaccaruniGentile
9.5
Delicious meal! We ordered shrimp ravioli and pistachio gnocchi as starters and a horse mixed grill and grilled swordfish as mains. Dessert was a pistachio lava cake and we enjoyed every single dish!
MaccaruniGentile
6.5
We didn’t receive 30%, only 20 discount. I have ordered 400g ribeye, looked like 200g normal steak. We had impression that all portions were halved after I showed him the fork reservation and discount. Otherwise food was ok and they were kind
Maccarunisorry, I accidentally paid £20 for wine instead of £26.. and we got 20%.
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