Osteria Illuminata
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9.1/10
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10
excellent food and service. highly recommended
8.5
Food was great
10
Tasty dishes, good service, do not need to wait long. Tartare was delicious! Pasta with shrimps as well as carbonara very good! Worth to visit
8.5
service is very good
6.0
The timing in serving the food was not good. The lettuce with followed the dishes was not fresh, the bruschetta was with very thick slices and very little tomato on the top - so all in all it was a dry experince. The sausage was really boring - and with the iceberg salade which was Brown where it has been cut several hours before. The cannoli with ricotta - was broken small cannolis put it I bed of ricotta with some pistachio on the top. It tasted ok - but it would have look much better with a “normal” cannoli! This just looked like a mess. We got 50 procent of all food - but it was still not worth it.
6.5
The starters were excellent. Sadly things went downhill from there. The king prawns my wife ordered had to be sent back as still raw and my sword fish main course didn't arrive until I had chased it. The waitress was apologetic but service was inattentive and slow. the restaurant was not busy and the two waitresses walked around in a pair chatting and were not keeping an eye on tables. The owner did offer us a free drink at the end of the evening but we declined as by then we just wanted to get away.
9.0
The food was wonderful. The staff was very friendly. The only challenge was it took a long time to get the first course and the second course. I would definitely recommend this restaurant. The other challenge was they spoke very little English, we used Google translate to communicate with the staff and owners.
10
The place to go if you hav enough of pizza. This is a real restaurant with real service.
10
percect foods familiar services
10
la location
8.5
Friendly staff, good food and modern decoration
10
Delightful, indeed. Simple and affordable delicious dinner. Only open one year, yet you can tell chef has an excellent CV. Sea bass crusted with pistachios was just cooked right, not dried out. and the Spaghetti alla siracusana with Alici, capperi, pinoli, uvetta e finocchietto selvatico was outstanding. The house olive oil was mild, and the bread was the best I have had in italy (not a mecca for bread at all) Owners very nice, front of the house is Viviana, very charming and excellent English, (helps me a lot). Wine list clear and understandable and fairly priced. Final Canolo was sooooo good!
10
Delicious food and very friendly service!
10
Great food and wine
10
This is a husband/wife owner ran restaurant and they are so welcoming and hospitable. The food was excellent. Everything we had was great and it was our favorite meal of the trip.
9.5
+1Wonderful red prawn and egg on truffle toast starters. Delicious primi of squid ink linguine and spaghetti with sea urchin. Secondi a superb melt in the mouth beef cheek. Good service and nice to meet Chef Angelo.
10
A very special new chef-owned restaurant run by husband and wife team. This is a must-go-to for any visitors to Ortigia. You can watch the chefs at work through a theatre window - they are artists at work. Unique menu created by the chef with fresh local produce. Fantastic service. Don’t miss out on Perle d’Ortigia.
10
the food in Sicily is good everywhere.. but here was just amazing. the quality and attention to detail was outstanding. thank you., a definite recommendation
10
Angelo welcomed us the first night as we walked toward the front door like we were old friends. Much later, after an amazing meal, we learned he was the chef. And after a lovely conversation about his menu, we learned he was the proprietor. His humble approach to serving his customers delectable, complex yet accessible Sicilian fare is a hallmark of this fantastic restaurant. Combine the excellent food, the local (Sicily) wine list, and the friendly efficient service, and you have the makings of a memorable evening.
10
This is a wonderful restaurant, warm and welcoming, with fabulous food prepared by the talented chef Angelo. Standout dishes were the Uovo 62 and Amare a Mare appetizers, and the Beef Cheek - all absolutely scrumptious. The owner at the front of the house was so kind and charming, and really made our experience special. We highly recommend this restaurant, and wish them all the best and much success.
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