Reviews - Palazzo Sambuca
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Guy P. • 25 reviews
September 13, 2025
9.5/10Great food and very friendly welcome in a pleasent setting. We wish we could have stayed longer, or discovered it sooner but we had to dash to catch our flight home!
Palazzo Sambuca • Owner
Grazie ☺️
Keigo S. • 2 reviews
September 11, 2025
10/10
Absolutely the BEST seafood of our trip! 🐟✨ Fresh local fish of the day, cooked perfectly, and the friendliest staff. A small place, but truly unforgettable – highly recommended!
Palazzo Sambuca • Owner
Grazie ☺️
Elisabeth o. • 2 reviews
May 5, 2025
5.5/10The food was good, but the price hardly justified. The service was absolutely unprofessional, the way the dishes were placed left us speachless. An absolute lack of care and friendlyness created a chilly atmosphere.
Palazzo Sambuca • Owner
Ciao! Gentile signora siamo un ristorante di pesce che offre ogni giorno freschezza e qualità! Offriamo un menu con tanto di prezzi visibili che per quanto ci riguarda rientrano nella norma!, , Palermo offre un buon street food che con pochi euro riesce a soddisfare molti palati , magari anche il suo. , le potrei consigliare pane e panelle Quindi se si vuole spendere pochissimo si va altrove. non nei ristoranti di pesce Siete stati serviti con professionalità e d educazione. Ma soprattutto la nostra più grande soddisfazione è di aver ritirato i piatti vuoti. Buona giornata
Mark J. • 2 reviews
March 21, 2025
10/10I went to the restaurant the last time I was in Palermo, it was super. I went again this time, I am still impressed. Very welcoming and excellent cuisine.
Palazzo Sambuca • Owner
❤️
Buscemi L. • 2 reviews
October 28, 2024
8/10
The service was amazing. The location is pretty, and calm. The restaurant is a beautiful place. The waiters are really lovely. But the food is not the best one we ate in Palermo. The fish was a bit cold and missed salt, and it was really expensive for the amount they served. The desserts were amazing, the best ones we had. But the salty food is too expensive for what it really is. The arancia & finocchio salad was really tasty but there were not enough anchovy. I'm always the first one to give a tip, but this time, the unjustified expensiveness of the bill disappointed me. We're on a port, there is fish everywhere with more accurate prices. I hope I won't disappoint the lovely staff !
Lucille T. • 2 reviews
October 21, 2024
10/10The food was excellent and the seafood was very fresh. The service was wonderful and the restaurant was very charming. We liked it so much that we ate there three times.
David W. • 1 review
September 27, 2024
10/10Every thing was excellent. The food was great. The atmosphere was very pleasant. The service was friendly and perfect.
Nuno C. • 18 reviews
September 18, 2024
10/10
great food and a nice environment
Palazzo Sambuca • Owner
Grazie ☺️
Stephen S. • 1 review
September 17, 2024
10/10Delicious with a capitol D.
Palazzo Sambuca • Owner
Grazie ☺️
stephen f. • 1 review
August 27, 2024
10/10
Excellent fresh seafood expertly prepared and first class service paired with a local white wine that complimented the fish perfectly
Palazzo Sambuca • Owner
Grazie ☺️
Bernard H. • 1 review
August 5, 2024
10/10Incredible seafood
Sarah G. • 1 review
May 27, 2024
10/10Absolutely incredible meal, with a lovely proprietor. The fish is so fresh, simply prepared, and delicious. Everything was delicious. We hope to visit this wonderful family restaurant again.
Ronan L. • 5 reviews
December 30, 2023
10/10Fresh and well balanced, modern food with a hint of Sicily !
Kevin P. • 4 reviews
October 25, 2023
9.5/10It was a very quiet night when we dined here. Initially we thought this could be a bad omen. Our misgivings were soon dispelled and we enjoyed a wonderful meal. Our wine (purchased by the glass and I cannot recall the name) was very good and exactly what we were looking for. The absolute standout of the evening was an appetizer - sashimi of scorfano fish served with red shrimp. This was excellent! We also had very good polpette di shared. Our second course was a simply prepared fish of the day. This too was excellent. I highly recommend this restaurant.
Andrew D. • 2 reviews
September 13, 2023
9.5/10Happened on this little place just by walking past on the way to somewhere else - very glad we did. Lovely food and very friendly service, everything was just delightful - including the proprietor's children having their supper in the restaurant when we arrived. A pity it was not more busy - only two other tables were occupied - because they certainly deserve to do well. Fish of the day (Scorfano) was delicious but probably rather expensive - I didn't ask but the total bill suggested it. Good wine list. Altogether highly recommended, we would definitely go again.
Sarah G. • 1 review
January 21, 2023
10/10
Fantastic food , tasty and good quality ingredients A small well thought out menu , we would recommend to dine here. We really enjoyed our food. Would return
Pat S. • 2 reviews
September 16, 2022
8/10This little restaurant had great food and excellent service . We chose a fish of the day and were just shocked at the cost of it at 70 euros. Though it was very tasty
Pil I. • 4 reviews
April 11, 2022
2/10-They sold us the orange juice from the package as the fresh squeezed. The sea urchin spaghetti was fouly!
Palazzo Sambuca • Owner
Punteggio cucina due ritirando i piatti vuoti . Caro cliente dato che trova facile recensire negativamente ciò che abbondantemente è sembrato gradito, noi non abbiamo gradito i suoi toni nervosi e alti mentre discuteva in famiglia
Nicola B. • 11 reviews
December 3, 2021
7.5/10Nice place, service can be more attentive but overall ok.
Francisco M. • 1 review
November 3, 2021
9.5/10Amazing seafood and charming “family-like” staff. This is an excellent, low-profile little restaurant in old Palermo. We highly recommend it!
Barbara A. • 75 reviews
October 9, 2021
10/10Very nice familiar restaurant. Fresh fish. Nice decoration and good service too. We had rh fish od the day and a caprese salad as ararter. Thanks
Farah A. • 1 review
August 17, 2021
2/10We were very disappointed! The waitress was insisting on us to take the fish, I asked how do you price it and she said ok I will weight it ans come back to you .. then we took the fish ‘ catch of the day ‘ grilled … the price was 40€ for a small fish that they cut for you … extremely expensive and the decoration of the restaurant is so bad .. what a waste
Marco M. • 65 reviews
August 9, 2021
10/10I’m local and this was Super delicious, very nice family business with daughter and father to take order and represents the restaurant. You’ll find very niche fishes and fresh traditional pasta. Suggested to pay a visit.
Carolina U. • 7 reviews
July 9, 2021
10/10The food and the service was amazing. You can tell that the ingredients are very fresh. Our only problem is that when we wanted to buy some pasta and olive oil to bring home, we were unsure about the olive oil because we only had a cabin bag. The waiter insisted and assured us that the size of the oil was the good one for the flight but at the airport we couldn’t pass it because it was not the allowed size :/
Paul M. • 7 reviews
October 6, 2020
10/10Quite simply a superb meal. Highly recommended.
Takeshi M. • 12 reviews
August 21, 2019
10/10
Good fresh seafood and pasta, then good service and comfortable.
- -. • 1 review
August 6, 2019
10/10Really excellent restaurant with fresh fish. Dishes smell and taste good. Not a huge choice in the menu but everything is perfect. Pasta con le sarde was amazing
Gregory G. • 56 reviews
July 13, 2019
10/10Excellent address in Palermo. I will go back again with pleasure.
Yasmine B. • 36 reviews
June 11, 2019
10/10We had a great dinner. The carpaccio of octopus was amazing, the orata a la griglia as well and the fritto misto buono buono. As a final touch, the owner sells handmade jewelry at a very good price and amazing style! Thanks a lot!
- -. • 2 reviews
May 10, 2019
10/10The highest quality, most interesting and best presented food we had during our stay in Sicily. We went twice.
Maria Chiara g. • 4 reviews
May 4, 2019
10/10Everything excellent
Eduardo A. • 525 reviews
August 21, 2018
9.5/10I chose two simply options, first I had the soup of clams and mussels and then a grilled fish, both quite good. Service is ok.
- -. • 2 reviews
May 11, 2018
9/10Very welcoming and warm people serving good food promptly. Perfect for what we were looking for.
Killian O. • 5 reviews
March 21, 2018
9.5/10Good fresh, authentic local cuisine. Can highly recommend the swordfish rolls and the catch of the day, seabream. Orange and fennel side salad delicious and refreshing.
- -. • 5 reviews
February 20, 2018
10/10really worthful diner，great chief creatival cooking。and very delicious seafood pasta
- -. • 1 review
December 25, 2017
10/10Amazing food amazing staff amazing restaurant
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