Pizzeria Porta Messina

Judy N. • 3 reviews

September 11, 2024

9.5/10

We dined at this restaurant a couple of times during our recent visit to Taormina. The location is great and there are often people waiting to get in (7/7:30 starts to get busy). The food is really good and fairly priced. The mussels and several of the pasta dishes are great. We took cannoli making and pizza making classes here, as well. They were a blast !!! Shout out to Jackie/Francesca who is a fun-loving, patient, and expert cooking instructor. This place is well worth the visit !

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Mathieu D. • 1 review

September 10, 2024

4.5/10

Restaurant is a tourist trap, many fake profiles here and very expensive for the quality. It was very disappointing tonight, one of the lowest in Sicily. Tomato without flavor, ultra salty pasta. Sorry but I do not recommend tourists to go there. There are others much better in Taormina. 3 songs and it's over

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Patrick F. • 4 reviews

September 9, 2024

9/10

Good restaurant outside porta messina. A variety of pizzas although pricy.

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Klára Kitti T. • 2 reviews

September 8, 2024

9/10

Very nice ambience

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Ollie H. • 2 reviews

September 8, 2024

5/10

We had a reservation and were not ready to seat us Junior staff waiting on tables while senior staff were doing cooking classes

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Marianne M. • 1 review

August 16, 2024

9.5/10

great food

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Gonzales F. • 1 review

August 2, 2024

2/10

if I can put 0 starts I would horrible food, we didn't finish the dishes. high recommended on Google for nothing

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Thijmen L. • 6 reviews

July 28, 2024

5.5/10

Whilst the food was good, the service was lacking. Employees didn’t seem to like their job and were not friendly. Asking for the bill took just under half an hour.

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michael g. • 1 review

June 5, 2024

2/10

The Margherita pizza came with no basil. Fried Arancini ice cold in the middle. Croquettes as bland as sawdust. The waiter seemed annoyed from the start and never came back to the table to check on the food or drinks the entire time. The restaurant was moderately busy and there were cooking classes going on in the dining room during dinner service, with various people walking in and out of the kitchen and all over the place. We finally had to ask the busboy for our check(twice), our waiter finally came to our table for payment, didn’t ask how our dinner was or wish us well. We came close to walking out. We should have. It was the most ridiculous restaurant experience we have ever had.

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Gabriela G. • 2 reviews

May 31, 2024

2/10

Awful food and service. Worst food we ate in Taormina this week. Beef was burnt and tasteless. Cocktails were extremely small for their price and also tasted bad. The staff was confused, it seemed that they didn’t know what they have to do. We waited a long time for our order, the food arrived cold and then we waited even more for the check. Awful experience, will definitely not return. Taormina has lots of good restaurants, unfortunately Porta Messina is not one of them.

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Karyn S. • 1 review

September 27, 2023

9.5/10

A great place to grab a delicious pizza! Outdoor seating was comfortable and a great place to do people watching.

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Jessica C. • 8 reviews

September 2, 2023

8/10

Nice restaurant pizza was good.

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Minseo P. • 1 review

August 29, 2023

5.5/10

Food was okay. Waiters were quite rude. They kept pushing us to make a decision. Made fun of our pronunciation.

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Casey U. • 1 review

July 7, 2023

10/10

A great restaurant on a corner in town. The seating was lovely and the food was delicious. Our drinks and starters came fast and mains were right on time. We would definitely recommend.

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Sonya B. • 3 reviews

June 14, 2023

9/10

Lovely pizza. Would highly recommend.

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Sarah C. • 2 reviews

September 4, 2022

10/10

Very wonderful experience! The staff were very friendly and catered to our gluten and lactose needs. Would highly recommend!

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Luciana A. • 2 reviews

August 14, 2021

6/10

The staff was really nice but under pressure. wrong food kept coming out to wrong clients. It was mega hot too hot. waiting time was terrible but food was good.

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- -. • 2 reviews

August 16, 2018

4.5/10

The establishment is located at the main entrance to Taormina's main street. The smell of car and bus exhaust will make you gag on your pizza.

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