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Trattoria Il Mare is rated 8.3/10.TheFork users have rated accordingly in the following categories: Quality of food: 8.9/10 Service: 8.2/10 Atmosphere: 7.8/10

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Trattoria Il Mare

Name: Trattoria Il Mare
Address: Via S. Michele, 7, Catania, 95131, Italy
Price range: €22 (Prices have been provided by the restaurant)
Rating: 8.3

Restaurant menu

Food photo25 photos

Type of cuisineSeafood

Average price€22

All sea starter (Minimum 2 people and includes)

€20

Oysters, peppered mussels, cockles, salmon crostini, fish balls, beccafico sardines, battered fried local fish fillet, fried calamari, fried fish, marinated prawns, marinated anchovies, carpione octopus and cuttlefish salad

Marinated prawns

€10

With oil, lemon, parsley and chilli pepper

Pan-fried prawns

€10

Reviews

8.3
of 10

Very good

200 reviews

Ambience

7.7

Food

8.7

Service

8.3

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Dan e. • 2 reviews
October 3, 2025
7.5/10
Excellent food good but not great service We sat outside but little curbside ambiance & lots of traffic

Marcin M. • 1 review
September 20, 2025
6/10
Food was rather bland and mediocer. Guanciale in my pasta was really not crispy and not cooked, and that is definitelly what you want in amatriciana. The staff was really doing what they can but i Think the place is undestaffed.
Trattoria Il Mare • Owner
Il guanciale dentro la salsa di pomodoro, inevitabilmente assorbirà il sugo e perde la croccantezza. Al contrario, nella carbonara non perde la croccantezza.

nigel h. • 2 reviews
June 6, 2025
10/10
Traditional, low key, friendly, great food, very good value, no frills - just what we wanted

Roberto K. • 1 review
June 2, 2025
9.5/10
The chef, Fabio, took our order and turned it to a masterpiece. We had seafood pasta, grilled swordfish and tagliatelle with fish and calamari. Everything was fresh and cooked to perfection. We were seated near the kitchen and witnessed how the whole crew worked meticulously. The food was a bit slow to come but we appreciate how excellent the food came out.

Max D. • 8 reviews
April 11, 2025
8/10
Very nice local food. Definitely worth a visit.

Rumen Y. • 1 review
February 25, 2025
10/10
The food was authentic and simply perfect. The atmosphere of small family restaurant was really warming. I would recommend this place 10/10

Olivucci E. • 1 review
December 31, 2024
10/10
Quality, quantity, price and atmosphere. A real family run traditional Trattoria. Do not come here if you want to impress with fancy gourmet dishes. Come here only if you are interested in delicious Sicilia food, kind service and a cozy atmosphere. Will be back again and again.

Clair W. • 1 review
January 3, 2025
7.5/10
Delicious food!

Joana D. • 1 review
October 5, 2024
9/10
Great, really great service. The owner and his son are cooking, really adorable and happens not so often even in the family restaurants. The pasta for my daughter was a little bit too salted and they have offered to me, to bring me a new one. I have rejected their offer, but they surprised me with no paying for the pasta. Amazing, really!!! The rest of the food was very delicious, typical Sicilian, fresh fish and huge portion, the prices more than perfect 👌

MALCOLM H. • 86 reviews
May 15, 2024
7.5/10
A nice lttle restaurant and the food was of good quality but the service was rather quick in that you had just finished one course and the next one arrived. Staff were very pleasant

Patrick D. • 5 reviews
May 4, 2024
8/10
This restaurant is rustic, but don't let that detract from the quality and quantity of the food they produce. This is not 'fine dining' but it most certainly is replenishment dining, if you've spent the day trekking on Mt. Etna. The staff were very friendly and helpful and, providing you are not fussy, this is a great trattoria.

Sara M. • 1 review
October 19, 2023
2/10
After 2 hours waiting in an almost empty restaurant we decided to live. We were extremly hungry. We wanted to pay the wine and beer we had and they expected us to pay the full meal we never got. The chef was screaming like crazy that he had a lot of work . SCARY.

Anssi R. • 1 review
May 27, 2023
10/10
Best food I’ve ever had. Take the 20e (for two) seafood antipasto. 8 plates of pure seafood bliss. The house wine was really good and cheaper than water.

Celia B. • 1 review
May 19, 2023
10/10
Wonderful food and service! Congratulations to everyone in the team, truly a memorable experience for us while in Sicily. Definitely recommended

Janet W. • 3 reviews
March 21, 2023
8/10
We had a very enjoyable dinner at Il Mare, on a Tuesday evening at 7:30 pm. This is early by Italian standards, and the only reason why I marked the ambience down, as at that hour, it was impossible to judge. That aside, it’s an unpretentious restaurant that serves delicious seafood. We started with complimentary bruschette, followed by stuffed sardines, oven baked sea bream and mixed fried seafood, with grilled aubergines. Our server filleted the bream meticulously and it was beautifully cooked. The house white was pleasantly dry, and we finished off with an excellent home-made limoncello digestif. All this for under 60 Euro, which we thought was very good value.

David S. • 3 reviews
October 6, 2022
8.5/10
Almost passed when I saw the plastic table cloths and lack of ambience. So glad I didn’t. The waiter whose mother started the restaurant was gracious and his recommendation for the fish entree was totally fresh and delicious. Finished with the best tiramisu I’ve ever had and I’ve had plenty of tiramisu in my 76 years. An unpretentious, wonderful find. I will return. Bravo!
Trattoria Il Mare • Owner
Thank you Sir! Glad to make you happy!

Felyppe R. • 1 review
July 14, 2022
10/10
Amazing italian traditional place. If you are looking for a proper Sicilian food experience not made for tourists, but for true Italians, you will love it!
Trattoria Il Mare • Owner
Thank you Sir, this is our mission!

András U. • 4 reviews
June 29, 2021
10/10
It was amazing. The place is a small local restaurant with guest from the neighborhood. The food was fresh and super delicious, and the service was superb. I wish that I could visit this place more often. I really hope this place stays the same and I can come back somewhere in the future.

Martina a. • 4 reviews
July 8, 2020
9.5/10
The food was excellent, we had the 13 plates of antipasto, which was more than enough for two people! We also had an excellent pasta and the frittura was nice. I strongly recommand the place.
Trattoria Il Mare • Owner
Thank you Madame for your kindness. Hope to see you again to make you taste other of our special sicilian recipes!

Tripadvisor reviews

Tripadvisor

623 reviews

Location

Via S. Michele, 7, 95131 Catania

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Trattoria Il Mare is rated 8.3/10.TheFork users have rated accordingly in the following categories:
- Quality of food: 8.9/10
- Service: 8.2/10
- Atmosphere: 7.8/10