53 Piazza Dante: "Disappointing choice" Top 5 Page for this destination Naples Restaurant Tip by toonsarah

We’d spotted this restaurant the previous evening and thought it looked warm and welcoming, and maybe a little smarter than others in the square, so it seemed an easy choice for our Saturday evening in Naples. Big mistake! Inside it seemed quite bland and uninteresting in its décor, and the waiter seemed fairly uninterested in us, despite having only a few other customers. The food was OK, but rather dull and lacked colour. The “mixed salad”, which consisted only of lettuce (mainly tasteless iceberg) poorly dressed, was a particular disappointment in a country which usually does such things so well.

Altogether we paid €33 for two starters (prosciutto & parmesan for me, spaghetti frittata for Chris) and two mains (fried prawns and calamari for me, probably the best of our dishes overall, and veal in lemon sauce for Chris, with no accompaniments apart from the aforementioned salad), plus a small beer and a glass & a half of house red. We also had an unasked for (but welcome) bottle of mineral water which was the only sign of the inevitable “covers” and were charged 12% for the somewhat half-hearted service. When offered dessert we declined and headed instead for our favourite bar (see Nightlife) for coffee and cakes.

Address: Piazza Dante 53
Comparison: about average
Directions: Nearest metro is Piazza Dante – the restaurant is in the south east corner of the square
Phone: 39 81 549 9372
Price: US$11-20
Rating: 2
Theme: Italian