Vela Mayor - Carta

Castrum Caffe'

➤ Via San Giacomo, 73053, CASTRIGNANO DEL CAPO, Italy

Carta • Pasta • Caffè • Gelato • Dessert

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"My wife and I were driving down from Otranto to Santa Maria di Leuca and were hoping to have lunch at a wine bar there that had been well reviewed on TA. Unfortunately it turned out to be closed. We were both tired, hot and grumpy and nothing else that we saw in town appealed to us. When we were researching possible places for lunch the day before we noticed this cafe also got great reviews. Therefore, even though it was another 10 minute further drive we decided to go for it... boy we glad we did: delicious Caprese salad with tuna, a tasty panini with local meat and cheese and a great local beer from Capo d'Otranto. Then came the best part: a trio of gelatos featuring chocolate, almond and fig and a third flavour I can't remember the name of but was just as yummy as the first two. As that apparently wasn't enough we also got a delicious chocolate and cream pasticiotti and a couple of Caffe Leccese. Wow! Marco the owner was so warm and hospitable, even though he didn't speak much English and our Italian is very limited to say the least. This for us was a reflection of what foreign travel is all about it can be a lot of hard work and aggravation but just when things seem to be going sideways you can have an amazing experience like this. Ciao bella!"

Braceria Petracca Di Katia Petracca

➤ Via Vittorio Veneto 38, 73040, CASTRIGNANO DEL CAPO, Italy

Carta • Pasta • Carne • Italiano • Hamburger

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"I was in this braceria with my wife behind advice of a friend, we took a Florentine of black angus from a kg, with baked potatoes contour and fries, the staff was really nice to recommend what to take but above all, having problems on cooking me and my wife, to meet our needs, we also tasted a couple of bombs, raw materials of excellent quality, just think you have the choice of tasted meat two We'll be back."

Macelleria Della Piazza

➤ Via Alessio Comneno, 73031, Italia, Alessano, Italy

Carta • Pizza • Kebab • Sushi • Caffè

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"Locale situato nella piazza principale di Alessano. Volendo è possibile scegliere le carni da cuocere nel banco macelleria. Si può mangiare sia all'aperto che al chiuso. Personale molto cordiale e accogliente: la signora Cinzia vi guiderà nella scelta di quanto più a voi potrebbe essere gradito. Carni e contorni di buona qualità, porzioni generose. Abbiamo preso un arrosto misto, un entrecôte, un arrosto di coscia di pollo con patate, un contorno di pomodori e un contorno di patate, una bottiglia d'acqua e ½ litro di rosato. Abbiamo pagato 60 euro. Consigliato."

Masseria Galatea Agriturismo

➤ Strada Provinciale 210, N.191, 73031, Italia, Alessano, Italy

Carta • Pasta • Gelato • Formaggio • Colazione

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"We went with two families. The place is amazing in its simplicity and cleanliness ! We had the antipasto which was really tasty mostly vegetarian and had ‘primo’ of pasta with orecchiette cima di rapa, pomodori secchi and pinoli and we also had gnocchi with pumpkin and scamorza. Again everything was delicious. Our kids took a simple gnocchi al sugo (10EUR). We had few deserts (lo spumeno, which is a sort of a delicious semi freddo and sporcamusi again a tasty millefoglie with cream and lemon). Great environment, nice and helpful staff, but a bit overpriced. In total was 188 although after a small error we’ve got the difference of 18EUR. All in all still great experience! I didn’t see the rooms, but can imagine it’s worth staying there as well!"

Braceria Da Giovanni

➤ Via Cappuccini, 22, Alessano, Italy

Carta • Kebab • Sushi • Pizza • Caffè

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"I was misled by the good reviews read, of which I now doubt strongly, I chose this place of which I give you our impressions (we often eat meat in the bracerie or steak house). Country armour, unexpected expectations, high price and poor quality of meat. Cherry on the cake poor and rude service. Broken meat? Cut and taste. Only the cutlet was tasty, even the burger was bad. The lady who serves as a waitress, very rude, allowed herself in rude tones to ask me to collect the menu from the ground. And I've documented that I asked first if there were any cutlets, and then rudely smacked my request to have simple cutlets. I have screen shots kept conversations with the owners."