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and the in-your-face waiters, blasting TV and general mayhem at peak times are all

part of the charm. Pizzas are €3–10, other dishes – pastas, seafood and meat – €7–10.
There’s a takeaway service too. Tues–Sun lunch & dinner.

Don Camillo Via della Maestranza 96 0931 67 133,
ristorantedoncamillosiracusa.it; map. If locals want to impress visitors, they bring
them to this refined restaurant in the fifteenth-century vaults of a former convent. The
fish is fantastically fresh, and the menu emphasizes unusual Sicilian specialities, like

pasta with tuna, mint and tomatoes; or a whole fish baked inside a crust of golden
bread. It also has Siracusa’s finest wine cellar. Prices are high at around €16 for
pastas and from €20 for mains, and there’s a tasting menu for €55. Mon–Sat lunch &
dinner; closed part of Feb, July & Aug.

La Foglia Via Capodieci 21 0931 66 233, lafoglia.it; map. The city’s most
idiosyncratic eatery, from the antique shop/art gallery furnishings to the hippy-chic

tableware and place settings. It’s actually quite romantic, and a very laidback place to
sample Mediterranean and vegetarian cooking, from rustic soups and home-made
ravioli to veggie platters or fish matalotta (with tomatoes, onions, capers and olives).
You’ll pay €12–15 for most dishes, up to around €22 for seafood. Daily lunch &
dinner.

La Gazza Ladra Via Cavour 8 340 060 2428; map. Most restaurants around Via
Cavour are very similar, but the “thieving magpie” tries to do things a little differently.

A friendly family-run osteria, it has just eight tables and concentrates on authentic
Sicilian cuisine with a homestyle touch, using staple ingredients like courgettes,
aubergines, tuna, capers, olives, mint and oregano to great effect in antipasto platters
and pasta dishes. Mains of the day (mostly fish) are chalked on the board. A meal will
cost around €25, or you can just drop in for a salad, panino and a drink. Tues–Sat

dinner only; closed July & Aug.

Al Mazari Via G. Torres 7 0931 483 690; map. Run by a family from Mazara del
Vallo, this sophisticated yet cosy restaurant is the place to come for a romantic meal
for two, or if you just need a treat. Carefully sourced ingredients are used to prepare
dishes such as an excellent fish couscous (€20), handmade pasta with prawns and
cherry tomatoes (€12), or casarecce pasta with swordfish, aubergine, wild mint and

breadcrumbs (€12) that are typical of western Sicily. Daily lunch & dinner; sometimes
closed Sun in winter.

Zsa Via Roma 73 0931 22 204; map. Good pizza – the dough is made with a light
touch, and comes blistered from the wood oven, and the quality ingredients on top are
abundant. They kick off at €4, but for a bit more you can feast on a vegetariana, laden
with succulent grilled vegetables laced with radicchio, or a stufata, scattered with