My partner and I will begin our vacation in the South with four nights here.
There are quite a few restaurants OUTSIDE the city that sound excellent and I would love to re-visit LE TORRE outside Massa, where I had a lovely lunch more than ten years ago. But I had a car on that trip and won’t have one this time.
Both LE TORRE and LO STUZZICHINO in Sant’ Agata sui Due Golfi have SlowFood “snails” and I want to have dinners at both, if I can figure out a way to get to them without paying taxi fares that will be double the price of the dinners, or more.
(I’d also like to try LO SCOGLIO in Marina de Cantone but again, there’s the issue of getting there..)
What about in Sorrento city? I’ve marked these, so far; please let me know if you have any comments:
ANTONINO ESPOSITO, for pizza
DA BOB COOK FISH. (found this in the Michelin guide; listed, not starred and not Bib Gourmand)
I can’t find anything else that’s drawing me and I’m not sure if we should even try DA BOB; we’re not looking for “fancy,” although we will get a credit of about 80 euro for use at the hotel which could be used for their in-house (“casual”) restaurant, TERRAZZA VICTORIA. We’d be fine having pizza for two dinners, if it’s great pizza.
I’d so appreciate any tips based on recent experiences. Many thanks!!
Next stop will be Matera, for two nights. I thought we’d return to two restaurants where we had great dinners two years ago, LA LOPA and TRATTORIA STANO, but open to all suggestions.
I had lunch at LATTERIA RIZZI about 15 years ago–is that worth a visit for dinner and to buy some local ingredients?
Lo Stuzzichino is absolutely worth the trip up the hill to Sant Ágata…we liked it better than La Torre. I believe there is a bus from Sorrento that will take you to the town, if you don’t want to spring for a cab.
Here was some info I posted from a couple of years ago
Second the idea of looking into the local bus system, AI can be your helper but even google maps will give some suggestions. It looks like Il Stuzzuchino is about a 5 minute walk from a bus stop? This might be a time when booking a lunch rather than a dinner makes sense - I dont know what late night schedules would look like. it could also be possible to send queries to restaurants for example about a local car service that could bring you out from a public transit connection in Massa, say. It should be wonderful to get back to that area
Jen, thanks..I had read your post and like the idea of phoning the restaurants to see about transport, especially getting back to the hotel. I’ll be sue to report back on where we ate..
Im also remembering how we got our hotel in Chiavari (Liguria) to arrange a car to take us up to La Brinca in Ne and back. I thought the price was worth it and we did not have to worry about schedules, when to call for a ride home, etc.
I just found this site and love it! Check out Ristorante Lemò just outside Sorrento. Beautiful restaurant in a working lemon grove. We ate there in June 2024 during the first week it was open and it was great! For a great sandwich in Sorrento check out A’Marenna - Sorrento Bakery & Bistrot.
Yes, I’m pretty sure they do. The road up to the restaurant is VERY narrow-a typical car does not fit. When we went they had just opened so the tour was free. By the way, I’ve read all your Puglia/Matera trip reports. Headed there this June with the fam. Was last there very briefly in 2008.
