L'antica Taverna - Napoli

A small family restaurant in an alley off Via Chiaia. We had fried mozzarella, steak, caponata (ratatouille) and a couple of other dishes. We could watch through from our table how the chef prepared them. The waitress was very friendly. The food was delicious. The prices, very reasonable.

We tried pasta with pesto basilico and shrimps and grilled swordfish with enormous shrimps. Both very tasty!!

Proprietor is courting us as all the others do. We decided to sit down. My brother ordered shrimps without calamari and it was absolutely dry and tasteless. I got my basic pasta al olio. It was so bad. I would not recommend it to anyone. I did tell them How it should have been but the were arguing . Also demanded service charge of 2 euro, We left them just one, and even this was too much.

Siamo stati al ristorante ieri sera e non avremmo potuto chiedere di più. La pasta alla genovese e i paccheri con pesto, cozze e calamari erano deliziosi, abbinati alla gentilezza del personale.