Mec - PALERMO

Excellent food. Excellent service. We did the tasting menu, and it was outstanding read more Excellent food. Excellent service. We did the tasting menu, and it was outstanding

Unbelievable taste experience. What a beautiful dinner we had. I would definitely recommend this Restaurant to anyone coming to Palermo. read more Unbelievable taste experience. What a beautiful dinner we had. I would definitely recommend this Restaurant to anyone coming to Palermo.

It was beautiful. The restaurant is sooo interesting. The service was immaculate. And the dessert………….tasty does not even begin to describe read more It was beautiful. The restaurant is sooo interesting. The service was immaculate. And the dessert………….tasty does not even begin to describe

For Apple fans, and even those who aren't, there's a special place where you can discover the company's history in an alternative way. Passing through the museu... read more For Apple fans, and even those who aren't, there's a special place where you can discover the company's history in an alternative way. Passing through the museum, you arrive at a wonderful restaurant overlooking the cathedral, where you can enjoy top-quality food and wine with impeccable service and an atmosphere. My fiancé and I tried the tasting menu and were immensely satisfied, not only with the quality, but also with the quantity, and above all with the excellent attention to detail. We can't recommend it highly enough. Thanks to all the staff who made us feel so pampered!

A dinner that was a journey through techniques, ingredients, and bubbles. I went to the MEC Restaurant in Palermo for an evening event: a four-handed dinner wit... read more A dinner that was a journey through techniques, ingredients, and bubbles. I went to the MEC Restaurant in Palermo for an evening event: a four-handed dinner with Carmelo Trentacosti and chef Alessandro Mecca, paired with a selection of Steinbrück and Vieille France Champagnes. The museum-restaurant, housed in a historic building opposite the Cathedral, is where elegance is never ostentatious, but meticulously crafted. Soft lighting, minimal furnishings, and a suspended atmosphere leave room for the experience. The journey begins with Pasta e tenerumi, but not as you 'd expect: elegant, transformed comfort food. Then comes the reconstructed cherry tomato—a small work of art that looks like a fruit but actually encapsulates all of Sicily. Shrimp, cherry, and orange granita surprise you with their sweetness and acidity. Pane e ricci is like a salty caress. Then comes a beautiful and sublime tomato Bavarian cream with burrata and Aspra anchovies: precise, colorful, perfectly balanced. The buttered escalope from Mecca is a stylish exercise in simplicity, followed by the smoked mackerel fillet from Trentacosti, with saffron, sweet and sour onion, and caper powder: a real treat. Then comes the risotto with black lemon and bottarga: savory, creamy, elegant. The monkfish ossobuco is a second course disguised as seafood comfort food. The roast lamb closes the savory portion, before two desserts that compete in aesthetics and flavor: – a creamy and compact hazelnut cake – a cacio e pear tart with beetroot ice cream and fennel powder that stunned everyone (in a good way). The Champagnes were a perfect match: bubbles never intrusive, but present, accompanying each step with personality. And the final coffee? A single-origin Peruvian, perfectly roasted, with a clean finish. An unforgettable dinner. Not just for the menu, but for the entire setting. I was pampered, inspired, and felt part of something special. And in such a setting, everything seemed to make even more sense.