Otto - Sciacca

Very refined dining with locally sourced products, elegant presentation and a great reception and service by the owner. She deeply cares about your experience h... read more Very refined dining with locally sourced products, elegant presentation and a great reception and service by the owner. She deeply cares about your experience her husband is in the kitchen and he is an amazing cook. We had a good selection of local fish as main courses between us 4 and delicious deserts.

Private dining with wonderful food and service! Married couple's small restaurant, tasteful decor. Quiet evening, early. Attentive and knowledgeable service; no... read more Private dining with wonderful food and service! Married couple's small restaurant, tasteful decor. Quiet evening, early. Attentive and knowledgeable service; not pushy. We had a pasta dish each after excellent bread and oils , then a couple of nutty (semifreddo) and chocolate deserts. With a bottle of 2025 Sciacca grillo white (still young so well advised to give it 10 mins after opening) the whole thing came to £115 plus tip. Marvellous!

We (family of three) ate here on Easter Sunday because it was open. We intended to have a nice meal on our final evening in Sciacca, so we were prepared to spen... read more We (family of three) ate here on Easter Sunday because it was open. We intended to have a nice meal on our final evening in Sciacca, so we were prepared to spend a bit more than usual. We had the appetizer pork tenderloin with plumbs and parsnips. I would give this dish 1 star. There were 4 pieces of pork, and one of them was 90% fat—the opposite of tenderloin. A different piece was also very fatty. One piece was highly overcooked and chewy. The sauce was over-salted, perhaps because it reduced too long. In general, this was a very disappointing dish. One primi was the gnocchi with cheese “fondue” and beef cheek. This was the equivalent of gnocchi carbonara mac and cheese. It was fine, but nothing special. One primi was listed as Linguine, John Dory fish, and fish roe. This dish had very little flavor of any discernible kind. I asked where the fish roe was, and the waitress (who was kind and tried to be helpful) said it was mixed in with the sauce, which also contained potato and onion. Again, this entire dish had no flavor, there was no dollop of roe as a garnish to indicate that this was one of the 3 main ingredients listed on the menu. There was nothing special or interesting about this pasta dish that cost more than 20 euros. The third primi was the langoustine pasta in a green sauce. The shellfish were split lengthwise, which made getting the meat from the shell very difficult to eat. Again, this was a dish that was not bad, per se, but it was not very tasty and it was also very difficult to eat or enjoy. In general, I would say that the food was fine—it was not bad food. However, when the restaurant itself tries so hard to be fine dining, the food on the plate should be better. Fancy bread stick holders, and extra special olive oil plates do not make the food taste good. They just make it seem like the restaurant is trying very hard.

Super Essen, super freundlicher Service. Sehr zu empfehlen. The place to eat at Sciacca. read more Super Essen, super freundlicher Service. Sehr zu empfehlen. The place to eat at Sciacca.

We dined here and that was awesome. The service was friendly though also top notch it was definitely better than we have had in many Micheline starred places. I... read more We dined here and that was awesome. The service was friendly though also top notch it was definitely better than we have had in many Micheline starred places. If you stay in Sciacca, this is “a must”.