Restaurants

Taverna Verde 4.6 An amazing Ischia-style rabbit, local ingredients and an old winery. Taverna Verde restaurant "da Morzariello" in Serrara Fontana has a history of over fifty years and represents an authentic address on the island of Ischia. The islanders say this is a mountain place: we are actually in the hills, 240 meters above sea level. From here you can enjoy a magnificent view over the village of Panza and the sea of Ischia. And from the balcony of the Taberna you can admire the most suggestive winter sunsets. The service is fast and the dishes are clearly explained. In this restaurant you can eat without haste, taking advantage of the coolest weather of summer, in front of a suggestive panorama and waiting, always with great restlessness, the strong dish of the house, the rabbit to the isch. The letter is made mainly of local products, including family garden vegetables, with which pickles are made all year round, according to seasonal vegetables. The flavors are those of old, with dishes typical of the tradition of Campania. The entrants are traditional and delicious, cooked perfectly: fresh potato croquettes and pumpkin flowers filled with ricotta and lemon grate are very good. The eggplant to the parmesan also deserves mention. For the first dishes, the D'Aiello family recommends homemade fettuccinery or bucatini served with rabbit sauce. In winter, the classic pastas and beans return to the menu along with a rich minestrone. The rabbit is served in a mud casserole (the price is 40 euros the ideal rabbit for 4 people): it is prepared according to the recipe of Grandma Olympi. It is the typical dish of the island, cooked here in an authentic way: tasty and fragrant. The people of Ischia love to wet the house's fries in the pot to collect all the condiment: a true ritual, a "jewel." Another specialty is a reinterpretation of cacciatore chicken, prepared with different aromas. The garrison comes from the garden, like the eggplants with mushrooms. Finally, home desserts do not disappoint expectations: it is absolutely essential to try the Caprese cake. .
Tratoria da Peppina 4.3 The restaurant Da Peppina di Renato is located between Forio and Panza in a quiet position on the top of the mountain road Via Bocca, with excellent views of the sea and the countryside. This nice and cozy restaurant has a unique vintage rustic style, decorated with ancient objects like old bed headers used as banks, old lamps, hand-made wicker baskets, balds and stone-carved sculptures. Here you can find the famous Ischia rabbit dish "Coniglio all'Ischitana" (cooked in the traditional style using the original mud frying pan) and many other special dishes such as mixed Bruschetta (with sausage, mushrooms cream, cheese or beans), pumpkin flowers filled with ricotta cream, "Polpette Saracene" (meatballs), ravioli filled with nut cream, shingles with mushrooms, soups and brasa meats. Special mention is worth the delicious desserts and cakes, made at home by Michela, the famous pastry shop.
La Porta di Agartha 4.6 Home food, delicious and clean with a beautiful view and friendly staff:
Dai Tu 4.4 Ristorante Bar Dai Tu is a beach bar and restaurant located right on the beach of Ischia Porto. The main building goes into the sea, which means you can hear and feel the waves breaking under you while you eat. It is located in an incredibly panoramic position with sea views in all directions. Look aside and you can see the Italian continent, while if you turn your head slightly you can see the islands of Procida and Vivara.. Most of the seats and tables are inside, but they are kept fresh during the warmest months with the sea breeze flowing through the open windows. However, the most popular tables are those on the terrace that runs the edges of the restaurant where the sea air is felt even more. It is also a private beach establishment, you can rent sun loungers and umbrellas if you want to spend a day on the beach. This is also a useful consideration for families with children, as they can run and play outside while adults eat. The menu is very dominated by fish and pasta and is determined to some extent by what has been fish that morning. The squid has a great presence and one of the star dishes is the lobster paste. There are also excellent desserts to choose from to complete the meal.
Emanuela 4.1 The Emanuela Restaurant Bar offers a spectacular view of both the Bay of Maronti and the Isthmus of Sant'angelo d'Ischia. The kitchen is typically Mediterranean, with numerous marine specialities. The reboated anchovy (Alice Spinate) with mozzarella and the Besugo with Fumarola potatoes (Orata con patate alla Fumarola), cooked in the true sense of the word under the sand, represent one of the most valid reasons to spend a while in contact with this wonderful place and with the courtesy and refinement of a family business that has continued as it has since 1967.
Villa Ferdinando a Mare There are many ways to cook the food, but whoever takes advantage of Ferdinando to Mare can experience a definitely original form: "fumarola." In the restaurant overlooking the gulf, they offer fish, meat, vegetables and desserts cooked in the sand, which due to the volcanic properties of the area known for its natural thermal waters, reach 110 °. Precedent of the fumarola, there is the classic paccheri with mussels and provolone or spaghetti with mussels and clams as simple as tasty, stuffed squid and peasant salad (a mixture of potatoes / eggs / tuna / tomatoes / pickles). The specialty is the octopus sciortino: the broth released by the octopus, cast whole in the pan under the fumarola, is served in a vessel with a surface of black pepper. An ancient taste, which reminds Naples of the early 20th century, when the posts served the workers concentrate at the end of the morning. The broth dish with the delicious octopus and potatoes is worth it. To finish apples to cinnamon or cake with figs, pears and chocolate. Everything mentioned instead of the oven, will stop to the "fumarola," inside a steel saucepan and then wrapped in kitchen rags. There, food enhances its properties and gives an unexplored touch to the recipe. .
I Pirati 4.6 Ristorante dei Pirati offers something a little out of the ordinary. It is only accessible from the water and is located in a picturesque location in Cartaromana Bay in Ischia Ponte with water views to Castello Aragonese. This is a family restaurant with no luxury that may seem humble because of its external appearance, but it offers good home food with a friendly service and fabulous views. The menu depends to a large extent on what was captured that morning, but the best dishes are usually the Spaghetti vongole and the mixed seafood salad. Maybe the most fun part of the whole experience is to come and go from the restaurant, which can be done in an aquatic taxi. The water taxis pick you up on the beach of La Mandra and from there you can arrive on a 5-minute cruise by the bay. This is also a favorite stop for people who have rented a boat for the day or have their own. You can call the restaurant the number written on your side and they'll come and get you to your boat and bring you back in a smaller one. You can also order food that will bring you if necessary. If you don't have a phone, you can just shake your hand to get your attention!
Garracin 4.4 The Guarracino restaurant is located inside the Castiglion thermal park. In fact, the entrance is the same as that of the thermal park and no entrance is required for the guests of the restaurant. The restaurant Guarracino brings to the table the sincere and genuine flavors of the Neapolitan cuisine. The raw material is the coolest and highest quality that is carefully selected. The sea is very well represented on the menu. Here the tartars are a real plus! Prove the galera tartar (cicala di mare) a real delight. The raw seafood and the Catalan seafood (bogavante and bogavante) are another strong point of this restaurant. There is also a selection of first dishes, ranging from a simple spaghetti with fresh tomatoes to the lobster, strictly caught in the area. The sea is the king even in the seconds and the fishing of the day has a great influence on the daily proposal. .
Pietraorcia 4.6 The restaurant Cantina Pietravorcia offers the opportunity to taste the wines of its own production, accompanied by small culinary delights. Open for meals and dinners, from April to November, upon reservation. Chef Rossana Foglia offers traditional dishes of Ischia with small variations, the raw materials are all from Ischia and Campania: rabbit of Ischia, vegetables of the "garden of Pietravorcia," local fish, pasta of Gragnano. The letter, composed of some dishes that bet on the exaltation of the raw material and are designed to marry with the wines of their own harvest. Desserts are all home. It is possible to have a la carte dinner or choose a tasting menu.
Saturnino 4.5 On the stairs that descend to the port of Forio is the old restaurant Il Saturnino, which the ischitans have known for ever. In a comfortable atmosphere with a suggestive and bright terrace overlooking the port and few tables, they offer a cuisine inspired by dishes of the marine memory, revisited with imagination and accompanied by a wine letter with more than 220 international and indigenous labels.

Although the culinary specialists in Ischia are faithful to the traditions of Italian cuisine, they also have their own unique specialides, which you will not find elsewhere. One of them is the rabbits to Ischitania with tomatoes. Also fish and seafood are very popular in Ischia. The best seafood dishes can be found in the coastal restaurants, where the freshness of the genre is guaranteed. Tuna, thorny grosella, jurel, squid, sepia and sea hedgehog are fried, cooked, or added to pizza, risotto or salads.

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