Mabbi and Luigi favorites
Restaurants, bars and bistrots
Just a few meters from our building, Fava's is definitely the best bar in the neighborhood and among the best in town. Great spot for breakfast and a quick lunch. It closes at 20.00.
Fava's Bar e Cucina
2 Via Nicolò TurrisiJust a few meters from our building, Fava's is definitely the best bar in the neighborhood and among the best in town. Great spot for breakfast and a quick lunch. It closes at 20.00.
One of the most popular drink bars of Palermo. It’s just around the corner. Nice spot with a great selection of wines and beers. If you are hungry you can eat something there or move to the near PPP burger.
68 locals recommend
Enoteca Butticè
12 Piazza S. Francesco di PaolaOne of the most popular drink bars of Palermo. It’s just around the corner. Nice spot with a great selection of wines and beers. If you are hungry you can eat something there or move to the near PPP burger.
Bolazzi
1 Piazzetta Francesco BagnascoNice pub in a pedestrian square.
A classic. Bar with tables inside and outside in the middle of the most elegant pedestrian street of the city center. Spinnato is not just for drinks. It’s nice to sit outside (or inside when you need air conditioning) for breakfast or for a quick lunch. We particularly recommend their fruit ice creams (anguria, gelso nero, fragola…) which are really good and delicate.
34 locals recommend
Antico Caffè Spinnato
107 Via Principe di BelmonteA classic. Bar with tables inside and outside in the middle of the most elegant pedestrian street of the city center. Spinnato is not just for drinks. It’s nice to sit outside (or inside when you need air conditioning) for breakfast or for a quick lunch. We particularly recommend their fruit ice creams (anguria, gelso nero, fragola…) which are really good and delicate.
Isgrò is a famous fish seller inside the Capo Market who recently opened a trattoria where you can eat delicious fish dishes. Our guests love it.
Isgrò
68 Via Mura di Porta CariniIsgrò is a famous fish seller inside the Capo Market who recently opened a trattoria where you can eat delicious fish dishes. Our guests love it.
Our favorite restaurant in the neighborhood. It is small with really good food. Born as a gluten free restaurant, they now have any kind of menu. We like their fish dishes. The location is nice but it’s nothing you will remember. It is not the cheapest choice but our guests like it a lot.
6 locals recommend
Sesto Canto
26 Via Sant'OlivaOur favorite restaurant in the neighborhood. It is small with really good food. Born as a gluten free restaurant, they now have any kind of menu. We like their fish dishes. The location is nice but it’s nothing you will remember. It is not the cheapest choice but our guests like it a lot.
Best hamburgers in the neighborhood (somebody says it is the best in town). Great selections of Sicilian meat. If you want to try something local we suggest you their "Salsiccia burger” or the “Maialino nero dei Nebrodi"
7 locals recommend
PPP burger
49 Piazza S. Francesco di PaolaBest hamburgers in the neighborhood (somebody says it is the best in town). Great selections of Sicilian meat. If you want to try something local we suggest you their "Salsiccia burger” or the “Maialino nero dei Nebrodi"
“Hidden inside a little courtyard off Via Ruggero Settimo, this long-standing Palermitan favourite specialised in low-cost snacks, including delicious arancinette (rice balls filled with meat sauce) and divine panzerotti (stuffed fried dough pockets). The latter come in countless delectable varieties: ricotta and mint, squash blossoms and cheese, mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and anchovies, just to name a few” (excerpt from the Lonely Planets. We agree)
39 locals recommend
I Cuochini
68 Via Ruggero Settimo“Hidden inside a little courtyard off Via Ruggero Settimo, this long-standing Palermitan favourite specialised in low-cost snacks, including delicious arancinette (rice balls filled with meat sauce) and divine panzerotti (stuffed fried dough pockets). The latter come in countless delectable varieties: ricotta and mint, squash blossoms and cheese, mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and anchovies, just to name a few” (excerpt from the Lonely Planets. We agree)
An Osteria with good fish dishes. In March 2018 their chef won the national tv show “Cuochi d’Italia”. It is not always easy to find a table.
45 locals recommend
Osteria Mercede
n 1 Via SammartinoAn Osteria with good fish dishes. In March 2018 their chef won the national tv show “Cuochi d’Italia”. It is not always easy to find a table.
Opened in 2018, Cuma is a “green bar”. A nice designed environment with a vast selections of salads, sandwiches, centrifuges. Fresh food with quality ingredients. It doesn’t have a Sicilian touch but we like it for a quick lunch in the city center.
7 locals recommend
CUMA Natural Bar & Fresh Market
26 Via Giovan Battista GucciaOpened in 2018, Cuma is a “green bar”. A nice designed environment with a vast selections of salads, sandwiches, centrifuges. Fresh food with quality ingredients. It doesn’t have a Sicilian touch but we like it for a quick lunch in the city center.
Pizza
Sapurito Cucina Povera e Pizza
42 Via Principe di VillafrancaOur favorite pizzeria in the neighborhood
I Comparucci
36/E Via MessinaAnother pizzeria we really like
Pizza Factory
27 Piazza Sant'OlivaBest pizza by the slide in the nearby. You can eat it on the street or take it home
Ice Cream and Pastisseries
Really good ice creams and just next door ! Our favorite perfumes are "Pistacchiosa" (Luigi) and "5 strati di cioccolata" (Mabbi).
Citarda Gelateria
Really good ice creams and just next door ! Our favorite perfumes are "Pistacchiosa" (Luigi) and "5 strati di cioccolata" (Mabbi).
If you like ice creams this gelateria is really close and really good. Our favorite choice is pistacchio but all their perfumes are delicious.
Antica Gelateria F.lli Navanzino
17 Corso Camillo Finocchiaro AprileIf you like ice creams this gelateria is really close and really good. Our favorite choice is pistacchio but all their perfumes are delicious.
Among our favorite ice creams. Luigi likes the perfume "cioccolato all'arancia" (orange choccolate)
il Signor di Carbognano
78 Via Ruggiero SettimoAmong our favorite ice creams. Luigi likes the perfume "cioccolato all'arancia" (orange choccolate)
Cappadonia Gelati
401 Via Vittorio EmanueleHigh quality ice creams in a nice pedestrian square.
One of the best patisseries for ricotta sweets (Cassata, Cannoli, Sfinci and so on)
12 locals recommend
Pasticceria Scimone
8 Via ImeraOne of the best patisseries for ricotta sweets (Cassata, Cannoli, Sfinci and so on)
A patisserie famous for the "Setteveli" (seven-layer chocolate cake) which they imported in Palermo and brought to success (but not invented as many guides say). Not to be missed is the dreamy delizia di pistacchio, a granular pistachio cake topped with creamy icing and a chocolate medallion.
87 locals recommend
Pasticceria Cappello
68 Via Colonna RottaA patisserie famous for the "Setteveli" (seven-layer chocolate cake) which they imported in Palermo and brought to success (but not invented as many guides say). Not to be missed is the dreamy delizia di pistacchio, a granular pistachio cake topped with creamy icing and a chocolate medallion.
Visite turistiche
The beach of Palermo. If you don't have a car you can take the bus 806 in via Libertà
410 locals recommend
Mondello
The beach of Palermo. If you don't have a car you can take the bus 806 in via Libertà
Laundrette and supermarkets
L' Oblò
62 Via VolturnoA laundrette quite close to our building. The owners speak english
Reeser Str. 106, 46446 Emmerich am Rhein, Germany
The nearest supermarket