Taverna Dell'800 - SORRENTO

Ate here yesterday and wished we had kept on walking. The waiters were rude and forgot items from the order. Carbonara looked like something from a jar, not authentic at all. The caprese ravioli was tough, and I don't mean al dente, the pasta was thick and chewy. If you are looking for authentic Italian food, go somewhere else. I get the sense the waiters were fed up with the tourists as it is crazy busy, but they stood next to another table and totally ignored them, no excuse!

If I could have rated this lower I would. I have literally just left this restaurant, and returned to hotel to write this review. So much was wrong with our visit to this restaurant. Firstly, we lined up approx 20 minutes to be seated. Our mistake, we should have used the time to read reviews. Once seated, we waited more than 20 minutes for a waiter. No water…no nothing. Eventually I called somebody over and she didn’t even acknowledge, she just walked away. About 5 minutes later a waitress arrived. We were placing drink orders while other diners who were seated after us were receiving their appetisers. We watched many people seat themselves, clear tables themselves, etc before they we’re acknowledged. Many people chose to leave. The food… well, in short it was terrible. We ordered melon and prosciutto which looked like something a 5 year old served. Just melon with prosciutto draped over it. Nothing more. Partner ordered capresse ravioli, which we suspect was ricotta, and was bland. I ordered spaghetti carbonara which was a very strange colour and lacked any flavour. Aperol spritz, in my opinion was not genuine aperol. Tasted horrible and I should have realised not to ordered when I saw several other tables had left theirs unfinished. Finally, despite taking our order not more than 2 minutes earlier, waitress one tried to deliver a bottle of red wine and two glasses. We advised, not ours. She returned two minutes later again, insisting it was ours, we again told her no. We finally got the drinks we ordered, followed by waitress two trying to give us two cokes. Something is really off with their system. Long review, but in short… don’t go here.

Easily the best meal we had in our week in Sorrento. We would have easily walked past it too, it doesn’t really look like much from the outside but my boyfriend spotted a couple eating a very nice looking carbonara at one of the few outside tables so we went for it. So glad we did! Friendly, family run restaurant atmosphere, the best carbonara I’ve ever had, reasonably priced dishes and drinks. There was even a man who periodically came out and played guitar and while I get that might not be everyone’s thing we thought it was sweet and made us chuckle. Only negative is they forgot our dessert order and we had to remind them but these things happen- was busy that evening.

Absolutely delicious at the best price in sorrento. we enjoyed every bite and the service was perfect.

Romantico e tipico. Mi aspettavo l'arrivo delle pulci