Ristorante La Zagara
Sicily
Seafood
Regional & Local Sicilian Cuisine
La Zagara is a wonderful addition to the restaurant scene of Taormina, it opened in April 2014. There are many restaurants in Taormina, some of them very good and with a reasonable quality/price ratio, but many are far too much focussed on tourists, who eat there once in a lifetime - and this shows in quality, quantity and prices. La Zagara offers true Sicilian cuisine, from meat to fish, and everything is skilfully prepared, with a touch off elegance and innovation.
Beginners should opt for the delicious seafood starters - red prawns, shrimps with pistachios, octopus salad, tuna and swordfish carpaccio, fried calamari, peppered mussels, fritters and marinated anchovis babies. Amazingly good and to be washed down with a fresh and light local white wine.
Great service, courteous and kind staff, and, over all, absolutely reasonable prices for the quality you get.
Compliments to the kitchen brigade and the serving staff!