Ristorante Rais - 8

Very delicious and well prepared food. The staff were really friendly and polite, they also speak very well english. We had a fantastic night there, one of the best restaurants that we’ve been in here.

The best restaurant in Sicily so far, startig with the wine and local dark beer, then with octopus cooked in three different ways fried with ink, grilled with mashed potatos and octopus slad, tuna tataki with mozzarella with orange and pink sauce, filled pasta with grouper and shellfish with basil oil (this one amazing) and codfish with ratatouille, a most to try when you come to this restaurant, and the service excellent, we were attended by the owner, he was really kind.

Based on the reviews we read before coming here perhaps they had an off night. Though I don't think so as the food was also lacking, not just the service. The service made passive aggressive comments all night. Wouldn't let us order drinks until we ordered our food? It's very common and encouraged in most places to order drinks first while still browsing the menu. Rudely interrupted our ordering to do it in the servers specific way instead of accommodating how we wanted to. We wanted to order the starters & mains each person at a time. They wanted all the starters then all the mains, apparently to not confuse the chef. If they had said at the beginning how he wanted us to order then it would have been fine, but the rude interruption was kind of weird. Was accommodating to the fact what drinks we ordered were not what they usually offer which was great, fantastic even, but made off comments about it when brining them which just made us feel awkward and ruined this kind gesture. Missing ingredients in dishes without telling us before we ordered and then when we questioned it once the dishes arrived they told us that it is not a big deal or issue. The dishes were still full price despite lacking a key ingredient (cuttle ink for cuttle ink pasta). The server made the 2 women at the table uncomfortable with what could have been banter if they had not said it so often. I wouldn't say this was intentional, but worth noting. Made comments about us not knowing what the dish was that we ordered when they are saying the Italian names for them, our fault for not speaking Italian to be fair, but how are we to map the Italian name to what it looks like when it comes? Especially when the dish is not the correct colour (the cuttle ink pasta, not actually being black or in fact cuttle ink pasta), though the problem here was the comments they made when delivering the dishes as a little patience and understanding goes a long way. We changed our minds about wanting fresh glasses when changing from cocktails to wine and again more passive aggressive comments. Why not just replace them without asking us in the first place? We said not to worry about changing them when asked as our initial reaction was to not inconvenience the server further than we seemingly had done by dining here in the first place. Though why did they make us feel that way for such a simple thing? This is perhaps the most telling of the issues. Server was very unimpressed by us asking for salt and pepper? We can season the food to our own taste thanks. Had to ask a different waitor for it in the end. We asked for sambucas post meal and they made a fuss about it before bringing them anyway? Said thank you in Italian as we left and this was followed by laughter? Very bizarre? Given our interactions up to this point it further made us feel unwelcome. One of the party was throwing up post meal, I had exactly the dishes that they had and was fine, but their stomach is more sensitive than mine so I don't count this towards to my rating, but it is worth mentioning for others who may have sensitive stomaches. The food was goodish, but seemed expensive for what it was, especially as it was predominantly seafood and we are on the coast so would expect it to be cheaper. The fried fish dish was nice, but it was exactly that, just fried sections of fish, prawns and calamari with a lemon. No signature sauce, flavours or creativity. The cuttle ink pasta was very bland, perhaps due to the lack of cuttle fish ink though? The filling was equally bland which is very bad considering this means it was as bland as plain pasta. Raw prawn spaghetti was very good and would recommend if dining here. In summary, rude service and average food that was over priced. We won't be returning though as the food was disappointing and the service made us not feel welcome.

The service was fast and the staff was friendly. The price was a bit on the steep side but the food was exceptional. Would definitely return.

Regular "fancy" restaurant. Service is nice, but food is so so, i mean presentation is fine, but tastes are regular, even worse than in any bistro nearby, for instance octopus that we ordered was not soft at all.

Fantastic dining experience, unlike most other tourist-oriented restaurants. Upscale decor, friendly staff, exquisite fish - based dishes. A hidden gem in the heart of S. Vito. I will be going back yearly.

Beautiful place. Simply amazing food! Incredible service. Definitely one of the best, if not the best restaurants in San Vito lo Capo. Highly recommended!

I really liked this restaurant.. food was more creative than most traditional restaurants in San Vito. Chef here really tried to do something modern and creative. Some dishes were not to our liking, but overall it was a really nice experience.. super nice waiters as well.