Lo Scoglio

The restaurant hosted a group of 50 of us for dinner. Food and service were great. Generous portions of each course. Traveling there by boat was a fun part of the experience.

Frequento Lo Scoglio da anni e la location resta meravigliosa, ma purtroppo la cucina è peggiorata drasticamente. La qualità del cibo è pessima: piatti senza alcun sapore, porzioni ridotte, preparazioni approssimative e tutto cucinato male. La delizia al limone sapeva solo di alcol, la pasta servita in quantità ridicole, polpette e polipo zeppi d’aglio. Un vero peccato, perché con una location così straordinaria ci si aspetterebbe un’esperienza gastronomica all’altezza, e invece è stata deludente sotto ogni punto di vista.

My partner surprised me with lunch here on my birthday - he didn’t realise I had been desperate to try this place after seeing it on Stanley Tucci’s food tour programme. We visited by boat, a small boat owned by the restaurant came to collect us from our boat and we entered the restaurant deck from below. A great entrance! We were greeted by friendly service, a great table and very attentive staff. I had seen many reviews about rude staff or slow service but we experienced neither of these! We were admittedly a little seasick from the boat so kept our order simple - spaghetti pomodoro and the fresh seabass that came to the table whole and was then filleted table side and serviced with potatoes and olives. Both were delicious, fresh and perfect for lunch. The restaurant itself was busy, with many couples and families enjoying lunch. A very nice atmosphere. Chocco the very large dog that sleeps at the restaurant was the cherry on top of our visit!

Food is tasty but highly overpriced. The views from the restaurant across the harbour are beautiful and this is its main selling point. We had a modest 2 course dinner with no wine and it came in at €200. We had expected this based on the other recent reviews. It’s a lovely spot based on its location, but food is only average and poor value for money.