Pizzeria Il Patriarca - BITONTO

Good typical italian food with very specific ingredients included in their pizza : tartufo, crema di pistaccia, gorgonzola e pere, mortadele, ... Nice...

I don't know if I just made a bad choice but I had a pizza I really couldn't eat. The pizza dough was very good but on it was a swamp of cheese with a few very unappetising, almost raw prawns. I could only eat the crust. The glasses of wine we had were generous sizes but not fantastic wine. I had quite a nice mixed salad but much too big for one person. I ate as much salad as I could and just the pizza crust and the cost for two of us came to more than an exceptionally good dinner we had nearby the following evening. I could accept I made a bad choice but it was disappointing no one asked if we had enjoyed our meal. I gave some feedback but just got a shrug. Otherwise, the staff were pleasant and location nice.

We arrived early and found who I believe to be the manager having a pre service smoke outside. She was very friendly when it was clear that we were interested in the restaurant, which was recommended to us by our Masseria host. She spoke very good English and invited us in to view the menu (she also gave us English menus . We made it clear that my wife has celiac and can't eat gluten, and she said this was not a problem at all and that both pizza and pasta can be made gluten free. We decided to stay, based on that quality of service. Each table had 8 9 olive oils, which was wonderful because we didn't have time to do a proper tasting yet, however, I was brought bread and she was not. Our host rectified this immediately, seeing that she would miss out, and had the chef prepare some gluten free bread on the spot(! . We enjoyed tasting the different oils, each with our own bread, and my wife then ordered a gluten free pasta that wasn't even on the menu but that the chef was making special that night from fresh caught crustaceans and sea urchins. I had the Bitonto traditional codfish. Both were excellently prepared and presented (though still very hot when they reached the table! To start, we also had the octopus cooked in sauce and the Umbrian egg both cooked perfectly. It was a little expensive, but we enjoyed the food very much and as this was our honeymoon, we were willing to splurge a little. Had the prices been slightly lower, we would have had more courses.

Ottima pizza in ottima compagnia. Una diversa dall'altra, così le abbiamo gustate tutte. Superlativi gli impasti e gradevolmente sccostati fra di loro gli ingredienti. Da ritornarci

Ristorante molto bello, ben curato e accogliente, ho preso della carne a dir poco strepitosa molto tenera e cotta alla perfezione, personale preparato , simpatico da farti sentire a casa.