Tipico - Catania

Great food . Lots of variety . Everything we chose was delicious. Portions large. Very busy all evening. Recommend booking ahead . Service staff always busy and not easy to get their attention

Food was good but service could be better, staff didn’t smile when serving us (4 people)

This is one of the best restaurants I've ever eaten, the food is fresh and full of taste and the prices are quite reasonable. If you are amazed by the Italian cuisine, this is the right place. Perfect.

Tourist, Confusing Service. Arrived at about 9pm, waiter came outside and ignored us until we brought his attention. We asked if we could stay outside but they insisted to go in. Keep in mind there were a lot of unoccupied tables outside. Waiter came to us, and we ordered our drinks. When the waiter came back with the drinks we have decided what to eat. We tried explaining the order but the waiters english was not very good. He told us that he will bring his coworker to help with the problem. His coworker came and took our order. We had a starter , it was alright but what bothered us was the fact that we had dirty cutlery and dirty plates. It made us a little uncomfortable but we just tried to ignore it. While we were waiting for the main course they took our plates and left. After about an hour and a half we waved to the waitress (a different one which also didn’t speak english). Basically the waitress understood that we didn’t get our starter. They came back with the starter and we where literally trying so hard to explain that we already had it. The waitress did not even know what “eat” means. After trying so hard to tell them in Italian he finally understood and told us that they didn’t know about our order. At that point we were so close to just pay the bill and go back to our Hotel because we were more half asleep then hungry. When the food arrived basically the pasta was chewy with a gum texture and the clamshell’s were raw. After finishing to eat, the first waitress came back to us and told us that he’s sorry for what happened. Simply awful! Definitely would not recommend if you don’t speak Italian.

Honestly this was the worst service I’ve ever experienced in my life. I work at a restaurant myself, so I tried to stay as polied as possible, since I know how busy it can be. Nevertheless, the staff here are some of the rudest people I have ever come across. They took our order extremely late, rolled their eyes when we asked for some water, kept skipping our table (I think because we are tourists), and tried to force the bill on us. Honestly, they acted like a bunch of high school mean girls… food was great though, so compliments to the kitchen. The rest of you need a lesson of social skills