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“Relaxed dinner in the heart of trapani”

Torre Vecchia Ristorante
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Tue, 3/19
20:00
Ranked #20 of 385 Restaurants in Trapani
Certificate of Excellence
Price range: £13 - £38
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Reviewed 12 September 2018 via mobile

Very chic romantic place, really nice ambience and deco. Nice choice of food and wonderful flavors. The only problem is with the service. We had to wait for 30mins until they took our order, and another 20mins when we came to order desert. But the parfait de mandorle is the best I be had from all the restaurants we visited in trapani. On the whole recommend to eat here.

Date of visit: September 2018
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Reviewed 30 August 2018 via mobile

This restaurant was recommended by our hotel. Thereupon we did the reservation via “the fork” and we, at least, got 20% discount. The restaurant has a nice decoration and our waitress was very attentive and nice. I ordered mussles as a starter and couscous with fish as a primo. As couscous is one of the specialties of Trapani, I had certain expectations. I was however disappointed: I got couscous with dry and small pieces of fish for 12eur (which is too expensive considering the prices in Trapani).
I should mention that my boyfriend’s orders (Busiati alla norma as primo and the meat dish as secondo) were fine.

Date of visit: August 2018
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Reviewed 13 August 2018 via mobile

We came there because of the good rating, unfortunately a few things did not work out. Only the owner was able to speak English, however more substantially was the delay of the main course of 1h15min. Dishes have been medium compared to what you get in other restaurants in the city.
Owner tried his best and excused for service. Thanks for that.

Date of visit: August 2018
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Reviewed 13 May 2018 via mobile

Was recommended this place by our host when we arrived on Trapani. We tried to find this place in the old centre the first night we arrived to no avail and ended up at the place next door which in retrospect was a better choice.

The service when we walked in was very prompt as it was quiet.

I preface all the below by qualifying that our Italian is limited but we have not had this experience any where else and the table of locals next to us were also not happy with their meal.

The food portions were generally quite healthy as were the drinks. We ordered glasses of wine that were at least 350 ml each. That being said we were not happy with our experience as the food was disappointing.

First we ordered acqua naturale and out came water with gas. We then ordered the octopus appetiser to share and ended up getting a double portion, which was fine but again not what we ordered. The sauce on the octopus mussels and clams was quite nice however the octopus was very rubbery compared to other octopus I have enjoyed in the past as it was slightly under cooked. My wife then ordered fish fillet with raddicchio and red wine. The red wine and raddicchio was overly bitter and not well balanced with a light white fish. My wife did not enjoy this at all and to resolve they brought out fried calamari on the house which was appreciated.

I ordered the squid skewer with red scarlet shrimp. When my order came out it was only shrimp with no squid. I asked the waiter why it did not come with squid and he brushed it off. When the bill came they tried to charge me just for the red shrimp which they tried to explain to me to resolve, however it was clearly not I ordered as they tried to show us a menu we never saw.?!

Overall we were quite disappointed by the experience and would not go back with so many other choices for great food.

Date of visit: May 2018
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Andrea Z, Proprietario at Torre Vecchia Ristorante, responded to this reviewResponded 15 May 2018
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Caro cliente ci dispiace che la sua esperienza non sia stata di suo gradimento , sicuramente portarle dell'acqua gassata è stato un nostro errore , sarebbe bastato farlo presente al personale di sala che avrebbe subito provveduto a portarle l acqua da lei richiesta che non avrebbe pagato in quanto nostra svista . Ci dispiace altrettanto che lei non abbia gradito il polpo, ma mi duole informarla che il polpo Fresco e non Surgelato risulta essere molto fibroso , volevo precisarle che la sua ordinazione comprendeva un solo polpo alla brace , ma l abbiamo omaggiata con una porzione più abbondate da poter dividere in due al prezzo di uno , per quanto riguarda il Gamberone, le comunico che ha avuto modo di degustare Gamberone Rosso di Mazzara di Prima , il calamaro non era presente poichè esaurito e per compensare il disguido le è stata donata un abbondante porzione di calamaretti fritti. Per quanto riguarda il conto lei ha pagato 60 euro sui 70 a noi dovuti , abbiamo cercato di rendere la sua esperienza gradevole come siamo soliti fare con tutti i nostri clienti. Ringraziandola di aver condiviso la sua esperienza Cordiali Saluti lo staff Torre Vecchia

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Reviewed 11 April 2018 via mobile

This was a definite food highlight during a week of great food in Trapani. We picked where to eat based on Trip Advisor ratings but this looked good and was close to our hotel - we were not disappointed! The food, wine, service and value for money were all top notch. The chef’s selection of antipasta was probably the best we have had! This is a relatively new venture and deserves to do well.

Date of visit: April 2018
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