Antico Trattoria da Peppino
About
Napoletana, Pizza
Location
Adress: Via Trinità degli Spagnoli 8, Naples, 80132
Phone: +39 081 407649
Reviews
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Jeff L.
Stopped in here for simply a glass of wine, WiFi, and a bathroom after a long tour guide day. Pleasantly surprised of the staff and food. The mussels were incredible. The Bolognese delicious and best of all, the pricing. Can't beat it. Table wine was exceptional and the tiramisu is to die for! Grab a bite, you won't regret it!
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Donald D.
We just finished a wonderful meal. service was very gracious and prompt. we had the insalata mista and the vermicelli and the spaghetti bolognese. Probably the best meal that we had in Naples during our 4 day stay. The house wine was excellent and very inexpensive
Do yourself a favour and eat here during your stay in Naples. Others around us had pizza and that looked very good also. although they are open all day karma you can only order of the pasta menu after 7 p.m.
We had two waiters, both older gentleman, and they were very personable and nice to us. -
Chris S.
One of very few restaurants in Naple's centro storico on Christmas Day Eve, so I cannot complain too much. I saw the lights and banners up a side street in Quartieri Spagnoli from Via Toledo, so I went to have a look. The lights were on, but the place was empty at 7:15PM, not unusual by Italian standards. A guy at the door said: "prego, prego", which means "you're welcome ... come in here and spend your money tourist".
I walked in and they sat me at a table, but the way they were looking at each other, whispering, and people (employees) putting their coats on and leaving, I had the feeling they were closing so I asked if I was still welcome. "Si, si" (yes, yes) I was told, so I waited and waited and waited while employees came and went. I did not feel very welcome and not having seen a sole in 5 minutes, got up to leave, but the cameriere (waiter/server) came back, ensuring I was welcome, so I sat back down.
The Insalata Caprese (€8) sounded good, so I told him I would start with that. A quizzical look came over his face, he turned around, went to the kitchen, and came back saying "la mozzarella e finito" (the mozzarella is finished "gone"), So I ordered the Bruschetta (€2). I am glad it was only €2 because it was one large slice of bread cut in half, grilled, brushed with garlic and topped with chopped cherry tomatoes, oregano, and EVO. Not bad, not great.
I decided to try one of my childhood favorites as my main course, Pasta e Fagioli (€10 - aka Pasta "Fazool" in my family and Neapolitan dialect), but this version had mussels, which I also like but never had in pasta fazool. The serving was massive with every type of leftover pasta in the house and cannellini beans in a broth of tomatoes and olive oil, but I could not find any mussels although I could smell them. I finally found six or seven single shelled mussels, a bit stingy based on the €10 price tag (pasta fazool is a peasant dish and usually very cheap). The flavor was OK, but bland, so I asked for some grated Parmigiano which helped immensely. I used the bread, from a bag again, to "fare la scarpetta" or "make the little shoe", a Neapolitan phrase that means that you use the bread to mop up sauce from the plate or bowl and shove it in your pie hole.
The 1/2 liter of house wine was €5 (it was €2.50 at a trattoria down the street the night before) and the carafe was not even full, and the "coperto" (cover) was €2, bringing the total to €20.50, not a terrific bargain for what I got and what I got was not all that impressive. I did not feel very welcome here, but will give them an extra Bomb for being open on Christmas ... grazie mille!
CombatCritic Gives Antico Trattoria da Peppino 6 Bombs Out Of 10 ... More Bombs Are Better! -
Larissa G.
Very nice restaurant in a quite cornet just a block from busy via Toledo. Great service and food. Had the risotto with "pesce spada" and my husband the
Beef Genovese. Obcecado father best meals in our trip to Italy.