The Top 15 Restaurants Near Locanda Perbellini al Mare
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Rank 1. Locanda Perbellini al Mare
Sicilian
A beach club restaurant on the Sicilian coast where the loungers and umbrellas are part of the deal, and in summer the windows fold back so the whole room becomes a terrace. The kitchen follows the lead of multi-starred chef Perbellini, reworking Sicilian flavors, seafood and otherwise, with a modern hand. The vegetarian dishes get the same serious attention as everything else, which is not always a given at the seaside.
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Rank 2. Osteria Expanificio
Sicilian
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Rank 3. Hostaria del Vicolo
Sicilian
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Rank 4. Carusu
Sicilian
Tucked along the road through Agrigento's archaeological park, this intimate family-run restaurant spreads across two small rooms on different floors. The kitchen leans hard into vegetables, many grown on the family's own farm, folded into a personal take on Sicilian cooking. One brother cooks, another talks wine with real enthusiasm, and their father holds the door. It reads like a passion project, which the family name, loosely meaning "beloved," quietly confirms.
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Rank 5. Il Molo
Sicilian
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Rank 6. La Foresteria
Modern Sicilian Italian
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Rank 7. Zamù
Sicilian
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Rank 8. Aquanova Hosteria
Sicilian
The dining room still has the old water wheel from when this building actually moved water, and it sets the tone for a restaurant that takes Sicilian tradition and quietly does something personal with it. The chef leans hard into vegetables from the kitchen garden and builds seasonal, creative menus that draw from both the island's coast and its interior. The wine cellar runs to over 1,700 labels, which is a lot for anywhere, let alone Canicattì.
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Rank 9. La Madia
Sicilian
Two small, minimalist dining rooms in a Licata side street are the setting for some of the most quietly confident Sicilian cooking around, backed by two Michelin stars. The chef's approach is unfussy: he lets the island's ingredients argue for themselves, from shellfish pasta to black Nebrodi suckling pig with Sunday gravy. The wine list leans Sicilian too, with serious bottles for the kind of people who notice.
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Rank 10. Zàghara Restaurant
Sicilian
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Rank 11. L'Oste e il Sacrestano
Sicilian
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Rank 14. Terrazza Costantino
Modern Italian
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The spleen sandwich alone has been drawing the brave and the curious to this old-school Palermo institution for longer than anyone working there can remember. It's a casual street food shop in the Kalsa district, with outdoor tables facing the Gothic facade of San Francesco church, serving arancine, panelle, caponata, and cannoli to anyone who bothers to show up. The menu is a short course in what Palermo actually eats.