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Embellished with a magnificent view of the Piazza del Duomo in Ortigia, a place of authentic and extraordinary beauty, the Regina Lucia restaurant is located inside a noble palace with an elegant Baroque style and dating back to the 1700s.

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4.4
459 reviews
  • Alberto Bonifacio
    Alberto Bonifacio
    7 months ago

    While the food was great, the whole dinner was ruined by the utter incompetence of some of the staff. They neglected us as the restaurant became busier, we were charged more for our dinner (the price online is way different than what you pay there, and their excuse is that they haven’t updated the prices yet - is that even right?) and in general we felt not welcomed. It’s a shame, as I think the chef’s incredible masterpieces are ruined by the way we felt during dinner. I would recommend to go elsewhere, so many better restaurants to eat. My advice to the restaurant is to hire more professional waiters.

  • Bethany H
    Bethany H
    9 months ago

    We had a private room with great service and catering for 30 people all of whom had attended a wine tour this week. All dietary requirements were seen to and understood with great high-quality substitutes provided. As free, I always feel I get a poor substitute so I was very very happy with the effort they had provided. The food was exquisite! Highly recommend

  • Jim Treanor
    Jim Treanor
    6 months ago

    Would give the food 4.5 if I could. The Root beat pasta was a first time it was good but not outstanding. The Veal was outstanding. Service is where they lost it. We want to take our time and enjoy the atmosphere of being in the Domo Square. We were asked several times if we wanted to place order but delayed ordering. Once we ordered food came at nice pace. After we finished our entree it seemed like they forgot we were there. Took a long time to clear our dinner plates but left bread and other things on table forever. And we had to ask to clear table and for dessert Menu. In summary first half of dining/service was excellent then fell apart. Took forever to even get our check

  • Sebastian
    Sebastian
    9 months ago

    Amazingly located and some good food, but room for improvement. If you can sit outside (what I can fully recommend), you’ll have a nice view over the piazza and the duomo - nice and a great location. But that’s also why the restaurant is often frequented by tourists and accordingly quite pricey. Unfortunately, not all dishes are worth their price. The Millefoglie di Pesce Spada alla Norma (swordfish) was really good, the pasta was good too. The secondi sea bass patty (Branzino con patate schiacciate alla matalotta in crosta di pistacchio) and the tuna (Tonno leggermente scottato con Caponata mandorle e pistacchio) were rather average and already a bit cold when served. The chefs could have made more out of the high quality ingredients. Also the espresso was a bit disappointing, quite thin - very untypical for an Italian-style coffee. Service was also rather okay-ish. Once we had ordered, we were ignored and had to put a lot of effort into getting the attention of the staff. All in all: food is okay, but the atmosphere doesn’t justify the high prices.

  • Andrew Barron
    Andrew Barron
    4 months ago

    Very impressive restaurant in a beautiful piazza. Excellent homemade breads offered to start (fennel seed breadsticks are particularly worthy of mention) followed by pumpkin soufflé, spectacular seafood ravioli, veal in a red wine sauce and a superb deconstructed tiramisu. Wine list was extensive and did not disappoint - we chose Sicilian and very much to our palette. Finished off with a lemon amaro. Service was impeccable throughout.

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