L'ippocampo Trattoria

If you are American BEWARE! We were on a boat tour of the Amalfi coast and our boat captain suggested that this was a wonderful stop for lunch. This could not be further from the truth. We basically were set up to be scammed and were treated with so much disrespect. I have traveled the world and have never been treated so poorly in my whole life. We sat down to order and ordered 4 Limoncello Spritz. After about 20 minutes, the waiter brought over 4 Aperol Spritz (which we don't like). I said, we ordered Limoncello Spritz and he straight up said that I was lying and showed me where he wrote it down. No, I said you wrote it down wrong. Why would we order that if we don't like them? He was so disrespectful and said, drink them, they are the best. I said NO, we want Limoncello, not Aperol. He would not remove them from the table. I suggested to our party that we at least just try them. As expected, it was NOT what we wanted. Finally, I got up and moved the drinks to the table next to us. The waiter picked them up. He gave 3 of them to customers and drank one himself. He never even changed the straws that we had drank from. Really? Absolutely disgusting. About 30 minutes goes by and we are done are this point and he brings 4 Limoncello Spritz. I said we are done and don't want these. He said, well you will pay for all 8 drinks. You can't argue with idiots/scammers, so I asked for the owner. I went over to talk to him and of course, he says he doesn't speak English. I told him anyway what happened and that I would gladly pay for the food, but not the drinks. Luckily, a nice young Italian man who spoke English, heard everything I said and came over to help. He said, that is so wrong, I will translate for you. I was insistent about NOT paying for the drinks. After a lot of arguing, the owner agreed to take them off. This was the worst experience of my life. They prey on Americans because you are at their mercy if you don't speak English. The boat company was Exclusive Cruises. We were definitely set up.

It’s a bar/pizzeria on the beach. Nothing fresh (and we’re in the area of tomatoes and mozzarella, for example). Too many tables and the kitchen (tiny) can’t cope, as well as almost all the staff being untrained youngsters. Prices are much too high for what you eventually get. One of our dishes arrived a good 20 minutes after the other, and we’d waited over 30 minutes to order in the first place. Given that the sun on this beach disappears by 4pm, they need to get their act together. I would not recommend this place.

Absolutely horrific experience. AVOID!! All staff are underage and just look at you like you’re an alien. My wife had pizza and took around 15mins to come out. My carbonara still wasn’t out 45mins after. After numerous times asking they just grunted at me. I finally said after an hour of waiting (bearing in mind it wasn’t even that busy) I will ask for the bill after another 10mins. To which I did. They slammed the bill on the table and just said no problem, no problem, no problem. They then went on to try and charge me a service charge. Funny people! We went to the restaurant opposite the day before and it was a lovely place and great service! Please avoid this so called restaurant at all costs

Posto sul mare frequentato dai pescatori. ci hanno offerto il pesce come aperitivo, pranzo fritto come antipasto, fritto patters (con curd servito separatamente) e grigliato misto bella ricca. alla testa, il prezzo giusto per tutto quello che abbiamo mangiato e soprattutto bevuto. cucinare pesce davvero notevole. personale molto cordiale e accogliente. Ho anche preso una scatola di tonno sott'acqua fatta da loro. consigli per chi cerca qualcosa di meno turistico, un po' rustico.

Very nice place to take a bite or drink when they are on the beach. we came a few times for coffee in the morning, very friendly people, always welcome them and very helpful. we also had the spaghetti alla puttanesca, delicous! I hope to visit again!