Il Mercato - Ispica

Too bad it's closed since February... was a great restaurant in an enchanted place. I hope it soon returns to be such to enjoy an architectural beauty that cannot remain closed....

Good and well prepared dishes. Reduced portions, fashionable today. It would be better to increase them by at least half.

Having seen the previous reviews I almost feel like I was in a restaurant other than what hosted chef Alessandro Borghese, but, alas, I have to admit that it is the same. The entrance is just ugly, a door with glasses in opaque and graffiti plexiglass. I try to go beyond appearances, within: a huge, suggestive place definitely but that brings me back to the 80s, in short, squalliduccio. I sit down, along with my partner and order a bowl and an ointment of nebrodi piglet accompanied by chef's fantasies. Spend more than 45 minutes waiting, we ask for news of our order and they tell us to have to wait 10 more minutes. Shortly before our courses arrive we are asked for the type of cooking you want... from here I understand that in the previous 45 minutes no one was worried about preparing our dishes. When the disappointment comes, it's total! Both for me and for my partner two meat hands combined with a tuft of spinach jumped into the pan with garlic. I immediately think I'm not Cannavacciuolo and I don't care about the chef's title but I certainly had more imagination! I don't want to go further than talking about the bill! I am so sorry, but my experience has not been pleasant at all!

A charming place, excellent dishes, all well balanced enhancing the flavors siculi. Friendly staff. Great experience.

The table seat is very approximate, the dishes just discreet, the ratio with the price absolutely disproportionate. Not to try again.