La Cantinina - OSTUNI

If you’re looking for a truthful place, one that proposes typical Apulian cuisine without boosting prices, this is the right one. I’ve been coming in valle d’itria since I was born. Never have I ever seen a “braceria” that was worth it in Ostuni’s city center. Also, definitely try patate riso e cozze. Tasted like the one my born-and-raised-in-Bari grandma makes.

We arrived yesterday in Ostuni, this was the first restaurant we came across at 10pm. It was filled with locals so decided we would visit the next evening. It was a real gem of a find. Food is bbq’d fresh on the grill in front of you and is also tremendous value for money. Topped off with the owner giving us a personal bottle of clearly a very fresh limoncello which is the best we’ve tasted. Would highly recommend away from the typical tourist trail. Only thing that prevents it from a 5* was the insalate which consisted of iceberg lettuce and nothing else.

Found this place on our first night in Ostuni. Great food, good service and very cheap! Thank you!!!

Sadly, we had a terrible experience at this restaurant. Our overpriced 4€ grilled vegetables consisted of five slices of eggplant and five slices of zucchini, they were served completely cold and had no salt, olive oil, or anything; the eggplant was bitter. The arosto misto had two pieces of sausage that tasted sour, like the meat had spoiled. The house wine tasted like funky grape juice and was served without wine glasses. We left the carafe of wine on the table, and I really hate wasting food. It seems like it wasn’t just us tonight either. One of the tables behind us returned a plate that had shrimp on it, the waitress picked it up and smelled it and the diners seemed really displeased. Unfortunately after we left, we kept wondering why it was 50€ when we only ordered one side dish, one primi and one secondo plus the 7€ house wine and realized too late we had been overcharged. We left with a sour taste in our mouth and we hope food poisoning does not follow from the sausage. I’d recommend exploring other options before eating here.

It’s a family owned and food is so delicious! Was there for two evening taken dinner. Delicious. Just recommend to do a reservation. Is still booked out. Reservation works well with the Google maps message. We got very quick response . Grazie a tutti il staff ! alla prossima!