Podere San Michele - OTRANTO

Average countryside restaurant pretty setting, but beware the mosquitos near the lake) Good local food , service a bit hit miss one of our main courses arrived long after we’d finished the others . Good home made desserts .

This isn't the 5 star restaurant that some older reviews suggest. Although the waiters, and owner, were friendly everything about it was average. This is a simple affair down a quiet road in the middle of nowhere. The drinks menu is very limited no spirits, a couple of beers (in fairness the St Benoit was very good) and then soft drinks or wine. But all three courses were frankly a little disappointing, with the pizza the most as we were hoping for crispy stone baked thin crust Italian, and just got a greasy doughy very cheesy pizza like from a normal takeaway. Nothing was particularly bad, but nothing was particularly good either.

Food was very nicely presented and tasted delicious. Staff were very friendly, attentive and explained the dishes to us. It’s a beatiful setting and quite reasonably priced.

We were looking for a good pizza restaurant. Our hotel told us we should go here for good pizza. The staff was really friendly. The Bread on the table was really tasty. As a starter we had the caprese. Perfect Therafter we had 40cm pizza with the 2 of us. It was perfect as well. The meals going to the other tables looked great as well. So we Will be coming back to try some other things from the menu.

A friend of us recommended this restaurant and it was more then good! Massimo and his daughter are very friendly and run a well trained and fast team that provide good service. They serve delicious local dishes in a fast pace. Overall a great experience and we'll make sure to visit this restaurant again when we are in the area.