La Perla Nera Ristorante / Pub

I don‘t understand the good reviews this restaurant has. We went here because we were limited with the food choices in Scilla, due to my friend being gluten intolerant. The staff said we could order anything and they would accommodate us which was great. The staff was also very attentive (granted, we were the only people in the restaurant at 19:30 - which should have been a first warning for us). The food was unseasoned and very disappointing! My friend had the pistachio pesto with prawns that weren‘t cooked. Raw, still cold frozen prawns on pasta - it‘s disgusting! I ordered a calamari/prawn plate with chips and a side salad. The chips and fish weren‘t flavourful and 14€ was a bit much for that, but hey, I added some vinegar and pepper and it was edible. The slap in the face was the side salad: the yellow part of an ice berg salad on a plate - no dressing, no tomatoes, no olives or herbs, nothing! Just some cut up ice berg leaves (and not even the big green juicy leaves) for 4€!! Are you actually kidding me!? I laughed out loud when I saw that. Never have I had bad food served for the price in an establishment that otherwise makes a decent impression.

Honest prices, abundant and quality food. Among the diners I am celiac and I was able to eat the same things as my friends, prepared with gluten free products. Highly recommended.

We went to this restaurant because, being gluten and lactose intolerant, we were reassured that maximum attention was paid to contamination. And indeed it was like this, up to a certain point. In fact we took a fish trawl and a slice of swordfish, really of excellent quality, but then, after asking for a gluten-free beer, we were served a "zero alcohol" beer but with gluten. It was certainly a carelessness on the part of the waiter, but it shouldn't happen when it comes to these things; also because for everything else they were impeccable, the lady at the beginning even showed us the packaging of the bread to reassure us that it was both gluten and lactose free. Too bad for this unpleasant inconvenience!