There are a few places in Italy where the establishment sees an obvious tourist, and rips them off. This place, Trattoria La Vecchia Botte is the perfect example of one of those places. For example, on the printed menu, Antipasto Tipico is 14 euro. Not bad right? Look at my picture of the check, it turned into 72 euro. When I questioned the owner he said he "gave us more than normal." Look at the pictures, this is NOT true. The servings were laughably small. Four very small servings of orecchiette (circular pasta) with four tiny horse meatballs, this cost 11 euros a plate. Here's the kicker, two small sized lobsters... 112 euro. Just horrible. I have traveled all over this planet, this little restaurant, Trattoria La Vecchia Botte, in little Ugento, takes the prize as the biggest rip-off on the planet. You can eat in high dollar, incredible restaurants in Venice, Florence, Paris, New York City etc. for a lot less. On top of the horrible price increases for us tourists, the food was sub par. I will say, the literally, one inch square (not exagerating, look at this pictures) of eggplant parmesan, was tasty, the rest was not memorable. Steam a small lobster, that's what this bill consisted of for over 300 euro! I would bet the soggy pasta they served us was not even homemade. A bill for over 304 euro, we left hungry. Next, I will cover the owner's attitude. I do not know the history between his one waitress and him, but he would ding a bell and you could see fear in this poor girl's eyes! I do not mind paying for a meal over 300 euro, I've done it many times. However, when the food is not good, the servings are small, no pride, no artistic presentation, no ambiance, NO. It's just wrong. Well, you've been warned. STAY AWAY from this Trattoria. Twelve minutes away from this horrible, hotter than Hades restaurant, is a place in Racale, go there! In Racale, three courses, six people, incredible food, kind/fun people, the bill was 120 euro.

Not tourist friendly! Overcharged us and used a hand written receipt. This meal is triple the price of most meals and the food was nothing special. Pasta was not homemade, horse meatballs, small portions. Please... so many other places you can chose from. Be careful!!!!

Trappola per turisti. Mai mangiato così male in Puglia. Pesce polpo e gamberi congelati fatti passare per freschi. Assolutamente da evitare! Tourist trap! Be aware . It was a complete disappointment . They serve dishes with frozen fish and seafood but they tell you it’s fresh. It’s the absolute opposite of what Apulian cuisine is!

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(Translated by Google) Excellent we stopped for lunch they brought us some pancakes with aubergine as a welcome. we ordered the house appetizer €14 excellent for 2 consisting of 9 tastings, all without meat with vegetables, cereals, legumes, excellent especially for vegetarians, 1 linguine with sea urchin €18, 1 pearl wheat with prawns €12 and then they offered us 2 slices of donut with olive oil (very delicate) and 2 samples of frozen pistachio cream. 1/2 wine €4.50 1 water €1.50. Total €54. I'll be back to try some interesting desserts. Courtesy food and nice surroundings deserve it. (Original) Ottimo ci siamo fermati a pranzo ci hanno portato delle frittelline con melanzana come benvenuto. abbiamo ordinato l'anti pasto della casa €14 ottimo per 2 composto da 9 assaggi, tutti senza carne con verdure, cereali, legumi, ottimo specialmente x vegetariani, 1 linguine con Ricci di mare €18, 1 grano perlato con gamberi €12 e poi ci hanno offerto 2 fette di ciambella con olio di oliva (delicatissima) e 2 assaggi di crema di pistacchio ghiacciata. 1/2 di vino €4,50 1 acqua €1,50. Totale€54. tornerò per assaggiare qualche dolce interessante. Cortesia cibo e l'ambiente carino meritano.

(Translated by Google) We enter and the first thing we notice is the kindness and friendliness of the welcome! We sit on the second floor, very beautiful interior with vaulted walls and a tall wooden window showing the sky. We order and the wait isn't too long for the first starter courses, at this point the palate has its say... exquisite fish starters! The first courses arrive and then the second courses which confirm that the goodness of the starter was not luck, quantities not exaggerated but the taste and freshness of the raw material truly excellent! Finally the dessert, their ricotta-based dessert was recommended to us, by now I trusted it and tried it...excellent! As well as the spumoni tasted by the other diners. Friendly staff, attentive but not intrusive. Fair price for the quality of what we ate. I highly recommend this excellent place. (Original) Entriamo e la prima cosa che notiamo è la gentilezza e cordialità nell'accoglienza! Ci accomodiamo al secondo piano, interni molto belli con muri a volta e finestra in legno alta che mostra il cielo. Ordiniamo e l'attesa non è eccessiva per le prime portate di antipasto, a questo punto il palato dice la sua...antipasti di pesce squisiti! Arrivano i primi e poi i secondi i quali confermano che la bontà dell'antipasto non è stata fortuna, quantità non esagerate ma gusto e freschezza della materia prima vermente ottimi! Infine il dolce, ci viene consigliato il loro dolce a base di ricotta, ormai mi fidavo e l'ho provato...eccellente! Così come gli spumoni assaggiati dagli altri commensali. Personale cordiale, premuroso ma non invadente. Prezzo onesto per la qualità di ciò che abbiamo mangiato. Consiglio vivamente questo posto eccellente.

(Translated by Google) The food is GREAT.. Hospitable.. great service.. we go back every year. What you get is worth the price. Large wine display (Original) Das Essen ist SUPER.. Gastfreundlich.. super Bedienung.. wir gehen jedes Jahr immer wieder hin. Was man erhält, ist sein Preis auch wert. Grosse Weinauslage

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Great service, wide selection of drinks and well prepared food at reasonable prices. Lovely location and atmosphere.

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The restaurant is funky and the food is good. Service is also good. What was for me personally disturbing were some poor stray cats that were looking inside visibly hungry and skinny. I saw no water or food bowl outside. Maybe would be nice to take care also of the other living creatures that are around.

Visited this bar twice with a group of eight whilst on holiday in the area. Superb place. Food was excellent. Wide variety of quality drinks, great music and lovely staff. Well worth a visit.

Great bar, great atmosphere and the food was excellent

The locale is very nice and has a genuine pub feel to it.

Fantastic burger!

Wow!

(Translated by Google) Booked through Booking, we arrived at the property on June 1st and we noticed that the swimming pool is not like the photos inserted, but rather a 2.50*4 m tub with a depth of 40 cm, in short, a large bathtub. the villa is very old, I'm sorry for disappointing my girls. Not recommended (personal opinion) (Original) Prenotato tramite Booking, arrivati in struttura in data 1 giugno e notiamo che la piscina non è come le foto inserite , bensì una vasca da mt 2.50*4 e profondità cm 40 , in poche parole una vasca da bagno grande. la villa è molto vecchia, mi dispiace aver deluso le mie bambine. Non consigliata (giudizio personale)

(Translated by Google) Highly recommended!!! (Original) Consigliatissimo!!!

(Translated by Google) Optimal (Original) Ottimo

They first charge you 5€ for parking. Then you walk 400m to the beach only to learn no umbrellas are available anymore. A fraud! Dirty and crowded coastline. Anything else in Salento is better. Will never go again.

Very nice beach to swim, beachbar is quite over prized for drinks and chaise lounge. But dont be afraid right next to it there is a free beach and plenty of other bars to be served at 😉

Sea and the beach are amazing. First row umbrella with two chairs is 40 euro, July 2023

Nice beach bar, late afternoon fantastic DJ. Expensive and crowded, umbrellas so close to each other that gave you no space to move and made you feel that you were rather in the company of your neighbor instead of your own group.

Great DJ on the decks. Perfect sunset spot overlooking the water from a picturesque beach bar patio. Basic food (same as everywhere else along the beach); salads, fruit etc. Decent drinks. Cool crowd, super diverse mix of people, not your average Italians! Good music brings a crowd.

One of the best beach club in Torre San Giovanni, beautiful sandy beaches and sunset aperitif . Courtesy of the staff is a big plus.

Lovely Sandy beach with blue waters, €20 for 2 sun beds & umbrella for the day so quite reasonable, can’t really comment on the bar as we had a couple of beers but they were packing up for the season so there was a limited service available, worth visiting for the beach alone though.

The beach was amazing, but do not eat here. The food was TERRIBLE! Eat next door at Malibu, the food is nice there, cooked by Nonna.

This place is absolutely disgusting. The Food is served like aeroplane food the tables are dirty and the bathrooms are absolutely filthy. No cleaning is happening, here generally very unkempt. While the beach itself is beautiful I would strongly recommend not going here. We were very disappointed and left immediately. It is the complete opposite to how it's advertised.

Very expensive prices, service customer unwelcoming (staff required one sunbed per person even if not requested or necessary). Beach and sea amazing.

If you want to get a table the first and to avoid the big lines there you have to come 40-45 minutes before opening:) Very delicious food, always! Just the Host of the Restaurant is always serious and unfriendly, almost never saying hello or bye....maybe he is the owner of this place :) But would be more pleasant to see the Person who can greet people and bring them to their Tables wishing a nice evening. But Compliment to the Chefs from the Kitchen and Waitresses!

Excellent food, service & great vibe! We were recommended this restaurant by a local and we have been back several times already, everything is fantastic! We are international travellers and don’t speak Italian. The manager Michelle has looked after us SO well, taking time to translate the menu for us and make excellent suggestions, every meal has been wonderful! We’ve tried several different starters, their pizza’s (amazing!!) and their steak .. all so good. I would have to say that we’ve tried a few other restaurants in the area and nothing comes close to the quality of the food, the service and warm hospitality we have received here. We will be back! Thanks so much Michelle & Azzurra!

The restaurant looks really nice from the inside and outside. The pizza is amazing, lots of flavour and crispy. I did ask for a medium/rare steak and I got medium. Also, the seafood isn’t always fresh, it’s frozen sometimes.

So good we went 2 nights running, the Pizza is one of the best we have had, we also had pasta dish and seafood dish all fantastic. The staff are great and the local wine is also amazing.

We went here for dinner. Dining in this restaurant is a treat. Almost all the products are from the region and practically always of the best quality. Be aware to arrive in time for dinner if you do not want to wait for a table. The service is friendly, professional and works really hard to make it a real good experience for you. The food is simply great. The products are biological and the restaurant knows where they get their products. Great place for dining out!

The restaurant has a great atmosphere and the food is amazing. There are a lot of things to choose from: both traditional and not, but all delicious.

Super fast to bring the pizza. Quality better than average great ingredients but the one I took didn't make sense as it had potatoes on pizza. I took the classic dough round the nuvola one is like a focaccia nice too but is not a real pizza. Don't take the chips with the skin were soft and oily the other are perfect. Nice spumone but the extra fake almond flavouring ruined everything.

The food was amazing. The wait seemed a little long at times to order, but once we ordered the food came quickly. In Italy this can be rare. If you go, do not skip the potato chips. Trust me... these are not your regular potato chips. I had the pizza and the mixed seafood linguini. Both were really good. I was thrilled with the wine and beer selections. They had German beer on tap which I loved since the Italians are known for their wine and not their beer making skills. View was great and we really enjoyed sitting outside.

Fine cuisine typically Italian. Definitely a place not to miss when visiting south Italy. Amazing water view experience while eating over the day.

The fish is local, very well prepared and fresh. This location is a "must" if you are in this area. Restaurant is located right at the sea and is not too crowded. The service person could be a bit nicer, hence the four stars. The seafood gets my five stars.

Beautiful view, great service. The pizza was amazing, I had fish pasta and was perfectly cooked and definitely fresh. Wasn't impressed with the starter. A little pricey but worth the money

Right , all staff welcome with great uniform ,place very attractive , food as itlain says “ forget about “. .. lascia stare . No away that is Italian good . I have been many times in Italy and I have had food very tasty but food this place I could see that wasn’t good since the Begin . My boyfriend and I decided to have a meal as the place as well presented but unfortunately was very desapointed the beguin tilll end ;/. We tried hard being so pacient and understanding but it wasn’t not help neither the “ chef “ . Leaving the palace was more desapinted as even the counter apologised himself as he knew that somethings wasn’t right . “ can I offer a coffee or something elese ? “ that should be the answer for the unenjoyeble food ! Very desapoined !! We just end up cross the park / road having a pizza because we left hungry and we paid for what we haven’t !! We have left all food withought eat as was “ tourist “ food !! That what here they say “ turist food !!

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Nice food, good service, nice people and a good price! Very Italian.

Good food at reasonable prices, friendly staff, nothing is to much always glad to help, clean and tidy well worth the visit.

Just an average restaurant - some good, some ok, some really not good. Service was very slow on a crowded evening. Prices are rather high for many items though.

Was good food But a little bit pricy.

Lovely bar and brilliant service.

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Whiskey and meat 🤩

(Translated by Google) What to say? The quality of the food is very high. Everything was delicious from the starter to the dessert. The service is impeccable, we were pampered by the staff who took care of every single choice of course, friendly, kind and always available and ready! Beautiful experience (Original) Che dire? La qualità del cibo è altissima. Tutto buonissimo a partire dall’antipasto fino al dolce. Il servizio è impeccabile, siamo stati coccolati dal personale che si è preso cura di ogni singola scelta delle portate, cordiali, gentili e sempre reperibili e pronti! Bellissima esperienza

(Translated by Google) Every year I go to eat there a lot of times... I would eat everything many times even in the same evening. Let's talk about 3F CHIPS which I would take a poll to call them 4F to add FABULOUS (fabulous, fried, sliced, fine). The fillet was delicious and the grill was delicious. Well let's move on to the waiters, all always kind and above all with a smile, perhaps tired and exhausted from a day with friends or under the sun but always with a big smile... both of them are very good and rightly so in the kitchen. (Original) Ogni anno vado a mangiare li un sacco di volte…mangerei tutto tantissime volte anche in una stessa sera. Parliamo delle PATATINE 3F che io farei un sondaggio per chiamarle 4F per aggiungere FAVOLOSE (favolose, fritte, fette, fini). Il filetto buonissimo la grigliata buonissima. Bhe passiamo ad altro i camerieri tutti sempre gentili e soprattutto con il sorriso magari stanchi e cotti da una giornata tra amici o sotto il sole ma sempre con un grosso sorriso…bravissimi sia loro che in cucina giustamente.

To avoid. We had food poisoning and ended up very bad after eating fish there. Fried fish wasn't that great (no info on the menu), octopus either.. probably some food was not fresh, it has been frozen and defrosted (no indication of any frozen dish on their menu, impossible they don't have any). Strong white lights and loud dance music ruin the atmosphere. House wine is very basic. De very basic, the place has potential, staff seemed kind but food must be healthy and safe! Hopefully there'll be an investigation by NAS (Italian police).

Super experience! Really good sea food! I recommend this place strongly!

We like the concept of self service but food wise we were a bit disappointed the portion of the mixed fried seafood was super small for the price of 12€ and the mussels were also small not so tasty either. I wouldn’t go back shame.

Not again, expensive for very low quality. Fried food reheated nothing special. Would not go there again. Just tried because of good ratings. Afterwards very disappointed!

Very good and fresh sea food. The prices are also very fair. Definitely recommended! :)

Absolutely gorgeous seafood! It’s rustic to say the least, but good for lunch! Must try the octopus balls

Tasty seafood for reasonable price which is the reason for the long queue (the line at the entrance moves along quickly, no long wait). Good service. Friendly staff. Excellent food. Black little cats wandering in the garden. I wish the portions were a bit bigger.

I came here with my parents for the last fish dinner of our holiday. The spaghetti were very good, the orecchiette also but we were a bit disappointed by he frittura mista and the frittura of calamari and gamberi, didn't taste very fresh. The polpette di polpo were mainly bread. Very nice people working here and very fast service. Maybe we were unlucky as the end of the season.

Great value and quality seafood right on the coast. Self-service style, very quick. Friendly staff.

Very delicious meal loved it

There are a few places in Italy where the establishment sees an obvious tourist, and rips them off. This place, Trattoria La Vecchia Botte is the perfect example of one of those places. For example, on the printed menu, Antipasto Tipico is 14 euro. Not bad right? Look at my picture of the check, it turned into 72 euro. When I questioned the owner he said he "gave us more than normal." Look at the pictures, this is NOT true. The servings were laughably small. Four very small servings of orecchiette (circular pasta) with four tiny horse meatballs, this cost 11 euros a plate. Here's the kicker, two small sized lobsters... 112 euro. Just horrible. I have traveled all over this planet, this little restaurant, Trattoria La Vecchia Botte, in little Ugento, takes the prize as the biggest rip-off on the planet. You can eat in high dollar, incredible restaurants in Venice, Florence, Paris, New York City etc. for a lot less. On top of the horrible price increases for us tourists, the food was sub par. I will say, the literally, one inch square (not exagerating, look at this pictures) of eggplant parmesan, was tasty, the rest was not memorable. Steam a small lobster, that's what this bill consisted of for over 300 euro! I would bet the soggy pasta they served us was not even homemade. A bill for over 304 euro, we left hungry. Next, I will cover the owner's attitude. I do not know the history between his one waitress and him, but he would ding a bell and you could see fear in this poor girl's eyes! I do not mind paying for a meal over 300 euro, I've done it many times. However, when the food is not good, the servings are small, no pride, no artistic presentation, no ambiance, NO. It's just wrong. Well, you've been warned. STAY AWAY from this Trattoria. Twelve minutes away from this horrible, hotter than Hades restaurant, is a place in Racale, go there! In Racale, three courses, six people, incredible food, kind/fun people, the bill was 120 euro.

Not tourist friendly! Overcharged us and used a hand written receipt. This meal is triple the price of most meals and the food was nothing special. Pasta was not homemade, horse meatballs, small portions. Please... so many other places you can chose from. Be careful!!!!

Trappola per turisti. Mai mangiato così male in Puglia. Pesce polpo e gamberi congelati fatti passare per freschi. Assolutamente da evitare! Tourist trap! Be aware . It was a complete disappointment . They serve dishes with frozen fish and seafood but they tell you it’s fresh. It’s the absolute opposite of what Apulian cuisine is!

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(Translated by Google) Excellent we stopped for lunch they brought us some pancakes with aubergine as a welcome. we ordered the house appetizer €14 excellent for 2 consisting of 9 tastings, all without meat with vegetables, cereals, legumes, excellent especially for vegetarians, 1 linguine with sea urchin €18, 1 pearl wheat with prawns €12 and then they offered us 2 slices of donut with olive oil (very delicate) and 2 samples of frozen pistachio cream. 1/2 wine €4.50 1 water €1.50. Total €54. I'll be back to try some interesting desserts. Courtesy food and nice surroundings deserve it. (Original) Ottimo ci siamo fermati a pranzo ci hanno portato delle frittelline con melanzana come benvenuto. abbiamo ordinato l'anti pasto della casa €14 ottimo per 2 composto da 9 assaggi, tutti senza carne con verdure, cereali, legumi, ottimo specialmente x vegetariani, 1 linguine con Ricci di mare €18, 1 grano perlato con gamberi €12 e poi ci hanno offerto 2 fette di ciambella con olio di oliva (delicatissima) e 2 assaggi di crema di pistacchio ghiacciata. 1/2 di vino €4,50 1 acqua €1,50. Totale€54. tornerò per assaggiare qualche dolce interessante. Cortesia cibo e l'ambiente carino meritano.

(Translated by Google) We enter and the first thing we notice is the kindness and friendliness of the welcome! We sit on the second floor, very beautiful interior with vaulted walls and a tall wooden window showing the sky. We order and the wait isn't too long for the first starter courses, at this point the palate has its say... exquisite fish starters! The first courses arrive and then the second courses which confirm that the goodness of the starter was not luck, quantities not exaggerated but the taste and freshness of the raw material truly excellent! Finally the dessert, their ricotta-based dessert was recommended to us, by now I trusted it and tried it...excellent! As well as the spumoni tasted by the other diners. Friendly staff, attentive but not intrusive. Fair price for the quality of what we ate. I highly recommend this excellent place. (Original) Entriamo e la prima cosa che notiamo è la gentilezza e cordialità nell'accoglienza! Ci accomodiamo al secondo piano, interni molto belli con muri a volta e finestra in legno alta che mostra il cielo. Ordiniamo e l'attesa non è eccessiva per le prime portate di antipasto, a questo punto il palato dice la sua...antipasti di pesce squisiti! Arrivano i primi e poi i secondi i quali confermano che la bontà dell'antipasto non è stata fortuna, quantità non esagerate ma gusto e freschezza della materia prima vermente ottimi! Infine il dolce, ci viene consigliato il loro dolce a base di ricotta, ormai mi fidavo e l'ho provato...eccellente! Così come gli spumoni assaggiati dagli altri commensali. Personale cordiale, premuroso ma non invadente. Prezzo onesto per la qualità di ciò che abbiamo mangiato. Consiglio vivamente questo posto eccellente.

(Translated by Google) The food is GREAT.. Hospitable.. great service.. we go back every year. What you get is worth the price. Large wine display (Original) Das Essen ist SUPER.. Gastfreundlich.. super Bedienung.. wir gehen jedes Jahr immer wieder hin. Was man erhält, ist sein Preis auch wert. Grosse Weinauslage