Sorrento Traditional Cuisine | Sorrento and Neapolitan Cusine

Located in the magical setting of the fishing village, among the boats and harbour lights of the Gulf of Naples, Restaurant Da Cataldo offers a menu with pride of place given to the aroma and flavour of fresh fish.

A memorable meal has to begin with a good antipasto.
Fresh-caught octopus salad, chowder and sautéed seafood are just a few of the traditional Neapolitan dishes served by Cataldo.

Fresh pasta lovers will think they’re in heaven with Cataldo’s menu.
Among the typical recipes prepared in this traditional restaurant in Sorrento, are fish ravioli in lobster sauce, seafood-filled paccheri pasta, fresh scialatelli pasta “mare e monti” and gnocchi with rocket and clams.

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Among the wide range of first courses the true gems are provola cheese, rocket and shrimp risotto and the delicate shrimp and champagne risotto.
An absolute must is the Zi’ Lella fish chowder, prepared to grandma Antonietta’s old recipe.

The best-loved main course dishes include fillet of fish in lemon sauce, made using Sorrento lemons, the exquisite bluefish parmigiana and the mixed fried fish prepared in the Neapolitan tiella.

Restaurant Da Cataldo also spares a thought for those who can't leave the table without satisfying their sweet tooth: the specialities of the house are Caprese chocolate cake and the mouthwatering ricotta cheese and pear dessert.

As in Comencini’s film set in Sorrento over half a century ago, at Restaurant Da Cataldo there is never a lack of imagination.

“What’s cooking?”
“Bread…”
“Bread and what?”
“Bread and imagination, officer!”
“Bon appetit!”
(translated from Pane, Amore e Fantasia, L. Comencini, 1953)