Location: Lecce
Top Restaurants in Lecce
Where to Eat in Lecce: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Lecce (Italian: [ˈlettʃe] ( listen) or locally [ˈlɛttʃe]; Sicilian: Lecci, Griko: Luppìu, Latin: Lupiae, Ancient Greek: Λουπίαι) is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Apulia. It is the main city of the Salentine Peninsula, a sub-peninsula at the heel of the Italian Peninsula and is over 2,000 years old.
Things to do in Lecce
1. Pizza&Co
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1 reviews
Small Pizzeria in the historic center of Lecce, excellent pizza and tasty homemade sandwiches, great courtesy and kindness of the owners themselves a unique place, a place where you can eat on the fly first class
Reviewed By TeoAppio - Milano
Very little place where you can get one of the best pizzas in the world! I'm Italian and I know how a good pizza is ? Really awesome and highly recommended!Thank you very much for the beautiful words, we remain hoping to have you soon again with us.
2. Il Pizzicotto
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 294 reviews
Reviewed By J S
Good simple pizza-by-the-slice sort of place. Have 4-5 trays of pizzas ready cooked, which are cut to your choosing, weighed (for price - about €1.30 for a 15 x 6 cm rectangle) and then warmed in small ovens for a minute of two. The pizza is very good, crisp base with good flavours. Popular with locals. There's a couple of seats inside, and then about 10 outside on the street - or you can go 30 metres up or down the road to public benches. A good place for a quick lunch; not a sit down place. Pizza not wood fired, but still good. Lunch for family of four, with soft drinks, €15!
3. L'Angolino di Via Matteotti
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By sammy321321 - Sofia, Bulgaria
Filled with meatballs and spinach in 'puccia' bread. Full of flavor, hearty, moist, and with accompanying vegetables such as eggplant. So so good! The people taking our order were wonderful as well.
4. Pizzeria Rosetta Pietro
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 185 reviews
Reviewed By Leccesedentro1982 - Monteroni di Lecce, Italy
Where would you ever find a pizza shop where you can eat the cheapest and most delicious pizza in the world??....easy, it's in Lecce at Via di Leuca 74...Rosetta!! I went there with my girlfriend last Saturday...we had two super delicious pizzas and a 66cl beer for just 11,80!!!
5. Quanto Basta
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 758 reviews
Reviewed By Mark W
After the best Pizza at Pizza & Co why not the best cocktail at this great little bar. Beautiful cocktails made with love by experts with great service and a cool ambience, what's not to like. Definitely worth finding this little bar in this magnificent city.
6. Radici
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 975 reviews
Radici is a special place dedicated to nature and tradition, where Km 0 products are key players in an amazing food experience. We welcome who is looking for authentic dining experiences all the time. Who are our customers? Everyone! Radici is a cafe, a food market, a perfect place for aperitifs, and it’s a restaurant. You can enjoy breakfast surrounded by nature, have lunch with daily proposals of Salento’s traditional dishes or savour an excellent fish dinner prepared in the open-plan kitchen by the chefs.And before leaving ... you can also do your shopping: in the market area you'll find a fine selection of products from local farms, a wide range of organic and wild vegetables, and a variety of cured meats and cheeses.Radici is freshness, genuineness and quality, also to take away.
Reviewed By Mike O - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
as they say, "Natura, tradizione e innovazione, esprimono la filosofia di RADICI."
there is a freshness that is apparent in every dish. traditional yet different. simple, elegant and delicious.
hard to decide which is more exciting, the pan seared octopus or saffron butter scampi ravioli. the entrecôte is beautifully grilled. the sgroppino, whilst not hand-made, is perfectly fine.
in a sea of very good restaurants, Radici is truly excellent.
warm and inviting dining room, lovely service. this is by no means whatsoever a tourist hangout. this is local !
7. La Prelibatezza G&C
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 603 reviews
Sandwich typical of LECCE,Craft beer
Reviewed By MarsVroom
A Good puce with whatever you like. Base is a goaty Cream cheese, a bit sour though... togheter with the beer a perfect combination. Trink trink brüderlein trink...
8. Come Vuoi Pane & Condimenti
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4.5 based on 374 reviews
Come Vuoi Pane & Condimenti ... it's a romantic love story where ancient tradition meets, a few generations later, the creativity and the talent of a young artist of taste. The attention to classic recipes, but also the discovery of combinations and innovative tastes enable those who visit our Store to taste the recipes of nearly a hundred baguettes freshly prepared, or to create a new one of their own taste, called "Come Vuoi", even by using an iPad.
Reviewed By Jorden N - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Our tour guide recommended this place if one only wants something simple to eat. Americans can think of this place as a fabulous gourmet version of Subway sandwiches made on delicious baguettes with gourmet ingredients. I had a smoked prosciutto ham, artichoke spread, marinated eggplant, and cheese Sandwich for a very reasonable 5.05 Euros. Great if you want to take something quick back to your hotel room. They have an English menu and you just check off the type of bread and ingredients you want. The ham was 1.40 E and each addition only .25 - .50 E additional.
9. Dall'Antiquario
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 408 reviews
Reviewed By TravelingJiya
service was really friendly and great, but the food was sub par. we sat outside which was on a very nice evening, but didn't see a lot of people and it gave us pause (most really good restaurants will turn you away without a reservation). we had meatballs and some oven baked vegetable dish both of which were just ok. it was our last dinner in lecce, and i wish we had gone elsewhere.
10. La Cucina Di Mamma Elvira
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 213 reviews
Reviewed By stephenddiamond - Livingston, New Jersey
We had dinner here and it was what you might call a mixed experience. We ordered three courses, "Anchovy fillets from the Cantabrian Sea", a pasta with lamb, and a cod fillet with Fava beans and roasted peppers.
We ordered a nice bottle of local white wine suggested by the waiter, which was well-priced.
The Cantabrian Sea music have a lot of tin cans in it, because that is what our first course consisted of-a tin of salted anchovies in oil, like we could have bought at the grocery store, along with some toasted bread.
I blame myself for presuming that a good restaurant (as this one was supposed to be) would be serving fresh anchovies for 13 euros. I think this restaurant should be ashamed to have something like this on the menu. If it has to be there, then warn diners who order it what to expect.
The pasta was tasty and well-prepared, although the lamb was ground, not in pieces. The cod was very good and as advertized.
We finished with a fig tart and espresso, both of which were very good.
This restaurant would have earned a 4 or 5 star review, but for the anchovy fiasco.
