Ai Lumi

I stayed in the attic room for one night. The property is really old school pretty, with a lovely courtyard full of plants. I stayed in the attic room which is accessed via a metal spiral staircase and is super cute. Definitely not for tall people though - I don’t think you’d get under the shower if you were more than 5’5”! Comfy bed, lovely and quiet. The staff were really helpful, called the day before to see if I needed a taxi from the airport and were happy for me to check in late. Breakfast was OK - highlight was the orange juice which you squeeze yourself!

Pros: lovely atmosphere and ambiance, service was prompt (rushed and stressed at times) but good service, nice enough staff. Cons: no cream sauce (as described on the menu) on the beef carpaccio, I wouldn’t say it was beef carpaccio at all. The side salad, was quite literally just smashed up iceberg lettuce (literally no dressing or tomato or other vegetables or cheese or anything), this isn’t a salad. I had let the beef carpaccio go, but for this I pointed out the lack of items inside of it, to which he then brought out some vinegar and oil. The paccheri pasta (which they are famous for), was literally the most shrimp tasting thing I have ever had, it was so shrimp you couldn’t even taste the truffle, which says something. It was grossly rich. Also the shrimp were tiny shrimp from a can. What is that? This placed used to be a Michelin star and they are riding on the coat tails of this. My group wished we dined elsewhere.

The location of the hotel is perfect, right in the centre of Trapani with everything on your doorstep. Despite this it's very quiet and feels like a peaceful retreat. My room was good, with everything I needed, breakfast was pleasant, and the staff were all very helpful including arranging taxis and late check in for me. I would happily stay here again.

The busiest restaurant we found on Tuesfay lunch in the centre of Trapani. Next to the closed Cathedral. Honestly priced, good service. Food ok nothing more. We had busiest with sicilian pesto and aubergine, nice, spaghetti with pesto and 4 mussels, nothing special, they should either put more mussels to enhance the flavour or take them off the menu, then we had a green salad, made with iceberg only, I think this salad is the only one imported in Italy, so maybe try to make it more adventurous. Wine very nice and the bill was fair. Overall good experience but need to improve.

Balkony with a view to the courtyard, nice streetview. Effective entrance. Cosy, good beds and pillows. Many stairs. :) Felt kind of private, did not have to pass the reception to get in and out. Interesting historical building, rooms a little bit of oldschool, but with a good vibe.

Only been to the restaurant, great and attentive service, food and atmosphere was also great. Cater to vegans, I had pasta Norma sauce without the cheese and it was lovely. Loved the wine 🍷 too 😊

I CANNOT recommend this restaurant to ANYONE. I don't understand how they have such good ratings everywhere. I feel like they are scamming people with all their old "Michelin Guide" stickers on their window, the newest one being from 2018...so quite old and the food clearly had no relation to the stickers. We went to eat here on our last night of our holiday, because of the cute terrace and the menu sounded good...but the food was so bad that it ruined our whole nights mood. The starters were fine, but the mains that we were really excited about where the worst we've had this year. We had the grilled king prawns, which cost 24€. Definitely over priced for a dish that had only 4 prawns and a piece of lemon on it. The price could've been forgive if the dish would've been good, but no. The prawns were raw and not cleaned, they all still had the gut that is full of feces. And because they were raw the taste was bad, and the texture was so gross that I could feel it on my tongue for the rest of the night. Our other main was the veal with the blueberry sauce, this one was 28€. The dish could've been tasty, but the plate was drowning in the blueberry sauce so you couldn't even see what you were supposed to be eating. All you could taste was the blueberry, even when we tried to scrape the sauce of, the veal was pointless on the plate because you couldn't only taste the sauce. We first tried really hard to stay positive and just eat the food we were given....but in the end we realized there's no point in paying almost 30€ per dish for such bad food, both dishes being so bad that we couldn't finish them. We told the waiter that the mains are so bad that we are not paying for them and they barely even apologized. We only paid for the starters (because they were okay) and left to eat a pizza in a different restaurant. They could've saved the situation with good customer service, but no, they just decided not to care... Like I said, cannot recommend this restaurant to anyone.

Yes, it's old-fashioned and slightly tired, and very quirky, but all the better for it! It's a real gem, and very good value. I greatly enjoyed my three nights here. The owner is delight, charming and helpful (carried my suitcase up the old steps for me). The location is ideal and easy to find. The room was very quiet, overlooking a central courtyard, the bed was comfortable. I slept very well. Breakfast is very good, with squeeze-your-own orange juice and a good selection of savoury and sweet, and the woman who oversees it all was a friendly start to the day. I booked a basic double for single use, but if you are a couple you might want to upgrade to one of the larger rooms.