Ancient Saint Francis Focaccia Shop

We had just arrived in town and our Airbnb host suggested we head down to this place for a quick dinner. We were just going to have a cocktail and an appetizer but ended up having the shrimp linguine with pesto and I had ordered the rice balls sample, but ended up getting a different sampler plate, which I enjoyed. Their service was quick and the food arrived fast. Everything was warm and when I flagged the server over to question my meal, she explained each of the different rice balls that I had received and the items on the plate. The setting is a small square right front of the cathedral. The only two negatives were the panhandlers that were coming through either playing music begging for money or selling flowers or just begging for money and the second being as I remember on a previous trip to Italy there is a cover charge per person and this was three euros each. Remember no tipping necessary.

Five of us came and although we weren't served at the same time (which is why I gave the service four stars), we had a great time, the waiters were friendly and gave us a warm welcome, the food was excellent, well served and prepared, the quantities and prices were reasonable, in my opinion this restaurant is on the list of restaurants to go to in Palermo, I highly recommend it .

The food was excellent, and we loved sitting outside and enjoying the sun. The service was a bit slow, but it didn't take away from the overall enjoyable experience.

Expecting a little more for an original place of Palermo, some of it was bland whereas some over seasoned. I wasn't amazed! but it was edible and the place is looking good for it's old age.

Amazing Italian food very authentic I would recommend especially the Arancini or for the brave ones the Pani Ca Meusa(made from lamb spleen and lungs) both times we went there it's was great

Beautiful courtyard but lacking atmosphere. Food was ok but there are much better places to eat.

The best thing about the restaurant was the location. Located at the S. Francisco church piazza , I really wanted to like this restaurant. The location was beautiful ( a wedding took place before dinner) and the ambiance was perfect BUT.... the service was spotty and inconsistent at best. NOW for the food....the dishes looked presentable, but that's where the enjoyment stopped. The dishes weren't awful , which is the best compliment I can give this food . Flavorless, bland , boring, and totally forgettable would be the perfect adjectives for the meals served ( read other reviews 😉 ). Do yourself a big , big favor and find another restaurant. NOT RECOMMENDED BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY BETTER CHOICES, JUST STEPS AWAY.

I ordered a pasta that I got heated in a takeaway box and put on a plate with a plastic fork. It was ok at the beginning, I mean, I could eat it. At the end what is in the picture was UNEATABLE. It was so hard. Burnt. I told the waiter and asked for a fork to be able to cut it and eat more, but it was impossible. He never offered anything else or apologised. This was 24 of April 2024,