AREA 8

Loved this cocktail bar! They have a very nice interior area as well as an exterior patio. Nicely decorated. Drinks were well crafted. The staff was very friendly. Highly recommend!

The bar is wonderful😍We had some cocktails, they were really nice. We loved the atmosphere in bar and the 80's vibe. The music was also great.

Absolutely loved this place. We found it by chance on our way to check somewhere else and eventually turned back, and we're glad we did. The Atmosphere is really great. Fun music, chill vibe, and the staff is super friendly. The food was excellent as well, we had the chicken, and salmon Bao Bun, Chicken strips, a vegetarian version of the Pinsa, and Samosa. We loved it all. We also had 2 drinks which were both delicious. I absolutely recommend a visit.

Nice bar with special vibe. Cocktails are delicious. Service is excellent

Great experience! Cool interiors, friendly service, and fenomenal drinks!

Great cocktails and atmosphere! Toy Boy cocktail was my favourite! Highly recommend for a fun night out!

Such a good place to visit in Matera, so lively, drinks were amazing my cocktail even came with a lipstick. We went here before a dinner reservation and ended up going back until late. Also the DJ in the main room was amazing so much energy !

Well, this was an incredible surprise, a gem hidden in this gem of the city! It is one of the best cocktails places we’ve been around the world We were walking around beautiful Matera, going past tens of lovely restaurants and bistros, when we saw Area 8. At first we only stopped to take some photos, as we instantly liked the vibe, but those seconds taking photos sold us and decided to stay. Best decision! The whole place is a vibe and each tiny detail is well thought, from the placemats with slang to use in Area 8, to a Mickey Mouse plate, the cocktail in mug, the funny coasters, all the cute and cool wall decorations. We ordered an appetiser platter for 2 and were not disappointed. All classic dishes - cheese bullets, guacamole, hummus and burrata were reinvented with surprising flavours. The bread in a mushroom shape was also delicious. The atmosphere was incredible, music was eclectic and perfectly chosen. When in Matera Area 8 is a must!

Sweet, beautiful Matera. A place that seems made by a careless god, but which actually has more planning and thought than you might think, all it takes is a visit to the ungrounded cisterns to understand that. We discovered areaotto our first evening in Matera, after dropping our bags off at our hotel in the sassi, we wanted a place to stop and have a drink and ended up staying here much longer than we imagined. Jutting off the side of a wall, during the day it is a communications agency, and night it turns into a bar and sort of disco. A dj plays cool tunes from the back of an ape vehicle, vintage and mis-matches chairs pepper the terrace. We settled into some old cinema chairs and ordered a moscow mule and a negroni sbagliato infused with ginger. Hot damn, these drinks were spot on, and for the cheap price 6€. My moscow mule was made with true ginger beer and in a copper mug. While they off an evening aperitivo buffet, we ordered off the a la carte menu, fava and chicory purée, a few bruschetta, and a mixed cheese platter. All were well-presented and tasted fabulous. We ordered tiramisu for dessert, which was made in a deconstructed style complete with your very own 'mezza-tazza' moka mug, so cool! The interior of areaotto is like a dream, a shabby-chic design one at that. The owner clearly put a lot of effort and love into this place and it shows. Mikaela the owner even took us to visit the secret back room, made in a speakeasy style complete with a James Bond mechanical pop-up bar. I could not love this place more if I tried, well-done! A very prime example of just how far this once-abandoned town considered the 'shame of Italy' has come.