Haydn Dalton
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Azz! Is a small restaurant just off the main drag through the town of Sorrento, Italy.
We’d heard a lot of positive things about the place, so we decided to go and check the place out for dinner.
When we got there, we realized how small it was, and there was already a small line outside, waiting to be seated. It’s rare that I’d line up for food, but I was on holiday and was keeping my initial chances of food in Sorrento high for quality.
After a 15mins wait, myself and my two sons were seated. We browsed the menu, which was small but had decent variety. As we looked through the choices of food, a small dog was mulling around the restaurant. It had a sign on it, which said not to feed it (still not sure if it was the owners dog, or some rando off the street). My boys loved trying to get its attention as it passed near our table.
In the menu, it pointed out that everything is cooked fresh, so there’ll be a longer wait than most places. Please look elsewhere if you want something quick. I’d take that as a good sign.
I ordered the Pappardelle ai Funghi Porchini, basically a very wide, thin pasta with a mushroom sauce. One of my boys ordered the Margherita pizza, the other a simple grilled chicken breast and side potatoes.
I was surprised at the punch of the mushroom flavour of the sauce, and the pasta was cooked just right. I was very tasty.
The son who ordered the Pizza, really enjoyed his, too. Coming to the end days of our trip, he recalled this as being the best pizza he had ever tasted 😊
We enjoyed Azz! so much, that we returned again a few days later. It was the only restaurant that we visited twice during our stay in Sorrento. The second time I tried the Penne all’Arrabbiata…which was tomatoey and spicy sauce with penne pasta. Another simple, but very tasty dish.
I’d suggest getting there early in the day, say 3 or 4 for dinner, as it can get busy from 6pm onwards.
Well worth a visit, and merits it’s good scores and reviews.