Ristorante Gagini

Came here with my husband for a Valentines lunch. We did the 10 course tasting menu with wine pairing. Service was fantastic. The drinks were incredible and the food was delicious.

Food highlight of our trip to Palermo. The perfect combination of atmosphere, lighting, music, service, stupendous food and amazing wine flight to accompany the 6 course tasting menu. Highly recommended.

Would absolutely recommend Ristorante Gagini to anyone in Palermo. We chose the tasting menu, and we were not disappointed. The casoncello was my favorite. And the bread was a bonus, delicious surprise. Service was amazing too!

We had the 11-course menu and loved the atmosphere, music, and friendly staff. The menu was interesting, but I expected more. For a potential Michelin star restaurant, the flavors didn’t quite meet my expectations.

Amazing restaurant in Palermo, hard to find gem in the city. The tasting menu at €110, was a bargain, serious creation in the dishes. The harmony of taste was unreal, the tasting menu was six courses, and definitely it was worth the money and a portions and flavors were wonderful. We had the one star Michelin dinner in Taormina’s Principe Cerami the night before, this place is so much better. Highly recommended.

Overpriced and overrated. One of the biggest highlights was their bread and olive oil, which says a lot. Ordered the 7 course menu because why not. 3 out of the 7 were good. I did not get what the chef was trying to do with the other 4 dishes - why mix those ingredients? Is the temperature right? Why is this tasteless? The pig was not good at all. Service was okay but took much longer than needed - seems they do that to make it “interesting”. I recommend you go to their sister restaurant, Buatta, instead. Simply better.

We sat at the counter close to the kitchen. We had the chance to watch the chef work, very focused and smiling all the time! Amazing service by Pietro and Ariana. The Quadrotti was one of the best things I ever ate in my life! Thank you Gagini team for the amazing experience!

Note: My experience took place in May 2022, and I posted the review immediately afterward. I’m not sure why Google recently updated the date. The restaurant has claimed it will report my review to the authorities to have it taken down. The discrepancy in the date is not my fault, as it seems to be a system glitch. However, I have now clearly stated the time of the experience in my review. We had a 6-course menu with wine pairings. I think the wine was excellent. Although the food was well cooked, it was boring. The service was quite clumsy. One of the wine glasses was not clean. Overall, I was not satisfied, and in my opinion, the restaurant does not deserve a Michelin star.

Great food and service. Hate 5 EUR bottle of still water as an American though. Good diversity of foods and presentation with 6 course tasting. Beautiful presentation. Explanations in English limited to ingredients. Assume I was getting deconstructed Sicilian dishes but unsure. Free restaurant WiFi if you ask.

Although seeing some less than recent Yelp! reviews, I wanted to give my take on Gagini. Overall I found the visit worth its 1 star Michelin rating. I was given prompt and proper service from the staff the whole time and they were more than willing to speak English with menus to match. Located in a great part of Palermo, the restaurant blends right in with their menu and experience. I opted for the 4 course tasting menu and wine pairing. The quality of each dish was superb and nothing presented I could not taste or enjoy. The pork neck certainly stood out and pasta was also perfectly done. The wine pairing was also matching each dishes strengths and was also of good value. All in all, Gagini is a restaurant worth your time and money if visiting Palermo for a true Sicilian outing.

My wife made the reservation based on a recommendation she received and their alleged 1 Michelin star rating. The dining experience was sub par. The food was better than the service but not by much. Not worth your time or money. Go elsewhere. To put it bluntly i have never been more so disappointed with a dining experience in my life.

Had the six course tasting menu to sample the creations of the chef. It was not worth it. In fact, it was downright lousy. Service was OK but the food and creations were sometimes without taste and sometimes quite fishy tasting as if it was not fresh. My wife and I have been all over the world and had many very good culinary experiences, but this was not one of them. We've had Michelin rated restaurants, food in Ecuador and Mexico, which were far away superior and absolutely worth the money spent. Our bill came to $485 for four people. I truly wish I would've spent it somewhere else.

We were really excited to try this restaurant but sadly, it did not live up to a fraction of the hype. The service was beyond terrible. So incredibly slow, which ok- sometimes it's nice to enjoy a slow pace but after two hours, we still hadn't gotten our second course. A bug flew into my wine and they took it away. After 30 minutes I had to flag down the sommelier to ask for a new one which they finally got but they couldn't replace it with what I had been drinking because it was gone. Then they had the audacity to say they wouldn't charge me for the second replacement glass... what? After two hours and two courses- our kid had passed out from exhaustion- we decided we could not wait lord knows how long for the other four courses so we decided to call it quits and leave. They of course charged us the full amount for the entire dinner even though we didn't finish because it just took so incredibly long. The courses we did get were fine- nothing memorable and nothing worth making the the trek for. Best part of the night- the fantastic bread and olive oils. I'd definitely never recommend this place sadly.

Save yourself the time, save yourself the money and save yourself the disappointment. The food was beyond abysmal, not a single memorable plate for a good reason. We ordered the entire menu, and not a single starter was enjoyable. Of the second course pastas, the squid ink one had such a thick and goopy sauce it was like chewing a mouthful of thick chewy hubba gum that you couldn't swallow. The main courses, the baby octopus was covered in that inedible squid ink and most of all - it took almost 20 minutes to bring the check after asking for it. How this place received a star is beyond me - avoid it for your own good

What a huge disappointment and strange, sterile atmosphere. The staff weren't attentive and acted totally disinterested in our table. Additionally, there was a weird table in the middle of the floor with a laptop on it which the staff kept sitting at and typing on. It was almost like being in a doctors office. Really strange. The food was interesting and mostly tasty but worth the price? Absolutely not. $35 for three small cucumbers hollowed out cucumbers with seafood inside? The portions were so, so tiny and the prices were incredibly high. There was also an arrogant wine sommelier who didn't even offer a greeting and acted annoyed the whole time we were ordering. This is the kind of restaurant where they ignore you and/or act rude and it's supposed to be a sign of wealth and exclusivity. We basically spent just under $400.00 to be treated poorly and we were so excited to splurge on this once in a lifetime meal. There are tons of other restaurants where the food is delicious and the staff are really nice people. Avoid this place and give someone else your business that actually deserves it.

Not at all what I expected after reading these reviews. They served 4/5 plates all were cold. One was returned. The 5th person ate alone because their food came 15 mins after us. Honestly that's a big no no for a "top" restaurant. 2 people liked their food. 2 didn't and one returned their plate. Portions are embarrassingly small. Awful.

This was a truly memorable dining experience. The cuisine was inspired, grounded in fine ingredients, and beautifully conceived and executed. The combinations of favors were complementary, not contrived. The atmosphere was both sophisticated and unpretentious. The service was excellent and the sommelier was helpful, enthusiastic, and knowledgable. Prices most reasonable. For fine cuisine in Palermo, this restaurant is essential.

Food excellent, service should be more involved with their clients, would be nice if they ask how we liked the food.

amazing meal, on par with what you would find in a big city. slightly experimental, but definitely one of the best meals i've had in italy! the prices are not outrageous, for 3 people to eat (with 2 appetizers and cocktails for all of us) it was under €150! will definitely come back if given the chance!