Mandralisca Sedici (16)

Authentic high quality fresh delicious food. The bread that came out at the start was a warm straight out of the oven. The pasta was divine. Beautiful setting. Affordable. Great service. Great wine. Very good value (€60 euro ish for two, with a starter to share, a glass of wine each, and a pasta dish).

Tucked away in one of Cefalù’s charming alleyways, Mandralisca Sedici is a notch above your average trattoria—both in style and quality. We kicked things off with an outstanding octopus salad and a generous portion of beef carpaccio, both packed with flavor. The mains? Ravioli with pork, creamy risotto with scampi, and perfectly done spaghetti vongole—all delivering above-average deliciousness. Prices are a bit higher, but if you’re into great food, it’s worth it. Definitely a spot for those who appreciate quality over just another touristy meal!

Food here is extraordinery good, we went for octopus salad served with slices of orange, tasted heavenly good, same pasta with clams. The only disadvantage was not enough efficiently working air conditions.

The restaurant has a dining room and outdoor seating (see photos). Service was very friendly and efficient. The special of the day what grilled whole fish (sea bream) for €25. It was well prepared but unfortunately, it was not descled so one could not eat its skin. The Sicilian salad was surprisingly small and consisted of tomatoes, some olives, and capers. Their bread basket offer in-house baked rolls, which are truly amazing! The washrooms are sparkling clean, well stocked, and smell great. If not for the rolls and washrooms, my rating would have been lower...

We stopped for a lunch break on an outside table and had 4 different antipasto plates. It tasted as good as it looks

Friendly staff, high quality ingredients. We ordered both the pork loin and the mussels pasta and the octopus as the appetiser. The octopus was perfectly cooked, very good. The mussels pasta was delicious, lots of garlic and perfectly seasoned. However, the pork loin with bitter dark chocolate sauce was very disappointing, stone dry and tasted frankly quite bad. Unfortunately had to leave it. The restaurant could probably benefit from leaving the dish out from the menu all together, since everything else was basically perfect.

We recently visited Mandralisca in Cefalu. The atmosphere was cozy and welcoming. Restaurant offer a variety of delicious dishes. The portions were generous and the ingredients tasted fresh and high quality. We waited for the food a little bit longer than we expected but in the end it was worth the waiting time. The service was really good. Mandralisca’s waiters were friendly and professional. The prices are the best in Cefalù. We would definitely return back.

I really like the ambience and the staff was really nice, everything was amazing but I loved more the dish of the day. That was some tuna with aubergine it was so good and different and it’s a Sicilian typical dish, the desert was also really good 🤩 REALLY GOOD! Also I’ve asked a dish for the kid that it wasn’t on the menu and she loved it! It was really thoughtful of them!! I recommend!!