Rifugio Sapienza

My husband and I are spending one night in Mount Edna, Sicily. The hotel recommended this place for us and even made the reservations in advance. I was concerned but appreciative of the foresight. We walked in around 8 PM and it was very quiet which also made me wondered about the experience we were about to encounter. By 9PM the place was full (and a bit loud) and the food plates were flying by.|I will summarize it by saying the whole experience was amazing! |The food was phenomenal, and the service kept right along in the same category. |We had a margarita pizza and a salad to star, followed by a pork Filetto, and straccato along with French fries, and of course a bottle of wine. 😜. |Now as for the dessert (of course we had to have one), we had an amazing pistachio and chocolate soufflé.|Everything was absolutely fresh and delicious. |Highly recommend this place!

We were cold and wet when we came down from our visit to the summit of Mount Etna but this was just the place to warm us up. Even though it was very busy, we did not have to wait too long to be serve and our freshly-made drinks were lovely and hot. Our snacks (don't ask me what they were called) were delicious. Can recommend.

What in email the pizza was off the charts, the straccato Sicilian delicacy of slow cook beef in red wine. That was unbelievable. Tunbelievable the pork cutlet was great . It was pistachio souffle. Amazing

Service was very slow. My husband got his main entree, but mine never came. We waited over 45 minutes for it and it never came even after a waiter tried to take our silverware and we told him we had more food coming. When we got our check, they charged us for all the food, even what we didn't get. When we told the cashier/owner. He said "sorry" and that was it. At the very least I would've expected something to be comped.

We visited after a quad excursion and really enjoyed everything we had. The children's menu was extensive and the portions are generous. Service is very efficient and the views are breathtaking 😍 the tris of arancini is a must-try!

I did not stay at the hotel. We planned a day to hike the volcano. We took the cable cars and then the trucks most of the way to the mountain and then hiked the rest of the way up through a tour excursion. The guide was very very knowledgeable and helpful. We had some inexperienced hikers in our group which caused some headache if you will, but overall I would definitely return. One suggestion I would make to the excursion guides would be to split the experienced hikers and the inexperienced hikers into 2 groups. I did this hike with cracked ribs and to be honest there was maybe 3 people in the group that had zero hiking issues. About half the group needed babysitting if you will.

Good parking arrangements. Park, then use one of the parking machines to pay the time you are likely to stay. I paid €5 for half day (6 hours). Need to type in your car registration number, then put the printed ticket on your dashboard.

This is the place where you can book your tickets to the Etna, especially the cable car and the Jeep-busses going up to 3000m There is a souvenir shop and clean toilets. Advice: try to get here before 10. The earlier the better… sometimes there are huge queues….

Good service, great food. Enjoyed the mixed fried appetizer which had a variety of delicious choices. My Etna pizza was delicious and tasted so fresh. This location is right in the Mt Etna touristy area, but was easy to get a table. Great prices as well.

Great food. Great service. Perfect feast for hiking a mountain. Thank you for your hospitality. House wine is the best. Mushroom ravioli was delicious.