Ristorante L'Aratro

The service was good, though we arrived close to the end of lunchtime, so it naturally slowed down a little. The sommelier’s wine service was particularly memorable. The way he presented and poured the wine felt like a charming little ceremony, very entertaining to watch. The dishes are classic to the region and prepared in a traditional style. However, the mixed grill main looked a bit rough which surprised me. Overall, it’s still a lovely spot to experience authentic regional cuisine with a warm atmosphere and thoughtful service.

The service is impeccable! It can’t be beat. They are friendly and attentive without hovering. The wine service was informed and entertaining. The food was served promptly, hot, and all at once. The meals were heavenly spiced and featured foods of the region. We enjoyed it so much we had dined there our second night. They some how recognized us , it is very busy, and comped us a free limoncello. The decor is lovely and warm, and uniquely situated inside a couple of Trullio. Definitely call ahead- they book up quickly.

Authentic Italian restaurant with amazing food and wine selection. Service was excellent. Desserts and coffee amazing

Passed through Alberobello for lunch, stopped into this restaurant for a meal. We shared the cavatelli pasta and grilled sausage. The pasta was pretty average, the cavatelli pasta itself wasn't really cavatelli, it was some other overcooked pasta shape and the sauce was very watery almost like a soup. The taste wasn't there either, quite disapointing. The sausage was fine, but at a price tag of 20 euro was a bit of a joke for what was on the plate.

Super cute restaurant. Cheese platter of your dreams!! One of a kind pasta dishes. Highly recommend.

Cosy spot, top tier service, well catered to allergies and freshly made pasta! Finished off with a delicious ice cream dessert and some sugar & cinnamon coated almonds too

Good location and nice service but that doesn’t make up for the overpriced tourist food. The other reviews were right. Skip it if you can find another place.

This is the best restaurant in Italy I had so far. It is even better than restaurant in Naples and Rome. The antipasto is unbelievable amazing !!!! 10 dishes for only $27 Euro, each is only $2.7 ?! Crazyyyyy good value. To be honest, we didn’t know that at beginning, so when they sent us first 4 plates, we were like not bad for $27, then 6 plates came, we were surprised and fulfilled then 8 plates came, we started to worry if we order something wrong which may cause $100 Euro, then we asked the waiter and make sure we did the right order and there were two more plates coming. We really shocked by the good value of money and all plates tasted amazing like Fine dinning level. To be honest, for only the 10 plates antipasto, we would pay $100 AUD each in Sydney for a fine dinning restaurant. Unbelievable amazing restaurant, definitely the No.1 restaurant in Italy I ever had.

Fine dining without small portions and pretentiousness. Amazing dish they called seafood and wheat. Local wines available. An appetizer of local salamis etc. had fresh mozzarella filled w fresh ricotta cheese.

What a beautiful town built on Truli houses in Alberobello! Such a dream to be able to see this part of Italy! L'aratro is tucked inside the streets, we decided on this restaurants as they are recognized by Michelin. We are glad to be trying this authentic local restaurant. Flavors that are so different from other parts of Italy! We tried the different anti pasta, which is served on multiple plates, small bite sized tasting. I can't tell you what each dish was, but can say they each had its own flavor. Several different cheeses, a bacon wrapped cheese, a polenta-like biscuit. For entrees, we tried a mixed grill meats (arrosto misto, with bombette - all local pork, seafood with wheat (grano con frutti di mare), and a cavetellucci. For dessert, also tried a very local dish with fried figs and a tart made of wine. The flavors are all so different. Certainly a must try if you get to come to Alberobello!

This was our first night of 3 nights in Alberobello and we found this gem of a restaurant thanks to Laura of Tipico Trulli ..the service was out of this world, the ambience of eating in the Trulli room was so incredible and the food DELICIOUS! My wife had the Fricelli Calvolfiori E Pom (local wheat pasta, cauliflower, red onions and tomato. I had the Filetto Di Spinoza (sea bass stuffed with local cheese and other good stuff). FANTASTIC MEAL. We would come back tonight except they are closed so will return tomorrow for our third and last evening here. For desserts wife had Pan Cotta which was like a white flag with caramel sauce and I had some pudding type dessert with crispy fig chips..BOTH OUTSTANDING. Almost forgot the pre-dinner bread/pretzel basket with some other spongy soaked with olive oil and tomato bread. Highly recommend!!

What a wonderful experience. In the fairytale setting of Alberobello, we happened upon this gem, and decided to dine here after seeing this restaurant highly rated on Yelp. We didn't reserve so we had to wait 25 minutes for a table, but it sure was worth it. We started with a wonderful assorted appetizer plate full of apulian delicacies, from ricotta (primo sale) to coppa (caciocavallo) to delicious fuori di zucca. The plates kept coming and each dish was more delicious than the previous one. Service was friendly and efficient. The pasta dishes we ordered for 'primi' were delightful. Orecchiette with cine di rapa for my wife and orecchiette with ragù of frizzl for two of my kids. A couple local red wines (rosso di Troia and a primitivo) complemented the food well. The owner came over towards the end of the meal to make sure all was well. Two big thumbs up.

Terrible place, terrible people. They open at 12 pm and we were waiting since 11am for them to open. My sister had a heatstroke and was sitting next to their store and they came out to tell her to get off because they are a restaurant. Meanwhile, they let the two Italians beside us to go inside and wait.

We had a late dinner here when we could not get a spot at other restaurants. They can handle large groups and had some nice variety. Oriechette pasta with tomatoes was good. A very. NIce negroamaro glass of wine. Wife had the favs bean paste with sauce and small pastas on top. A regional speciality

Great Food! The food here reminded me of a home cooked meal from my Nona. The servers were very nice and accommodating. I would highly recommend this restaurant!