Trattoria Il Focolare

Come for the rabbit and enjoy the view! Everything about this place was great. It was showcased by Stanley Tucci on "Searching for Italy." Food, service, views, you name it and I'm telling you it's worth it. Family run and all of the kids are running and cooking in the restaurant. AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING experience. The rabbit is exceptional, but the pastas that come out as the first course....OMG, trust me, you're going to want to try this! Get a reservation b/c this place fills up quick!

Must go for the island land cusine. Of course their rabbit is delicious - or the Ischian dish you have to book it in advance otherwise the roasted one is no less amazing! But even the appetizers and the chicken were wonderful. Thanks to quality ingredients and recipes perfectly executed.

The best dining experience in Ischia! From traditional rabbit dish, to incredible wine, most welcoming service and the warmest family-like atmosphere. A rare combination of things that was an absolutely fantastic experience! Extremely recommend, you have to have rabbit!

This place is worth the hype. It’s run by a lovely family. The wine list is excellent. They are very accommodating - they let me have the rabbit ischitana for one when I reserved ahead. The aperativo on the terrace was unexpected and delightful. The rabbit itself was amazing. The price is reasonable. I would come back every time

Thoroughly disappointed in this tourist trap. To start with the menu, the entire menu was translated into English (as it’s a restaurant designed for tourists), aside from the actual food options as they said it can’t be translated.. this makes no sense and I feel like it was done on purpose so that they can push specific dishes on you. We asked for WiFi (as there is no data at the restaurant) so that we could translate the menu on our own but they would not allow us to have access to it so it’s not possible to translate. Then for the food, for a restaurant that prides themself on local cuisine, it felt designed for a basic American palette where they don’t know anything about authentic Italian cooking. All the dishes were overloaded with cheese, cream or deep fried. Considering the quality of the ingredients and what was presented, it is exorbitantly expensive for what you get. I am thoroughly confused by any positive review of the food here and for service, it felt a bit cheeky in how they treated us. Many other places to get dinner in Ischia with a better experience as well as food.

It has an amazing setting in the mountains and a great story but the food is very expensive if we want their famous rabbit and all the other dishes are equally expensive with starters starting from 20 euros and mains from 30 ( some pasta dishes) at 20 That said it was an experience and the staff are warm and friendly

Absolutely incredible experience! The food was some of the best I’ve had in a long time – so fresh, authentic, and full of flavour. Everyone was so genuine and welcoming, and we received extra dishes from the chef that were perfection. Everything was perfect from start to finish, the shared platter to the rabbit. After dinner, the amazing staff gave us a tour and shared the history of the place, which made it even more special. A truly wonderful, family-run restaurant that I can’t recommend enough!

Excellent evening and well worth the hype. Truly unique experience, fantastic food and service. Would recommend doing the sharing antipasto, we then over ordered with a pasta each and then steak to finish. Completely stuffed, you could honestly share a pasta and a secondi and that would be plenty of food. Great value considering the quality, portions and overall experience. Would highly recommend to all my friends coming here in the future