Pompeii Restaurants

When you visit the Scavi site at Pompeii, you'll notice that there are a few restuarants that have popped up around the area. When we checked the menu listings for these places, we weren't surprised to see that the prices were expensive - but this can be expected as their placed in a very famous area, and receive lots of tourists. My advice would be to eat in nearby Sorrento (if you have access to a car) or take your own picnic (we saw a few people in Pompeii scavi eating packed lunches).

This was a very small, but well maintained facility. It is cafeteria style for both a lite sandwich in one line, and a bit heavier meal of pasta or fish in another line. They will prepare it "to go" so that you may carry it with you to the Quadriportico dei teatri. This is an open area just perfect for picnicing. Lots of people use it, especially large school tours.

Favorite Dish: The Sandwiches were really good. Fresh bread from the area with a variety of toppings. They are pre-made, but very tasty. Also remember if you are not sure what is on the sandwich - ask. They were very nice and spoke enough english to the little bit of Itialian I knew that it was very easy to communicate with them. Also the price for the sandwich side of the restaurant was reasonable. They are the only place to purchase food once inside the exhibit.

This is the only place to eat within Pompeii, its located right by the forum by the Arch. There are two parts to this cafe. In the very front they serve quick snacks, like Panini's and pastries. In the back is a cafeteria that sells pasta's and meats. The food is rather bland but the prices are not. I had pasta and a piece of cake and it cost me 15 euro. Honestly I would pack a lunch in if I were you, but if money is not an issue its a decent place to eat and you can't beat the location.

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OK, my title for this tip could be an exaggeration, but I’ve rarely had such a delicious and refreshing glass of juice as the one I got here after our visit to the ruins. There are in fact a few cafes in a row on the road that leads from the station to the entrance – we went to the one nearest the entrance because its colourful display of fruit caught our eye as soon as we left and there seemed no reason to go further.

There is no interior here; all seating is outside on a terrace area between the road and the railway line. I realise that doesn’t make it sound very attractive, but in fact it’s a pleasant place to sit as neither road nor railway is very busy and the owners have created a cheerful shaded spot here. Chris opted for a cappuccino while I was tempted by the “house speciality” – a fresh-pressed juice drink combining local oranges and lemons. This was as I’ve said, absolutely gorgeous, the added sharpness of the lemon making it more refreshing than usual orange juice but not being too much to make the drink sour. The drinks cost €3 each, which I thought was very reasonable for such a tourist spot.

Don't go, It's rubbish. We walked through and i must say that after only 3 or 4 hours of walking around the sliced water melon did look most satisfying but my mum ate there and said it was just overcooked tasteless food and was very expensive

Small restaurant, easy to find on the main road that goes to the new city of Pompei.
It's not the usual trattoria but in fact a tavola calda, a place where the locals eat. There are a few long tables and you pull up wherever you find a place.

Favorite Dish: Their menu was full of local specialties with a wide choice of fish dishes.
I ordered home-made gnocchi (don't remember what sauce) as a starter and fish (daurade) as a main course. Delicious!
After lunch we were offered a limoncello.

The Romans were not fool and they had already invented the fast-food.
In this restaurant (to be remodeled), they sold three types of soups. The customer chose his soup which was heated in a vat and received it immediately in a bowl, ready to be eaten.

There's loads of restaurants and trattoria's on Via Roma which is the main road into the centre of Pompeii. I went into one but I can't remember the name. It's on the righthand side as you walk towards the town centre just before you reach the main square. Not bad food, a little on the plain side but it was cheap.