From the main street of the town "Via del Duomo," turn to the west
and follow this single white trail. Il Teatro is located at the corner. Good
atmosphere!
From the ceiling of the restaurant a cute welcome sign is found.
The interior atmosphere is also nice and spacious, toilets are clean.
The white house wine was served by a beaker! Of course I poured into a glass
and drank it.
Wine-steamed mussels appetizer. You can see their full meats also from the photos.
It was only 6 euro!
Penne with carbonara sauce. I tried to eat the menu which the local people would
like to order. It was a little bit dry but had a decent taste.
This is the "Sharatierri", specialty pasta of Amalfi and Naples. I
had eaten in many restaurants, but this dish had the most glutinous texture.
Sauce was well mixed and delicious!
Sorrento's popular dessert "Delizia al Limone". Beautiful lemon yellow
cream, the cake is accompanied by a local fresh lemon.
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Since Amalfi is a resort town, there are many many restaurants.
I tried to search a not touristic one on the back streets, and found this hidden
restaurant "Il Teatro". |
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Amalfi is one of the largest resorts in southern Italy. There are many restaurants and shops on main street but most of all are for tourists and it's not very pleasant. Therefore, I decided to search a hidden restaurant on back street, the friendly one where the locals go often, and went out to explore. About 30 minutes after wandering around the backstreets of white plaster, comparing the rates and menu lists of several restaurants, I finally decided this restaurant "Il Teatro". "Teatro" means "Theatre" in Italian, I was looking forward to see what kind of dishes would come on stage.
Since we arrived at the restaurant at 12.30, at the opening time for lunch
of this restaurant, so we were the first. The menu from appetizers to main dishes
is composed of rich local traditional seafood. Outside of the restaurant firewoods
were stacked and used for pizza oven. If you stay longer, I guess it would be
also nice to have a pizza at night.
The interior is enough spacious and bright,
I choose outside to see this pretty white street. Comfortable and cool breeze
of June was winding.
Price range is really resonable so hard to believe as a resort area. Lunch for 2 persons, we payed only 37 euros including wine. Wine-steamed mussels appetizer (Cozze alla marinara) was just cooked, large and fresh meats of mussels were so delicous. We ordered also Penne pasta with carbonara sauce and a well-known local pasta "Sharatierri with fish". Sharatierri of this restaurant is truly handmade, its glutinous texture was wonderful. The pasta with seafood was unbearably delicious !!!
When I was taking pictures of food concentratedly, one of the old staffs offered to take a photo of me! I passed him my camera but he didn't understand exactly how to use this camera. Finally an inclear picture came out, but I was very happy to touch his kindness. The other staffs were all friendly and courteous. People of southern Italy is really kind and charming.
We ordered this famous dessert, Delizia al Limone cake. This cake is a specialty
of this region known for lemon products, and has a cute shape of a dome.
Southern
Italian sweets are often too sweet, however this cake is prepared with limoncello
(lemon liqueur) and lemon peels, so it's very refreshing taste. The outside is
smooth and creamy, while inside the different flavors cream is wrapped by sponge
cake.
Even if after eating a lot, this dessert is too delicious
to finish all. When you visit the Amalfi Coast, please eat this dessert at least
once!!
Overeating the day before, we took a light lunch, two dishes less than the usual. In any case, it would be pretty cheap considering that this price included wine.
| Table charge | 2 euros / person |
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| Antipasto Appetizer |
Cozze alla marinara (Wine Steamed Mussels) 6 euros etc. 6-10 euros |
| Primi piatti Pasta |
Penne alla Carbonara (Penne with Carbonara sauce) 7 euros, Scialatielli al
Teatro (Sharatierri with seafood) 8 euros, etc 6-10 euros |
| Secondi piatti Mein dishes |
6-10 euros |
| Contorni Side dish |
4-6 euros |
| Pizza | 4.5-8 euros |
| Dolci Desserts |
Homemade Dessert (Dolce della casa) 4 euros |
| vino, bevande Wine Drinks |
Various Wines Vino della casa (House wine) 6 euros Acqua (Natural water) 2 euros |
| Store name | Ristorante Il Teatro |
| Address | Via E.Marini, 19 Amalfi (SA)-Italy |
| How to reach | Go to the north on the main street Via del Duomo, and turn left in the narrow street. Here there are many narrow streets so check well on your map. If you ask to someone nearby, everybody knows it. |
| Phone number | +39 089 872473 |
| Opening Hours | Lunch 12:30-15:00 Dinner 18:30- |
| Budget | about 15-25 euros a head (excluding drink) |
| Map |
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Amalfi is a small and cute town and is the best location to stay because of good transport service to other towns. It's lively in the center of the town, but if you enter in backstreets you can find the wide landscape.
There are many tourists of course, but you would be able to find a hidden restaurant, or there are also many trattoria. If you prefer to eat local dishes in a family atmosphere, I highly recommend here. You can fully satisfy the taste, of course!