Da Michele - Massa Lubrense

One of the best meals we had on our recent trip to Italy. Highly recommend the Gnochi Sorrento. Wonderful service and great location!

I brought my wife and sons down to Ristorante Pizzeria Da Michele for a beautiful view to wrap up our vacation. The weather was perfect and we had great seats. The waitress arrived and ask if we wanted sparkling or still water. We are not a fan of sparkling so we chose still. She brought a giant bottle and filled everyone’s glasses. We all took a sip and then realized it was sparkling….yuck. We let her know nicely that it was sparkling and asked her to replace it. She did…but it still showed up on the bill. A little while later our pizzas arrived and they were average at best. The pizzas were not cut in slices. We wanted to share so I asked for a pizza cutter. The waitress made a comment in Italian and proceeded to cut each pizza with a fork and knife. We still enjoyed them and soaked in the amazing view. Once our meal was complete my wife went to pay and I walked the boys around the marina. Come to find out the internet was down and they were not able to process the card. They asked for cash and she did not have enough to cover the meal. They immediately got aggressive and said you have to pay. You cannot leave. Keep in mind this is a vacation spot and a “nice” restaurant. When my wife said she be more than happy to go to the bank ATM to get Euro’s they told her they would drive her….and accused her of trying to slip out on the check. My wife was insulted and responded by refusing to get in a vehicle with them. They then asked for her passport to ensure she would return with the payment. Ummm….no. After some discussion we drove the 3 miles to an ATM and returned to pay the bill. They did not think us or offer an apology for the inconvenience. And ….the icing on the cake….we still got charged for the horrible sparkling water. My advice……STAY AWAY!

Beautiful location and a large restaurant with several areas. Friendly and helpful staff and we all enjoyed our meal which ranged from pasta dishes to locally caught seafood. I didn't enjoy the Fish and Chips Neapolitana but I think this was my expectation rather than anything wrong with the dish which was a little dry overall. Others had Sea Bass and pasta dishes and these were fine. Prices are reasonable, wine quite expensive (although not exceptionally so) a little more time to enjoy our pre dinner cocktails before ordering would have been better, but our waiter and waitresses were very friendly. The restaurant is very popular so recommend booking.

Four years back in this restaurant that had left us great sensations. post covid renovation very well cared for the goto and cleaning. exceptional dishes! linguine to the sublimate axe, as well as the ravioli full of provola and frittura. Good desserts. a point of reference on the coast.

We were two evenings, good food, plentiful before, sea kitchen, prices contained. adequate staff. great parking. a star less, for disguido to the cashier with the owner, the second evening at the time of payment, we find a couple extra desserts and an appetizer, we make present and the lady provides to correct, it was a smile more and deserved an extra star. I immediately forgot behind us the next customer saw a fifth-tenth extra bottle on the account, also correct this.