Cucina Di Ventura - POLIGNANO A MARE

A warm and friendly family run business. Flavio is the gracious patient host who arrives with the menu in multiple languages. We used our apps to translate back and forth. Ask for the Italian version to get a sense of the heart of this gem it's full of beautiful quotes that celebrate life. I wasn't lucky enough to catch live music that starts up in November. If you ask Flavio will show you a prized 45 on the wall by Domenico Modugno (Valare). His mother lived three houses away and used to play with him as a child. Ordered fried zucchini flowers and grilled seafood mix. Delicious. They offered me raw small squid, but I wasn't ready for that. This was a great example of the warm, relaxed, family loving Southern Italians I'd hoped to meet.

We had a delightful dinner at this restaurant near the center of town. The owner, Flavio, and the cook, Marcello, were delightful to deal with. We loved the appetizers and the entrees that we had, all seafood. The friendly service was a plus. We plan to return again before the end of our stay.

We really enjoyed dinner here. Lots of super fresh seasonal options- artichokes, peas…. and our octopus orchiette and frito misto were delicious. The staff went out of their way to make everyone feel welcome. Nice place.

Fresh fish of local fishermen. courtesy and friendliness of the owner. excellent dishes and excellent value for money. I recommend it absolutely. greetings from roma

Well-kept and vintage, the staff is very friendly and welcoming. we started with an excellent raw marine appetizer, very fresh, then a cod that looked like a cloud. follow a great spaghetti with shrimps and very good scampi and a patcchero with pistachio cream and equally good bacon. for according to a good tuna fry and shrimp. price slightly altino 40 euro approximately per person.