Cantanapoli

This restaurant was a lovely seafood restaurant, directed to us by our villa owner. I was very pleased with it– the fish were fresh, the service was outstanding, and the crowd of locals it brought in were fun. It is not a restaurant for the faint of heart, though– expect full fish with heads, full octopi, etc.
We started off with an octopus appetizer, which I loved. It was tasty, juicy, and the perfect texture. My first course was a clam pasta, in which I was given at least sixty little clams atop fresh, oily noodles. I have a feeling I’m not on Mulberry Street, anymore, Toto! I followed that up with a green peppercorn steak, which had a sauce so delightful that I ate every single peppercorn well after I had finished all of the meat!
Post-​meal, we were given iced wine drinks served in champagne glasses and homemade limoncello on the house.
Service was friendly and quite accommodating. The weird thing is that they staggered our dishes one-​by-​one… But I think that was totally our fault, because we had tried to explain that we were sharing the octopus, but I think that was lost in translation and they thought that we were sharing EVERYTHING. It didn’t matter– vacations should have no time frame!!!
Lighting inside was very bright, which was really odd, but it didn’t detract from our experience at all.
It’s well worth the trip, especially if you are away from the sea but craving delicious seafood. I would go here again if I ever found myself in this region again.