Inn Bufalito

buffalo to all the way!
My husband and I shared the bone in rib-​eye and let me just say, holy Bison! The meal was incredible. If your in Sorrento, you must stop by here. No beef (cow). Just buffalo beef. Must try

The buffalo mozzarella was delicious as you would expect. The pasta Bolognese was ok, the tube pasta with seafood was delicious. Service was good

Great food and pretty good prices, only thing it felt like a very «American» spot to me. The whole look and feel. But we still wanted to try it because the reviews were great. Good time!

We ate the grilled octopus, Buffalo carpaccio, frutti di mare and the tube pasta and monkfish… If I’m being honest the monkfish tasted like tuna fish. Everything else was really good. The waiters all spoke good English, and there were many other 30 – 40 year olds there. We would go back for sure! 4 € wine as well!

After seeing the good reviews, decided to give this place a try. I was very underwhelmed, felt like a total tourist trap! I have learned that if everyone around you is speaking English you’re probably in the wrong place for good food! I had spaghetti and my husband had spaghetti with meatballs, we also had the house red wine. Honestly if you would have told me I was eating at the Olive Garden with jarred tomato sauce I wouldn’t have been surprised. Much better places to eat on Sorrento!

My husband and I were on our honeymoon through Italy and a friend recommended this place in Sorrento. After having to experiment with restaurants on most of our trip (thank you Unilocal!), we were really excited to have a personal recommendation and it did not disappoint! We stopped in for an early lunch, but our friend (and the waiter) told us that reservations are a MUST as there is a line to get in which doesn’t surprise me.
We had the tomato, basil, mozzarella salad and the first word that came to mind was FRESH! It was exactly what I was looking for. I then had spaghetti which sounds simple, but it was oh, so flavorful. My husband had the buffalo stew and said it was equally delicious! Also, the bread wad perfection. I know it sounds like a small detail, but from a gal who could live on bread, cheese, prosciutto, (and wine!) it was what I had been waiting for our entire trip!

Great, very quick service and food was very flavorful. Had the salad to start and then moved on the spaghetti with veggies. First dish when I arrived in Sorrento and it did not disappoint! Had a mojito and they absolutely killed it.

A nice combination of Italian and Buffalo. They really get into the Buffalo theme as the place looks like it’s set in the Wild West. The Caprese salad was awesome and their bread was great.
For the main course I had the buffalo pasta Genovese style. It was nice but nothing to rave about. The house wine was a good bargain at 13 €. I’d recommend this restaurant.

We went here for lunch. Started with a vino rosato and a taurasi vino rosso. The rosato was on the sweet side but still good. The taurasi taste very full bodied. Since other Unilocalers suggested the foccacia rosemary, we tried it. Crispy yet soft. It was good. The beef tartare came with a side salad that made it taste better, other wise it would just be okay. The large tube pasta with beef ragu was served with mozzarella cheese on the side. The beef is really soft and easy to chew. They serve grappa… very tasty.

The spaghetti di frutti mare (15 €) was amazing! The seafood was extremely fresh, absolutely zero fishyness! On top of that, there were a ton of clams and mussels. The spaghetti itself was cooked perfectly. I savored every bite of this dish and would give them 5 stars if the service was a bit more attentive. The panna cotta (6 €) was a nice dessert as well. Would definitely come back the next time I’m in Sorrento!

Came here for dinner and a mid day «snack» on separate occasions and we were pleasantly surprised. Love the setting and ambiance. As stated by others, anything mozz is amazing here. The best I have ever had hands down.
Got a beef special genavese which was quite good. Wifey got ravioli which was quite good. The grilled octopus was quite popular tonight, and the dishes were always empty. Staff is attentive and helpful. The offerings of liters of wine help too, and of course, it is european prices. So bingo!
Highly recommend this place, thanks 2 rick steves for the tip!

This restaurant came highly recommended by the place we were staying during our visit to Sorrento when asking where we could get some really good mozzarella. She hit the nail on the head, as our caprese salad was one of the best we’ve had, and only for ~€ 10 – 12 it was very reasonable. It was definitely big enough for the two of us, and could have been big enough to share with more (although we wouldn’t have wanted to). The tomatoes were fresh as could be, with just enough olive oil drizzled on top. The cheese itself was absolutely delicious, as we could tell from the milk coming out when we cut it. The crusty bread was also very good to keep us satisfied while we waited for our cheese!
We’ve also been told the meat is very good here, but given the fact that we were in Sorrento for only 2 nights, we wanted to take full advantage of the fresh seafood and didn’t get a chance to try any other dishes… maybe next time!

My family and I spent a week in Sorrento the summer of 2014. We explored the area and dined at several restaurants. Without a doubt, Inn Bufalito was the best. We had rented an apartment in the town square and the landlord recommended this restaurant and we are very, very happy she did.
The staff was friendly and attentive, the atmosphere was nice and the food was spectacular! I have traveled extensively around the world and eaten in thousands of restaurants, this is one of my favorites.
Perfect experience. If I could, I would eat there every day of the year.

This started as a 4 – 5 star review. This meal was like a movie that has an amazing trailer and you are super excited for the main event and then the movie just kinda sucks.
Let me explain…
We arrive with no reservation and fortunately are seated right away. 5 stars.
We order the grilled vegetables and mozzarella do bufula. Best mozzarella I’ve had in my life. It was delicious. You know how sometimes mozz just tastes like bland and you kind of wonder why you are wasting the calories? Well it was the opposition of that! I should also mention the veggies it came with were perfectly cooked and perfectly seasoned, unlike most of the oversalt we food we’ve had in Italy. 5 stars.
This is where it goes downhill. We wait for our main courses for over 50 minutes while the people around us get their mains, desserts and checks. No one comes by to offer us an explanation, more wine (which we finished during that time) (oh, and someone found the time to remove the empty carafe from the table too…). Finally my husband asks our waiter where our food is and he makes up some weird excuse about how they are preparing it (um ok). Few minutes later, still no food. Ask to speak to manager. Manager says coming right out, sorry, something with the kitchen. (1 star)
Food arrives. Food is hot but totally bland and tasteless. I am a person who never puts salt on ANYTHING. I had to add salt to my risotto multiple times throughout the meal. And it was still bad. Steak had no seasoning at all. (1 star).
We ate enough for sustenance and asked for the check. Which they were very fast about getting us and charging. Then he offered is free limoncello as a «I’m sorry». Too little too late (1 star).
Anyway, if I was desperate, I would consider going back for mozzarella only. Probably not worth it though.

No frills here. The food was just ok, and service was decent. We were sat down outside the restaurant because the indoor seating was all reserved. The food was not hot when it was served to us. I am surprised this place has more then three stars.

Tucked away in a not so busy street — I think I would have walked past it if I hadn’t read reviews about it before going out for dinner
My boyfriend and I had researched where to eat in Sorrento quite thoroughly as we only had 3 nights and didn’t want to waste them!
We had picked a few to look at in person and we decided on this for our first night as we were very interested in the mozzarella and antipasti selections.
Quite dark restaurant however very friendly and knowledgable staff
We chose a cheaper bottle of Falanghina to drink (was delicious) and the mozzarella and mix antipasti plate to share for starter — the buffalo mozzarella was amazing!
For main we both went for pasta — bf had buffalo strips with white sauce (very good) and I went for buffalo ragu. The sauce and meat was sooo good however the pasta (which was thicker than the other) was still raw in the middle. Waiter apologised straight away however still undercooked second time as well! I just ate the sauce and a few of the more well cooked bits as I didn’t have the heart to send it back again.
Desserts were ok but nothing special
I would still highly recommend this place for the meats and mozzarella though!

Inn Bufalito is one of the few good restaurants open when everyone else is closed during the early afternoon hours (Italy’s lunch food-​coma hour), so naturally we found ourselves here with practically no one else in the restaurant.
We started out with the caprese salad, enjoying some delicious sliced mozzarella and tomatoes topped off with high quality herbs and olive oil. Perfect simplicity. For mains we ordered the fusilli with eggplant, sausage, and smoked mozzarella as well as the spaghetti with seafood (and it was a hefty portion of seafood).
Both pasta dishes were very flavorful. The broth from the seafood pasta was so good (delightfully savory yet light) that we found ourselves soaking up every last bit of it with the remaining bread we had left in our basket.
Service was friendly and professional. Highly recommend, especially if nothing else is open around the area during Italy’s siesta period.

Inn Bufalito was a cute little place tucked away on one of the many side streets of down town Sorrento. (good luck finding it because that’s all I remember in terms of location)
The décor is well appointed with their bufalito logo. A really cool logo at that. The servers here do speak English so no need to use any broken backwards Italian or pointing at stuff.
We started with a buffalo caprese and rosemary herb bread. It was a great combo and I’d definitely order it again.
As for our main dish had the buffalo steak served on a wooden board with roasted potatoes and 3 delicious sauces. It was also carved in front of us. It was cooked well, mildly under seasoned but the sauce made up for that and honestly it was chewy. I don’t think this is a fault of the restaurant because we had other cuts else where and the meat was. well. just has more chew to it in Italy. No idea why.
Either way the ambiance was great, service fantastic, food was good I just don’t think I’d have meat there again.

One of best lunches I had on trip. A little more hip than most places in Sorrento. The buffalo Mozzarella was amazing. So were the cured buffalo meats.

I’ve eaten at Inn Bufalito twice. Portions are generous, service is very good and the ambiance is nice.
The mozzarella is a must – I especially liked the bocconcini. On my first visit, I tried the squid ink pasta with calamari, prawns and cherry tomatoes (a daily special). That dish wasn’t especially tasty – it lacked flavor. On my next visit, I had the paccheri with buffalo ragu. The paccheri was cooked perfectly, and I liked that it was served with a rectangle of ricotta on the side. It was under seasoned, so the table salt came in handy.

Ein kleiner feiner Laden in einer ebenso kleinen Gasse in der Altstadt von Sorrent. Es bezeichnet sich selbst als Italian Slow Food and Drink und bietet entsprechend eine leichte frische Küche aus der Region. So gibt es selbstverständlich — der Name läßt es schon vermuten — alles mögliche vom Büffel; etwa leckeren Mozzarella, Schinken oder Pasta mit Büffel. Auch die Weine sind größten Teils aus der Region Kampagnien und sehr zu empfehlen. Allerdings sollte man etwas Zeit mitbringen, die die frische Zubereitung eben benötigt.