Best Restaurants in Ceglie Messapica

The owner Giuseppe, from whom L'osteria takes its name, after a long experience in the international catering sector, which allowed him to bring the traditional flavors of his land to the most important capitals, wanted to give life to the dream who had started: to offer, with his innate passion for typical cuisine, ancient flavors through the presentation of dishes, daughters of the most distant traditions of his hometown, Ceglie Messapica, the undisputed capital of gastronomy. The Osteria da Giuseppe is located in the center of Ceglie Messapica, easily accessible from the main tourist attractions, such as Piazza Plebiscito, the Mother Church, the Ducal Castle, and the medieval village. Entering the Osteria da Giuseppe one cannot help but notice the enchanting open kitchen, where the most varied delicacies are created with passion, the result of the original flavors of the land and the vision of traditions. Giuseppe will welcome you, in an intimate and relaxing atmosphere. He will amaze you through the presentation of his dishes, making you live a dream in the past and savor what is most genuine his land has been able to offer—all combined with the thrill of a brilliant glass of Apulian wine.

La Buona Arrosteria is a project that was born in the Itria Valley from an ancient family and business history and a great passion for three fundamental things: good food, original flavors, and the taste of conviviality. The indisputable protagonist of this site is genuine meat, a wide range of cuts known and appreciated all over the world, as well as handed down for generations with the addition of innovation and trends. All our meats come from local and controlled farms to guarantee you the best.

Trattoria La Roccia is a splendid restaurant located in the historic center of Ceglie Messapica, the food and wine capital known everywhere for the quality of its raw materials and for the countless offers that this rich territory offers. The Trattoria is located near the center and is an extremely welcoming and elegant place. A noir atmosphere that leaves you breathless. The entire restaurant is made from stone excavations, which makes it quite suggestive, accompanying a candlelit dinner in the most romantic of ways. The Trattoria offers a vast cuisine, ranging from first to second courses, relegating to them the flavors of the Apulian land with excellent quality raw materials chosen personally by the chef, and highlighting the quality of the aesthetics of his refined dishes. A culinary experience to leave you breathless.

Enococus, in the historic center of the wonderful Ceglie Messapica, is the steakhouse with the ancient qualities you were looking for. Our meats are controlled and of first quality. We offer a taste experience that no one else will be able to give you. The quality of our raw material is certified and guarantees a taste and flavor of the highest quality. Once you have tasted our meat, you will no longer be able to do without it.

Il Fico is a restaurant located in the splendid village of Martina Franca, in the Itria Valley, an enchanted place where flavors and smells meet the breathtaking landscape of the Apulian board. Cegliese cuisine is known all over the world for being among the most renowned of all, boasting first-rate places and restaurants, like ours. Il Fico represents the possibility for all diners to live a culinary experience to remember for posterity. Ours is a simple cuisine, of land and sea, which meets tradition and sometimes changes it, to give a different, innovative and futuristic air to our dishes, without affecting their history. Il Fico is one of those places you won't stop thinking about until you've been there.

Casina Terramora is an old rustic house set in an area of ​​4 hectares, with a hundred secular olive trees, almond trees, figs, a forest of fragni and downy oaks, original stone walkways, blackberry bushes, mastic trees, and pomegranates. This fertile country farm is located a short distance from the town of Ceglie Messapica, in the Alto Salento, in the land of Brindisi. The city of Ceglie, an ancient Messapi settlement (5th century BC) rich in charm and history, holds an intact historic center to be rediscovered. Proud of its gastronomy, it offers the chance to taste the typical cuisine in the trattorias and restaurants of the historic center or in the districts of the neighboring countryside. Antimo is a "cook", looking for a special home to welcome its guests and offer good Mediterranean products with renewed creativity and passion. Antimo makes its innovative "genius" available in the kitchen for the creation of amazing and original recipes for editorial projects.

Il Borghetto is a Pizzeria-restaurant that strikes the hearts of its guests. A warm and welcoming place that is located in a breathtakingly beautiful village in the beautiful town of Ceglie Messapica. Il Borghetto offers simple cuisine, ranging from excellent stone-oven pizzas to first and second courses of land and sea, rigorously revisited with an eye to tradition, never left in the background. The geographical position allows you to also sit outside surrounded by a beautiful suburb in white stone. The quality of the food is indisputable; the best raw materials are selected every day directly by the chef and the owners, guaranteeing the highest quality to its customers.

Ceglie is one of the oldest cities in Puglia. Kailia was his name for the Messapi and Caelium for the Romans. The remains of the surrounding walls and the 100 steps («li ciènd scalùn») from which the acropolis was accessed are still visible. The Cibus restaurant is located in the alleys of the historic center, in an ancient 15th-century convent. The stone rooms, with lime-painted arches, host the reign of Lillino Silibello, a sincere and kind person, with a deep culture of food and food and wine traditions of his land. Since 1994, the year it opened, the kitchen has been entrusted to Giovanna, her daughter Filomena and Angela Nigro; Lillino and his wife Angela Amico take care of the room and of the thousands of other tasks that Cibus involves. More than a restaurant, Cibus is a place of knowledge. Every single recipe is the result of continuous research on the possibilities of matching among the countless, exceptional products that the territory offers. Lillino has the surprising ability to make all his guests feel involved in a joyful sensory and spiritual experience that is born at his table; the passion with which he transmits information on the ingredients, the animosity with which he discusses the gastronomic trends of the moment, the pleased and attentive smile with which he listens to the comments and the astonished reactions of his guests; all this, like the great cuisine, makes Cibus an unforgettable experience.

Our symbol is the Fiscolo, the filter in which the ground olives are placed for pressing. It has been used since age-old times to extract oil from olives. For us, it represents the selection of fresh local raw materials and the research from which we get a unique taste for pizza lovers. In our menu, we offer Classic pizzas and Gourmet variants that arise from the search for taste and the selection of only local and southern raw materials.