Home Destinations Europe Italy Amalfi Coast and Capri Restaurants La Favorita - "O' Parrucchiano."

La Favorita - "O' Parrucchiano." Review

Read our Amalfi Coast and Capri restaurant reviews. Or post your own.

La Favorita - "O' Parrucchiano."

$-$$$, Italian, Sorrento

User Rating: *** 3.0

Fodor's Review:

This restaurant is in a sprawling, multilevel, high-ceiling greenhouse and orchard, with tables and chairs amid enough tropical greenery to fill a Victorian conservatory -- the effect is enchantingly 19th century. Opened in 1890 by an ex-priest (O' Parrucchiano means "the priest's place" in the local dialect), La Favorita continues to serve classic Sorrentine cuisine. Although the white-bean soup, cheese baked in lemon leaves, ravioli caprese, lemon tart, and profiteroles are all excellent, they can't compete with the unique decor.

Member Reviews & Ratings:

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY

Posted by cynthster from Virginia on 12/18/07

This place is a food "mill." Very pretty and large garden setting at the top of the stairs so go in, go up, take a look, but don't eat here. We had a table in the corner so we could watch everything! There was no one seating people so people came in and looked confused and seated themselves. Very bad service. We could not get the waiter to bring the bill even though we asked, so we ended up going to the cashier where we complained about the service. Food was mediocre; house wine swill.

FOOD: 2.0

ATMOSPHERE: 4.0

SERVICE: 1.0

VALUE: 1.0

RATING: 2.0

can't understand why it is still recommended

Posted by mom5fay from Olympia WA on 11/25/07

Very touristy and impersonal and resting on its history of once being one of the best restaurants in Sorrento. It is an unusual garden like multilevel setting, but definitely one is treated like a tourist and not a guest and there is a "hurry up and pack'em in mentality" The food is very mediocre and not really fresh. It was our only negative dining experience in Italy. You won't find many local folks dining there, that is for sure.

FOOD: 2.0

ATMOSPHERE: 3.0

SERVICE: 2.0

VALUE: 2.0

RATING: 2.2

Lovely place, very good food

Posted by awatt from New York on 9/6/07

Loveky atmospere. Large menu selection, good for families . Food was very good to excelelnt. Service very good, although waited a long time for my husband's steak. Reasonable prices for teh area

FOOD: 4.0

ATMOSPHERE: 5.0

SERVICE: 4.0

VALUE: 5.0

RATING: 4.4

T-O-U-R-I-S-T-Y !!!

Posted by Sue from New Jersey on 7/31/06

Way to touristy to me !! The place was beautiful but too much - it just felt cluttered and dirty in there. My husband's Spinach Canneloni was burnt ! Won't go back.

FOOD: 2.0

ATMOSPHERE: 2.0

SERVICE: 2.0

VALUE: 3.0

RATING: 2.2

Lovely atmosphere, may be resting on it's laurels a bit.

Posted by Christina from San Francisco, CA on 7/26/06

Fantastic restaurant, warm welcome, terrific food, quite reasonable for what you get. Great antipasti verdure (vegetable antipasti), amazing Polpetto (octopus). Pasta very good, although I liked the Caprese more than the Canneloni (which I usually adore) which I felt was overrated. Wide-ranging wine list, very reasonably priced (lots at 13e up to 240e if you choose). There are other restaurants whose food is probably as good, but the setting here (you must sit in the garden) is terrific. 140e for 6 people, with 2 bottles of wine.

FOOD: 4.0

ATMOSPHERE: 5.0

SERVICE: 3.0

VALUE: 3.0

RATING: 3.8

A Must Miss

Posted by Jack from New York on 5/18/06

Just came back from two weeks in Italy and this was the only off experience we had. Food was mediocre. Our waiter was English speaking, overly friendly and intrusive. Despite the fact the menu clearly states a 15% service charge is added to all meals, he insisted when he brought the check that he saw none of that and requested a tip. Astonishing! We laughed at him and tipped nothing. He was angry, but sadly he gave the same spiel to the table of Americans next to us and they did tip him. This guy is clearly the exception to the rule.

FOOD: 2.0

ATMOSPHERE: 2.0

SERVICE: 1.0

VALUE: 1.0

RATING: 1.6

Best meal we had overall in 10 days in Italia!

Posted by Richard from Lansing MI USA on 4/30/06

We both had brown pasta dishes which were good both of the special menu one with meat from Naples and the other with quail. The atomsphere is quite uinque and very awsome. The vegetables were good and very econimcal as were the deserts. Thier must have been at lest 12 different desserts avlaible.

FOOD: 5.0

ATMOSPHERE: 5.0

SERVICE: 5.0

VALUE: 5.0

RATING: 5.0