Gate 34 Trattoria Braceria Bruschetteria

I'm embarrassed to review this place. Damn us for not reading the previous reviews this time. Let's start with the disorganized staff. Starters: peppered mussels, skimpy that you couldn't even see. You can't offer mussels like that. Let's move on to the second courses: a fried dish of indecent calamari, soaked in oil, another fried dish of prawns (3 in number) and calamari. Unworthy. Oily and greasy. Last but not least: clean the laminated paper tablecloths, fold them and bring them inside at the end of the evening. I imagine they will be reused. I think it might be enough to warn you... Run away from this place.

As soon as we arrived in Vieste in the evening and after a walk, my boyfriend and I decided to sit in a little place that could inspire us. It's a shame we didn't read the reviews first otherwise we would have opted for another restaurant. We sat down at around 8.30pm. We ordered 2 appetizers (tuna carpaccio and swordfish carpaccio which should have been seasoned with citrus fruits, but which didn't even have a trace of citrus fruits) and 2 first courses (troccoli with seafood and orecchiette with tomato; slightly acidic; and cacioricotta) the starters arrived after that; asked for the timing; we heard ourselves say: stay calm, everything is coming. Meanwhile, people who arrived after us are already having dinner. Starters arrival time 9.20pm In the meantime we looked around at other tables. 4 people sitting at 9pm asked us how long we had been waiting and they also asked for the timing. A girl who was taking the orders comes out and was at the cashier railing against a girl at the table, claiming that they didn't serve pre-cooked pasta there and if she was used to that then that's too bad. Having said that, at 9.45pm our first courses arrive and the courses of the 4 who not only had not ordered first courses, but who, like us, had remained very calm. They support each other and pretend nothing happens to every request. 55 euros that I would have gladly paid if everything had been better. Never again. 3 stars for the environment which was ruined by the wait, but the square is very beautiful.

Friendly staff. Excellent food and generous portions. Right value for money. Absolutely recommended Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Two of us came and sat down at 8pm and they served our first course at 8.15pm. Excellent service, friendly staff also explaining what you can visit. Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Absolutely DO NOT GO! We were attracted by the offer of a fish menu for €20, including a first and second course based on fish. As soon as the first course arrived and we had tasted it, we immediately called the waiter asking to cancel the menu, as the quality of what we had just tasted was so poor and poorly cooked that we were unable to finish the course. After pointing out to the waiters and the owners that we did not want to continue the dinner due to the poor course, we were charged the entire bill including all courses. Result: €52.50 and we immediately ran away to have dinner elsewhere.