La Scialuppa - Naples

Wife and I went here on our first night in Naples as it was recommended by our Bed and Breakfast. It was a nice walk along the bay to get here, most likely popular with the cruise ship crowd. We wanted to sit inside, and were seated without a reservation. Napoli (futbol) was on the television, and the energy was good. Wife had the spaghetti vongole, (clams) and I had langosta with home made pasta. They were both wonderful, especially after a long day of travel. We would go on to have better meals in Italy, but this was a nice start. Good for settling in, would avoid if cruise ship crowd is roaming around.

We walked by the front of this place and I asked in my bad Italian for due personne and the first staff that saw us said they were closed. This was about 1520. Too late for reposa, and they didn 't need to prepare for evening that soon. We kept walking the water front, and ended up behind the same restaurants, ended up at the back of this same place with a bunch of waiters that said we were welcome. We asked if we could sit out front, and we followed them right past the same one that said they were closed(! I had a capricciosa and she had spaghetti with muscles, both of which were pretty good compared to others we have had in the area. We also ordered 2 large Peroni (in my mind red label and got Nastro Azzurro, which we don 't like unless in a can as the green bottles allow the beer to turn skunky. When I said we wanteda Peroni, he pointed to the little place on the label that says it is made by Peroni. Our poor Italian and his poor English was not going to solve this, so I chuckled and said OK...and yes, both of them had the special skunky smell of a green beer bottle. We were second last to leave the table at 1630, at which time all the staff were inside eating, so I guess that first waiter had his watch set to the wrong time. So, the food is on par with other restaurants in the area. You are right on the harbour of Lungo Mare, and you have a view of Vesuvius. They all would make this a 4-start. The wait staff are a 2-star, which averages this to 3 overall.

We were interested in eating in this area- staying right across the street at our hotel. We did ask our hotel which one of the hotels on this little island was the best. This is where they chose for us. We went with our children (9 and 10). I wouldn 't go with children who are younger at night. I wouldn 't call it casual but it wasn 't fancy either. There was a singer and guitar player who came around singing and it was my favorite part. We tipped him 2 euro. Very seafood heavy restaurant and we don 't eat a lot of seafood. That 's what you should be eating in naples if you like seafood.But , almost everything was seafood on the menu. My husband got veal and he enjoyed it. I got mushroom risotto and it was very good. My son got swordfish and he enjoyed it (though he had never had seordfish before). The wine they selected for us was delicious(I 'm thinking it 's hard to find bad wine in Italy) and 20 euro.

Bel ristorante situato accanto al maestoso Castel dell’Ovo. Ottima cucina napoletana a base di pesce.

Il cameriere poco accogliente, sevizio frettoloso e non attento. Il polpo duro e gommoso, prezzo troppo alto.