Enoteca e Trattoria La Cantinetta
4.9(1,127 on Google)Logged by Murray
- Getting there
- In eastern Naples, best reached by taxi or car from the historic center
Why it’s in the log
La Cantinetta is a wine-cellar trattoria in eastern Naples, well outside the historic center most visitors stick to — a cramped, bottle-stacked room that reviewers describe like a private discovery rather than a restaurant with a public 4.9 rating.
Sunday ragù is the dish people specifically go for: slow-cooked, the kind of thing that needs a whole afternoon and doesn't survive being rushed for a tourist schedule.
It's a trattoria built for Neapolitans rather than visitors, which means going on the right day — Sunday, for the ragù — and not expecting an English menu or a central location.
“A wine-cellar trattoria that feels like a private discovery — go on a Sunday for the ragù.”