5 of the best restaurants in Ostuni | London Evening Standard

This is one of my favourite places in Ostuni. I’ve always had a special connection with the owner Francesco who’s the same age as me and opened Al Solito Posto at the same time I opened my first restaurant, The Salusbury, back in 1999. We’re both obsessed with wine and Francesco has a great rare wine collection as well as having some of the best Puglian wines. But besides that, this place is a must when in town. It’s an all-rounder serving everything from pizza, lobster, fish, carpaccio of fish, steak from Tuscany, to the must-order: Antipasto Pugliese. Antipasti is served at every restaurant in Puglia and includes small plates of the house, hot and cold, but the one here is by far one of the best. Al Solito Posto is located by the cinema outside the old town. Reservations are recommended throughout the summer months. ANother notable dish is the Orechiette cime di rapa – the classic dish of Puglia. Francesco’s version is turbo charged with a serving of burrata.

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