Best places: Down home cooking restaurants in Matera

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Ristorante Alle Fornaci
Seafood restaurant
Reinvented Basilicata regional specialties with a focus on seafood, served in understated surrounds.
$$$ $
4.70 (923 reviews)
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Trattoria del Caveoso
Italian restaurant
Regional cheeses, pasta & grilled meats in a stylish space carved into the rock, plus a terrace.
$$ $$
4.50 (2.7K reviews)
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La Pignata
Italian restaurant
Traditional regional dishes, served in a simple dining room with an arched stone ceiling.
$$ $$
4.50 (2.6K reviews)
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L'Abbondanza Lucana
Restaurant
👍👍 L"abbondanza is one of those places that you will always remember. The food is based on the best products of the region and is creatively prepared and beautifully presented. The decore is elegant and rustic at the same time. The winelist is both regionall deep and extensive. This is the magic that...
$$ $$
4.50 (803 reviews)
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Stano
Italian restaurant
Artfully plated Italian regional classics, with tasting menus, plus pizzas, in a rustic-chic venue.
$$ $$
4.40 (3.1K reviews)
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Ristorante Spaghetteria Miseria e Nobiltà Matera
Italian restaurant
Intimate destination with outdoor seating & an easygoing ambiance serving traditional cuisine.
$$ $$
4.40 (1.4K reviews)
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Osteria Pico
Restaurant
Classic southern Italian dishes & regional wines in cozy dining rooms set within a cave.
$$ $$
4.40 (1.1K reviews)
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Osteria Belvedere al Vecchio Frantoio
Italian restaurant
👍👍 really good traditional cuisine - try the pognata (slow cooked sheep or cow stew in a clay pot) the fave e cicoria (fava bean puree with pan fried chickory on top) or the strascinate woth cime di rapa (similar to orecchiette and very tasty). outside tables perfectly situated in a calm yard just over...
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4.40 (888 reviews)
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Il Pasticcio | Trattoria - Pizzeria forno a legna
Pizza restaurant
😠 Da premettere che sono un loro cliente, ma l altra sera entrando sono stato trattato in malo modo da un ragazzino al banco. SIAMO TORNATI PER DARE FIDUCIA MA DUE PIZZE MARGHERITA UN PATATA FRITTA E 3 BIRRE GRANDI EURO 45 ORA SI CAMBIA ARIA
$$ $$
4.40 (565 reviews)
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Trattoria Lucana
Restaurant
Cozy trattoria offering homestyle pasta dishes, regional specialties & Italian wines.
$$ $$
4.30 (3.2K reviews)
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Trattoria Paolangelo
Restaurant
Functional restaurant highlighting classic dishes, including pasta, soups & pizza.
$ $$$
4.30 (2.1K reviews)
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Panzerotto
Restaurant
👍👍 My family and I spent a week in Matera and we tasted different panzerotti ........ those of the "Panzerotto" are spatial. Vast choice of fillings (even if for the Matera people the real panzerotto is only the classic) and affordable prices (the most expensive is € 3.50). What to say more, in Matera...
4.40 (292 reviews)
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Trattoria i due sassi
Southern Italian restaurant
🫤 Food wasn’t good, I couldn’t finish it. Wine was okay but bread tasted stale. Just not good quality for the price. Big tourist trap.
$$ $$
4.20 (725 reviews)
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Il Pettolino
Italian restaurant
👍👍 We had the antipasto platter with the expectatation we would have something after but it was fantastic and so filling we couldn't fit any thing else in. The service was very good.
$$ $$
3.90 (773 reviews)
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Osteria La Vigna del Mare
Restaurant
😠 We asked if we could only have two drinks as it was early, around 6:30, as an aperitivo and although hesitant were told that is fine since it was before the dinner rush. The waiter took a while to take our order despite being one of three tables and when we didn’t order any food, got mad, despite al...
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3.30 (692 reviews)
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