Top Pompeii Dining Experiences

Beautiful location to enjoy the scenery before venturing to the ruins. Loved the Italian singing bus driver, Marco, who had a great soundtrack! So nice to learn about the vineyard and wines from the young adult child (and cousin) of the vineyard owner. Extra special!

The winery has a nice view of Mt. Vesuvius but you are not that close to the volcano. Everything about the experience was perfect. Great staff, delicious food, fabulous wines, truly lovely setting.

Charming evening with the couple who ran the inn and prepared fabulous dishes for us. Each one was fabulous in its own right. The venue is lovely by the pool at night. We had a driver take us which worked well. Only one other couple that night but we chatted with them a bit and thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

Super atmosphere and beautiful ambiance. The waiters were very polite and friendly and they took time for us, especially Maddalena and Emanuele! The local food was excellent. We will 100% plan another visit!

We had a wonderful experience at Bosco de’ Medici Winery. The tour was excellent and Gianandrea was brilliant, knowledgeable, friendly, funny and really engaging. When he poured us our first glass of Spumante, we knew we were onto a winner! The wines were fantastic and the food was absolutely delicious. We especially loved the grilled octopus, ravioli and sea bass, finishing with quite possibly the most delicious tiramisu we’ve ever had! The sommelier was excellent too, explaining each wine and how it paired with the different dishes. A fantastic experience from start to finish and definitely one of the highlights of our time in Pompeii. Highly recommended!

The lady was lovely and kept bringing us food, it was well worth the experience! I highly recommend it!

My family had an incredible cooking class and experience with Francesca in Pompeii. This was for sure one of the highlights of our trip to Italy. The meeting place was super easy to find, right across from the major church in Pompeii. We were picked up Francesca's by Francesca's husband and niece and driven a short distance to their beautiful home. Francesca's family was delightful and we were made to feel right at home. My wife and son took a pasta and tiramisu class with was super fun. Everything we had for dinner was from their garden, which included lemon, orange, mandarin, peach and orange trees, tomatoes, spinach, garlic, onions, etc. The homemade red wine from the grandfather of the house was the best we ever had. The food was absolutely delicious and my wife and son had a great time cooking. It was a pleasure spending time with this family, eating and talking together. Afterward Francesca sent us the recipes that had been cooked for the night. We would highly recommend a cooking class with Francesca and will be sure to take another class with her when we are back in the area!

Great experience, great food, great service and even better wine.

Sabrina and her family are wonderful! They made my friends and I feel right at home, and helped us cook a fantastic meal!!

Amazing experience surrounded by beautiful views and paired with sensational wines and food.Thankyou to Claudia, Anthony and Giuseppe who helped to create such a magical experience.

We had a great evening, the views were stunning, the food was delicious, and the wine was amazing. The host and staff were very attentive and were more than happy to answer any questions about the winery. It was a great evening for everyone/

We had a wonderful evening with Francesca and her lovely family. The antipasti, pasta and tiramisu were incredibly delicious and almost all of the ingredients came from their own garden. Even the wine was homemade. But most importantly, we didn't feel like customers, but like friends. For us, the pasta course was the highlight of our trip to Italy. We definitely recommend it!

I have been to many wine tastings and I must say this was one of the most charming. The location with views over the bay of Napoli and Vesuvio is stunning. The vineyard tour may be a bit short ,though it s lovely to see also their special tomatoes and other local produce (which you can taste later) but it s the wine tasting with a small 3 course lunch I came for, which was really well presented. The staff are welcoming and passionate about their products. The wine tastings were generous, and you have plenty of time to enjoy them with your food. I particularly liked the charcuterie board. You won't be pushed to buy afterwards. A shout out also to Sofia from Taste Experience who rearranged my pick up location because I had bought the wrong train ticket. Smooth transfer with an air con comfi mini van. Very good value all in all

We celebrated our honeymoon with a cooking class taught by Cesarina Francesca and it was a highlight of our trip, to say the least! We had so much fun and the experience was truly authentic. Delicious food paired with wonderful hospitality. The garden was beautiful and we would recommend! I can’t wait to cook our own pasta at home ☺️

The cooking class with Sabrina exceeded our expectations. It’s hands down one of the best experiences of our trip to Pompeii. We started the evening with a tour of Sabrina’s garden, then enjoyed aperitivo of fresh bruschetta and wine from her uncle’s vineyard (which was outstanding). Then we jumped into a demonstration of pasta making and a hand’s on cooking class to make our own ravioli in Sabrina’s outdoor kitchen. Sabrina also demonstrated how to make the lemon cake that we had for dessert. The cooking class was so fun, and the food we made was delicious. Sabrina made us feel like family friends as we dined on the patio. It was a beautiful evening! Next time we’re in Italy, we’ll come back for a pizza making class!

This experience could not have been more perfect for us. From the first text message from Francesca on the morning of our pizza-making class to the moment we were dropped back off at our lodging, everything was perfect!After several hours exploring the Pompeii ruins, we realized that Scafati was much closer to Pompei than our AirBnB in Salerno. We realized that we did not know how to get to Scafati or how we could return to our lodging after the pizza-making class since we would miss the last train back to Salerno. A quick text with Francesca resulted in plans to pick us up at the Pompei train station and drop us at our AirBnB after for just 5 euros per person. It was quite a relief! Her husband, Carmine, and the daughter of close family friends, Chiara, picked us up in a small van. The drive from Pompei was 10-15 minutes.Fortunately for us, my husband, 21-year-old daughter, her 21-year-old schoolmate, and I were the only participants on Friday night, October 11, 2024. Francesco and Carmine's home is beautiful, and when we arrived, everything for our pizza-making was set up and ready to go. With Chiara translating from Italian to English, we learned the step-by-step process for making pizza dough, crust-making, sauce-making, and baking Napoletana-style pizzas. Francesca was very knowledgeable and did a great job answering our questions as we created our pizzas. As they baked, we enjoyed homemade salad of crusty bread, home-grown tomatoes and salad greens—delicious! The dining table was already set for dinner, so as our pizzas came out of the oven, we indulged in a delectable meal accompanied by homemade wine created by Francesca's father. Two of Francesca's children, daughters—Luigi Lorena and Sabrina—joined us at the table, adding to the true Italian family-style dinner experience. We discussed and compared Italian and American cultures and facts about ourselves. Luigi Lorena and Chiarra even helped us translate a 50-year-old family letter from my husband's relatives in Salerno which was incredible!Throughout our 7-day Italian adventure, we experienced many things. However, the personalized nature of our Pizza Napoletana Cooking Class was the highlight of our trip due to the relationships made with Chiarra, Francesca, and her lovely family. DO NOT MISS!