Mangia's Torre Del Barone Resort

Well worth a trip. When you have access to the outside areas . The smell from the sulphur pool is rotten eggs . It maybe good for the skin, no way in hell would we go near it . NO WE DIDNT research IN ADVANCE. We went all inclusive on a last minute trip . On arrival 02:00 the room they had for us had tiny insects after coming in from outside. It was on the lowest room level . Back up to reception they switched our room to the higher lever . I’ve never ate so much good fresh fish . Plenty of other good food Don’t take offence to some of the restaurant & bar staff it’s the Italian in them . Rooms clean and comfortable. Breath taking views , Italian staff .

Our stay here at Mangia’s Torre Del Barone was the epitome of relaxation. A ten minute walk from the beach, a ten minute drive from town, and a few steps away from some great restaurants made for an easy and fun vacation spot. This is truly a great place to stay if you need to get away from the “hustle and bustle” of your daily life, and just enjoy a cocktail with some soft music by the patio. We saw plenty of large and small families, couples young and old, and people from all over the world enjoying their stay here. The absolute best part of our stay was, without question, the staff. To the management reading this, you should know that these people are the backbone of Torre Del Barone, and they are the ones who make it the truly exceptional place that it is. To say that “we were taken care of” is an understatement. We are not Italian speakers, by any means (we have been studying the basics on Duolingo— I can confidently order a cappuccino and that’s about it!) and your staff worked with us to ensure that we were understood and heard. They have happily and respectfully guided us through every request, even teaching us some Italian phrases along the way. You have a wonderful group of people working at Primo, and throughout this entire establishment; I hope you recognize their greatness, hard work-ethic, intelligence, and kindness. I commend your staff on their ability to show hospitality and love to a couple of Americans trying their best to get around your beautiful country. We will greatly miss Torre del Barone, Sciacca, and Italy/Sicily as a whole, and the people who made our honeymoon so very special. Arrivederci, With love! Nick and Sara D. SUPER special thank you to the staff who went TRULY ABOVE AND BEYOND each day to make us feel loved and taken care of: Carmen, Ignacio, Luca, Accursio, and Alessia. We will never forget you! Thank you to the rest of your exceptional staff, who we will miss dearly: Demarest, Giovanni, Kevin, Marilena, Sergio, Massimo, Michele, and Junior.

Sofia and Nicoletta on reception always helpful and smiling. I even got a hug on departure. such a treat. Luca and Giuseppe in the bar were always laughing and welcoming. Nothing too much for them to make you feel welcome. The food was exceptionally varied, changed every night, and of a really high quality. We would definitely recommend this as a relaxing resort, and May is a great time to go as the hotel was not too crowded

My partner and I stayed at this hotel for a week during our holiday to Sicily. We selected the bed and breakfast option, not all inclusive. Our first impression of the hotel was second to none, the decor and presentation is beautiful, certainly looks like a 5 star hotel! The receptionists on arrival and throughout our stay were also exceptional, very friendly and approachable with no doubt that they would do anything for you. However, this is where our compliments end. We felt during our stay that we were not valued as other guests and we did not understand why. Things like, waiting staff not being as smiley and approachable as they were to other guests, forgetting multiple drinks orders throughout the week, cocktails coming in different forms in the same night (the Sicilian passion cocktail first arriving as a frozen daiquiri form then half an hour later another arriving as a liquid). One waiter started to take our order at the bar and whilst my partner was mid sentence the waiter walked off and started serving somebody else. We also did not feel that sweeping round our feet at the table in the bar was appropriate when we were eating our meals. Our room although lovely with a beautiful view, wasn’t cleaned every day. This is not something that would bother us ordinarily as nobody changes their sheets at home everyday but in a 5 star hotel, you expect room service every day, which did not happen and clean sheets more than 3 times in a week. For bed and breakfast we had access to the buffet in the morning which was nice if you don’t want any warm food. Multiple different types of fruit, yoghurt, pasties and cakes but the bacon, sausage and egg was disappointingly cold every morning. Coffee is exceptional though! There are restaurants within the hotel that are equally lovely in decor as the rest of the hotel and the food was very nice. However, one night in one of the restaurants we were dining with no more than 5 other tables. Whilst we were eating our main courses, one of the waiters came out with two meals and a jug to accompany, it was clear that the waiter was unsure of which table the food belonged to as he was walking around aimlessly. He then put the jug on our table and walked off. Confused and thinking that the jug was an accompaniment to our meal, I picked it up and had a look but decided to leave it. In this time the waiter came back with the same two meals, picked up the jug he had left on our table and took it to another table and gave them their meals along with the jug. Thankfully I hadn’t toughed the sauce in the jug or actually eaten any of it, little do they know I could’ve had an allergy to something in that sauce or heaven forbid I could of cross contaminated something from my meal into the sauce and then it be taken to the correct person with an allergy or intolerance. Thankfully this did not occur but we were both astounded that this had happened at a 5 star restaurant. All of these things may be small but

We stayed at Torre Del Barone for 4 nights. This isn’t 5 stars when compared to American standards - more like 4 stars. The property itself is updated but shows signs of lack of maintenance, for example the patio off our room had weeds all around it that were 2 feet high- not something I would expect at a 5 star hotel. Air Conditioning was excellent. The pool was great but the beach isn’t as close as I expected, we only went one day as it was a long hike to it and it was crowded and seemed they allowed locals on the same beach - there was a trolley you could take to the beach. We stayed full Board with food included- the food was really good and we have no complaints on any of it. They changed the buffets up daily and to be honest was really good!! It was the best part of the stay.