"This is one of the 4 restaurants we had a pleasure to dine at during our stay in Terracina (a small seaside town south of Rome . Il Caminetto is a somewhat posh place, which is visible in the service staff being more reserved than one would expect from an Italian place. They 're helpful and polite, yet not openly friendly or outspoken. The restaurant is housed in a nice building near one of main squares of the town and is very nicely decorated. Simple, pleasant coulours, few ornaments, comfortable chairs. The main dining room is big enough to ensure a bit of privacy for the guests. Food is offered from a fixed as well as a daily menu. The restaurant also has a pre-defined meal sets clearly targeted at unaware tourists. I strongly advise to avoid these sets, and select your courses from the daily menu. You get the freshest sea food and fish. And you also earn some respect points with the service staff (always a good thing.... . We had simple starters (mozarella with ham, tomatoes and rocket salad, our favourite Italian classic and fish: sole (cooked whole and filetted afterwards for us and another sea fish, whose name we are unaware. All food was superb! Very well cooked, nicely presented, without any unnecessary extras or side dishes (of course you can have them if you wish . And then there was wine. Il Caminetto is called 'Enoteca ', which stands for a 'wine bar '. And as the name suggests, the choice of wines is very satisfying! Prices are reasonable. Our choices, including wine and a desert, cost us exactly the same as the 'tourist menus ' would. In all, this place is a highly recommendable one. It checks all the important boxes."
