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Buffet restaurants in Italy

  1. A

    Pizza Margherita

    It might look like a bland canteen but this is one of Salerno’s favourite lunch spots. On any given day, the lavish lunchtime buffet might include mozzarella, mussels in various guises, and a range of salads. The daily lunchtime menu (pasta, main course, salad and half a litre of water) is chalked up on a blackboard, and there’s also the regular menu of pizzas, pastas and mains.

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  2. B

    Due Giganti

    It sounds like an oxymoron, but it isn’t. At last, a ‘fast-food’ restaurant that’s tasty and not conducive to heart attacks. American-style fast-food franchisers would do well to send their researchers to Due Giganti to sample the fresh pizzas, buffet salads and regularly topped-up pastas. A height measure invites children under 1m tall to eat for free.

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  3. C

    Naturist Club - l'Isola

    In attic-like, wood-lined rooms, this self-service vegetarian restaurant has a rustic feel and serves a variety of tasty salads and pasta dishes, including vegan options and some fresh fish. The food is good and the setting intimate - a world away from the street below. Reservations are requested for the evening. Nudity not necessary.

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  4. D

    Picnic

    In business for nearly half a century, Picnic has a wide-ranging menu of traditional favourites like salsiccia fagioli con polenta (sausage with beans and polenta), supplemented with whatever’s freshest from the market – grilled fish of the day, for example, or local strawberries with whipped cream.

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  5. E

    Ristorante Self-Service Leonardo

    It's got all the atmosphere of a factory canteen - offset by the chatty old gents who run it - but this large, overly bright self-service joint will do for an uncomplicated feast of salads, fruits and hot dishes courtesy of bain marie.

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  6. F

    Sosta

    This extremely simple self-service restaurant serves up decent pizza and pasta. It is cafe­teria style so you order as much or as little as you like, including meat and vegetable dishes. Students get a discount.

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  7. G

    Buffet da Mario

    Fried squid, and sardines; Trieste is by the sea just in case you’d forgotten.

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