Villa Rubinacci

Just alright. Food was decent. But what disgusted me the most was the giant line of ants crawling up the wall.

After spending a whole day exploring the Pompei ruins and hiking up Mt. Vesuvius my wife and I just wanted to sit at our B&B on the terrace and drink wine. I suggested pizza and unfortunately I drew the short straw and had to run out. My wife has a gluten intolerance so a quick Unilocal search suggested Villa Rubinacci to me. I walked the three blocks (exhausting) and approached their staff. I inquired if they did take out and after some miscommunication was told they do.
I ordered a gluten free margarita pizza and was surprised that it was only 5 dollars. I asked the staff member how many people it would serve in my broken Italian. He responded 1, so I asked 1 or 2, and said emphatically 1. So with such a low price tag I ordered 2. I waited a few minutes and when they came out I was shocked. They were big enough to share. I walked back and told my wife and she was amazed at the value. We bit in and I immediately said to my wife that it was the chewiest gluten free pizza I had ever had and she agreed. The gluten free pizza was really good and the closest to the real thing I have tasted.

This restaurant is attached to the Hotel Eden and is a short walk from the main square of Sorrento, Piazza Tasso. Our balcony at the hotel overlooked the restaurant and it was jam-​packed with customers every night. When we went in we noticed as well that most of the customers were Italian (always a good sign if the locals are eating there). Also it is set away from the bustle of the main streets so is nice and quiet.
The food is excellent (except for a bit of overseasoning on the mixed grill) but our meal was ruined by extremely bad service. We were told by two waiters as they walked past that we couldn’t have a table at that time and then a third seated us immediately while we were trying to find out how long we would have to wait.
Trying to get a waiter’s attention once we were seated was almost impossible and, as it turned out, practically pointless as our requests (one was for cutlery so that we could actually eat our first course) were only met after we made them several times. One of the waiters didn’t have the wit to clear our plates from the first course before trying to deliver our second course and was hovering with dishes in each hand over the table for what seemed like an age before I couldn’t take any more and cleared the old plates for him. I have a whole list of other gripes which I won’t bore you with.
We didn’t leave a tip.
I would say go for the food if you’re in Sorrento because the prices were very reasonable in a notoriously expensive town and it was delicious but be prepared to wait and wait and wait.