This is a restaurant recommended to us by our hotel, pretty far away from here, but we had seen it before on our walks through the town. The place looked pleasant with many small tables and a nice traditional decor. Also I was attracted by its name, which refers to a fermented fish paste, which the Romans once so much loved as a spice (a bit like the Vietnamese today with their Nuoc Mam).

There were waiters in black uniform and an apron, who would bring the basics, but for the main orders one of two owners showed up, dressed almost provocatively casual with a shirt over the trousers and under a sweater and with very surly manners.

There was a - for us too loud - international kind of chillout-music as a background and as we soon discovered accompanied by the once in a while barks of some dogs under neighboring tables, who apparently are welcome here.

We had an eggplant-dish as a starter (sforcata de melanzana) and a pasta dish: Vermicelli con salsa de alice di Cetara (a very good pasta dish with slow food anchovies sauce). Excellent were also our main-courses: Red Tuna and Entrecote, medium as ordered, both accompanied by a salad of rocket with slices of fennel.

The white wine from Ischia, opened at our table for just a glass, was bland, but the red housewine later on was quite good.

The place soon filled up with locals, but despite the good quality of the food, I didn't feel like coming back here.

Was recommended by our hotel and had a great meal of local seafood. Talk with the servers about what they recommend. Would go back!

We only had a day to take in the sights of Naples, and have lunch. It was Saturday, and Naples was buzzing. After walking the busy streets, we needed to find a quiet restaurant, in the sunshine, to have lunch. We stumbled across Osteria Il Garum by chance. The owner was charming and most welcoming, and spoke perfect English. The food was excellent and the local house wine perfect. Would recommend any visitors to Naples, visit this restaurant.

Very nice neighborhood restaurant with a wide variety of Italian food. One of our fish entrees was very good, but the other was mediocre.

Visited per a hotel recommendation. Atmosphere was lovely. Food was stellar (stuffed beef and a pasta dish, but it seems you cannot go wrong--we saw many delicious plates go by). Would go back in heartbeat.