# Osteria del Tempo Perso

Restaurant en Ostuni · Itria Valley

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/where-to-eat/osteria-del-tempo-perso · Revisado: 2026-11-12

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Osteria serving Ostuni cooking, opened in 1983 beside Ostuni cathedral, in a 16th-century oven dug into the rock and its former granary.

Osteria del Tempo Perso opened in 1983 at the top of Ostuni's old town, a few metres from the cathedral. It is a house of Ostuni and Apulian cooking, with fresh pasta, vegetables from the fields and homemade bread, served in two rooms dug into the rock of the old town. It is the table for understanding what is eaten in the White City, in a place that already deserves a visit.
The two rooms
The two rooms are a few metres from one another. The first is a 16th-century former oven, a cave in the rock that has been left almost untouched; the second, quieter and more private, was the granary that supplied that oven. In both, the bare stone walls contrast with careful, unluxurious decoration.
The menu
Starters range from the seasonal vegetable pie to aubergine parmigiana, bread meatballs with mint, fresh cheeses, Martina Franca cured meats, octopus with onion and stuffed cuttlefish. Among the first courses, made with fresh pasta, is the tegamino of cardoncelli mushrooms in a bread crust: the mushrooms are sautéed with garlic, parsley and small tomatoes, covered with bread dough and baked until the crust puffs up. Also orecchiette with clams and courgette flowers, orecchiette with turnip tops and toasted crumbs, laganari with cardoncelli and puntarelle, and the broad bean purée with chicory, lampascioni and fried peppers.
For main courses, sea bass en papillote with clams and baby cuttlefish, donkey brasciola with meatballs, or fillet with podolico cheese and turnip tops. For dessert, the sporcamuso, of puff pastry and cream. The bread, of durum wheat and of wholemeal semolina with olives, is made in-house. There are vegetarian and coeliac menus, and the cellar has more than 200 labels, regional and national. The website does not publish prices.
Booking and rules
Closed on Mondays. Book online on its website, by phone, +39 0831 304819, or by WhatsApp. The house warns of some rules: for lack of space, it does not admit dogs; children are welcome from age 6; and the table is cancelled if you arrive more than 20 minutes late.
Getting there
It is on Via Tanzarella Vitale, in the highest part of the old town. The car parks are outside the wall, below, and you have to walk up the slopes: the house asks you to allow plenty of time. The house also runs Apulian cooking courses; ask about them when you book.

Qué pedir: the tegamino of cardoncelli mushrooms in a bread crust and some orecchiette with turnip tops.

## Practical details

- Address: Via G. Tanzarella Vitale, 47, 72017 Ostuni, BR
- Phone: +39 0831 304819
- Email: info@osteriadeltempoperso.com
- Closed on Mondays; serves lunch and dinner, and the website does not publish service hours
- Cuisine: Apulian, Ostuni
- House specialities: Tegamino of cardoncelli mushrooms in a bread crust, Orecchiette with cime di rapa and toasted bread, Broad bean purée with chicory, lampascioni and peppers, Donkey brasciola, Sporcamuso
- Bookings: https://www.osteriadeltempoperso.com/contatti.php
- Details checked on 12 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.osteriadeltempoperso.com/
- Coordenadas: 40.7347, 17.5792

## Cerca de aquí

- [Ostuni, the White Town: walled old town and cathedral](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/things-to-do/ostuni-white-town), a 438 m
- [Masseria Il Frantoio](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/where-to-stay/masseria-il-frantoio), a 5.5 km
- [Park Hotel San Michele](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/where-to-stay/park-hotel-san-michele), a 20.4 km
- [Baroque Martina Franca: gates, Palazzo Ducale and San Martino](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/things-to-do/baroque-martina-franca), a 20.4 km
- [Vineyards and Itria Valley white wine tasting at I Pàstini](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/things-to-do/tasting-at-i-pastini), a 21.2 km
- [A walk through Locorotondo, the round town above the valley](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/things-to-do/locorotondo-old-town-walk), a 21.2 km
- [Bina, ristorante di Puglia](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/where-to-eat/bina), a 21.3 km

## Consejos

### Ask for a table in the cave
If you want the old oven, say so when you book.

### Allow time to climb
From the car park there are slopes; the reservation lapses after 20 minutes.

### Order something from the land
The broad beans with chicory and the orecchiette with turnip tops are the cooking of the Ostuni countryside.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Which day does Osteria del Tempo Perso close?
Mondays.

### Can I go with a dog?
No, the house does not admit dogs.

### Can I go with children?
Yes, from age 6.

### Does it have vegetarian and gluten-free options?
Yes, vegetarian and coeliac menus.

Destino: [Itria Valley](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley.md)