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Top 10 places for arancini in Palermo

Based on 8 food guides · Checked October 24, 2026

Ke Palle on Via Maqueda is number one for arancini in Palermo, followed by Bar Vabres and Coast to Coast. The ranking comes from food guides and food media such as Gambero Rosso, Scatti di Gusto and Lonely Planet.

Ke Palle is recommended by 5 of the 8 guides we checked, Bar Vabres by 4 and Coast to Coast by 3.

  1. Ke Palle

    Centro storico (Via Maqueda)

    Recommended by Gambero Rosso · PalermoToday · Scatti di Gusto · All Food Sicily · Lonely Planet

    Via Maqueda 270, 90134 Palermo PA, ItalyApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    5 guides

  2. Bar Vabres

    Stazione Centrale

    Recommended by Gambero Rosso · PalermoToday · Scatti di Gusto · Cronache di Gusto

    Order Arancina al burro

    Via Michele Cipolla 83/85, 90123 Palermo PA, ItalyApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    4 guides

  3. Coast to Coast

    Viale Campania

    Recommended by Gambero Rosso · Scatti di Gusto · All Food Sicily

    Order Arancina alla carne

    Viale Campania 29, Palermo PA, ItalyApple MapsGoogle Maps

    3 guides

  4. Donnafranca

    Centro storico (Via Maqueda)

    Recommended by Gambero Rosso · Cronache di Gusto · The Infatuation

    Order Arancina alla carne

    Via Maqueda 292, 90133 Palermo PA, ItalyApple MapsGoogle Maps

    3 guides

  5. Pasticceria Oscar 1965

    Via Mariano Migliaccio

    Recommended by Gambero Rosso · PalermoToday · Scatti di Gusto

    Order Arancina accarne · Arancina al burro

    Via Mariano Migliaccio 39, Palermo PA, ItalyApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    3 guides

  6. Sampolo 246

    Sampolo

    Recommended by Gambero Rosso · Scatti di Gusto · All Food Sicily

    Order Arancina al burro · Arancina gourmet

    Via Sampolo 242/246, 90143 Palermo PA, ItalyApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    3 guides

  7. Sfrigola

    Porta Nuova

    Recommended by PalermoToday · Scatti di Gusto · All Food Sicily

    Corso Calatafimi 11, Palermo PA, ItalyApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    3 guides

  8. Bar Matranga Ettore

    La Favorita

    Recommended by Gambero Rosso · All Food Sicily

    Viale del Fante 54, Palermo PA, ItalyApple MapsGoogle Maps

    2 guides

  9. Bar Turistico

    Acquasanta

    Recommended by Gambero Rosso · Cronache di Gusto

    Order Arancina alla carne

    Via Comandante Simone Gulì 212, Palermo PA, ItalyApple MapsGoogle Maps

    2 guides

  10. Don Nino Total Food

    Via Vincenzo Di Marco

    Recommended by Gambero Rosso · All Food Sicily

    Via Vincenzo Di Marco 26/B, Palermo PA, ItalyApple MapsGoogle Maps

    2 guides

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Also recommended, in the same order.

  1. 11Friggitoria da Davide Villa Sofia2 guides
  2. 12La Romanella Via Leopardi2 guides
  3. 13Pasticceria Cappello Via Colonna Rotta2 guides
  4. 14Bar Touring Via Lincoln2 guides
  5. 15Pasticceria Massaro Università1 guide
  6. 16Antico Caffè Spinnato Politeama1 guide
  7. 17Bar Italico Sant'Erasmo1 guide
  8. 18I Cuochini Politeama1 guide
  9. 19Pasticceria Accardi Via Gaetano Amoroso1 guide

Arancini in Palermo

Arancini are rice balls, stuffed, coated in breadcrumbs and fried. The two classic fillings are al ragù, with meat sauce, and al burro, with ham and mozzarella or béchamel. Palermo uses the feminine, arancina. The city eats them on Saint Lucy’s day, 13 December, when bread and pasta stay off the table.

Gambero Rosso picks the meat arancina at Pasticceria Oscar 1965 and the burro one at Sampolo 246. Scatti di Gusto also picks the meat one at Coast to Coast. Numbers eight to ten are tied with the first three under More places: all six have two sources, Gambero Rosso among them, so they’re listed A to Z. For Naples, see the top 10 places for sfogliatella in Naples.

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Where are the best arancini in Palermo?

Ke Palle on Via Maqueda in the old centre is number one, followed by Bar Vabres near the central station and Coast to Coast on Viale Campania. Five of our eight sources recommend Ke Palle. Three of the ten chefs Cronache di Gusto asked named Bar Vabres, and two of them pick its butter version, al burro.

Is Bar Touring in the top 10?

No, it's number 14. PalermoToday and Scatti di Gusto recommend it, and PalermoToday picks its oversized bomba. Six other places also have two sources, and they come first on the tie-break because Gambero Rosso names them.

How did you rank these places?

We ranked each place by how many of eight sources recommend its arancini, including Gambero Rosso, Scatti di Gusto and Cronache di Gusto's survey of chefs. On a tie, places named by Gambero Rosso come first, then the rest A to Z. The list covers the city of Palermo only. Every place was open when we checked on 24 October 2026.

How we ranked

We ranked places by how many of these 8 food guides and critics recommend them. We don't score or review places ourselves. Checked on October 24, 2026; things change, so check before you go. How we rank →

Sources (8)
  1. Dove mangiare le arancine a Palermo secondo il Gambero Rosso: la guida definitiva · Gambero Rosso · 2024 · Guide · 9 of the top 10
  2. Arancine alla carne ecco le 15 migliori a Palermo · All Food Sicily · 2025 · Media · 6 of the top 10
  3. 10 indirizzi a Palermo dove mangiare le migliori arancine · Scatti di Gusto · 2024 · Media · 6 of the top 10
  4. Le migliori arancine di Palermo. Dove trovarle: la mappa · PalermoToday · 2024 · Media · 4 of the top 10
  5. Arancine a Palermo, dove vanno gli chef a mangiarle? Dieci risposte tra sorprese e conferme · Cronache di Gusto · 2023 · Media · 3 of the top 10
  6. 14 of the Best Things to Do in Palermo, Sicily · Lonely Planet · 2026 · Media · 1 of the top 10
  7. The Best Restaurants In Palermo · The Infatuation · 2025 · Media · 1 of the top 10
  8. A local's guide to the best things to do in Palermo, Sicily · Time Out · 2026 · Media · 0 of the top 10

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