Best Seafood Restaurants in Italy

Trattoria Portolano

$$ Riviera Cristoforo Colombo, 69/71, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual

Il Portolano, a restaurant in Gallipoli where seafood specialities are the reason for the cuisine, focused on the exclusive use of high-quality products; the fresh fish is scrupulously selected from the fishermen's nets that arrive at the small port every day. The Trattoria Portolano restaurant was born from the desire to express that innate passion for the gastronomy culture of Gallipoli that has always accompanied us, a faithful relationship to the ancient recipes handed down in the kitchens of our homes. In a land of fishermen and farmers, of the sea and olive trees, in Salento, the recipes are masterpieces of taste and simplicity: from the encounter of poor ingredients, the wonderful exaltation of flavours is born. The Portolano restaurant is where diners are invited to spend moments of cheerful conviviality, such as a lunch with friends, a family celebration or a candlelit dinner.

Al Pescatore

$$$$ Riviera Cristoforo Colombo, 39, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual

Just a stone's throw from the new area, you can discover the authenticity of the Al Pescatore restaurant with seafood specialities based on the best fresh fish. The hosts are Luciano Corciulo and his wife, Mina Stefanì, who know how to conquer the hearts of their guests with kindness, professionalism and attention to detail. “We work with quality and for quality,” they say. The entire menu was born from the inventiveness of Luciano, a whimsical and self-taught chef, a great connoisseur of the marine world, which he studies and respects. On the table, always and only the catch of the day declined in tasty variations, given that the chef faithfully follows the seasonality of the fish caught to protect the natural cyclical nature of the sea. Delicate dishes, exclusive flavours and refined combinations. These are just some of the qualities of chef Luciano Corciulo and his staff.

Yellow Scapece

$$$ Riviera Armando Diaz, 131, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Mediterranean Fine dining

The name of the restaurant is inspired by the yellow of the lampante oil and the scapes, two typically Gallipoli peculiarities that the co-owner, Roberto Podo, wanted to enhance with his Yellow Scapece. The restaurant is located on the first floor of a building facing the sea, above the historic Martinucci ice cream parlour and pastry shop, and from its large windows, you can admire both the sea and the Angevin castle. The menu plays a lot with flavour combinations and seasonality. Among the appetizers, therefore, we can find the cod in squid ink tempura served with a rocket cream, the Ionian squid fried in semolina flour and accompanied by Acquaviva red onion jam or the anchovy millefeuille with chicory and buffalo mozzarella crispy in the oven.

Ristorante Il Bastione - Terrazza Sul Mare

$$$$ Riviera Nazario Sauro, 28, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

Bulwark on the Ionian Sea, the Il Bastione restaurant stands sentinel over infinity. A timeless place, it opens up to the visitor as a glimmer of the millennial history of the city of Gallipoli, thanks to a skilful recovery of medieval architecture. The golden stone, the colour of the sun, opens up to large and welcoming rooms, embraced by a large window, a natural fresco in which there is no dividing line between sky and sea. On the table are the highest gastronomic delicacies, dominated by the flavours of the sea and the culinary tradition of a land rich in history and culture.

Scafùd Mare

$ Via C. Muzio, 23, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining

An explosion of taste is enclosed in refined sandwiches, tartare, fries and much more. A fish bar to be discovered in the heart of Gallipoli. A few steps from the sea, at Scafùd, you will find what the ocean gives to this glorious land, savouring the freshness of the Mediterranean and the unmistakable taste of its fruits. Crudo, tartare and much more to fully enjoy the joy of food.

Il Pettolino

$$$ Riviera Nazario Sauro, 57, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual

Set in the evocative setting of the city of Gallipoli, within the elegant walls of Palazzo Grumesi, Il Pettolino Gallipoli awaits you to offer you an experience of great cuisine and tradition. The emerging star of the Italian gastronomic scene, Executive Chef Vito Gaballo specializes in the haute cuisine of Maestro Gualtiero Marchesi. Since 2018 at the helm of the Il Pettolino Gallipoli restaurant, he invents and perfects unique multisensory experiences every day. Modern and tied to traditions. Innovative cuisine is always attentive to the flavours of the Salento area. Il Pettolino Gallipoli stands out for its quality traditional dishes, gourmet cuisine and the freshness of the raw materials. Quality always comes first.

YOU - Cibo E Piacere

$$$$ Via Petrelli, 15, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual

At You - Food and Pleasure, you will find what best represents the concept of modernity and evolution. A few steps from the historic centre of Gallipoli, You evolve, grow, study and move forward with the times, building a concept that enhances its qualities and tends to distinguish it from the others. It is a menu that mainly sees fish at the centre of everything but also broadens its horizons to other elements, especially land. Seafood appetizers and more lead the way to a truly varied menu, which leaves no room for the undecided. The hand of the chef is evident; a touch is enough to revolutionize a flavour or a spice.

Osteria Sant’Angelo

$$$$ Via De Pace Antonio, 3, 73041, Gallipoli

Italian Mediterranean Fine dining

A magical, intimate, romantic place that instils peace and serenity. At the Osteria Sant'Angelo, you will feel at home. In addition to a very welcoming location with a romantic air, perfect for a dinner for two, the tavern offers a menu full of appetizers; there is no shortage of seafood first and second courses. The proposed cuisine is traditional, but the unmistakable touch of the chef makes everything more suggestive, giving creativity, giving art to his dishes and giving a great sense of satisfaction to his guests, who are always satisfied and enraptured. The fresh and daily catch guarantees an absolute, first-rate quality of the products.

AMU Fish Restaurant & Store

$$$$ Riviera Armando Diaz, 9, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Fine dining Elegant & Chic

A beautiful terrace overlooking the sea, a romantic, magical place where you can enjoy the beauty of the landscape and good food at the same time. We find the Amu Fish Restaurant near the coast in the city of Gallipoli. A truly enchanting place, where the landscape and this huge blue expanse give customers a truly unforgettable experience. A seafood cuisine, fresh fish, excellent raw materials, and the skilful hands of the chef offer a cuisine that is traditional but also modern, creative, and elusive, which leaves room for the imagination. Appetizers, first courses, second courses and much more, at Amu, we rediscover true love for good food.

Trattoria La Puritate

$$$$ Via Sant'Elia, 18, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining

In one of the oldest villages of the ancient city, near the Puritate church, one of the most loved restaurants in Gallipoli has always been a place devoted to fish. The very fresh raw material is the master, prepared with a light and expert hand, capable of enhancing the flavours of the sea. The menu, by voice, changes according to the offer of the day. As soon as you take a seat on the elegant glazed veranda, the large roundup of raw and cooked appetizers of proven freshness will begin: from the extraordinary raw prawns to stuffed mussels, cooked and marinated bonito, from raw tuna (exceptional for its flavour) to sliced octopus to rice with almonds and radishes (less exciting). We continue with tagliolini with lemon, rocket and prawns, a straightforward but delicate dish, as well as pasta with bonito and cherry tomatoes. Among the second courses, you will find prawns in salt and wind: a preparation that is once again simple but capable of enhancing the superb raw material.

La Locanda Degli Angioini

$$$ Riviera Armando Diaz, 119, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Mediterranean Fine dining

A ridosso del mare, sullo splendido sfondo della città di Gallipoli, troviamo La Locanda degli Angioini. Un ristorante con vista mozzafiato sul mare, che da l'impressione di mangiarci sopra, dando ai turisti e ai clienti l'impressione di cenare tra le acque del mar Ionio. Un ristorante che propone cucina pugliese tradizionale, contando nel menu numerose pietanze a base di pesce, grazie al continuo scarico di materie prime. Antipasti a base di mare, primi e secondi di mare, ma non solo, c'è scelta anche per chi non gusta una cucina marinara, proponendo anche i classici, facendo tutti contenti.

Matre Ristorante

$$$$ Via Antonietta De Pace, 116, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Casual Dining

Salento has always been recognized as a land of prosperity, abundance and good food. The Ionian and Adriatic coasts bring the abundance of the sea to shore, with daily fresh catches and many other delicacies. At Matre, a restaurant near the Ionian coast, fish is the order of the day. A modern restaurant with a beautiful internal garden offers its customers traditional but also modern cuisine, creating a mix of flavours and smells that will leave you breathless. With its smells and delicacies, Puglia meets the skilful hand of the chefs, who, thanks to a lot of hard work, constantly satisfy the diners' palates, making them live an unforgettable culinary experience.

Ristorante La Giudecca

$$$$ Via Don Giovanni Minzoni, Lungomare Galileo Galilei, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual

We find the La Giudecca restaurant in the heart of Gallipoli, a few steps from the sea. A place where fish is sacred. The daily catch, guaranteed by many trusted suppliers, guarantees the incredible freshness of the raw material, creating a mix of rarely disappointing flavours and expectations. Appetizers based on raw seafood, first courses with grouper sauce, monkfish, cuttlefish, squid, lobster and much more. The kingdom of the sea reigns supreme in La Giudecca.

Osteria Briganti

$$ Via Antonietta De Pace, 107, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Casual Dining Family Style

A welcoming, familiar place that tastes like home. The Osteria Briganti welcomes you to this simple but beautiful place carved out of stone, which offers a simple but delicious seafood cuisine. The typical dishes are proposed again, especially the fish-based appetizers, coming from the catch of the day along the Ionian and Adriatic coasts and their fish-based first courses. A courteous, well-prepared staff, who with great preparation is preparing to make you live a gastronomic experience to remember, enjoying the delicious fresh fish and enjoying the natural beauty of the splendid Gallipoli.

Da Clara

$$$ Via Antonietta De Pace, 15, 73014, Gallipoli

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual

A restaurant with deep Salento roots, rooted in years, decades and more than a century of history, meets contemporary culture, merging tradition with modernity. The Da Clara restaurant is an institution in Gallipoli, which for years now has been offering culinary joys to the palates of hundreds of diners. A traditional cuisine which revisits the Apulian gastronomic panorama, putting it at the centre of the scene and, above all, elevating it. From homemade orecchiette to stew, stew, fish main courses, with the daily catch, to soft meats in butter from selected Salento farms. All autochthonous and pure, like the healthy air of Puglia.

Trattoria Del Pescatore

$$$$ Via Atto Vannucci, 5, 20135, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining

At the Trattoria del Pescatore, the interpretation of fish cuisine is anchored in the great Italian tradition, with an influence from Sardinia, the land of origin of the owner and his family. Quality has always been the primary priority of the restaurant; enhancing the best raw materials with simple recipes, according to the catch of the day, is the owner's philosophy. Feeling at home, without too many conditionings, to enjoy good food and company in an informal, joyful and relaxed environment.

Ristorante Rubacuori

$$$$ Château Monfort, Corso Concordia, 1, 20129, Porta Venezia, Milan

Italian European Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

From early in the morning, the Rubacuori restaurant welcomes you to the Sala del Dolce Risveglio, with its richly laid table. A unique breakfast, between damask walls and fun details: follow the dance of plates that runs along the walls, the rows of cups and teapots that transform into small lamps, the elements that evoke the wonderful country of Alice and the Mad Hatter. Discover the Sala del Rubacuori and its intimate Alcove for a romantic dinner among comfortable armchairs and velvet sofas. Enjoy a light and tasty lunch in the Sala Della Caccia amidst elegant details that evoke the atmosphere of a hunting lodge.

Note Di Cucina

$$$$ Viale Monza, 16, 20127, Milan

Italian Casual Dining Family Style

Located in an old Milanese industrial courtyard a few steps from the city centre, the restaurant stands on a terrace full of flowers where you can spend timeless moments, accompanied by Chopin's piano notes and enjoy the most traditional Italian cuisine dishes. In the kitchen, the undisputed protagonist is fresh pasta; you choose the shape and then your favourite sauce. The dishes in our kitchen follow the seasonality of the raw materials. The imprint of our menu is undoubtedly Emilian, but it still leaves room for recipes from different regions of Italy.

Innocenti Evasioni

$$$$ Via Privata Della Bindellina, 20155, Certosa, Milan

Italian European Mediterranean Premium Casual Elegant & Chic

The Innocenti Evasioni restaurant is the perfect way to escape from metropolitan life and enjoy a gourmet moment of peace and relaxation. We are in the northern area of industrial Milan, in the La Cagnola district, in a charming private street where there was an old farmhouse in the past. In this urban corner, Chef Tommaso Arrigoni has created a suspended world – a small restaurant with only 50 selected seats – where elegance, harmony and taste coexist in a delicate balance.

Forte Milano

$$$$ Viale Monte Grappa, 12b, 20124, Isola, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Fine dining

Forte is made up of two essential "ingredients": on the one hand, the deep love, respect and gratitude for the maritime culinary tradition that strongly characterized the childhood of the owners, thanks to their mothers and grandmothers who lovingly introduced them that incredible heritage culture, leaving them with indelible memories. On the other hand, the a deep and genuine desire to share that heritage since it is known that the extraordinary reality should never remain confined. For this reason, we navigate the waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea every day, searching for the best fish to offer customers.

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