Restaurants

Ristorante Essentia: Andrea Giacchini Finds the Coast beneath Castrocaro’s Fortress

Ristorante Essentia transforms cappelletti, Adriatic seafood, piadina and Romagnol produce into an intimate, precise tasting experience beneath Castrocaro’s fortress

Ristorante Da Brega: Handmade Tortelli, Local Meat and No Need for Culinary Theatre

Ristorante Da Brega serves handmade tortelli, slow-cooked ragù and generous grilled meat in the green hills of the Santerno Valley

Trattoria del Tempo Buono Review: Ragù Meets Cacio e Ova in Piazza San Martino

Trattoria del Tempo Buono brings handmade pasta, cotoletta and Abruzzese country dishes to a lively table near Bologna’s Two Towers

Cosmo Restaurant Pompei: Blue Risotto, Black Garlic and a Universe of Ambition

Cosmo Restaurant Pompei mixes Genovese, Controne beans, seafood and playful modern technique in one of the city’s most ambitious tasting...

La Locanda Gesù Vecchio Civico 4 Review: Naples Serves the Dishes Tourists Usually Miss

La Locanda Gesù Vecchio Civico 4 revives Naples’ humbler recipes with pasta e patate, scarpariello, Puveriello and deeply traditional home-style...

Hachi Ristorante Giapponese Review: The Rolls Are Loud, the Sashimi Knows Better

At Hachi Ristorante Giapponese, Vomero trades unlimited rice for generous fish, polished service and a colourful menu of sushi, bao...

Pizzeria Pizzicotto Naples Review: The Quartieri Spagnoli Put Tradition in a Rotating Oven

Pizzeria Pizzicotto serves wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, fried classics and exuberant stuffed crusts a few steps from Naples’ Maradona mural

La Locanda del Cerriglio: Four Centuries of Naples Served with Pasta and Potatoes

Step through Naples’ narrowest alley for slow-cooked Genovese, pasta and potatoes, seafood classics and four centuries of Cerriglio intrigue

Le 3 Caravelle Cesenatico: Where to Start if You Want Fish but Someone Else Wants Pizza

Le 3 Caravelle is a good Cesenatico choice when the table cannot decide between seafood and pizza: close to the...

La Fraschetta di Barbablù: Roman Pasta, Large Portions and No Fear of Cheese

La Fraschetta di Barbablù brings carbonara, gricia, porchetta and spectacular Pecorino-wheel pasta to a lively trattoria near Roma Termini