Where to eat in Naples: my 15 favourite restaurants
Nobody eats well following the tour buses. These are the 15 restaurants in Naples I'd send a friend to: the cheap neighbourhood place, the one locals keep to themselves, the splurge that's genuinely worth it. No photo menus.
Book a Table50 Kalò€10-18 · Pizza · Modern VesuvianCiro Salvo's modern pizzeria in Mergellina: the «scientist of pizza», with a dough that proves for 24 hours and a wood oven calibrated to the degree. Directions
Book a TableConcettina ai Tre Santi€10-20 · Pizza · Sanità neighborhoodCiro Oliva runs four generations of pizza-making out of a tiny corner of the Sanità neighborhood: Naples' most authentic-poor quartiere. Directions
Da Ettore€20-40 · Classic NeapolitanAn institution since 1936 in the Santa Lucia neighborhood, two blocks from the Lungomare. Directions
Book a TableDi Matteo pizza al portafoglio€1.50-2 · Folded street pizzaThe famous «folded pizza» window on Via dei Tribunali: €1.50 for a Margherita the size of a notepad, folded in quarters and wrapped in wax paper. Directions
Book a TableFriggitoria Vomero€3-6 · Fried street food (cuoppo)The classic Vomero takeaway: a window the size of a car door pumping out paper cones (cuoppi) of fried calamari, zucchini flowers, panzarotti (potato croquettes) and crocchè. Directions
Book a TableGeorge Restaurant (Grand Hotel Parker's, rooftop)€80-150 · Italian · Vesuvius viewThe rooftop restaurant of the historic Grand Hotel Parker's, sixth-floor terrace with the best Vesuvius + Bay of Naples sunset view of any restaurant in the city. Directions
Book a TableGino e Toto Sorbillo€8-15 · Pizza · Tribunali iconThe other pizza icon: direct rival to Da Michele, with a much bigger menu (40 pizzas vs. Directions
Book a TableL'Antica Pizzeria da Michele€5-8 · Pizza · 1870 iconThe pizza that Eat Pray Love made world-famous, and the one that's been doing exactly two things since 1870: Margherita and Marinara. Directions
Book a TableL'Europeo di Mattozzi€50-90 · Modern CampanianFamily-run since 1934, now in its third generation. Directions
Book a TableLa Cantinella€60-110 · Seafood · Santa LuciaNaples' most famous high-end seafood restaurant, on the seafront near Castel dell'Ovo since 1952. Directions
Book a TablePizzeria Starita€8-15 · Pizza · 1901 MaterdeiThe pizzeria that supplied the prop pizza in Sophia Loren's 1954 film «L'Oro di Napoli». Directions
Book a TableScaturchio Pasticceria€2-5 · Sfogliatella · PasticceriaThe most famous sfogliatella in Naples since 1905, on the corner of Piazza San Domenico Maggiore. Directions
Book a TableTandem ragù€10-18 · Neapolitan ragùA tiny no-reservations restaurant near the university that does one thing supremely well: Neapolitan ragù. Directions
Book a TableTandem Vico Belledonne€25-45 · Modern Italian · ChiaiaThe upscale sister to the ragù-only Tandem near the university: modern Italian in Chiaia, with a focus on Campanian produce. Directions
Book a TableVeritas (1 Michelin star)€100-180 · Modern Campanian · MichelinOne Michelin star, in Chiaia. Chef Gianluca D'Agostino has been pushing modern Campanian cooking for over a decade: playful technique on traditional bases. The «pomodoro 1934» (a tomato dish reconstructed three ways) is the… Directions
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