One long table under the fig tree.
Lunch on the terrace, dinner in the vaulted room or at the shared table. The menu is short and changes with the boats — this is what it looked like yesterday.
- €16
Acciughe al limone
Marinated anchovies, lemon, chilli, Taggiasca olive oil
- €12
Focaccia di Recco
Blistered thin bread, molten stracchino, sea salt
- €14
Insalata dell'orto
Garden leaves, shaved fennel, blood orange, pine nuts
- €19
Trofie al pesto
Hand-rolled pasta, basil pounded by hand, potato, green bean
- €28
Orata alla ligure
Whole sea bream, olives, capers, potato, white wine
- €26
Fritto misto del giorno
Whatever came up in the nets, fried light, lemon
Dinner is a set menu, served at eight.
One seating, one table, five courses that Elio decides that afternoon. Wines are Ligurian and poured generously. Sixteen seats — house guests are held a place until noon.
Terrace lunch
12:30 — 15:00
À la carte, walk-ins welcome when there's shade to spare.
Dinner
20:00, one seating
Set menu at the shared table, or à la carte in the vaulted room.
The bar
18:00 — late
Aperitivo on the terrace: vermouth, olives, and the sunset.
Elio cooks like your most talented relative — nothing to prove, everything to give. The fritto misto alone is worth the drive from Genoa.
Gambero Rosso — Riviera guide