Ristorante · Est. 1974

A Tasteof theMediterranean.

Seasonal cuisine · Mediterranean soul · Italian heart

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Via del Mare 12, Positano
Lunch from 12:30 · Dinner from 19:00

The Place

A table under the
Mediterranean sun.

A colonnaded pergola hung with bougainvillea, opening onto the sea — Limestone arcade · terrace at four o’clock

An olive branch backlit by late afternoon sun — Olive branches

Twelve tables, one long terrace, and a wall the sun has been warming since 1974. Linen, hand-thrown ceramics, wood worn smooth. Nothing here asks for attention; everything holds it.

A wooden table laid with linen, dark green ceramics and worn cutlery — Linen & ceramics

Seasonal Philosophy

From the land.
In its season.

The menu changes when the market changes. In June the tomatoes decide; by October it is the artichokes. Everything arrives within a day of the coast, and most of it within an hour.

Cherry tomatoes still on the vine — Pomodorini

Lemons ripening among dark leaves — Limoni

Green olives hanging from a silvered branch — Olive verdi

Whole sea bass laid out in rows on crushed ice — Pesce del giorno

Nests of fresh pappardelle rolled and dusted with flour — Pasta fatta a mano

Empty café tables on a terrace in low golden afternoon light

Long lunches.
Late dinners.
Good company.

Golden hour on the terrace · wine poured slowly · nobody looking at the time

Chef

The hand
behind
the table.

Elena grew up in the kitchen above this dining room. She cooks the way her grandmother did, with fewer ingredients and a lighter hand, and she still buys the fish herself.