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Best hotels for food and drink on the Amalfi Coast

Monastero Santa Rosa, for Il Refettorio, starred since 2017, in the convent where, by tradition, the sfogliatella Santa Rosa was born. Il San Pietro di Positano, for Zass, starred, cooking from its own garden terraces. Borgo Santandrea, for Alici's starred majolica terrace. Le Sirenuse, for La Sponda under hundreds of candles.

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At a glance

  1. Monastero Santa Rosa Hotel & Spa: The infinity pool and terraced gardens above the sea

    Monastero Santa Rosa Hotel & Spa

    Il Refettorio, starred since 2017, in the convent of the sfogliatella

    Conca dei Marini · From about €1,320 a night

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  2. Il San Pietro di Positano: The hotel stepped down the cliff east of Positano

    Il San Pietro di Positano

    Zass, starred, cooking from ten garden terraces; Carlino by the sea

    Positano · From about €3,530 a night

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  3. Borgo Santandrea: A Deluxe Suite with its terrace over the sea

    Borgo Santandrea

    Alici's starred majolica terrace, and lunch in a fishermen's boathouse

    Conca dei Marini · From about €2,745 a night

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  4. Le Sirenuse: The mosaic pool with Positano rising behind

    Le Sirenuse

    La Sponda under hundreds of candles, facing Positano's church dome

    Positano · From about €1,905 a night

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What we looked for

On the Amalfi Coast the hotel dining room matters more than in most places. Several of our ten stand on cliffs between towns, so dinner out means a shuttle or a taxi, and a table worth staying in for changes the whole stay. Three of our four have a restaurant with a MICHELIN star, and the fourth is the candlelit room people plan Positano evenings around.

The cooking is Campanian: lemons, fish from the morning's catch, ricotta and pastry. Look for the sfogliatella Santa Rosa, first made, by local tradition, by the nuns of Conca dei Marini. Choose by the kind of evening you want. The cliff hotels give you the terrace and the sea in peace; Le Sirenuse puts you inside Positano, with other tables a short walk away. Book dinner when you book the room, since non-residents take tables too. Tipping is not compulsory in Italy, and a coperto on the bill is a cover charge, not a tip.

Monastero Santa Rosa Hotel & Spa: The infinity pool and terraced gardens above the seaThe table

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Monastero Santa Rosa Hotel & Spa

Conca dei Marini, Amalfi Coast

Monastero Santa Rosa is the one to book if dinner is the reason for the trip. Il Refettorio, named for the nuns' refectory, has held a MICHELIN star since 2017, and the MICHELIN Guide gives the hotel a Key as well. Alfonso Crescenzo cooks Campanian produce, much of it from his family's organic farm near Sarno and the hotel's garden, as two tasting menus or à la carte: the Mafalda, pasta filled with ricotta, Agerola cheese, meatballs and Neapolitan ragù, or turbot in grouper broth with morels.

Tables are on a terrace over the gardens, the pool and the Gulf of Salerno, and dinner ends with the sfogliatella Santa Rosa, first made in this convent, reworked. Lunch is at Il Mezzogiorno by the pool, and aperitifs at Bar La Brocca.

The room to book

Queen Terrace Room

about 22 m², plus an 8 m² terrace€1,540 a night

The only room below the suites with a terrace of its own, set with a table for two over the pool and the sea: breakfast outside, then a glass there before Il Refettorio.

Every room, and why

Book Il Refettorio for your first evening when you book the room; dinner starts at 19:30.

€€€€From about €1,320 a night

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Il San Pietro di Positano: The hotel stepped down the cliff east of PositanoThe escape

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Il San Pietro di Positano

Positano, Amalfi Coast

Il San Pietro di Positano grows much of its own dinner. Ten terraces of organic gardens step down the cliff to the sea, and they supply Zass, which holds a MICHELIN star under Alois Vanlangenaeker, the hotel's chef since 2002. His menu is contemporary Mediterranean rooted in Campania, it changes three times a year, and the cellar holds more than 600 labels. The room looks over the sea to Praiano.

At the foot of the lift through the rock, Carlino serves handmade pasta, fish from the morning's catch and vegetables from the gardens, beside the hotel's cove. Breakfast at Zass comes with bread from the hotel's own bakers, and the Terrace Bar is open from 8:00 to midnight. Zass opens Monday to Saturday and asks men for long trousers.

Elite Room at Il San Pietro di Positano: a double bed and a long blue sofa, with sliding doors to a vine-shaded terrace with a sunbed above the sea

The room to book

Elite Room

from about 40 m²€4,665 a night

The first rung with sunbeds as well as a table and chairs on the sea-view terrace, a good place to start the evening before Zass.

Every room, and why

Reserve Zass for your first free evening between Monday and Saturday; on Sunday, La Taverna del Leone is 6 minutes' walk along the road.

€€€€From about €3,530 a night

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Borgo Santandrea: A Deluxe Suite with its terrace over the seaThe design one

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Borgo Santandrea

Conca dei Marini, Amalfi Coast

At Borgo Santandrea the eating runs from a cooked breakfast to a drink at midnight, and the high point is Alici. It holds a MICHELIN star: Crescenzo Scotti cooks the Amalfi Coast's classics, Naples and his native Ischia with a light, modern hand, and the Amalfi lemon runs through the menu. Dinner is on a terrace floored in blue and azure majolica, with the coast falling away below, every evening in season from 19:30.

Down the cliff, Aqva serves lunch in a nineteenth-century fishermen's boathouse at the beach club, at a table or under your parasol, and Marinella serves a more casual dinner on the private beach. Breakfast is cooked to order in an open kitchen until 11:30, the Plumbago bar is open from noon to midnight, and room service runs around the clock.

Deluxe Room Sea View & balcony at Borgo Santandrea: a king bed and a wooden desk on a blue and white tiled floor, with glass doors open to a balcony over the sea.

The room to book

Deluxe Room Sea View & balcony

about 30 to 40 m²€3,472 a night

The first room facing the Gulf of Salerno head on, with a sitting area; ask for a full balcony for room-service breakfasts outside.

Every room, and why

Book Alici when you book the room: non-residents can book too, and should.

€€€€From about €2,745 a night

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Le Sirenuse: The mosaic pool with Positano rising behindThe icon

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Le Sirenuse

Positano, Amalfi Coast

Le Sirenuse has the dining room people plan Positano evenings around. La Sponda, in the MICHELIN Guide, is lit each evening by hundreds of suspended candles, with guitar and mandolin playing and the church dome close enough to touch. Gennaro Russo cooks Neapolitan and Amalfi Coast dishes simply and by the season: pasta al pomodoro, grilled branzino, lemon risotto with capers, a Neapolitan babà.

The drinking is as good. Franco's Bar opens at the front from 5pm, Aldo's serves oysters and grilled fish on a terrace over the sea, and the Don't Worry Bar is the after-dinner speakeasy. Unlike the cliff hotels, it is in town: Al Palazzo is 4 minutes away on foot and Li Galli, with a MICHELIN star, 10.

Superior Sea View at Le Sirenuse: a double bed under a vaulted ceiling, with glass doors open onto a balcony with a table and chairs over the sea and the houses of Positano

The room to book

Superior Sea View

about 30 m²€3,762 a night

An 8 m² balcony over the town and the sea, twice the Deluxe's, for a drink outside before the candles are lit at La Sponda.

Every room, and why

Reach Franco's Bar soon after it opens at 5pm: it takes no reservations, and at peak times there is a queue.

€€€€From about €1,905 a night

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How to choose

Your tripBook
A starred tasting menu is the pointMonastero Santa Rosa Hotel & Spa
You want food grown on the hotel's cliffIl San Pietro di Positano
You want lunch on a private beachBorgo Santandrea
You want restaurants and bars on foot tooLe Sirenuse

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Questions people ask

Good questions about Amalfi Coast

Which hotels on the Amalfi Coast have a MICHELIN-starred restaurant?

Three of our ten. Il Refettorio at Monastero Santa Rosa in Conca dei Marini has held a star since 2017. Zass at Il San Pietro di Positano holds one under Alois Vanlangenaeker, chef there since 2002. Alici at Borgo Santandrea, on the cliff towards Amalfi, holds one under Crescenzo Scotti. In Positano itself, La Sponda at Le Sirenuse and Al Palazzo at Palazzo Murat are in the MICHELIN Guide.

Can non-residents eat at the hotel restaurants?

At three of the four, yes, but book. La Sponda at Le Sirenuse is open to non-residents every evening in season, so a table on the night you want is not a given. Alici at Borgo Santandrea takes bookings from non-residents, and Zass at Il San Pietro di Positano takes a limited number of outside diners, Monday to Saturday. At Il Refettorio, dinner is from 19:30 and booked ahead; ask the hotel about outside tables. Staying guests do best by booking with the room.

What is the sfogliatella Santa Rosa?

A shell of pastry filled with semolina and ricotta and topped with pastry cream and black cherries. By local tradition, the nuns of the convent at Conca dei Marini created it in their refectory; the convent, finished in 1681, is now Monastero Santa Rosa. Il Refettorio, its MICHELIN-starred restaurant, ends dinner with a reworked sfogliatella Santa Rosa, and guests single out the sfogliatelle at breakfast on the terrace.

Is there a dress code for dinner at the Amalfi Coast hotels?

At Zass, Il San Pietro di Positano's starred restaurant, yes: long trousers for men, with no shorts or trainers, and mobile phones left alone. For Il Refettorio, Alici and La Sponda, all evening rooms on terraces over the sea, ask the hotel when you book the table.

Do you tip in restaurants on the Amalfi Coast?

Tipping is not compulsory in Italy and there are no fixed rules, but when diners are pleased with the service it is customary to leave something close to 10% of the bill. Restaurants may add a coperto, a cover charge per person, which must be shown on the menu; it is not a tip. Visa, Mastercard and American Express are widely accepted.

How did you choose these hotels?

Independently, through extensive research, trusted sources and first-hand visits. Hotels cannot pay to be included, and every one of the ten has to exist for a different reason.

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