Contemporary Mediterranean cooking, one MICHELIN star · €€€€
The restaurant of Palazzo Avino, across the street, with one MICHELIN star. Chef Gianni Vanacore cooks light, balanced regional dishes, à la carte or as tasting menus, in classic dining rooms and on a terrace over the coast towards Minori, and dinner opens with Champagne and small bites in the garden below. There is a Chef's Table for four, with a menu built on the Neapolitan game of tombola, and a Sommelier's Table for two in the wine cellar. Dinner only, and closed from November to March; book well ahead and ask for the terrace.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks outVia San Giovanni del Toro 28, Ravello
Amalfi Coast cooking on a sea-view terrace, since 1880 · €€€
Run by the Bonadies family since 1880, in the family's Hotel Bonadies, with a sea-view dining room and a panoramic terrace. Order the alici 'mbuttunate, fresh anchovies stuffed with provola and basil and fried, €22, the scialatielli alla vecchia Atrani with clams, mussels and cockles, €30, or the crespelle alla Bonadies, Ravello's crêpes filled with ricotta, salami and ham. Dinner every day except Wednesday, 19:00 to 21:45, and lunch on Saturday and Sunday from 12:30 to 15:00. Terrace tables are kept only for the 19:00 and 21:00 sittings, so book.
Reserve aheadPiazza Fontana Moresca 5, Ravello
Café and cocktail bar on Piazza Duomo · €€
A bar on the cathedral square for breakfast, a light lunch or an aperitivo. In the morning there are cornetti from €3, a sfogliatella at €6 and the delizia al limone, the coast's lemon-cream sponge, at €8, with a cappuccino at €4; later, boards of local cheese and salumi, sandwiches and pinsa, and a Lemon Spritz made with limoncello at €13. A €1.50 cover is added at the table. Open from 8:00 to 21:00, closed on Tuesday.
Walk inPiazza Duomo 2, Ravello
Restaurant and wood-fired pizzeria · €€
A restaurant and pizzeria on Via dei Rufolo, the lane down to Villa Rufolo, with a wood-fired oven and a kitchen of local fish and meat. The pizzas include the Bufala with buffalo mozzarella and the Siciliana with salted anchovies and black olives; from the kitchen, order the totani e patate, squid stewed with potatoes, the parmigiana di pesce serra made with bluefish, the polipetti alla Luciana or the paccheri ai frutti di mare. Open every day for lunch from 12:15 to 15:00 and dinner from 19:15 to 22:00.
Reserve aheadVia dei Rufolo 3, Ravello
Mediterranean cooking on a terrace over Villa Rufolo · €€€€
The restaurant of the Hotel Rufolo, named after Sigilgaida della Marra, remembered for the Duomo's 13th-century pulpit, with a bright dining room and a panoramic terrace over the gardens of Villa Rufolo and the coast. Executive Chef Raffaele Galasso reworks local dishes: the linguine with Cetara anchovies, cauliflower and black-olive crumbs, €28, the lemon risotto with raw seafood, €35, or a plain spaghetti al pomodoro with Corbarino and datterino tomatoes, €28. Open for lunch from 12:00 to 15:00 and dinner from 19:00 to 22:00; book a terrace table online.
Reserve aheadVia San Francesco 1, Ravello
Neapolitan pizza and home cooking · €€
On Via San Francesco, the path towards Villa Cimbrone, with a menu meant for sharing: Neapolitan pizza from the Margherita up, hand-made pasta, and dishes such as spaghetti Bella 'Mbriana with anchovies and yellow datterini tomatoes, or paccheri with salt cod, capers and olives. It is the easy dinner in the centre when the terraces are full. Open every day from 12:15 to 15:15 and 18:45 to 22:00; book on its website or by phone, and a booking stands only once the confirmation email arrives.
Reserve aheadVia San Francesco 12, Ravello
Limoncello maker · €
An artisan liquorificio in the old centre, on the way to Villa Cimbrone, making limoncello from the Limone Costa d'Amalfi IGP, the coast's protected lemon, by a simple method the makers call ancient. Call in for a bottle to take home, from €12.50 for 50 cl or €14 for 70 cl; there are melon and strawberry liqueurs too. It belongs to the same family business as Mimì, a minute away.
Walk inVia Santissima Trinità 37, Ravello
Breakfast is included in every rate the hotel sells, and it is served on the terrace above the coast; the hotel does not publish the hours, so ask at check-in. For a breakfast in the town, Al San Domingo on Piazza Duomo, six minutes away on foot, opens at 8:00, closed on Tuesday, with cornetti from €3, a sfogliatella at €6 and a cappuccino at €4.
