The best Italian pizzerias and restaurants Calabria

Hotel Victoria's restaurant has a very pleasant covered terrace on the beach side. An idyllic setting for tasting seafood and Mediterranean dishes, made with fresh fish and ingredients from Calabria. The menu changes according to the seasons to guarantee freshness and quality of the raw materials. Particularly noteworthy are the sea antipasti and home-made desserts. The house also offers personalized menus for vegans and vegetarians, diabetics and children.

Facing the harbour and the picturesque promenade of Vibo Marina, a renowned address, a high level cuisine that is both classic and inventive, where fish is of course the order of the day on the "coast of the gods". The products of the territory are valued: shrimps from Capo Vaticano, black truffle from the Pollino, podolica veal, caciocavallo silano cheese... An elegant setting and a beautiful and wide selection of wines and champagnes make this restaurant an essential stop on any self-respecting Calabrian gastronomic itinerary.

A small authentic place that looks like a mountain refuge, with a very warm atmosphere. The quality of its cuisine is celebrated by framed press clippings on the walls. It is confirmed that it is one of the best tables in town with homemade pasta and desserts, vegetables and wild herbs, local cheeses... Taste the speciality, the linguine allo stoccafisso (cod linguine). Ideal for a stopover because you can also sleep in this family farm at the foot of the Pollino National Park.

The emblem of the restaurant appears everywhere, on the walls of the room covered with colourful ceramic suns, and on the wine jugs. This family business has been operating since 1970 and welcomes you in a warm atmosphere to enjoy Calabrian cuisine based on seafood (although the menu also offers some proposals of land). Good assortment of hot and cold antipasti. The pasta dishes are very tasty (excellent spaghetti with baccalà, cherry tomatoes and breadcrumbs) and the swordfish with mint is worth trying!

One of the best tables in Cosenza, ideal for discovering local Calabrian products. Both rustic and elegant, the large room upstairs, with its beautiful exposed beams, welcomes a rather wealthy local clientele. Taste the Calabria Bella antipasto, based on regional cheeses and cold cuts, grilled vegetables and olives, accompanied by a glass of local wine, the Donnici. Charming staff and generous and sincere cuisine, enough to reconcile with the old town of Cosenza which, at first glance, may seem unappealing.

Away from the main square of Pizzo, Le Petit Jardin welcomes its guests on a pleasant shaded terrace facing the castle. The address, run by a charming couple, is a perfect stop for lunch. The menu favors seafood and offers antipasti (excellent mussel pepata ), pasta dishes and grilled fish. Very generous portions! The restaurant also offers gourmet burgers with swordfish, fried calamari, pulled pork or chopped steak with stracciatella.

Located at the exit of the village, the agriturismo Al Borgo is one of those places on which time seems to have no hold. The welcome, the cooking and even the prices, very cheap, contribute to this feeling of suspended time. Here, all the cold cuts are homemade, like the 'nduja which is served in small traditional terracotta warmers. The gargantuanantipasto misto offers a complete overview of this tasty Calabrian mountain cuisine, and the fresh pasta with lamb, goat or eggplant is a real treat.

Just a few steps from the waterfront, in a rather impersonal residential area, this is an address that is popular with locals for the quality of its Neapolitan pizzas cooked over a wood fire, with a soft and elastic edge, to be enjoyed on the spot or to take away. The establishment also offers a very good sea food concocted with the products of the day's catch. If you can't decide, you can always fall back on the Bella Napoli pizza, topped with octopus, prawns and seafood!