2024

POLPO MARIO

World cuisine restaurant €€
4.6/5
26 reviews
Open - Close in 38 minutes

In the old town of Sestri, this restaurant needs no introduction! Its simple, tasty recipes based on the freshest fish have been a hit with locals for decades. The chefs sublimate the catch of the day (the restaurant has its own boat), with fish soup, pasta, grilled and fried dishes on the menu. All in a traditional and friendly marine setting. In high season, remember to reserve a table on the terrace! The restaurant also organizes cooking classes, including how to make your own pesto.

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2024

EL PESCADOR

World cuisine restaurant €€
4.2/5
51 reviews
Open - Close to 00h00

A little away from the centre of Sestri, this classic restaurant offers excellent fishermen's cuisine. There is no terrace but the elegant dining room is lit by large bay windows overlooking the sea and the steep coast. The carefully prepared dishes serve an assortment of first-class fish and shellfish. Antipasti, hot and cold, pickled anchovies, sea bream carpaccio, grilled shrimp, grilled daily fish, fresh pasta with seafood. Professional service and reception. It is a sure value of the port (better to book).

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2024

OSTERIA MATTANA

World cuisine restaurant
4.8/5
26 reviews
Open - Close in 8 minutes

Right in the center, an osteria (brasserie) in Sestri's central carugio, easily recognizable by its green storefront. The setting is friendly, with large wooden tables and white tiled walls, just like home. The menu features all the classics of Ligurian family cooking: wood-fired farinata, vegetable quiche and pie, stuffed eggplant or peppers, pasta with pesto genovese, seafood spaghetti, grilled anchovies, apple or pine nut tart, tiramisù, etc. The bill is more than fair. The bill is more than fair, and the plate well filled.

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2024

SAN MARCO

World cuisine restaurant €€
4.3/5
26 reviews
Closed

Located on the harbour, this welcoming hotel offers a great variety of fish specialities with a touch of creativity.

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2024

CONTE MAX

World cuisine restaurant
3.8/5
26 reviews
Closed

With its terrace on the seafront promenade in Sestri Levante, the pizzeria is bound to be popular and busy, especially at weekends. Conte Max makes great pizzas, crispy and stringy, cooked over a wood fire. Choose from over 100 different pizzas. The establishment also offers antipasti and pasta dishes with seafood, anchovies, shellfish, grilled meats and more. A rich and comprehensive menu to satisfy every taste, with a lovely view and good value for money to boot!

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2024

PORTOBELLO

Italian restaurant and pizzeria €€
4.8/5
25 reviews

This restaurant on the magnificent Baia del Silenzio enjoys a privileged position. The location is enchanting, and a dinner on the beach terrace is a unique moment: a perfect setting that gives the chef just the right creativity for a cuisine inspired by typical recipes from the Ligurian tradition. Well-crafted dishes that reveal the Mediterranean flavors of yesteryear, prepared with simple, authentic ingredients but enhanced by the chef's savoir-faire. A culinary experience to the rhythm of lapping waves, not to be missed!

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