Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Genoa from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Genoa
San Giorgio near Fiera di Genova, Il Marin in Porto Antico, and The Cook in Piccapietra are Genoa’s Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. Each serves a tasting menu, and San Giorgio’s wine program is exceptional.
San Giorgio near Fiera di Genova is a Michelin-starred restaurant with tasting menu and à la carte formats. Its wine program is exceptional, with over 1400 labels and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. The cooking is modern Ligurian fine dining.
Il Marin in Porto Antico holds a Michelin star and cooks modern Ligurian fine dining. The kitchen serves creative Ligurian seafood as a tasting menu and à la carte, and the room has port views. The wine program is sommelier-led, with an extensive wine list. Spaghetti Martini cocktail is finished at the table, and roasted monkfish is served with almond hummus.
The Cook in Piccapietra holds a Michelin star dated 2024 and serves modern Italian fine dining as a tasting menu. The wine program has an extensive wine list. The restaurant is in a historic palace with 17th-century frescoes by Bernardo Strozzi.
Seafood remains central in Genoa, and these rooms pair that focus with wine lists and clear regional identity.
Soho in historic center serves modern seafood as a tasting menu and à la carte. The wine program has an extensive wine list. The latest Michelin Plate is dated 2026. Seafood is served with innovative presentations, using raw materials from the Ligurian coast.
Santamonica in Albaro is a modern Ligurian seafood restaurant with a tasting menu and à la carte. The wine program has an extensive wine list. The latest Michelin Plate award is dated 2026.
Voltalacarta in Old Town serves traditional Ligurian seafood as a tasting menu and à la carte. The latest Michelin Plate is dated 2026. High-quality fish is handled with classic technique. Cappon magro, a towering Ligurian seafood salad, is served.
Genoa has 3 Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide, with 3 Michelin stars in total. They are San Giorgio near Fiera di Genova, Il Marin in Porto Antico, and The Cook in Piccapietra. San Giorgio cooks modern Ligurian fine dining, Il Marin cooks creative Ligurian seafood, and The Cook cooks modern Italian fine dining.
The exceptional wine programs in our guide are near Fiera di Genova and in Foce. San Giorgio near Fiera di Genova has over 1400 labels, a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence, and a Star Wine List, both dated 2026. Ippogrifo in Foce serves classic Ligurian seafood and has an extensive wine list.
The tasting-menu neighbourhoods in our guide are near Fiera di Genova, Porto Antico, Piccapietra, historic center, Carignano, Piazza de Ferrari, Old Town, Foce, and Albaro. The restaurants are San Giorgio, Il Marin, The Cook, 20Tre, Soho, Isi Ivano Ricchebono Chef, Etra, Voltalacarta, Osteria della Foce, and Santamonica.
San Giorgio near Fiera di Genova is the only venue in our guide with Wine Spectator recognition. The award is a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence dated 2026. San Giorgio also has an exceptional wine program, over 1400 labels, and a Star Wine List dated 2026.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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The kitchen works a Mediterranean line with strong regional roots, reviving preparations like meat-stuffed lettuce in capon broth alongside modern technique. Positioned near Brignole station on Viale Brigata Bisagno, it sits at the upper end of the city's dining tier at €€€ pricing.
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A Michelin-starred seafood restaurant occupying a glazed-wall dining room above Genoa's Old Port, Il Marin translates Ligurian maritime territory into technically precise modern cooking. Chef Marco Visciola works across three tasting formats plus à la carte, with dishes like Martini cocktail spaghetti finished tableside and roasted monkfish with almond hummus anchoring a menu that ranks among northern Italy's most considered seafood programs.
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The Cook holds a Michelin star (2024) and operates from a narrow lane in Genoa's historic centre, bringing a modern cuisine approach to a city better known for pesto and farinata. For the Porto Antico area's more casual seafood, Il Marin sits a short walk away.
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Rosmarino occupies a lane steps from Piazza De Ferrari, serving Ligurian meat and fish in three informal dining rooms that have earned consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025. The kitchen's signal dishes, brandacujun salted cod, borage ravioli, sbira tripe, draw regulars back through ingredient quality and fidelity to regional tradition. At a €€ price point, it sits in Genoa's value-serious tier without conceding ground on craft.
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A Michelin Plate-recognised farm-to-table address in Genoa's historic centre, 20Tre draws its identity from seasonal Ligurian ingredients reframed through a contemporary lens. Run by three partners, the kitchen works with regional produce and the occasional well-placed Asian accent, at a price point that sits firmly in the city's mid-range dining tier.
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Housed in the historic Palazzo Doria De Fornari on Genoa's Piazza Ferrari, Etra holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) for chef Davide Cannavino's concise creative menu. Around a dozen meat and fish options span two tasting formats, each available à la carte. The name is an anagram of 'arte', and the dining room, contemporary art on the walls of a Rolli palace, makes that connection literal.
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A Michelin Plate bistro steps from Via XX Settembre, Il Michelaccio holds a clear position in Genoa's mid-range dining scene: market-driven Ligurian cooking at €€ prices, with occasional departures into broader Italian territory and natural wines throughout.
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Operating from its address near Genoa's Expo Fiera since 1982, Ippogrifo has built a four-decade record as one of the city's most consistent seafood addresses. Classic Ligurian techniques anchor the menu, from warm seafood salad to fish cooked with Taggiasche olives and potatoes, with Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 confirming its standing in the city's mid-to-upper dining tier.
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Isi Ivano Ricchebono Chef belongs to Genoa’s polished Ligurian dining tier: a quiet Carignano room built around two tasting menus, à la carte flexibility, and a kitchen that treats pesto, pasta and local references as material for interpretation rather than nostalgia. The draw is the balance between regional identity and controlled modern technique, with a business lunch that makes the format more accessible than the evening setting suggests.
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La Pineta occupies a ground-floor room on the outskirts of Genoa, where the cooking happens over an open grill at the centre of the space and the menu arrives by word of mouth from the owners at your table. Awarded a Michelin Plate in 2025 and ranked #416 in Opinionated About Dining's Classical in Europe list, this is traditional Ligurian dining stripped of ceremony, abundant, fire-led, and priced at €€.
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A Michelin Plate-recognised address on Via Giuseppe Macaggi, Le Cicale in Città operates within Genoa's tradition of serious seafood dining, with a menu shaped by daily market arrivals rather than a fixed repertoire. The raw fish counter draws particular attention, alongside house-made primi and seasonal prawns. A mirrored dining room, silverware, and attentive service place it firmly in the classic register.
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The menu leans heavily on fish and seafood, with seasonal produce anchoring dishes like brandacujun stockfish and squid stuffed with prawns and courgettes. The multi-room format, including a dining room directly above the kitchen, gives the space an intimate, neighbourhood character.
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A Michelin Plate holder in Genoa's mid-tier dining bracket, Osteria della Foce serves Ligurian-rooted cooking anchored in market availability and seasonal rhythm. Bronze-cut house pasta, roast veal, and raw fish dishes draw a loyal local following at mid-range prices. The menu moves with what is available rather than what is fixed, a defining quality of the city's more grounded osteria tradition.
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A Michelin Plate holder on Via di Porta Soprana, Santa Teresa is the more accessible sibling to the celebrated San Giorgio, run by the same Scala family. The kitchen draws on Ligurian market produce and coastal seafood, cappon magro appears regularly, framed in a contemporary register. The €€ price point and outdoor terrace in a pedestrian zone make it one of central Genoa's more considered mid-tier choices.
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On the Corso Italia seafront in Genoa's Albaro neighbourhood, Santamonica delivers a seafood-focused menu where raw preparations share equal billing with modern plated dishes. Consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions in 2024 and 2025 place it in a tier of serious intent without starred pricing, and a summer terrace facing the Ligurian Sea sets the scene before a dish arrives.
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A Michelin Plate-recognised seafood address in the heart of Genoa's old town, Soho sits close to the aquarium on Via al Ponte Calvi and draws on the Ligurian coast's raw materials for generous, classically framed plates. Large windows keep the room light at lunch, and a handful of outdoor tables face the promenade when the weather holds. At the €€ price point, it occupies a distinct position among the city's seafood options.
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A Michelin Plate-recognised seafood restaurant on Via Assarotti, Voltalacarta operates from a small, low-key room that books out regularly on the strength of its kitchen alone. The menu centres on high-quality fish handled through classic technique, with the cappon magro, a structured Ligurian seafood salad, the dish most frequently cited by returning guests. At €€ pricing, it occupies a serious but accessible position in Genoa's seafood scene.
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Acquamarina Restaurant Bistrot belongs to Genoa’s port-side dining conversation, where seafood culture, Ligurian produce and commuter geography meet in a compact city. With the restaurant positioned by Genova Piazza Principe, the appeal is less ceremony than access: a practical table for readers thinking about the city through ingredients, rail arrivals and the working edge of the historic centre.
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Tucked into one of Genoa's oldest caruggi behind the cathedral, Al Giardino Degli Indoratori sits on Vico degli Indoratori in the heart of the centro storico. The address alone signals a kitchen rooted in neighbourhood tradition rather than tourist geography. For visitors tracing Genoa's trattoria circuit, it belongs on the same itinerary as the city's more documented dining rooms.
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On Via di Ravecca, deep in Genoa's medieval caruggi, Antico Forno Patrone is one of the old city's surviving wood-fired bakeries, trading in the focaccia, farinata, and hand-formed breads that have defined Ligurian street food for centuries. It sits at the informal end of Genoa's eating spectrum, where cash, queues, and paper wrapping are the norm, and where the product is the entire point.
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Bagni Santa Chiara occupies a quieter register in Genoa's dining scene, drawing those who seek the city's seafront character without the tourist-facing polish. Positioned in the Quarto dei Mille district along Via Flavia, it represents a strand of Ligurian coastal dining that prioritises locality and directness. Visitors planning a trip should read what the booking process and neighbourhood context demand before arriving.
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On Via XX Settembre, one of Genoa's main commercial arteries, Hotel Bristol Palace has anchored the upper tier of the city's traditional hotel stock for well over a century. With 133 rooms and a palazzo-scale presence, it occupies a different register from the boutique properties that have emerged across northern Italy in recent years, a place where formal hospitality conventions still hold weight.
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Grand Hotel Savoia occupies one of Genoa's most architecturally distinguished addresses, steps from Piazza Principe and the old port city that UNESCO recognised for its historic centre. Part of Hilton's Curio Collection, the property sits at the intersection of Belle Époque heritage and contemporary hospitality standards, making it a credible base for travellers who want to read the city from a building that has shaped its own part of the skyline.
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Meliá Genova occupies a central address on Via Corsica in one of Italy's most underappreciated port cities. The property sits within the Meliá Hotels International portfolio, placing it in a mid-to-upper tier of Genoa's hotel offer alongside a handful of internationally branded competitors. For travellers using Genoa as a base for Liguria, the location and brand infrastructure make it a practical anchor point.
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A Michelin Selected palazzo in Genova's Porto Antico district, Palazzo Durazzo occupies a restored 17th-century aristocratic residence on Via A. Gramsci. The property sits at the intersection of Ligurian architectural heritage and contemporary hospitality, placing it in a narrow tier of Italian urban hotels where the building itself carries as much weight as the service program.
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Bar Royale places Genoa’s aperitivo culture inside a lobby setting on Via Arsenale di Terra, close to the city’s port-facing flow rather than the postcard lanes alone. With, its appeal sits in the bar format itself: a cocktail stop suited to travellers reading Genoa through movement, maritime history, and evening rhythm.
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Douce Pâtisserie Café occupies a ground-floor address on Piazza Giacomo Matteotti in central Genoa, operating in a city where the café counter tradition runs deep and pastry culture sits closer to French-influenced northern Italian habits than to the cornetto-and-espresso south. The address places it within walking distance of the historic centre's main institutional buildings, making it a natural stop for both residents and visitors moving through the civic core.
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On the first floor above Campetto square, Les Rouges Cucina & Cocktails occupies one of Genoa's more deliberately designed evening spaces, pairing a kitchen program with a serious cocktail offer. The format positions it between a restaurant and a bar in a city where that hybrid is still relatively uncommon. It draws a crowd that arrives with appetite for both plates and drinks, not just one or the other.
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A long-standing pastry shop and liqueur bar on Via di Fossatello, Pasticceria Liquoreria Marescotti occupies a specific place in Genoa's daily social fabric: part confectionery counter, part neighbourhood aperitivo anchor. The combination of house-made pastries and a liquoreria tradition speaks to a distinctly Ligurian format that larger Italian cities have largely lost to modernisation.
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On Via Galata in central Genoa, Pasticceria Tagliafico occupies a place in the city's long tradition of neighbourhood pastry shops where the ritual of a morning coffee and a vetrina of local confections still sets the pace of the day. The format is unhurried, the focus is on Ligurian pastry craft, and the address puts it within easy reach of the historic centre.
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