Dea mangiona In Cetara

26/10/2025: Very well-kept location, service worthy of a Michelin-starred restaurant, good menu but honestly I expected something more.

25/10/2025: We made a reservation for a very quiet night at this lovely and quirky restaurant full of interesting art. They seated us in one of their rooms with only another couple, so it was very intimate and romantic. The service was impeccable and the experience was wonderful. We decided to order a la carte because my husband is a pescetarian so we didn't want to worry about them having to make adjustments. We received their amuse bouche to start (which the chef makes for everyone, it's included in the experience) which were absolutely delicious, though one was meat-based. We also ordered the cuttlefish "tagliatelle" which is cuttlefish formed into a long pasta - served cold in a really good cream sauce, it was excellent. Then we had mezzo rigatoni with sting ray - amazing, such an interesting dish. And fish my husband and I had separate mains, he ordered a cod dish which he loved and I ordered the duck which I found to be overcooked but otherwise very flavorful - I should have known better than to order duck in Italy as it's not really their specialty. We also loved the dessert - we ordered the milk and honey one and it comes with all these tiny additional desserts. The wine we ordered was a really nice Piedmonte orange wine - Demarie Sabbia - which was so, so good, I highly recommend ordering that if you like orange wines as it went so well with everything we ordered and it was one of their more affordable bottles. Overall we were very impressed and felt well taken care of. Our final bill including wine was about 150€ which is reasonable for a Michelin star restaurant and such a high quality meal. Just a small warning that it's not obvious where the main door is, it's around the corner from where Google maps brought us, and you have to buzz in. Reservations are absolutely a must, though we made ours the same day.