DuCoq In Santa margherita ligure

Quality top! Super fresh, great taste. Highly recommended if you like oysters, lagoustines, lobster 🫶🏼

Sara and her staff, what a lovely and exquisite welcome! Thank you because surprising my wife to celebrate our wedding anniversary was the goal. DuCoq is ideal for doing so, in the central Santa, a place that attracts from the outside. Inside, a relaxing greenhouse-type outdoor area, very pleasant. Beyond, a yellow waterfall of splendid lemons that creates bucolic harmony. Truly particular menu, full of specialties and curiosities that are not banal or common, told with passion by Sara. To be washed down with a very well-stocked, I would say remarkable, selection of wines and champagne. The choice is yours, DuCoq is worth trying and coming back. Goodbye and thanks again for a wonderful evening.

The place is managed with great professionalism. Impeccable service, very fresh fish.

I went for dinner to celebrate a birthday, the staff were very kind and really attentive, the raw meat and the oysters absolutely exceeded all expectations. The wine list is also excellent and always offers a quality choice. Really fair prices and fantastic atmosphere. One of the best restaurants in Santa Margherita. Highly recommended

We did stay in this wonderful town for couple of days. We found this restaurant online, had very good reviews. So we made some reservations a few weeks before our arrival. In the end we came here for three nights. The place is very nice, nice setting and atmosphere. Right in the heart of Santa Margherita. Fish and seafood is the main theme here. There are some other options though in case you're not into that. But we did come for the seafood. Specifically for the "crudo di mare". Raw seafood. We love it. Had it several times before in other Italian towns. But: the one here we loved the most! Amazing raw fish, langoustines and shrimp. Also the shrimp carpaccio is highly recommended. If you've never tried crudo before, surely this is the best place to do so. Their oysters are also very very good. We always had the crudo and the carpaccio for starters. For the mains we've had the hot Foie Gras - tasty and tender. A great meal. Also some of the daily pasta specials like shrimp pasta, fish ravioli with artichokes or the shrimp gnocchi. All very solid choices, but especially the shrimp gnocchi were amazing. Also had the steamed mussels (choice of two sauces - we went for the creamy french-style), another great and fresh dish. A great selection of wine. Sparkling, red or white. Also very good local wine. We very much enjoyed the Pigato from "Laura Aschero". Matched the fish and seafood perfectly. Fair priced as well. Amazing food here. Also divine focaccia. They do their own here and it's a real treat! Equally amazing is the staff/owner. Really friendly, very helpful. There's no rush, you get lots of time to enjoy your meals. They will take good care of you here. And our Bulldog was also welcome in the restaurant. We had a great time here. A perfect dining experience. Next year we will back in town. And we will definitely be back here to enjoy some more crudo di mare, pasta, mussels and oysters. Edit - revisited after a year: Still amazingly good Went back to Santa Margherita this year. And also came back to this restaurant, which we loved so much last time. And the good news: It's still a great place to dine! We came for dinner three times. Our Bulldog was always welcome as well. Made reservations for all nights, easy by mail. Every night we chose our very favourite starters: Crudo di Mare (raw seafood like shrimp, fish, squid etc.) and Shrimp Carpaccio. Both wonderfully fresh, nicely presented. It's seafood heaven. For the mains we've had the mussels (creme fraiche), the Foie Gras, a whole crab, escargots, Pasta with artichokes and shrimp and Trofie with shrimp and pesto. All quality meals. Freshly made with great products. Pasta was made with nice seafood broth, really tasty and lots of flavours. The mussels were a real highlight as well. The Trofie here were cooked to perfection, a really great dish. There are many other items on the menu as well. Lots of different fish and seafood. Oysters as well. Get a platter if you can't decide. We always had the Laura Aschero Pigato with. A wonderful white wine, goes well with fish, pasta and seafood. And don't miss out on the wonderful bread that is served with your meals. Best we've ever had. Sara and her team made us really feel welcome and really at home here at DuCoq. A wonderful restaurant. If in town, be sure to check it out. We will definitely be back next year.

Excellent food, perfect value for money, beautiful structure, friendly and welcoming competent staff.

Experience below expectations I found the prices high. The quality of the raw materials is excellent and in fact the raw meat and the oysters were excellent. The cuisine was very disappointing, we had a risotto and spaghetti bisque with prawns that had no flavour, the risotto was almost overcooked with very few prawns. Excellent service but I wouldn't return.

Best oysters and homemade bread ever!