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Il Marin

Order Spaghetto Martini cocktail e caviale, or the cappon magro, both on the May 2026 menu.

Il Marin at Genoa's Porto Antico holds a Michelin star; chef Marco Visciola cooks seafood tasting menus with cappon magro and pesto tortelli.

San Giorgio

Order The crudo di gamberi with chard, green olives and Vermouth sauce, on the October menu.

San Giorgio in Genoa's Foce district holds a Michelin star and serves contemporary Mediterranean cooking, backed by a prize-winning wine list.

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Cucina Valoria

Order Whatever is on that day's menu, which the chef builds around the best ingredients available.

Cucina Valoria on Piazza Valoria in Genoa's old centre has 26 seats and a daily-changing menu from chef Davide Suanno, inspired mainly by the Ligurian sea.

Osteria del Bai

Order Corsetti al pesto avvantaggiato (€16) or the cappon magro (€22) from the October 2025 menu.

Osteria del Bai in Quarto, Genoa, stands on the Levante seafront in a former Saracen fort and holds 79 out of 100 from Gambero Rosso, assessed in 2025.

Etra

Order One of the two tasting menus, which change with the exhibition on the walls.

Etra sits inside Palazzo Doria De Fornari on Piazza De Ferrari in Genoa, a dinner-only art gallery restaurant whose two tasting menus follow the exhibitions.

Alla Lunga

Order The tasting menu, downloadable from the restaurant's page, or the seasonal carta.

Alla Lunga on Vico Giannini in the Genoa caruggi is a young restaurant whose menu changes about every three weeks, with a wine list of over 100 labels.

PEsciolino

Order The La Superba fish soup, or the almond prawns and the fried fish that reviewers on the site mention.

PEsciolino on Vico Domoculta, behind Piazza De Ferrari in Genoa, has run since 2016 as a fish restaurant under Patrizia Iacconi, known as Franca.

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Teresa dal 1968

Order The lunch menu, which the site offers at special prices, or the salt-crust branzino for take-away.

Teresa dal 1968 in Pegli, Genoa, opens for lunch and dinner every day except Tuesday and sells take-away dishes and small pastries from its own boutique.

Cucina di Sintesi

Order Choose among the three tasting menus: Essenza, Identita or the nine-course Salto nel Buio.

Cucina di Sintesi, on the first floor of Hotel De Ville in Genoa, serves chef Federico Zerboni's tasting menus built on acidity and fermentation.

Santamonica

Order The crudo section, which fills half the menu according to the Michelin Guide.

Santamonica on Lungomare Lombardo in Genoa is a seafood restaurant with a summer terrace over the sea and a menu that gives raw fish half a page.

20Tre

Order The cappon magro, which the restaurant also delivers to homes.

20Tre on Via David Chiossone in Genoa's old centre has themed dining rooms and Genoese cooking enriched with ingredients from other regions of Italy.

Le Cicale in Città

Order The crudo, which the site calls a continuous evolution, or the tortino al cioccolato.

Le Cicale in Città, on Via Macaggi in Genoa's quadrilatero, is chef Matteo Costa's seafood restaurant, with three rooms and a chocolate tortino dessert.

Ippogrifo

Order The mixed seafood salad or the grilled catch alla ligure with potatoes and olives, both named by Michelin.

Ippogrifo on Via Gestro near the fair district of Genoa has cooked classic fish dishes since 1982, from tuna carpaccio to fish soup with crostini.

Bisù

Bisù is a sea-view bar and restaurant on Corso Italia in Genoa, open from morning to after dinner, with a rooftop terrace from May to September.

Ladidà

Order A meat course from the brasserie menu, which the site describes as a menu of the land.

Ladidà on Via di San Sebastiano in Genoa is an Italian brasserie with a meat-led menu, an outdoor dehors and a club room that opens after dinner.

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