40 cheap eats rooms in Naples, editor-picked. the best low-budget rooms in Naples: the places editors actually return to. All Naples food.
L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele ★ 4.8
forcella · Via Cesare Sersale 1, 80139 Napoli
Da Michele in Naples' Forcella has baked margherita and marinara since 1870, the city's defining pizza counter. Kitchen leans neapolitan pizza.
Tip: Take a numbered ticket from the door and wait outside. The classic margherita is 5 euros 50; cash preferred.
Pasticceria Attanasio Window ★ 4.8
centro-storico · Vico Ferrovia 1/4, 80142 Napoli
Attanasio near Naples Central Station fries sfogliatelle since 1930, with the riccia and frolla baked all day. Open tue-sun 06:30-19:30, closed monday.
Tip: Closed Monday. Sfogliatella riccia 2 euros, frolla 1 euro 80. Cash only at the counter; queue forms 09:00-11:00.
L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele ★ 4.7
forcella · Via Cesare Sersale 1, 80139 Napoli
Da Michele in Naples' Forcella has baked margherita and marinara since 1870, the city's defining pizza counter. Kitchen leans neapolitan pizza.
Tip: Take a numbered ticket from the door and wait outside. Margherita is 5 euros 50; cash preferred.
Pasticceria Attanasio ★ 4.7
centro-storico · Vico Ferrovia 1/4, 80142 Napoli
Attanasio near Naples Central Station has fried sfogliatelle since 1930, with riccia and frolla baked all day. Open tue-sun 06:30-19:30, closed monday.
Tip: Closed Monday. Sfogliatella at 2 euros at the counter; cash preferred. The riccia is the local-buy.
Pasticceria Poppella ★ 4.7
sanita · Via Arena della Sanità 24, 80137 Napoli
Poppella in Naples' Sanita has run the family pastry counter since 1920, with the fiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche with cream filling) the dish that turned.
Tip: Open daily 07:00-22:00. The fiocco di neve at 1 euro 50 is the only order; queue can be 30 minutes on weekends.
Pasticceria Poppella ★ 4.7
sanita · Via Arena della Sanità 24, 80137 Napoli
Poppella in Naples' Sanita has run the family pastry counter since 1920, with the fiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche with cream filling) the dish that turned.
Tip: Open daily 07:00-22:00. The fiocco di neve at 1 euro 50 is the only order; queue can be 30 minutes on weekends.
Pasticceria Attanasio ★ 4.7
centro-storico · Vico Ferrovia 1/4, 80142 Napoli
Attanasio near Naples Central Station has fried sfogliatelle since 1930, with the riccia and frolla baked all day. Located in Centro Storico.
Tip: Open Tue-Sun 06:30-19:30; closed Monday. The sfogliatella is 2 euros at the counter; cash preferred.
Friggitoria Vomero ★ 4.7
vomero · Via Domenico Cimarosa 44, 80127 Napoli
Friggitoria Vomero in Naples is the funicular-station fritti counter (since 1938) serving the cuoppo di mare (anchovies, calamari, prawns) and the cuoppo di.
Tip: Closed Sunday. Cash only. Cuoppo medium runs 6 euros; queue forms 18:00-19:30 for the aperitivo crowd.
Pasticceria Poppella Window ★ 4.7
sanita · Via Arena della Sanità 24, 80137 Napoli
Poppella in Naples' Sanita has run the family pastry counter since 1920, with the fiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche) the dish that turned the bakery.
Tip: Open daily 07:00-22:00. The fiocco di neve at 1 euro 50 is the only order; queue 30 minutes on weekends.
L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele ★ 4.7
forcella · Via Cesare Sersale 1, 80139 Napoli
Da Michele in Naples' Forcella has baked margherita and marinara since 1870 at under 6 euros. At Via Cesare Sersale 1. Reservations advised.
Tip: Take a numbered ticket at the door. Cash only at the counter; the margherita is 5 euros 50.
Pizzeria Starita a Materdei ★ 4.6
materdei · Via Materdei 27/28, 80136 Napoli
Starita in Naples' Materdei has run the wood ovens since 1901, with the montanara fried pizza (Sophia Loren's choice on screen) the unmissable order.
Tip: Closed Monday lunch; otherwise open daily 12:00-24:00. No bookings; arrive 12:30 or 19:30 for the shortest queue.
Pizzeria Starita a Materdei ★ 4.6
materdei · Via Materdei 27/28, 80136 Napoli
Starita in Naples' Materdei has run the wood ovens since 1901, with the montanara fried pizza (Sophia Loren's screen choice) the unmissable order alongside.
Tip: Closed Monday lunch; otherwise daily 12:00-24:00. No bookings; arrive 12:30 or 19:30 for the shortest queue.
Scaturchio ★ 4.6
centro-storico · Piazza San Domenico Maggiore 19, 80134 Napoli
Scaturchio in Naples' Piazza San Domenico Maggiore has run the pastry counter since 1905, with the ministeriale (chocolate-rum disc) the house signature plus.
Tip: Open daily 07:00-21:00. Ministeriale at 4 euros; sfogliatella riccia 2 euros 50 at the counter.
Pizzeria di Matteo ★ 4.6
centro-storico · Via dei Tribunali 94, 80138 Napoli
Di Matteo on Via dei Tribunali in Naples sells pizza fritta and frittatine through the streetside window since 1936, the Bill Clinton 1994 lunch stop.
Tip: Pizza fritta runs 3 euros from the window; the queue starts at 11:30. Cash preferred at the window.
Pasticceria Attanasio ★ 4.6
centro-storico · Vico Ferrovia 1/4, 80142 Napoli
Attanasio near Naples Central Station fries sfogliatelle since 1930 at 2 euros apiece, the city's cheapest standing breakfast and the closest pastry shop.
Tip: Closed Monday. Cash only. The queue moves quickly; sfogliatella riccia 2 euros, frolla 1 euro 80.
Pasticceria Poppella ★ 4.6
sanita · Via Arena della Sanita 24, 80137 Napoli
Poppella in Naples' Sanita sells the fiocco di neve (snow-flake cream brioche) at 1 euro 50 apiece, the city's best-value pastry buy and a cult 2014.
Tip: Open daily 07:00-22:00. Queue can reach 30 minutes on weekends; multiple branches across town.
Trattoria Nennella ★ 4.5
quartieri-spagnoli · Vico Lungo Teatro Nuovo 105, 80134 Napoli
Nennella in Naples' Quartieri Spagnoli runs the most theatrical service in town: shouted orders, plastic stools, 13-euro three-course lunch.
Tip: No bookings, cash only. Arrive by 12:00 for lunch or 19:00 for dinner. Closed Sunday all day.
Pasticceria Moccia ★ 4.5
chiaia · Via San Pasquale a Chiaia 21, 80121 Napoli
Moccia in Naples' Chiaia (Vomero branch too) has run the pastry-and-coffee counter since 1936, with the sfogliatella riccia and the babà au rhum the local.
Tip: Closed Monday. Open Tue-Sun 07:00-21:00. Sfogliatella riccia sells out by 11:00 on Saturdays.
Gay-Odin ★ 4.5
toledo · Via Toledo 214, 80132 Napoli
Gay-Odin in Naples on Via Toledo has run the city's defining chocolate counter since 1894, with the forest chocolate log (foresta) and the dense cioccolata.
Tip: Eight Naples locations; the Via Toledo flagship is the oldest. The foresta retails at 30 euros per kilo.
Scaturchio Piazza ★ 4.5
centro-storico · Piazza San Domenico Maggiore 19, 80134 Napoli
Scaturchio in Naples' Piazza San Domenico Maggiore has poured the babà au rhum since 1905, the rum-soaked yeast cake at every Sunday lunch table.
Tip: Babà runs 3 euros at the counter; the takeaway boxes start at 12 euros for a half-dozen.
Gran Caffè Gambrinus ★ 4.5
toledo · Via Chiaia 1/2, 80132 Napoli
Gran Caffè Gambrinus on Piazza Trieste e Trento in Naples has poured espresso since 1860, the city's belle epoque salon where Oscar Wilde, Hemingway.
Tip: Standing at the counter is the local way; sitting at a marble table runs three times the price. Try the cioccolata calda in winter.
Scaturchio ★ 4.5
centro-storico · Piazza San Domenico Maggiore 19, 80134 Napoli
Scaturchio in Naples' Piazza San Domenico Maggiore has run the pastry-and-coffee counter since 1905, with the ministeriale (chocolate-rum disc) the house.
Tip: Open daily 07:00-21:00. Ministeriale is 4 euros at the counter; sfogliatella riccia 2 euros 50.
Pasticceria Moccia ★ 4.5
chiaia · Via San Pasquale a Chiaia 21, 80121 Napoli
Moccia in Naples' Chiaia (with the Vomero branch) has run the pastry-and-coffee counter since 1936, with the sfogliatella riccia and the babà au rhum.
Tip: Open Tue-Sun 07:00-21:00; closed Monday. The sfogliatella sells out by 11:00 on Saturdays.
Gay-Odin ★ 4.5
toledo · Via Toledo 214, 80132 Napoli
Gay-Odin in Naples on Via Toledo has run the city's defining chocolate counter since 1894, with the forest chocolate log (foresta) and the dense cioccolata.
Tip: Eight Naples locations; the Via Toledo flagship is the oldest. The foresta chocolate log retails at 30 euros per kilo.
Sorbillo Lievito Madre ★ 4.5
centro-storico · Via dei Tribunali 36, 80138 Napoli
Sorbillo Lievito Madre on Via dei Tribunali in Naples is the Sorbillo family's pizza fritta and al taglio counter two doors from the main pizzeria.
Tip: No queue ticket needed at this counter; pizza fritta classic runs 4 euros, ripiena (stuffed) 5 euros.
Tandem d'Asporto Mezzocannone ★ 4.5
centro-storico · Via Mezzocannone 75, 80134 Napoli
Tandem's first takeaway counter on Via Mezzocannone in Naples builds the cuzzetiello, the wood-fired bread corner from San Sebastiano al Vesuvio stuffed.
Tip: Cuzzetiello runs 5 to 7 euros at the counter; pair with a tray of polpette. Open late Friday and Saturday for the university crowd.
Trattoria Nennella ★ 4.5
quartieri-spagnoli · Vico Lungo Teatro Nuovo 105, 80134 Napoli
Nennella in Naples' Quartieri Spagnoli runs a 12-euro three-course lunch with shouted orders, pasta e patate con provola and the daily Quartieri Spagnoli.
Tip: Cash only. Arrive by 12:00 for lunch or 19:00 for dinner; no bookings.
Pizzeria di Matteo ★ 4.4
centro-storico · Via dei Tribunali 94, 80138 Napoli
Di Matteo on Via dei Tribunali in Naples has fried pizza, frittatine and crocchè from the streetside window since 1936; Bill Clinton's 1994 lunch stop.
Tip: Open daily 10:00-24:00. Cash preferred at the window; sit-down service runs upstairs.
Leopoldo Infante ★ 4.4
vomero · Via Foria 212, 80139 Napoli
Leopoldo in Naples is the historic taralli-and-pastry brand founded in 1940, now run from Casavatore with city-centre cafes selling the sugna-and-pepper.
Tip: Multiple branches across town; the Vomero flagship has the longest counter. Taralli retail at 8 euros per kilo.
Pasticceria Bellavia Vomero ★ 4.4
vomero · Via Luca Giordano 50, 80127 Napoli
Pasticceria Bellavia in Naples' Vomero has run a Campanian-Sicilian carte since 1925, with the sfogliatella riccia and the babà au rhum the standout daily.
Tip: Open daily 07:00-21:00 on Via Luca Giordano. Counter only; the riccia is the local order.
Bellavia Bar Pasticceria Vomero ★ 4.4
vomero · Via Luca Giordano 50, 80127 Napoli
Bellavia in Vomero on Via Luca Giordano is the long-running neighbourhood pasticceria and bar, with the sfogliatella riccia, the babà bagnati and the small.
Tip: Open daily from 06:30; the sfogliatella riccia and the babà are the lead-orders. The bar runs a busy morning coffee crowd.
Caffè Mexico ★ 4.4
centro-storico · Piazza Dante 86, 80135 Napoli
Caffè Mexico in Naples' Piazza Dante has poured the city's strongest espresso since 1956, with five locations across town and the trademark pre-sweetened cup.
Tip: Order the caffè 'normale' (already sweetened) or 'amaro' (no sugar). Standing room only at the original Piazza Dante counter.
Antico Caffè Gambrinus ★ 4.4
toledo · Via Chiaia 1/2, 80132 Napoli
Gambrinus in Naples is the historic literary cafe with the city's first marble counter (1860). Located in Toledo. Order the espresso, sfogliatella.
Tip: Pay at the till first, then take the receipt to the bar. Counter price 1.50 euros vs 4 euros for a seated terrace table.
Leopoldo Infante ★ 4.4
vomero · Via Foria 212, 80139 Napoli
Leopoldo in Naples is the historic taralli-and-pastry chain founded in 1940, now run from Casavatore with the city centre cafes selling the sugna-and-pepper.
Tip: Multiple branches across town; the Vomero flagship has the longest counter. Taralli retail at 8 euros per kilo.
Il Vero Bar del Professore ★ 4.4
toledo · Piazza Trieste e Trento 46, 80132 Napoli
Il Vero Bar del Professore on Piazza Trieste e Trento in Naples has poured the city's hazelnut-coffee invention since 1996, with Raffaele Ferrieri's caffè.
Tip: Counter standing service. The caffè alla nocciola runs 2 euros 50; the kinder coffee is the dessert option.
Pasticceria Mennella Vomero ★ 4.4
vomero · Via Alessandro Scarlatti 97, 80129 Napoli
Pasticceria Mennella on Via Scarlatti in Naples' Vomero is the family-run pasticceria-gelateria with 18 Campania branches, with the babà, the sfogliatella.
Tip: Open Mon-Fri 10:00-21:00, weekends to 23:00. Counter and gelato window; the panettone is the December special.
Starita Fried Pizza Window ★ 4.4
materdei · Via Materdei 27/28, 80136 Napoli
Starita in Naples' Materdei has run the wood ovens since 1901, with the montanara fried pizza the screen-famous Sophia Loren order, the angioletti dough.
Tip: Closed Monday lunch. Montanara from the takeaway window runs 4 euros; pair with angioletti at 5 euros.
Tandem Ragu ★ 4.4
centro-storico · Via Paladino 51, 80138 Napoli
Tandem on Via Paladino in Naples runs a generous plate of paccheri al ragu napoletano for 6 euros, the city's best-value sit-down lunch, with bread included.
Tip: No bookings; arrive 12:30 or 19:30. Three Tandem rooms across the centro storico share the carte.
Pizzeria di Matteo ★ 4.4
centro-storico · Via dei Tribunali 94, 80138 Napoli
Di Matteo on Via dei Tribunali in Naples has sold pizza fritta from the streetside window since 1936 at 3 euros, the cheapest hot meal in the Centro Storico.
Tip: Pizza fritta 3 euros from the window; no seating needed. Open daily 10:00-24:00.
Sorbillo Lievito Madre ★ 4.4
centro-storico · Via dei Tribunali 36, 80138 Napoli
Sorbillo Lievito Madre on Via dei Tribunali in Naples is the Sorbillo family's street counter, selling pizza fritta at 4 euros without the sit-down queue.
Tip: No ticket needed; walk up and order. Pizza fritta classic 4 euros, ripiena (stuffed) 5 euros.