€€€€Cocktail barChiaia
L'Ebbrezza di Noe in Naples' Chiaia pours natural wines from 400 Italian and Campanian growers plus a modest cocktail list, the city's strongest cellar.
TipClosed Sunday. Book a fortnight ahead for the cellar room; cheese boards run 16 euros.
€€€€Wine barChiaia
L'Ebbrezza di Noe in Naples' Chiaia is the natural-wine enoteca with a 400-bottle list of Campania and Italian biodynamic producers, the city's first cellar.
TipClosed Sunday. Book a fortnight ahead for the cellar room; cheese board runs 16 euros.
€€€€Neapolitan Pizza, Fine PizzaSanita
Ciro Oliva's Concettina ai Tre Santi in Naples' Sanita is the modern pizza fine-dining room, with tasting menus of six small pizzas and a wine pairing.
OrderThe five-pizza tasting menu and the modern margherita with three tomato cuts.
TipBook on the website three weeks ahead. The tasting menu runs 45 euros; the historic counter still serves the classic pizzas.
€€€€Cocktail barChiaia
Barril in Naples' Chiaia is the cocktail-and-wine bar with a daily-changing small-plates carte and an Aperol-cetriolo spritz as house signature.
TipOpen daily; the late-night kitchen runs to 01:00. Cocktails 12 euros, wine by the glass from 6 euros.
€€€€Wine barToledo
Decanter Wine and More near Piazza Trieste e Trento in Naples runs an intimate enoteca led by Carol and Fabrizio, with a Campania-led list moving.
TipClosed Monday. Book a week ahead for the wood-shelved back room; the cheese-and-charcuterie tagliere is 18 euros.
€€€€Cocktail barToledo
Gran Caffè Gambrinus on Piazza Trieste e Trento in Naples (1860) is the city's most-storied cafe-bar with a marble counter aperitivo, Aperol spritz.
TipStanding counter prices are one-third of the seated terrace. The terrace gets the Piazza del Plebiscito view.
€€€€Wine barChiaia
Berevino in Naples' Centro Storico runs a 250-bottle list focused on Campania growers (Mastroberardino, Feudi di San Gregorio) and the city's strongest.
TipClosed Monday. Book a week ahead for the back room.
€€€€ItalianChiaia
La Cantinella in Naples' Santa Lucia waterfront has run the classic seafood carte since 1971, with the Bay of Naples view, spaghetti alle vongole and crudo.
OrderSpaghetti con le vongole, crudo di mare, risotto alla pescatora.
TipClosed Sunday. Book three weeks ahead via the website. Bay-view terrace tables go first.
€€€€Cocktail barCentro Storico
Scaturchio in Naples' Piazza San Domenico Maggiore runs the morning espresso bar and the early-evening aperitivo, with the ministeriale and the rum babà.
TipOpen daily 07:00-21:00. Aperitivo from 18:00 with Aperol spritz at 8 euros plus pasticcini.
€€€€Wine barCentro Storico
Salumeria Upnea in Naples' Centro Storico runs a Campania-led natural-wine list of 180 bottles with the daily salumi-cheese boards and a four-table back room.
TipClosed Monday. Walk-in counter for wine by the glass; book back room for groups.
€€€€ItalianChiaia
Ristorante Caruso on Via Partenope in Naples sits on the rooftop of the Grand Hotel Vesuvio over Castel dell'Ovo, with a classic seafood carte that pairs.
OrderLinguine all'astice with Bay-view service, spaghetti alle vongole veraci.
TipBook a fortnight ahead; the rooftop terrace tables face the Castel dell'Ovo. Jacket suggested for the dining room.
€€€€Cocktail barCentro Storico
Vineria San Sebastiano in Naples' Centro Storico runs the wine-led aperitivo from 19:30 with a broad Campania list, crostoni and salumi boards.
TipClosed Monday. Tue-Fri from 19:30-02:00, Sat-Sun runs late to 05:00. Walk-in seating; book ahead for the back-room tables.
€€€€Wine barChiaia
Barril in Naples' Chiaia is the cocktail-and-wine bar with a 180-bottle list and a daily-changing small-plates carte, the city's modern aperitivo destination.
TipOpen daily; the late-night kitchen runs to 01:00. Cocktails 12 euros, wine by the glass from 6 euros.
€€€€Wine barCentro Storico
Port-road wine bar on Via Nuova Marina with a cellar of more than 3,500 labels, live jazz most nights, aperitivo from 18:00 and tapas from 19:00.
TipOpen Thursday to Saturday only, and the whole room closes for the summer, so check the autumn programme before you go. Arranged parking nearby; book by phone or WhatsApp.