The old harbour front around Calata Cattaneo and Sottoripa, with the Eataly building, Michelin-listed seafood rooms by Ponte Calvi and the fishermen's market on the Darsena quay.
Soho on Via al Ponte Calvi near the Aquarium in Genoa is a seafood restaurant open daily from 12:00 to 23:00, with glass walls and outdoor tables in season.
OrderClassic fish dishes in generous portions, which is how Michelin describes the cooking.
TipMichelin notes that the fish counter that opened the place is gone, but the sea still leads the 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.
OrderSpaghetto Martini cocktail e caviale, or the cappon magro, both on the May 2026 menu.
TipThe May 2026 menu prices three courses at €65, five at €80 and seven at €100, plus a €3 cover.
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.
OrderChoose among the three tasting menus: Essenza, Identita or the nine-course Salto nel Buio.
TipMichelin lists the restaurant as new in its guide, and the site says the menu follows the day's produce.
Savô on Via al Ponte Calvi in Genoa makes pizza in four styles, gourmet, classica, scrocchiarella and nuvola, with stone-ground flour and natural leavening.
OrderThe scrocchiarella Polpo, with polpo alla ligure, or the gourmet Carbonara.
TipThe pizzeria serves through the afternoon from Monday to Saturday, and on Sunday it opens for dinner only.
Cavour modo21 on Piazza Cavour in Genoa is a trattoria by the Porto Antico with pesto pasta and fried fish, and sea pasta priced from €7 to €9.50.
OrderSpaghetti with mussels (€7) or paccheri with sea bass and lime (€9.50), on the operator's April 2026 menu PDF.
TipBook by WhatsApp or walk in; the menu adds a €1 service charge, and a set menu is required for groups of more than seven.
Vizio Wine Bar pours Italian and foreign wines, sparkling wine, craft beer and spirits in a sixteenth-century building at the Porto Antico in Genoa.
WineItalian and foreign wines, still and sparkling, plus craft beer and fine spirits
FoodPlates and platters of cold cuts and cheeses from an always-open kitchen
TipThe wine list is published in Italian and English on the venue's site, and the kitchen serves plates as well as cold-cut and cheese platters.
Friggitoria San Giorgio on Piazza Caricamento in Genoa sells fresh fried fish in cones, made to order without frozen products, facing Palazzo San Giorgio.
TryFresh fried fish in cones
TipIt closes on Monday and otherwise runs 11:00 to 20:00, with takeaway cones and outside seating listed on its ordering page.
Mercato dei Pescatori della Darsena in Genoa is a quayside fish market at Calata Simone Vignoso, where local fishermen sell their catch direct to the public.
TipOpening depends on sea conditions, and the quay hosted Fish&DJs music nights on Friday evenings from 18:00 in May and June 2026.
Eataly Genova is a food hall in Genoa's Edificio Millo at Porto Antico, with a food market, restaurants and cookery courses, open from 10:00 to 22:00 daily.
TipAutumn 2026 courses on its site include pansoti, trofie with pesto made in a mortar and focaccia al formaggio, at €50 each.
Trattoria Le Maschere near the Porto Antico in Genoa, open since 2001, sells a fixed daily menu at €16 to €20 beside pesto pasta and pansoti in walnut sauce.
OrderThe fixed daily menu (€16 to €20 on the site), or trofie al pesto or pansoti in salsa di noci.
TipThe site says to book by phone or WhatsApp and lists room for 90 inside plus a summer dehors of 20 places.
Cavour modo21 on Piazza Cavour in Genoa is a trattoria by the Porto Antico with pesto pasta and fried fish, and sea pasta priced from €7 to €9.50.
OrderSpaghetti with mussels (€7) or paccheri with sea bass and lime (€9.50), on the operator's April 2026 menu PDF.
TipBook by WhatsApp or walk in; the menu adds a €1 service charge, and a set menu is required for groups of more than seven.
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