Restaurant in Amalfi Coast, Italy
Terrace dining with a Michelin star worth booking.
Alici holds a 2025 Michelin star inside Borgo Santandrea hotel, just outside Conca dei Marini on the Amalfi Coast. Chef Crescenzo Scotti's creative seafood menu, grounded in sfusato amalfitano lemon and coastal Campanian produce, is best experienced on the sea-facing terrace at dinner. Book early — outside diners compete with hotel guests for limited availability.
Alici holds a 2025 Michelin star and sits inside Borgo Santandrea, a hotel perched just outside Conca dei Marini on the Amalfi Coast. That combination of credential and setting makes it one of the clearest book-it decisions on the coast, provided you can secure a reservation — and that is not direct. This is a hotel restaurant that gives priority to guests, which means availability for outside diners is genuinely limited. Book as early as possible, and if you are not staying at Borgo Santandrea, expect the booking window to work against you.
Dinner at Alici takes place on a terrace with a majolica-tiled floor in blue and azure. The setting directly faces the sea and is the primary reason diners without a hotel booking make the effort. The interior room with vintage-style furniture is available, but the terrace is the clear choice — and the reason to time your reservation for before sunset if you can.
Chef Crescenzo Scotti brings a track record that predates this posting: he previously held a Michelin star on the island of Vulcano, and before that cooked in Ravello. His cooking here is grounded in the flavours of the Amalfi Coast, particularly the sfusato amalfitano lemon that appears across multiple dishes, alongside influences from Naples and his native Ischia. The Michelin inspector specifically called out the "Cappuccino Mediterraneo" , boiled lobster served in a cup over a potato and soya cream, finished with powdered squid ink standing in for cocoa. That dish gives you the register: technically considered, flavour-forward, and rooted in the coast rather than chasing novelty. If you want a creative seafood menu that stays grounded in a specific place rather than performing abstraction, this kitchen delivers that.
Google reviewers rate Alici 4.4 across 1,463 reviews , a meaningful volume for a hotel fine-dining room in a small coastal village, and consistently positive. For the category of starred seafood on the Amalfi Coast, that score is a reliable signal rather than an outlier.
Alici is a dinner-only destination in practice, with the terrace coming into its own in the evening hours. For food enthusiasts planning late-night options on the coast, it is worth knowing that Alici is a full sit-down tasting experience rather than a drop-in late-night format. If your plan involves dinner after 9 PM, check current service times when booking , kitchen close may be earlier than at comparable city restaurants. For after-dinner drinks and a later atmosphere on the coast, explore our Amalfi Coast bars guide.
No price range is confirmed in available data for Alici, but a one-star hotel fine-dining room on the Amalfi Coast should be budgeted at the €€€€ tier. Comparable starred coastal operations in Italy , including Quattro Passi in Marina del Cantone , typically run tasting menus from €130 upward per person before wine. Factor accordingly.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price Tier | Booking Difficulty | Leading For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alici (Borgo Santandrea) | Creative Seafood | €€€€ | Hard | Terrace fine dining, hotel guests |
| La Caravella | Venetian / Italian | €€€€ | Moderate | Historic setting, a la carte flexibility |
| Sensi | Mediterranean | €€€€ | Moderate | Contemporary Mediterranean, non-hotel |
| Marina Grande | Seafood | €€€ | Easier | Accessible seafood, harbour setting |
For starred Italian seafood elsewhere on the coast or across Italy, the following are worth considering depending on your itinerary: Uliassi in Senigallia (three stars, Italy's most decorated seafood table), Gambero Rosso in Marina di Gioiosa Ionica for a southern Italian coastal alternative, and Angler in London if you want a comparable creative seafood format in a city setting. For the broader Italian fine-dining circuit, Osteria Francescana in Modena, Dal Pescatore in Runate, Reale in Castel di Sangro, Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence, and Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler in Brunico cover a range of budgets and styles across the country.
For everything else on the coast: our full Amalfi Coast restaurants guide, hotels guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide.
The Michelin inspector's cited dish is the Cappuccino Mediterraneo , boiled lobster over potato and soya cream, finished with squid ink powder. It signals the kitchen's direction: coastal ingredients treated with technical care and a playful edge. Beyond that, dishes built around sfusato amalfitano lemon appear frequently and are the clearest expression of what makes this kitchen specific to its location rather than generic fine dining. For an enthusiast's visit, request the full tasting menu rather than ordering a la carte , it gives the most coherent picture of what Chef Scotti is doing.
Solo dining at a hotel fine-dining terrace on the Amalfi Coast is workable but not the format's strength. Tasting menus at starred coastal restaurants in Italy are designed around the pacing and interaction of a shared table. That said, solo diners visiting the Amalfi Coast for food are a known audience in this category , book directly and request counter or smaller table seating if available. If solo flexibility matters more than the setting, Marina Grande offers a lower-pressure seafood alternative at €€€.
No confirmed policy is available in current data. For a one-star kitchen with a creative menu built around seafood and regional ingredients, communication before arrival is the practical move. Contact the restaurant or hotel directly at the time of booking , do not assume dietary accommodations are automatic at this level. If you have severe restrictions that require a modified tasting menu, confirm in writing when reserving.
As a hotel restaurant with a terrace and interior room, larger parties are possible in principle, but the format , creative tasting menu, starred service pacing , is better suited to groups of two to four. Groups of six or more should contact Borgo Santandrea directly to discuss availability and whether a private or semi-private arrangement exists. For groups that want seafood without the fine-dining constraints, Marina Grande at €€€ handles larger parties more readily.
This is not a bar-dining format. Alici is a terrace and dining-room restaurant within a hotel, not a walk-in counter or bar operation. There is no confirmed bar-seat option in available data. If you are looking for a more casual entry point to the Amalfi Coast food scene , somewhere you can drop in without a full reservation , the Amalfi Coast bars guide and Marina Grande are more suitable options.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alici Restaurant | Seafood | Hard | |
| La caravella | Venetian | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Sensi | Mediterranean Cuisine | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Borgo Santandrea | Italian Coastal | Unknown | |
| Marina Grande | Seafood | €€€ | Unknown |
Comparing your options in Amalfi Coast for this tier.
The Michelin inspector specifically called out the Cappuccino Mediterraneo: boiled lobster served in a cup over a potato and soya cream, finished with powdered squid ink standing in for cocoa. Chef Crescenzo Scotti builds his menu around Amalfi Coast flavours, with sfusato amalfitano lemon appearing across multiple dishes, alongside influences from Naples and his native Ischia. If you want a representative read on what the kitchen does well, that dish is the clearest entry point.
Alici is a hotel restaurant inside Borgo Santandrea, which skews toward couples and small groups on the Amalfi Coast circuit. Solo diners are not excluded, but the terrace format and the Michelin-starred tasting-focused menu make it a better fit if you're comfortable dining alone at a destination restaurant. If solo dining ease is a priority, a less formal option on the coast will feel less effortful.
No specific dietary policy is documented in the available venue data. Given that Alici holds a 2025 Michelin star and operates as a hotel fine dining restaurant, the kitchen is likely equipped to accommodate common restrictions on request, but check the venue's official channels before booking to confirm. Chef Scotti's menu is seafood-forward, so pescatarians are well-placed; meat-free or shellfish-free requirements are worth raising in advance.
Alici is a fine dining restaurant inside a boutique hotel on the Amalfi Coast, which means capacity is limited and the format is not designed for large party bookings. Small groups of four to six are a realistic fit for the terrace setting; larger groups should contact Borgo Santandrea directly to discuss private dining options, if available. For groups wanting a more casual Amalfi Coast seafood experience at volume, Marina Grande is a more practical choice.
There is no documented bar counter or bar-seat dining format at Alici. The restaurant operates with an interior dining room and a terrace, with dinners taking place on the terrace as the primary setting. If bar-side or walk-in casual dining is what you're after, Alici is not the right format.
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