Restaurant in Brusaporto, Italy
Three stars, family table, serious seafood.
Da Vittorio holds 3 Michelin Stars and a 99-point La Liste ranking, making it one of northern Italy's most decorated restaurants — and one of its hardest to book. The family-run Cerea operation in Brusaporto delivers technically precise seafood and contemporary Italian cooking with a warmth that most formal three-star rooms do not match. Book three to four months out for weekend dinner; consider weekday lunch for better availability.
Da Vittorio is not a destination restaurant in the sense that you drive three hours into the Italian countryside for a single chef's vision. It is something rarer: a three-Michelin-star family institution in Brusaporto, a small comune outside Bergamo, where the Cerea family has built one of Italy's most decorated dining rooms without abandoning the warmth that made it famous. If you think of it as a formal temple of haute cuisine, you have the wrong frame. This is a family-run house that happens to hold 3 Michelin Stars (2025), a 99-point La Liste ranking (2026), a Les Grandes Tables du Monde award (2025), and a 4.8 from over 2,600 Google reviewers. Book it for a special occasion or a serious fish lunch. Do not assume a walk-in is possible.
Most of Italy's three-star restaurants are anchored to a city or a celebrated food region. Da Vittorio is anchored to a village. Brusaporto, a 15-minute drive from Bergamo and about 45 minutes from Milan Linate, does not have the culinary profile of Modena or Alba, which makes the restaurant's standing all the more telling. The Cerea family did not move to Milan to gain recognition; the recognition came to them in Brusaporto. That local rootedness shows in the cooking: the menu draws on Ligurian seafood traditions and contemporary Italian technique, but the property also runs its own vegetable garden and a Planet Farm partnership, meaning the sourcing is genuinely tied to the land around the restaurant. For diners travelling from Milan or Bergamo, this is one of the few three-star experiences where the drive feels like part of the meal, not a detour from a better city option. See our full Brusaporto restaurants guide for wider context on the area.
Da Vittorio offers four tasting menus alongside an à la carte option, which is itself an unusual level of generosity at this price tier. The menus span traditional meat preparations inspired by founder Vittorio Cerea ('Gli esordi di papà Vittorio'), a vegetable-focused menu sourced from the property's own garden ('Dalla nostra campagna'), an eight-course fish and shellfish menu built around fresh market arrivals including the restaurant's celebrated pacchero ('Nella tradizione di Vittorio'), and a 16-course chef's creativity format ('Carta Bianca'). If you are returning after a first visit, the fish tasting menu is the direction to take: the seafood sourcing and the pacchero are the dishes most closely associated with the Cerea reputation. The cheese trolley and sucrerie service at the end of the meal are details worth noting; they are not afterthoughts. The wine cellar is cited consistently by awards bodies as a highlight, and at this price tier it is worth asking for pairing recommendations rather than ordering by the glass.
Pearl rates this Near Impossible to book, which means planning three to four months out is not excessive for weekend dinner or Saturday lunch. The restaurant opens for lunch Thursday through Tuesday (12:30 to 2:30 pm) and for dinner Monday through Sunday (7:30 to 10 pm), with Wednesday dinner-only service. Lunch is genuinely worth considering: at this level the kitchen does not hold back for the afternoon service, and you are more likely to secure a table with shorter notice than for a Saturday dinner slot. The restaurant is accessible by car from the Milan/Venice motorway (exit Seriate, towards Bagnatica, then Brusaporto, Via Cantalupa 17), or by train to Albano Sant'Alessandro, which is under a kilometre from the restaurant. Bergamo Orio al Serio airport is approximately 7 km away.
At €€€€ pricing, you are paying for one of the most awarded fish and seafood experiences in northern Italy, a wine cellar with genuine depth, and a level of hospitality that reviewers consistently describe as warmer than the formal category usually delivers. Compared to Osteria Francescana in Modena or Le Calandre in Rubano, Da Vittorio is less avant-garde and more comfort-driven in its orientation. If you want provocation on the plate, Osteria Francescana is the right call. If you want technical precision applied to exceptional ingredients within a framework that feels genuinely welcoming rather than ceremonial, Da Vittorio earns its price. The pacchero alone has anchored the restaurant's reputation for good reason. For other reference points in the Italian three-star category, Uliassi in Senigallia, Piazza Duomo in Alba, and Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence sit in a comparable tier.
For broader planning, see our full Brusaporto hotels guide, our full Brusaporto bars guide, our full Brusaporto wineries guide, and our full Brusaporto experiences guide. If you are weighing Da Vittorio against other three-star benchmarks internationally, Le Bernardin in New York City and Lazy Bear in San Francisco offer useful points of comparison for the tasting menu format at the leading of the market.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Da Vittorio | Ligurian, Italian Seafood, Contemporary Italian | €€€€ | La Liste Top Restaurants (2026): 99pts; Now among the most famous restaurants on the Peninsula, Da Vittorio retains unchanged the warmth of its pleasantly family-run management. If, in fact, the kitchen and dining room are “frequented” by members of the Cerea family, even the dishes tell of their ability to process the best ingredients into well-presented recipes laden with flavour, in the successful pursuit of comfortable taste. And then there is generosity, which you will already find in the offer! In fact, in addition to the à la carte, you can choose from 4 tasting menus: ‘Gli esordi di papà Vittorio’ (many meat recipes inspired by tradition), ‘Dalla nostra campagna’ (vegetables born and bred in the property's vegetable garden and Planet Farm), ‘Carta Bianca’ (16 courses for an unusual experience dictated by the chefs' creative flair), ‘Nella tradizione di Vittorio’ (8 courses of fish and shellfish prepared with fresh arrivals from the market, including the famous pacchero). The final touches are then cheered by an amazing cheese trolley and sucrerie.; Opinionated About Dining Classical in Europe Ranked #23 (2025); HIGHLIGHTS: • 3 MICHELIN STARS 2025 • FAMILY TIES • TRADITION MEETS CREATIVITY • INCREDIBLE WINE CELLAR DIRECTIONS & ACCESS: Directions By car Milan/Venice motorway: exit Seriate, towards Bagnatica, Brusaporto. At Brusaporto, Via Cantalupa 17. By plane Bergamo Orio al Serio 7 km Milano Linate (Intl) 45 km Milano Malpensa (Intl) 100 km By train Albano Sant Alessandro 0,8 km GPS coordinates 45.6929 9.6722 Identification CIN code IT016042A1K5YUFETS CIR code 016042-ALB-00001 MEMBER SINCE: 4.8/5; Les Grandes Tables Du Monde Award (2025); La Liste Top Restaurants (2025): 99pts; Michelin 3 Stars (2025); Opinionated About Dining Casual in Europe Ranked #135 (2024); Opinionated About Dining Classical in Europe Ranked #24 (2024); Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Asia Ranked #174 (2024); Michelin 3 Stars (2024); Opinionated About Dining Classical in Europe Ranked #33 (2023) | Near Impossible | — |
| Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler | Italian, Creative | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Dal Pescatore | Italian, Italian Contemporary | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Osteria Francescana | Progressive Italian, Creative | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Quattro Passi | Italian, Mediterranean Cuisine | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Reale | Progressive Italian, Modern Cuisine | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
A quick look at how Da Vittorio measures up.
With four distinct tasting menus covering fish and shellfish, meat, vegetables from an on-site kitchen garden, and a 16-course chef's creative format, there is more structural flexibility here than at most three-star restaurants. Vegetarians have a dedicated menu option. check the venue's official channels well in advance of your visit to confirm how specific intolerances are handled, as this level of detail is not publicly stated.
Da Vittorio is family-run and has the operational scale expected of a 3 Michelin Star restaurant, which typically means private dining rooms are available for larger parties. For groups of six or more, book well in advance and check the venue's official channels to discuss seating arrangements. Weekend dinner and Saturday lunch are the hardest slots to secure even for two.
Da Vittorio holds 3 Michelin Stars and a 99-point La Liste ranking, which signals formal expectations. Smart, polished attire is appropriate. Trainers and casual clothing would be out of place. Err toward jacket and dress shoes for dinner; the lunch service draws a slightly less formal crowd but the room still commands respect.
Yes, and it is better suited to celebrations than many three-star peers because the family atmosphere keeps the room from feeling clinical. The four tasting menus give a group or couple real choice in format. La Liste ranked it 99 points in both 2025 and 2026, which means the occasion will be substantiated by the experience. Book four months out for weekend evenings.
Lunch runs Wednesday through Monday from 12:30 to 2:30 pm and is marginally easier to book than weekend dinner. If you are driving from Milan or flying into Bergamo Orio al Serio (7 km away), a Saturday lunch avoids evening traffic and gives the same menu options. Dinner runs until 10 pm and has the fuller room atmosphere. For first-timers, lunch is the practical choice.
At €€€€, you are paying for 3 Michelin Stars, a 99-point La Liste score, Les Grandes Tables du Monde membership, and four tasting menus with an à la carte option alongside. That last point matters: the freedom to order à la carte at this tier is genuinely unusual and adds value. If family-style luxury seafood in Lombardy fits your travel frame, the price is justified. If you want a single auteur vision, Osteria Francescana or Reale makes a different case.
The four menus give you real differentiation: a fish and shellfish menu built around daily market arrivals, a vegetable menu sourced from the property's kitchen garden, a meat and tradition menu, and a 16-course chef's creative format. The fish menu, which includes the signature pacchero, is the one most visitors come for and the most directly tied to Da Vittorio's Opinionated About Dining Classical Europe ranking of #23 in 2025. First-timers should default to that format.
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