Restaurant in Civitanova Marche, Italy
Traditional seafood, beach view, no fuss.
Galileo is a Michelin Plate–recognised seafood restaurant in Civitanova Marche with a dining room overlooking the beach. Traditional Adriatic cooking — antipasti, fish pastas, fried and grilled seafood — delivered without pretension at €€€ pricing. A reliable, well-reviewed choice (4.5/5 across 726 Google reviews) that is easy to book with a week's notice outside peak summer.
Yes — if you want a direct, traditional Adriatic seafood meal with a beach view and no pretension. Galileo holds a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, which signals cooking that meets a clear quality threshold without the ceremony (or the price) of a starred room. At €€€ pricing on the Adriatic coast, it sits in a sensible middle band: more considered than a casual beach shack, less theatrical than the €€€€ progressive Italian tables you'd travel further for. For seafood cooked the way Italians actually eat it along this stretch of coast, Galileo is a reliable, well-regarded choice.
The address says it plainly: Viale Quattro Novembre, 20, with a dining room that looks out over the beach. That setting is not decorative — it frames exactly what Galileo is. This is Adriatic seafood as it has been eaten in this region for generations: product-driven, lightly treated, and structured around the rhythms of what comes out of the water. The kitchen does not try to reinterpret or deconstruct. Seafood salad, a spread of antipasti, fish and seafood pastas, assorted small fried fish, grilled preparations. These are the categories. The execution, confirmed by a Michelin Plate across two consecutive years and a 4.5 Google rating from over 700 reviews, holds up.
For a food-focused traveller visiting the Marche coast, the question is not whether the cooking is good , the credentials confirm it is , but when to go and what to expect at each sitting. Galileo's format is a lunch-or-dinner decision more than a special-occasion-or-casual one, and the two meals deliver quite different value propositions.
Lunch at a place like Galileo is typically where the equation tips in the diner's favour on the Adriatic coast. A midday meal with the sea visible through the window, antipasti of seafood salad and whatever the morning catch produced, followed by a pasta with clams or a plate of mixed fried fish , this is the format at its leading. The light, the setting, and the food align. You are eating the way the venue was designed to be eaten in, and on a clear day the experience of sitting above the beach with a glass of local Verdicchio is the whole point.
Dinner shifts the register slightly. The room will be fuller, the pace different, and for solo travellers or couples wanting a quieter setting, the evening sitting at a popular beach-facing restaurant in an Italian coastal town can run louder than expected in peak season. The food does not change, but the context does. If your priority is the full sensory package , food plus setting plus atmosphere , lunch is the stronger booking. If you are dining as part of a larger group and the social energy of a busy room is an asset rather than a drawback, dinner works well.
This is not a venue where one sitting is dramatically superior in culinary terms. Both share the same kitchen, the same Michelin-noted standard, and the same menu logic. The difference is environmental: light, noise, and the feeling of the room.
Galileo is an accessible booking by the standards of serious Italian seafood restaurants. With a 4.5 rating across 726 reviews, it has a clear local and visitor following, which means weekend lunch in summer fills faster than a weekday dinner in shoulder season. For visits between June and August, booking a week to ten days ahead for weekend lunch is the safe move. Weekday dinners in that same period are more forgiving , three to four days out is usually sufficient. Outside peak season, same-week bookings are generally achievable. The booking difficulty is rated as easy relative to comparable restaurants, but do not assume that translates to walk-in availability on a Saturday at 1pm in July.
For context on the wider region's serious seafood offer, Uliassi in Senigallia , three Michelin stars, about an hour north , requires planning months in advance. Galileo operates in a completely different booking reality, which is part of its appeal for travellers who have not structured an entire itinerary around a single table.
Galileo is located at Viale Quattro Novembre, 20, Civitanova Marche. Cuisine: traditional Adriatic seafood. Price range: €€€. Michelin Plate: 2024 and 2025. Google rating: 4.5 (726 reviews). Booking difficulty: easy. For more options in the area, see our full Civitanova Marche restaurants guide, hotels guide, bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide. A nearby alternative worth knowing: Anastasia in Civitanova Marche.
One-line summary: Adriatic seafood, beach view, Michelin Plate (2024–2025), €€€, easy to book with a week's notice in peak season.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galileo | Boasting a dining room overlooking the beach, Galileo is a typical Adriatic restaurant serving fish and seafood dishes that are popular with many Italians. Options include seafood salad, a selection of antipasti, fish and seafood pastas, assorted small fried fish, and grilled recipes. In other words, delicious, traditional and unfussy cuisine in which fish takes centre stage.; Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | €€€ | — |
| Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Dal Pescatore | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Osteria Francescana | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Quattro Passi | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Reale | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
A quick look at how Galileo measures up.
At €€€ on the Adriatic coast, Galileo earns its position with two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) and a strong local following across 726 reviews. The format is traditional and ingredient-led — grilled fish, seafood pastas, antipasti — so you are paying for quality produce and a beach-facing room rather than theatrical technique. If you want elaborate plating or a tasting-menu format, the price will feel steep. If you want honest Adriatic cooking done well, it holds up.
The menu is built almost entirely around fish and seafood, so pescatarians are well served. Diners with shellfish allergies should approach with caution given the seafood-heavy antipasti and mixed fried fish options. check the venue's official channels to confirm what can be accommodated — phone and website details are not listed in available records, so arriving early or booking in advance with a specific request is the practical move.
Galileo's identity is traditional and unfussy Adriatic — the database describes the offering as seafood salad, antipasti, fish pastas, small fried fish, and grilled dishes rather than a formal tasting menu format. If you are after a structured multi-course progression, this may not be the right match. The value here is in ordering across the menu at your own pace rather than committing to a set sequence.
Bar or counter seating is not documented in the venue record. Galileo's profile centres on a dining room overlooking the beach, which suggests a table-service setup as standard. For a quick or casual stop, checking availability at the door is the most direct approach — the restaurant is accessible enough by local standards that walk-in prospects at off-peak times are reasonable.
Galileo is one of the more prominent seafood addresses on this stretch of the Adriatic coast, carrying Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025. Within the Marche region more broadly, the dining options shift quickly toward agritourism and inland trattorie rather than coastal seafood. For a comparable beach-town seafood experience in the region, local trattorias along the Riviera del Conero are worth considering, though none carry the same Michelin-noted consistency as Galileo.
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