Alici Restaurant

Verdict: Book Alici If You're Staying on the Amalfi Coast and Want the Terrace Table That Justifies the Trip

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, if you are not staying at Borgo Santandrea, expect the booking window to work against you.

What You're Booking

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, 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, 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.

For the category of starred seafood on the Amalfi Coast, that score is a reliable signal rather than an outlier.

Practical Details

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.

How It Compares

Alici vs. Peers on the Amalfi Coast

Pearl Picks: If You're Researching This Category

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, 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.