Restaurant in La Spezia, Italy
La Spezia's sharpest seafood table. Book it.
Andree is La Spezia's strongest case for staying in the city for dinner: two consecutive Michelin Plate awards, a vaulted brick room with an open kitchen, and a fish-forward contemporary menu with both tasting and à la carte options. At €€€ it delivers Michelin-recognised cooking without the €€€€ pressure of Italy's most competitive tables. Book for a special occasion or a deliberate dining evening.
If you are weighing Andree against a direct trattoria on the Ligurian coast, the comparison does not hold. Andree operates in a different register: a contemporary kitchen in a vaulted brick room at Via San Martino della Battaglia 16, where the focus is locally sourced fish treated with modern technique rather than regional habit. Two consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024 and 2025) and a Google rating of 4.6 across 233 reviews confirm this is the most decorated contemporary dining address in La Spezia. For a special occasion or a deliberate dining evening in the city, book here first.
The room earns its reputation before the food arrives. An open kitchen anchors the space, giving the meal a transparency that suits the contemporary format. Behind it, a vaulted brick ceiling pulls the room toward something warmer and older, which works in the restaurant's favour: the contrast between the modern cooking and the setting gives the experience texture without artifice.
The menu is built around locally sourced fish, and the kitchen does not hedge. You will find both a tasting menu and à la carte options, which makes Andree more flexible than many Italian fine-dining addresses that enforce a single format. If you want to commit to the full kitchen arc, the tasting menu is the way to do it. If you are dining with someone who prefers to control their order, à la carte keeps everyone at the table comfortable. That flexibility matters for a special occasion, where one difficult diner should not dictate the experience for the rest of the table.
Wine list has character, which in this context means it is curated with point of view rather than assembled for volume. Liguria's Vermentino and Pigato sit well against fish-forward menus, and a list with genuine regional depth is a reasonable expectation here. The drinks program is not the primary reason to book, but it complements the food intelligently rather than deferring to it.
At €€€ pricing, Andree sits below the €€€€ tier that governs Italy's most decorated tables. That gap is meaningful: you are getting Michelin-recognised cooking at a price point that does not require a formal justification. For La Spezia specifically, a city better known as a gateway to the Cinque Terre than as a dining destination in its own right, Andree represents the strongest case for staying in the city rather than routing your evening elsewhere. See our full La Spezia restaurants guide for how the broader scene stacks up.
Booking is direct relative to Italy's more pressured fine-dining tables. You will not be competing with a months-long waitlist. Reserve a few days in advance for weekends; weekday availability is typically easier. Phone and website details are not listed, so approach via a reservation platform or walk to the address to confirm current contact information.
Against La Spezia's local competition, Andree has no direct equivalent at this quality level in the city itself. The meaningful comparisons are regional and national. Uliassi in Senigallia and Quattro Passi in Marina del Cantone both work in the Italian coastal seafood register but operate at €€€€ with harder booking windows. Andree is the easier and cheaper option for fish-led contemporary cooking, with Michelin recognition to back the positioning.
If your trip takes you further into Italy, Osteria Francescana in Modena and Dal Pescatore in Runate set the ceiling for Italian fine dining, but neither is a direct substitute for Andree's coastal, fish-forward identity. Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler in Brunico and Reale in Castel di Sangro are worth the journey if you are prioritising creative Italian cooking over regional seafood specificity, but they require a different trip entirely.
For a Mediterranean seafood comparison closer in spirit to what Andree delivers, Osteria della Corte in La Spezia offers a more traditional register at a lower price point. If you want cooking with more ambition and Michelin recognition, Andree is the call. If you prefer tradition over technique, Osteria della Corte is worth considering as an alternative. Also relevant for context: Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence, Piazza Duomo in Alba, and Le Calandre in Rubano represent the €€€€ tier of Italian fine dining if you are benchmarking Andree's value proposition against the country's leading tables.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andree | €€€ | Easy | — |
| Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Dal Pescatore | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Osteria Francescana | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Quattro Passi | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Reale | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
What to weigh when choosing between Andree and alternatives.
The venue data does not confirm a bar-seating option. What is confirmed is an open kitchen anchoring a vaulted brick dining room, which suggests the counter experience, if available, would centre on the kitchen rather than a separate bar. check the venue's official channels to confirm before planning around it.
For most visitors, yes. Andree holds a Michelin Plate in 2024 and 2025, which signals consistent technical kitchen work, and the format gives the kitchen room to showcase locally sourced fish at its most considered. If you prefer to pick and choose, à la carte is available, making this a lower-commitment entry point than a fixed-menu-only restaurant.
The venue data does not specify a dietary restrictions policy. Given the kitchen's fish-forward focus, those with shellfish or seafood allergies should flag requirements when booking. Call ahead rather than assuming flexibility on the night.
Yes. Two consecutive Michelin Plates, an open kitchen, and a vaulted brick dining room combine into a room that reads as an occasion without feeling stiff. At €€€, it is priced appropriately for a celebration dinner rather than a casual weeknight out.
The contemporary setting and mid-to-upper price point (€€€) point toward neat, polished dress rather than full formal wear. Jeans are likely fine if clean and well-fitted, but beachwear or shorts are a misstep for a Michelin Plate restaurant at this tier.
At €€€ with back-to-back Michelin Plates, Andree delivers more kitchen precision than anything else operating at this level in La Spezia itself. If you want locally sourced Ligurian fish handled with genuine technique, the price holds up. For casual coastal seafood at lower cost, the Cinque Terre trattorias nearby offer a different but perfectly valid alternative.
There is no direct equivalent at this quality level within La Spezia city. For comparable or higher ambition along the Ligurian and northern Italian coast, Quattro Passi in Nerano and Dal Pescatore in Canneto sull'Oglio are the regional reference points, though neither is a short drive. Within the city, Andree is currently in a category of one.
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