Restaurant in Loano, Italy
Solid Ligurian seafood at an honest price.
A Michelin Plate trattoria in central Loano, Bagatto focuses on Ligurian fish and seafood in a room with exposed brickwork and a genuinely welcoming atmosphere. At the €€ price point and with 4.5 stars across 665 Google reviews, it is the most reliable call for regional cooking in Loano without the cost or formality of a destination restaurant.
At the €€ price point, Bagatto is one of the most practical decisions you can make for Ligurian cooking on the Riviera di Ponente. A Michelin Plate holder in both 2024 and 2025, this trattoria in the centre of Loano delivers fish, seafood, and regional staples at a price that does not require justification. If you are visiting Loano and want a sit-down meal that is grounded in local cuisine without the formality or cost of a destination restaurant, book here.
Bagatto sits down an alleyway off the town centre — the kind of address that requires a deliberate decision to find. That physical quality tells you something useful about who this place is for: it is not built for passing trade. The dining room has exposed brickwork and a ceiling that gives the space a character most trattorie on the Ligurian coast do not bother cultivating. The atmosphere is described as friendly, which in practice means service that is direct and unhurried rather than performative. For a restaurant at this price tier, the room makes a stronger impression than you would typically expect.
That spatial quality matters more than it might seem. The Michelin Plate recognition confirms a kitchen operating with consistency and intention, but the room reinforces the experience rather than working against it. You are eating in a place that has earned its regulars. The 665 Google reviews averaging 4.5 suggest the experience holds up across a wide range of visits and expectations.
The service style at Bagatto — friendly and trattoria-paced , is the right fit for the price and the format. At €€, you are not paying for tableside technique or a multi-course choreography. What the Michelin Plate tells you is that the kitchen is doing its job with care. Service at this level earns the price when it adds warmth without adding pretension, and the evidence from Google reviewers at scale suggests it does exactly that.
Where this becomes a decision factor: if you are travelling with guests who expect a more structured fine-dining experience, Bagatto is not that. The trattoria format means a looser, more convivial pace. That is a feature rather than a flaw, but it is worth knowing going in. For a couple or a small group who want to eat well, drink local wine, and not watch the clock, the service style here is genuinely well-matched to the setting.
Bagatto's focus is Ligurian, with fish and seafood as the primary draw. Ligurian cooking at its leading is anchored in the sea , local catch, simply treated, with the kitchen's skill visible in sourcing and technique rather than elaborate construction. The Michelin Plate designation signals that the cooking here meets a standard of consistency and quality that the Michelin inspectorate considers worth noting, even if it does not carry the star rating of larger destination restaurants. The house desserts include a sour orange semifreddo, which appears in the Michelin notes as a specific callout , worth ordering if it is available on your visit.
Ligurian cuisine is a regional tradition with a tight identity: it is not the bolder flavours of Neapolitan cooking or the richness of Piemontese cuisine. If you are drawn to this part of Italy specifically for the coast and the food culture that goes with it, Bagatto is a sensible place to spend an evening. For broader context on where to eat and drink in the area, see our full Loano restaurants guide, our full Loano bars guide, and our full Loano wineries guide.
Booking difficulty is rated Easy. Loano is a small coastal town, and Bagatto is not a reservation that requires weeks of planning outside of peak summer season. In July and August, the Ligurian coast fills with Italian holidaymakers, and any trattoria with a Michelin Plate and a 4.5 Google rating will see more pressure on tables , book a few days ahead during those months. The rest of the year, same-week reservations should be achievable.
Bagatto operates in a different category from the Italian fine-dining names most often cited in the same breath as serious regional cooking. Osteria Francescana in Modena, Dal Pescatore in Runate, and Reale in Castel di Sangro are all €€€€ destinations requiring advance planning, formal booking windows, and a commitment to a full tasting experience. Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler in Brunico and Quattro Passi in Marina del Cantone sit in the same top-tier bracket. Bagatto is not competing with any of them, and it does not need to. For the traveller who wants a reliable, Michelin-noted trattoria meal at a mid-range price in a coastal Ligurian town, the comparison set is different.
Within Ligurian cooking specifically, Vescovado in Noli and Bruxaboschi in San Desiderio are the more direct regional peers. If you are building a Ligurian food itinerary, those two addresses alongside Bagatto give you a strong cross-section of the region's cooking at different price points and settings. For a wider view of Italian seafood-focused fine dining, Uliassi in Senigallia is the benchmark for what a Michelin three-star coastal Italian restaurant looks like at the opposite end of the price and ambition spectrum.
The practical verdict: if you are already in Loano or the western Ligurian coast, Bagatto is the easy call for a mid-week dinner. If you are building a special occasion trip around a single great meal in Italy, the €€€€ addresses above offer more ceremony and more complexity. But for what Bagatto is , a Michelin-noted trattoria focused on the local catch, at a price that does not require a special budget , it earns a clear recommendation. Other strong Italian references further afield include Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence, Piazza Duomo in Alba, Le Calandre in Rubano, Enrico Bartolini in Milan, and Casa Perbellini 12 Apostoli in Verona for planning a broader Italian itinerary.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bagatto | Ligurian | €€ | Easy |
| Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler | Italian, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Dal Pescatore | Italian, Italian Contemporary | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Osteria Francescana | Progressive Italian, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Quattro Passi | Italian, Mediterranean Cuisine | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Reale | Progressive Italian, Modern Cuisine | €€€€ | Unknown |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
Bagatto is the clearest Michelin-recognised option in Loano at the €€ price point, which makes direct local comparisons limited. If you want to stay on the Riviera di Ponente but step up in ambition and spend, Quattro Passi in Nerano is the obvious escalation. For trattoria-style Ligurian cooking at a similar price, your best alternative is to look at comparable spots in nearby Alassio or Albenga, neither of which currently holds Michelin recognition at Bagatto's level.
The kitchen's focus is Ligurian fish and seafood, so that is where to anchor your meal. The sour orange semifreddo is specifically called out as a house dessert and worth ordering if you reach the end of the meal with room. Ligurian cooking tends to favour local catch treated simply, so expect clean preparation over elaborate plating at this price point.
Bagatto is a trattoria in a small coastal town, not a formal dining room. Relaxed but presentable — the kind of thing you would wear to a decent neighbourhood restaurant — is appropriate. Nothing in the venue's profile suggests a dress code beyond that.
No dietary restriction policy is documented for Bagatto. The menu focus is fish and seafood within a Ligurian framework, which means options for those avoiding seafood entirely will be limited. check the venue's official channels before booking if this is a concern — the address is Via Antonio Ricciardi, 24, Loano.
Yes, within a specific bracket. A Michelin Plate recognition at €€ makes Bagatto a practical choice for a low-key celebration where quality matters but spend does not need to escalate. It is not the venue for a milestone dinner requiring a grand room or theatre — but for a birthday lunch or a quiet anniversary dinner in a coastal Ligurian town, the combination of Michelin-noted cooking and accessible pricing works in its favour.
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