Restaurant in Viareggio, Italy
Michelin-starred seafood; book Thursday–Sunday only.
Lunasia holds a 2025 Michelin star and an OAD ranking of #134, making it the most credible special-occasion dining choice in Viareggio. Chef Luca Landi runs three tasting menus built around local Versilian seafood and inland ingredients, backed by an 800-label wine list with accessible pricing and an unusually strong by-the-glass selection. Open Thursday through Sunday only; book a week or two ahead in summer.
Lunasia earns its 2025 Michelin star on genuine merit, not location novelty. If you are in Versilia for a serious dinner, this is where to book: the cooking is creative and disciplined, the setting inside the Plaza e de Russie hotel faces the Viareggio promenade, and the wine list, around 800 labels strong with an unusually good by-the-glass selection, delivers value that is rare at this price tier. Book Thursday through Sunday, plan for a tasting menu, and give the wine pairing real consideration. This is a special-occasion restaurant that performs like one.
The Viareggio promenade has been drawing Italian summer visitors for well over a century, and Lunasia sits on the front row of it, inside the Plaza e de Russie hotel. The dining room is modern and light-filled, designed for the kind of evening where the room itself signals that tonight is different. For a celebration dinner, a significant date, or a business meal where you need the setting to do some work, it is well suited. The combination of sea-facing position, Michelin-starred cooking, and a wine program with real depth makes it one of the more complete special-occasion packages on the Tuscan coast.
Chef Luca Landi's menu is built around three tasting formats: one focused on fish, a second combining seafood with vegetables, and a third centred on meats, with the flexibility to mix and match dishes à la carte if a full tasting feels like too much of a commitment. The cooking is described by Michelin as creative and substantial, meaning the creativity is not cosmetic. Presentations impress, but the flavour work behind them holds up. Landi draws on local seafood and inland Versilian products, sourcing from small trusted producers and applying a circular approach to reduce kitchen waste. This is not the kind of creativity that loses the plot of the ingredient; the regional identity stays legible throughout.
The wine list is where Lunasia separates itself most clearly from its Viareggio peers. Approximately 800 labels is a serious cellar for any restaurant at this level; for a coastal Tuscan hotel restaurant, it is a genuine statement. The emphasis falls on Piedmont, Tuscany, and Burgundy: in other words, Barolo and Barbaresco alongside Brunello and Super Tuscans, with a Burgundy selection that gives the list international reach. What makes it practically useful for most diners, though, is that prices are described as accessible for the category, and the by-the-glass selection is noted as notably broad and considered. That matters if you are planning a pairing across a multi-course tasting menu, since you are not locked into a bottle commitment. For wine-driven diners, this list alone justifies the booking over alternatives in the area.
When you compare Lunasia's wine program against the broader context of Italian fine dining, it holds its own. Restaurants like Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence operate at a different scale entirely (one of the deepest cellars in Europe), and Osteria Francescana in Modena pairs its wine list to a tasting menu of international renown. Lunasia is not competing at that tier of fame. But at a coastal resort town the size of Viareggio, an 800-label list with genuinely accessible pricing and a strong by-the-glass program is a practical advantage that most diners will feel directly in their evening.
Lunasia opens Thursday through Sunday from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM, and is closed Monday through Wednesday. That four-night window is worth factoring into your itinerary planning, particularly in summer when Viareggio fills quickly and hotel restaurant bookings can tighten. Booking difficulty is rated easy by Pearl, which means you are unlikely to face weeks of lead time for most dates. For summer weekends on the Versilian coast, book at least a week to two weeks ahead as a sensible precaution. There is no listed booking method in our data, so checking directly with the Plaza e de Russie hotel is the most reliable route.
Pricing sits at €€€€, the top tier, so arrive expecting a fine dining bill. The tasting menus are the intended format here, and the à la carte flexibility is a genuine option rather than a workaround. For a special occasion, the tasting menu is the right call: it shows the kitchen's range and is better suited to a long evening than cherry-picking a few courses. If you are bringing a guest who wants flexibility, the mixed format allowing dishes from different tasting threads gives you options without forcing the full commitment.
For further context on the Viareggio dining scene, see our full Viareggio restaurants guide. You can also explore our Viareggio hotels guide, bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide.
Globally, Lunasia has been ranked #134 in the 2025 Opinionated About Dining Casual list (up from #174 in 2024), which tracks its upward trajectory within the creative European cooking category. That ranking places it in credible company. Restaurants such as Le Calandre in Rubano, Dal Pescatore in Runate, and Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler in Brunico represent Italian fine dining at the level where Lunasia is now competing. It is not at the fame tier of Enrico Bartolini in Milan, but the OAD momentum suggests the gap is narrowing. For the cuisine type, the closest international comparison in format is something like Jatak in Copenhagen for creative ambition in a smaller city, or Le Bernardin in New York City for the seriousness with which Lunasia treats its seafood sourcing. The Google rating of 4.6 across 176 reviews is solid confirmation that the kitchen delivers consistently, not just on nights when critics are watching.
The bottom line: if you are on the Versilian coast and want one dinner that earns its price tag, Lunasia is the clearest answer.
For most weeknights Thursday through Sunday, a week's notice is generally sufficient. In summer, when Viareggio is at peak capacity, aim for two weeks minimum on Fridays and Saturdays. Pearl rates booking difficulty as easy, so you are unlikely to face the kind of lead times you would need for comparable Michelin-starred restaurants in larger Italian cities. Contact the Plaza e de Russie hotel directly, as there is no separate online booking link in our data.
There is no bar seating information in our current data for Lunasia. The restaurant operates as a hotel dining room inside the Plaza e de Russie, which suggests the experience is primarily table-based rather than counter-driven. If bar seating matters to you, confirm with the hotel before booking. For a more casual Viareggio seafood option where seating formats tend to be more flexible, MaMe Restaurant at €€ is worth considering.
The three tasting menus are the intended entry point: fish, seafood and vegetables, or meats, with the option to mix and match à la carte. Given that Michelin specifically highlights the fish and seafood cooking, and given Landi's sourcing focus on local Versilian seafood from small producers, the fish tasting is the strongest case for why Lunasia has its star. The wine pairing is also worth taking seriously: with around 800 labels and a notably strong by-the-glass selection, the pairing here will outperform what you typically get at a coastal Italian hotel restaurant. Specific dishes are not listed in our current data, so ask the server what is driving the kitchen on the night you visit.
Yes, at €€€€ pricing with a 2025 Michelin star, a 2025 OAD ranking of #134, and a wine list that delivers genuine value for the tier, the tasting menu format gives you the leading return on what you are spending. À la carte is available and flexible, but the tasting menu shows the kitchen's range in a way that two or three individual courses will not. If the price is the hesitation, note that the wine list's accessible pricing and by-the-glass depth means you can manage the drinks cost without sacrificing quality. For the same budget at a purely à la carte format in Viareggio, Romano is the strongest alternative.
No dress code is listed in our data, but the combination of Michelin star, €€€€ pricing, and a hotel dining room setting on the Viareggio promenade points clearly toward smart casual as a minimum. Think along the lines of what you would wear to any other starred coastal Italian restaurant in summer: no beachwear, no shorts. Business casual or above is appropriate, and for a special-occasion dinner, it suits the room. The setting rewards dressing for the evening.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lunasia | €€€€ | Easy | — |
| Il Piccolo Principe | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Romano | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Da Miro alla Lanterna | €€€ | Unknown | — |
| Henri Restaurant | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| MaMe Restaurant | €€ | Unknown | — |
A quick look at how Lunasia measures up.
Book at least two to three weeks ahead, especially for Friday and Saturday evenings in summer. Lunasia operates only four nights a week — Thursday through Sunday from 7:30 PM — so available slots are limited. The restaurant is inside the Plaza e de Russie hotel on the Viareggio promenade, which draws a busy seasonal crowd; last-minute availability is unlikely in peak months.
Bar or counter seating is not documented in the venue record for Lunasia. The dining room is described as a modern, bright space overlooking the promenade inside the Plaza e de Russie hotel. To avoid any confusion, check the venue's official channels before arriving and assuming walk-in or informal seating is an option at this €€€€ Michelin-starred venue.
Lunasia offers three tasting menu formats: one focused on fish, one combining seafood and vegetables, and one centred on meats, with à la carte mixing available. Given the kitchen's reputation for local seafood and its Michelin recognition specifically tied to Versilia's coastal produce, the fish-focused menu is the most direct expression of what chef Luca Landi does here. If your group has mixed preferences, the option to combine dishes à la carte gives you flexibility without abandoning the tasting format entirely.
Yes, if creative tasting-menu cooking is your format. Lunasia holds a 2025 Michelin star and ranks #134 on the 2025 OAD Casual list (up from #174 in 2024), and the kitchen's approach — local sourcing, circular cooking, three distinct menu tracks — gives the price point at €€€€ genuine backing. If you prefer a traditional Tuscan trattoria format, Romano or Da Miro alla Lanterna would serve you better value at a lower spend; Lunasia is the choice when you want structured, chef-driven progression over straightforward regional cooking.
Lunasia is a Michelin-starred restaurant inside a luxury hotel on the Viareggio promenade, priced at €€€€. While the venue data does not specify a formal dress code, the setting and price tier make neat, put-together attire the practical default. Overly casual beachwear would be out of place; a jacket for men is a safe call for evening service.
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