Da Giorgio - MARINA DI GIOIOSA IONICA

We went to this restaurant twice during our stay. It was terrific both times. Nice menu with plenty to choose from ,good service and very friendly owners. Food was fresh and delicious as were the drinks. We ended both dinner with incredible desserts. HIghly recommend.

Lunchtime Saturday and we choose the 7 course seafood degustation menu. Chef @dariofortebraccio is a master who provides a flawless menu of the freshest seafood, presented beautifully. His food is exceptionally good and his presentation looks almost too perfect to eat. But eat we do and each dish is a revelation. Salmon, cooked and then smoked at the table is a brilliant starter. The tuna is as fresh as you’d find, the octopus tender and perfectly cooked, the cicala with linguine tastes of the sea, the pasta with red prawn melts in our mouths and the mackerel with citrus butter is cooked perfectly. The ricotta tart with dark and milk chocolate is a lovely end to a brilliant meal. This was one of the best meals we’ve ever had in Italy (and we’ve had a few! . A brilliant and delicately executed menu by an extraordinarily talented chef. Grazie mille.

Fabulous food, setting and passion for customer care and ingredients. Giorgio explained every dish himself and enjoyed the interaction with his customers. The restaurant is beautiful, modern and minimalist downstairs, traditional and opulent upstairs with a small outside balcony for balmy night. Definitely a must visit if your in the area.

Table reserved on the terrace on the top floor, with sea view, few covered for a private and exclusive experience. the menu proposed on the terrace differs from the one proposed in the ground floor room, limiting itself to an offer of fish appetizers, both raw (strepitosis) and warm, mixed grill prepared at the moment on the barbecue exposed and fried of squid and shrimp, also prepared on the terrace and served very hot. it doesn't happen every day to find yourself in a place like this, someone could twist their noses for the menu relocated but once lived the experience it is immediate to believe. fabulous place, excellent raw materials and friendly staff, friendly and never intrusive. definitely to replicate, highly recommended!