Palazzo Petrucci

The story

Palazzo Petrucci Naples – Michelin-Recommended Mediterranean Dining on Posillipo

Palazzo Petrucci is a gastronomic palace on the Posillipo seafront in Naples, with tables set at beach level and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Gulf. The view takes in Vesuvius, Capri and Palazzo Donn’Anna — a setting the 2025 Michelin guide describes as a surprise revealed only once you descend from the street entrance.

The restaurant was born in 2007 in the stables of a historic palazzo on Piazza San Domenico Maggiore. Within a year it became the first in Naples to earn a Michelin star. In 2016 it moved to its current location, creating what the team calls the city’s first “gastronomic building”: three floors plus a terrace, all facing the sea.

The chef and his kitchen

Chef Lino Scarallo, a native of the Sanità district, partners with Edoardo Trotta, a longtime food-and-wine enthusiast. Their shared philosophy is to look at the great classics and propose contemporary dishes. Scarallo’s very first plate — ragù di mare — set the tone: Neapolitan tradition reframed with modern technique. The menu today continues that approach, using seasonal fish, meat and vegetables.

The menus

The restaurant offers several tasting paths. The “Lino Fai Tu” menus leave the choice to the chef: five or seven courses (100 € and 150 € respectively), plus a vegetarian “Mangiafoglie” option. The Signature menu (120 €) features five courses, including a tagliolino di calamaro with clams and crunchy seaweed, and a lasagnetta of buffalo mozzarella, raw prawns and broccoli cabbage sauce. The Posillipo menu (150 €, six courses) includes Wagyu with foie gras nougat and lobster, and a candela pasta with genovese sauce and snapper tartare. A Parthenope Terra menu (100 €) celebrates land-based Neapolitan flavours, like paccheri with ragù and cacioricotta.

The building

The main restaurant occupies the beach-level floor. One floor up is the wine cellar and an imperial table for 32 guests, available for private events. The second floor houses Il Malandrino cocktail bar and Cucina Lievitata, a pizza room with ten tables and sea views. On the terrace, aperitifs and pizzas are served when the weather is warm. The original pizzeria in Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, guided by young pizzaiolo Davide Ruotolo, remains open and is one of the few pizza spots noted by the Michelin guide.

Palazzo Petrucci’s Mediterranean cuisine, its dramatic waterfront location and its consistent Michelin recognition make it a singular address in Naples.