Naples, Italy, is the city where pizza and eggplant parmigiana originated. Naples is also a good city for fresh seafood and you will find good seasonal vegetables in many restaurants. Here are recommended places to eat typical Neapolitan food and pizza in the historic center of Naples.
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The European Championship of Mattozzi
Direction
Via Marchese Campodisola, 4, 80133 Naples NA, ItalyGet directions
Telephone
+39 081 552 1323
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L’Europeo Di Mattozzi is a lively, moderately priced restaurant serving typical Neapolitan food and pizza. You will find many good appetizers, typical pasta dishes, excellent seafood and meats.
Open Monday through Saturday for lunch and Thursday through Saturday for dinner. Closed from August 15 to 31 and Saturdays in July.
Via Campodisola 4/6/8 (between Corso Umberto and the bay). Review of L’Europeo Di Mattozzi on Europe
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Trattoria Enoteca Campagnola
Direction
Via dei Tribunali, 47, 80138 Naples NA, ItalyGet directions
Telephone
+39 081 459034
Campinella is a typical cheap trattoria in the heart of the historic center of Via Tiburnali. The menu (only in Italian) is written on a blackboard at the back of the restaurant. You will find a simply prepared octopus (octopus) appetizer and a very good spaghetti with seafood (frutti di mare). The portions are small enough (and affordable enough) that you can comfortably eat more than one dish. The house wine is quite good and they also have a variety of wines by the bottle.
Via dei Tribunali 47, open for lunch from Wednesday to Monday and dinner from Wednesday to Saturday.
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From Michele Pizza
Direction
Via Cesare Sersale, 1, 80139 Naples NA, ItalyGet directions
Telephone
+39 081 553 9204
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Da Michele, making pizza since 1870, is considered by many to be the best pizza in Naples and is the one in the book “Eat, Pray, Love” (compare prices). Although the crust seemed too soft, the sauces were very tasty. They serve only two types of pizza: Margherita (said to be the original pizza made for Queen Margarita) and Marinara (without Mozzarella but with lots of garlic and oregano). It is also very inexpensive. See a photo of the pizza on Europe Travel.
Da Michele is a bit outside the historic center on Via Colletta (halfway between Via Duomo and the train station), just off Corso Umberto. When you arrive, go in to get a number; On a Sunday afternoon, you can wait half an hour.
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The Cellar of Via Sapienza of Gaetano Format
Direction
Via Sapienza, 40, 80138 Naples NA, ItalyGet directions
Telephone
+39 081 459078
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This small family canteen is a good place for an inexpensive lunch of typical Neapolitan food. Some specialties to try are the excellent melanzane alla Parmigiana (aubergine parmigiana) and the meatballs. They have a good selection of seasonal vegetables (veg) and you can order a mixed plate or go to the counter where they are on display and point out the ones you want.
Via Sapienza 40/41. Recommended by Fiorella Squillante, Context Travel Naples Walking Tours teacher. This is the closest option to the Naples Museum of Archeology. Take Via Santa Maria di Constantinapoli and turn left into Via Sapienza.
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Art Tavern
Direction
Rampe S. Giovanni Maggiore, 1, 80134 Naples NA, ItalyGet directions
Telephone
+39 081 552 7558
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Taverna dell’Arte is a bit more exclusive (and expensive) than the others on this list, but it is also a good place to try typical Neapolitan dishes. Try the fresh pasta with squid, tomatoes, and olives.
Open for dinner only, Monday through Saturday, 8 pm to midnight. Rampe San Giovanni Maggiore 1a, in Via Mezzocannone; go up the stairs where you see the sign for Taverna dell’Arte.
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Pizza Sorbillo
Direction
Via dei Tribunali, 32, 80138 Naples NA, ItalyGet directions
Telephone
+39 081 446643
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The Sorbillo family has three pizzerias in Via Tribunali (between Via Nilo and the Church of Santa Maria del Purgatorio). There are cheap wood-fired pizzas and the menu lists many options for pizza toppings. Grab a bottle of wine, but the downside is that they only have plastic drinking glasses.
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Pizzeria Di Matteo
Direction
Via dei Tribunali, 94, 80138 Naples NA, ItalyGet directions
Telephone
+39 081 455262
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Di Matteo Pizzeria, on Via dei Tribunali between Via San Gregorio Armeno and Via Duomo, is recommended by several people, although it can get very crowded. There is a small seating area on the ground floor where they also sell pizza to go and another dining room on the upper floor.
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An integral smile
Direction
Vico, Via S. Pietro a Maiella, 6, 80138 Naples NA, ItalyGet directions
Telephone
+39 081 455026
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If you are looking for vegan or vegetarian food, visit Un Sorriso Integrale, whose sign reads: “an organic organic vegetarian vegetarian restaurant.” Vegetarian items are fairly common in most Naples restaurants, but vegans can be a bit more difficult to find.
A Sorriso Integrale is near Piazza Bellini at Vico S Pietro a Maiella, 6, near the Dante metro stop. Open every day, 12-4 and 6:30 – 1, but on weekends you must call in advance, +39 081 455 026.
