My family and I were so lucky to have stumbled into this amazing family run restaurant on our day trip to Capri! The owner is incredibly hospitable, kind and funny. My mom and I ordered the homemade pasta with lemon sauce and it was amazing, light, fresh. The Grottinetti was a fried pasta dish with cheese and meat inside, it was so unique and absolutely delicious. The veal was also yum. The owner gave us the true Italian experience and even hand fed my sister so she would finish all of her meal - it was hilarious!!! Come to find out Giada Delaurentis, Adam Sandler and many many other famous people have all been here (there are pictures in the restaurant and on Instagram). If you are looking for a true Italian experience with amazing food please come here. read more

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Amazing service, food was fantastic and fresh. Owner was passionate about the food and service read more

Al Grottino - Seafood Near Me - Capri, NA

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My wife and I had an amazing late lunch here away from the maddening crowd. It's a gem. The food was delicious and fresh and the proprietor was genuinely kind and attentive. Would recommend highly! read more

Al Grottino - Great place on Capri! - Seafood Near Me - Capri, NA

Cozy place and Nice Food ~ especially the main dish - fish and seafood soup. It's a semi underground restaurant, Don't miss it read more

Al Grottino - Seafood Near Me - Capri, NA

We visited here on our last night in Capri, which ended up being a great choice for us. We came here as a group of 3 without a reservation, and the gracious staff sat us immediately. The restaurant itself was very cute and home-y, and we felt very welcome. There were lots of choices on the menu, spanning between pasta, vegetables, seafood and other meats. We chose the gnocchi, veal lemon piccata, and ravioli, which were all very tasty. Understanding that this is a very touristy destination, we expected it to be a bit pricey (around 15-20 euro per person), but of course wish a bit more was included for the price point. Still, I think this is a very solid restaurant choice during your Capri trip! read more

Al Grottino - Gnocchi, lemon piccata, and ravioli - Seafood Near Me - Capri, NA

Gorgeous restaurant, amazing food! Homemade Pasta! Beautiful afternoon lunch in Gorgeous Capri! Wished you were in California!!! The Owner makes you feel like family. read more

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Fantastic meal and wonderful hospitality and service. I cant say enought positive things about the dining experience. Highly recommended read more

The lemon pasta you have to get it! I got the shrimp pasta and it was good - but I was scraping my husbands plate with my bread every chance I got!!! The pasta is handmade and fresh which makes l the difference! read more

Al Grottino - Seafood Near Me - Capri, NA

Don't think about going anywhere else! Giafranco was the most humble owner who provides attentive service with the most amazing food. My girlfriend enjoyed the homemade pasta with clams, I had the 2 lb T bone steak. We had potato croquettes, fried cheese, and fresh sliced ham and melons. You may find a restaurant with a view but your food will never compare. It was my birthday and the experience was to die for. Best birthday ever! read more

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Best place in capri. Fresh, intimate, and friendly staff. Fresh pasta, fish, etc. local wine.

My wife and I had an amazing meal here will visiting Capri. The service was great and very authentic, and they didn't mind we were dining with a toddler. The space is small and quaint, and is a great break from the more touristy feeling destinations. Highly recommend, enjoy! read more

Excellent food! Really nice ambiance. Food was great and owner sold us a bottle of wine at a great price! Updated review read more

Al Grottino - Seafood Near Me - Capri, NA

Guys this is best seafood Restaurant on this island . Octopus salad was the best I ever had. Highly recomand . Burata salad is to die for , very fresh. Seafood Risotto and lemon pasta is 5 star . We also had a warm appetizer Scarola Napolitana which is chef specialty, delicious and rich in flavor. Service and owner are very friendly and attentive! read more

Al Grottino - Burrata and octopus salad - Seafood Near Me - Capri, NA

Wonderful experience for food, service and ambience! 2nd generation owned place, just off the touristy section of Capri. Anna Kendrick had just visited a month before. Fresh, homemade pasta, with local seafood was to die for! Wide selection of Regional wines topped it off. Very highly recommend this little gem! read more

We stopped here for a quick lunch between the port and the Gardens of Agustus. Great little spot tucked away with amazing dishes!

Amazing food, service and wine. Loved this place!! Ravioli dish was amazing as well as steak that my husband received.

Chef/owner is very kind and personal - creating a great atmosphere. Food is outstanding. I think I may have had the best pasta and clams in my life, and this was at lunch. Lemon pasta was excellent as well but the clam dish was next level. Highly recommend. read more

Al Grottino - Seafood Near Me - Capri, NA

Great food, great service, great portions. The owner is very involved with every aspect of service. The truffle pasta with zucchini flowers was amazing. The fish of the day and oysters were so fresh. One of my favorite dining experiences in Capri. Reservations are recommended so you sit at a more centrally located table, but the owner does his best to accommodate all walk ins. read more

This restaurant was amazing. We got done with a boat tour and we were hungry at a weird time in Italy where almost everything is closed (3 pm). Luckily this place was open. I believe the owner/chef was there taking our orders and making our food. We started off with the calamari steak. It was huge and so tender, some of the best calamari I've had. I had the pasta with the shrimp and zucchini flowers. It was delicious, the pasta was handmade and so light. The sauce was light and delicious. I sampled the clam pasta, the shrimp pasta and the ragu. Everything was excellent. It was one of the best meals. I would highly recommend a stop by for some of the absolute best Italian food. read more

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We will forever remember this place , it was our first dinner in Italy and we were amazed and impressed with how fresh and delicious the food was ! Best food we have ever had. The waiter was friendly and nice. Will be back read more

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So good we came back a 2nd time this week! Staff is fantastic. Kitchen goes out of the way to make fettuccine which is not even in the menu. I had the pasta and seafood dish, absolutely phenomenal! I highly recommend this quaint little restaurant. read more

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Best restaurant in Italy hands down ... and we've been to more than a few. The owner is so nice and gave us the best recommendations. Outstanding food and service. Makes our experience is Capri much more heightened. Thank you. read more

This was the single greatest tomato sauce I have ever tasted in my life, The service was amazing, especially the owner. And the ambiance was amazing also, not too touristy and very quiet. read more

Really great little place, just off the main town square in Capri. We found it via Yelp and were hoping that the reviews didn't steer us wrong. They did not. We were welcomed warmly as we arrived. It is a pretty small place but very well decorated. The service and the food were excellent. So was the wine. I highly recommend this place -- it was a great experience. read more

Great Food , Great View , great service with Gianni !! I've been going every year for 29 years read more

Amazing place to have dinner in Caprì! The service is incredible and so is the food! The owner is the sweetest, and we loved our experience here. read more

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A perfect way to end our trip! Thank you John Franco for an amazing culinary experience! The ravioli was best I have ever had and I cannot wait to come back! My husband also loved the lemon sauce pasta and we both enjoyed the appetizer! Amazing restaurant, great atmosphere and the finally reasonable prices! Do not miss this! 5* all around and I am a picky person! read more

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Food was not good, owner and employees were VERY nice. We had fruiti de mar pasta and didn't like the sauce. I had the pasta w shrimp and zucchini flowers which waiter said was the "pride of the restaurant" I found it to be very bland. We did not like our food. They offered to replace mine but I declined. Very nice wait staff I will say and it was packed, but we were very displeased w both of our dishes unfortunately. read more

Fantastic meal. House wine was the best we had. The lemon pasta and ravioli were so good. And the fried pasta special was perfect. This is a perfectly authentic Capri destination read more

Best restaurant in Capri. Mr Jean-Franco (the owner) and his staff make you feel as if you were part of the family. The service is amazing, food right on. The octopus salad and clam spaghetti to die for. We stayed several days in capri and we had dinner every night during our s read more

Al Grottino - Boloñesa sause with ñoqui - Seafood Near Me - Capri, NA

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Perfecto!!! We absolutely loved this cozy, authentic restaurant off the beaten path in Capri. We stumbled across it while we were lost and it was such a great find. Jean Franco (owner) and his staff are impeccable. The service was swift and warm. We started with fried mozzarella- my husband was craving. It was light and yummy. Def a good starter that won't fill you up. I had the seafood pasta filled with mussels, clams and incredible prawns. It was simply amazing. It was the dish I had been searching for the whole trip. Man did it deliver! My husband had cheese ravioli. It was amazing. I am Not a fan of ravioli but I loved it too. The food was hot, served with perfect timing. Also wonderful wine list!! This is a must do if in Capri. read more

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Delicious, wonderful! Best words to describe the experience. We are here in Capri for only a few days and wanted to enjoy the foods of the amalfi coast. From the moment I called to make reservations, the owner was welcoming and helpful. He asked where I was staying and gave me directions from my hotel. When we walked in, he had our table reserved, no wait at all. Quaint restaurant amidst the center of Capri. It's down an alley so easy to miss but once you taste the food, the place is unforgettable. My sister and I started with the caprese salad (upgrade to the bufala mozzarella, well worth it) and the mussels. The freshest mussels I've even tasted in a tasty light tomato sauce. We, then decided to share the seafood coccotte (excuse my spelling). It comes prepared in a dutch oven with homemade linguine. Amazing! The mussels, clams and prawns are so fresh they taste as if they came right from the sea to the table. We decided to finish our culinary journey with the Capri cake. A light chocolate cake with nuts, so good and satisfying. And the entire time, the owner made us feel welcome, as if we known each other for years, not rushing us either even though he had several people waiting for a table. Only here in Capri for a few more days but intend on going back for some lunch. If you are ever in Capri, take my advice and stop in at All Grottino. You will thank me! read more

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Second time here. AMAZING AGAIN. Owner provides excellent recommendations, paired with great wine and the atmosphere is authentic. You have to come here! read more

Wow just wow. By far the best restaurant in Capri! The food, service, and ambience was wonderful. I truly enjoyed everything at Al Grottino. The service was impeccable, and the owner took care of everything we needed. He was able to accommodate everyone and everything for us. The vongole pasta was fresh and tasty, as well as the caprese pasta and bolognese. It was all magical. All the tables were full and the restaurant clean and tidy. The bathrooms are also very well taken care of. read more

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If only there were a zero star option.....The red sauce tastes like Chef Boyardee and the owner was a total a**hole to us and other customers. read more

The restaurant was tucked away in a small alley. It was an effort to find it, but it was a great find. The food was cooked with love. Fresh mozzarella with cherry tomatoes, looked blend but it was creamy, deeply flavorful and heavenly. Mixed shellfish with hand cut pasta was suggested by the owner, and it did not disappoint. Ravioli was excellent too. We were so happy to find an amazing restaurant amongst the tourist traps. read more

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Food was terrible, sauce tasted like it was canned, the decor was tacky, and the staff was rude. There are so many other wonderful restaurants you should explore instead of this one. read more

Spending a few days in Capri while on vacation in Italy and searched for a place that would be a good dining experience on this magical island and Al Grottono hit the mark. A little hard to find, but well worth it! Small, so on a busy night expect to be close to the tables around you, but this adds to the fun. Owner is helping take orders, bus tables and offer suggestions to your dining. The food is very good, I had the lemon based pasta and my wife had the ravioli - both served hot, and were very tasty. Service was a bit slow due to two large parties, but order another bottle of wine and enjoy! Bravo! read more

My wife and I enjoyed dinner at Al Grottino on a rainy Wednesday (note that Wednesday most restaurants in Capri are closed but Al Grottino is open). We were seated by a gentleman, who we think is the owner and we occasionally observed in the kitchen cooking, and served by another local Italian. Both had passable but not great English. The restaurant is a small, elegant, restaurant just off the main square in Capri. It's an intimate setting with pretty white ceilings. We ordered a few pasta dishes to share based on recommendations from our server. The first, an excellent seafood pasta that we highly recommend. Both of us cleaned our plates with bread because the sauce was so flavorful. The second, a ravioli filled with mozzarella and served with tomatoes and fresh basil - also excellent and we were both members of the clean plate club. The third, a risotto, never arrived. We think it may have been lost in translation. No problem, we enjoyed a panna cotta for dessert which was excellent. Overall, a nice dinner and we would probably return. The restaurant did fail to serve us one dish we ordered and didn't do anything above and beyond but the food was great, atmosphere was cozy, and service was fine. read more

Let me first say that I rarely write reviews, but my experience at Al Grottino in Capri was so on another level that I had to let you all know. This is a very special place, the kind of amazing family oriented Italian restaurant that you dream about eating at. The owner, Jean Franco, mans the ship every night and treated us like we were a part of his family. At a glance Al Grottino looks like nothing special -- small indoor dining room with not-so-hip torquoise table cloths -- but as soon as you sit down you slowly realize you're in for a magical evening. The menu has a lot of items on it, and so we decided to trust the staff and just tell them what we were in the mood for -- they took that and ran with it. For antipasti we had the Octopus Carpaccio and it was phenomenal -- very light and the perfect way to ease into an adventurous local dish. Pasta course we had the Gnocci Bolegnese, only way to describe it was "umami". For secondi we had a special pork cutlet with wine / caper / green olive sauce that was unexpectedly delicious. Jean Franco poured us a half glass of wine with each course he selected to be paired. We eat at amazing restaurants in San Francisco all the time and this place was easily better than the best neighborhood Italian restaurant in North Beach. For what it's worth, we were waking down past Al Grottino on our last night in Capri and Jean Franco spotted us, called us back into the restaurant for glass of Prosecco on the house and we ended up spending the rest of the evening there -- we had a ravioli appetizer and the seafood pasta special, both to die for. Can't say enough about the service, staff, food, atmosphere, and just down to earth vibes. That combination can sometimes be hard to find on Capri, so this place is a diamond in the rough. read more

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