Gambero Rosso Calabria

Gambero Rosso sits on Via Montezemolo, a ten-minute walk from the Lungomare di Gioiosa Ionica. The restaurant holds a Michelin star and is ranked no. 9 on the 50 Top Italy list for cucina d'autore.

This is the place to choose if you want your seafood served with the rigor of a tasting menu rather than the slapdash pace typical of the nearby harbor-front trattorias. While the room runs smart and elegant, the cooking remains tethered to the local Mediterranean coastline. It offers a structured, precise experience that ignores the casual, salt-caked expectations of the surrounding port area. You come here for the specific, ambitious technique that the simpler kitchens down at the Porto Turistico ignore, making it the most defensive play in town for a serious dinner.