The island's most coveted beach club and seafood restaurant — a cliffside terrace above the Blue Grotto, Michelin-noted, with a legendary majolica-tiled dessert buffet of Neapolitan pastries. Arrive by boat for the full experience.
Why It Belongs on the List
Il Riccio is the most coveted lunch table on Capri — a cliffside restaurant and beach club perched above the Blue Grotto on the Anacapri coast, owned by Jumeirah Capri Palace and carrying a Michelin recognition. The setting is extraordinary: a terrace of limestone, sea, and light, with the Blue Grotto accessible directly below. The menu is focused on pristine Caprese and Neapolitan seafood — sea urchin pasta, langoustine, branzino — but the signature is the dessert buffet: a display of artisan Neapolitan pastries laid out on handmade majolica tiles that is a beautiful food presentations in Italy. Arrive by private boat (the most glamorous approach) or by taxi from Anacapri.
What Stands Out
- One of the most coveted lunch tables on Capri
- Cliffside setting above the Blue Grotto
- Michelin-noted restaurant
- Signature dishes: sea urchin pasta, langoustine, branzino
- Famous majolica dessert buffet — Neapolitan pastries
- Best arrival is by private boat
- Part of the Jumeirah Capri Palace beach club
- Book well in advance