A shack that became one of the best
Uliassi stands on the beach at Senigallia, on the Adriatic coast of the Marche, a former seaside shack that Mauro Uliassi turned into one of Italy's very best tables. The sea is a few steps away, and it shows in everything.
It is ambition rooted entirely in one stretch of coast, a great restaurant that still feels like the beach it grew from.
Sea, smoke and game
Seafood of startling freshness, smoke and char used with a hunter's confidence, and wild game when the season turns inland. A menu that follows the coast and the calendar rather than a fixed idea of fine dining.
Book well ahead; the room is small and the reputation is not.
Ambition rooted entirely in one stretch of coast.
One of Italy's best kitchens that never left its beach. A long summer lunch by the Adriatic.
VANE selection. Chosen with a critic's eye and judged independently. It's here because we judged it, not because it paid. This is a researched profile, not yet a first-hand VANE verdict; where we have eaten there, the review says so.
Image: Setting, the Rotonda a Mare on Senigallia beach. Photo: Massimo Mariselli, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
