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Best Restaurants in Friuli Venezia Giulia 2023

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Friuli Venezia Giulia – a borderland full of diversity and traditions. Here you will find rich landscapes from city to sea, which give rise to a diverse gastronomy. The restaurant landscape with contemporary style and Central European influences is remarkable. An incomparable culinary experience with emotion, taste and quality. Falstaff reveals the best addresses in 2023 in the »International Restaurant Guide«.

The two chefs Matteo Metullio and Davide De Pra demonstrate their skills every day in this restaurant. They offer creative and conscious cuisine with dishes from the region and beyond. The wine list with over 1000 labels is also outstanding.

Piazza dell'unità d'italia 2, 34121 Trieste, Italy

Emanuele Scarello has been cooking at the highest level for years. The always smiling chef conjures up excellent seafood cuisine and dishes full of finesse with ingredients from the mountains and fields in a relaxed atmosphere. The result is a skillful potpourri of taste, tradition and quality. Refined, extensive wine list.

Via Liguria 252, 33100 Udine, Italy

A country house on the border with Slovenia. Here, chef Antonia Klugmann offers purely local cuisine enhanced by creative elements. Great importance is attached to the use of excellent ingredients. The wine list is excellent, with wines from the region and far beyond.

Frazione Vencò 15, 34070 Dolegna del Collio, Italy

As long as mother Sirk is still carving the veal shank herself at the table, all is well with the world. And if son Mitja is not in the restaurant, you are still in excellent hands when it comes to wine. Seasonal cuisine with a contemporary, creative twist. Attentive and courteous service. The wine list is remarkable and more than fairly priced.

Via Subida 52, 34071 Cormons, Italy

Warm and cosy ambience, atmospheric and charming, with a strong nod to tradition. Fabrizia in the kitchen and Elena front of house are an unbeatable team. The flavours and products are excellently interpreted and presented with authenticity. Super wine list, with a great offer by the glass.

Borgata Hoffe 10, 33012 Sappada, Italy

Via San Rocco 47, 33080 San Quirino, Italy

A small gourmet restaurant in the middle of the green Friulian countryside. A restaurant with a rustic but romantic style, offering modern cuisine that bears the signature of host Guido Lanzellotti. Great importance is attached to the quality of selected raw materials and their refinement. The wine list is well done. .

Via Località Cortona 19, 33050 Ruda, Italy

Piazza Castello 2, 33010 Colloredo di Monte Albano, Italy

Elegant and refined ambience, where everything is right down to the smallest detail. Extensive menu with typical local dishes, accompanied by a wine list with over 600 labels. Friendly and experienced service. We recommend the beefsteak tartare, which is prepared at the table.

Via Pontebbana 12, 33017 Tarcento, Italy

150 years of history under the management of one and the same family: this is Lokanda Devetak, a historic restaurant rich in gastronomic culture and multiculturalism - which is typical of this border region. Regional cuisine combined with tradition and a monumental wine list.

Località Brezici 22, 34070 Savogna d'Isonzo, Italy

This restaurant is located In the Hotel Duchi D'Aosta in Central European style. High quality cuisine that meets tradition and local peculiarities and reinterprets them in a modern, informal style. The potato waffles, the carpaccio of stockfish and the baccalà mantecato are recommended.

Piazza Unità d’Italia 2, 34121 Trieste, Italy