Il Melograno

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Restaurant Il Melograno is set in a beautiful villa surrounded by a tended gardens of olive trees and pomegranates.

Elegant yet welcoming, chef Libera fuses fresh locally sourced ingredients and authentic recipes with innovative, modern styles creating mouth-watering dishes. Renowned for its rigorous selectivity, the daily menu changes frequently guaranteeing the freshness of produce and using only seasonal produce. The use of processed foods including tinned and frozen produce is forbidden as well as the use of glutamate to enhance the composition of broths and sauces.

Specialities include first pasta course of tortelli con gamberi; a homemade pasta shaped similar to ravioli, timo e limone su crema di mozzarella; thyme and lemon over creamed mozzarella, spaghetti con uova di spigola affumicata e bottarga; spaghetti with smoked sea bass roe.

Main course specialities include baked red mullet wrapped in bacon on creamed vanilla laced cauliflower, white scorpion stew with potatoes, capers and Gaeta black olives, all of which can be followed by a selection of exquisite desserts.

All dishes can be accompanied with an excellent selection of regional and national wines. Professional, friendly staff, fine cuisine and an inimitable atmosphere render Restaurant Il Melograno one of the finest restaurants on the island of Ischia.

Restaurant Il Melograno is located in the town of Forio, close to the bays of Citara and Cava dell’Isola and is easily accessible by car and taxi. The main line buses (no. 1, CD and CS) either stop in Cuotto, from where the restaurant is a 10 minute walk; alternatively, there are mini-bus services no. 22, 23 1C and 2C from Ischia Porto and Forio.

Information:
Average price per person: 65.00 € (excluding drinks)
Phone: +39.081.998450