Travel Guide: Positano’s La Sponda


One of the dinners I looked forward to the most in all of Italy was dinner at La Sponda in Positano’s luxury hotel Le Sirenuse. If you’re contemplating a trip to the region, dinner at La Sponda is a must, as is a visit to this boutique hotel, which has a wonderful Champagne and Oyster bar with great views.

La Sponda is the hotel’s Michelin star restaurant that plays up the beauty of Amalfi just perfectly. The entire restaurant is lit by candlelight – more than 400 candles to be precise, giving it a romantic glow. Ivy and plants twine up the walls and large windows open up to the outside giving you beautiful views of Positano’s mountains by night.

The food is as delicious as the restaurant is beautiful, and like Rossellinis, the staff was knowledgeable and friendly. We were greeted with glasses of Prosecco and a sommelier promptly came over to get a gauge on what types of wine we like. This came in handy as all of his pairings worked perfectly with what we ordered.

We were given an amuse bouche of a cheese-stuffed zucchini flower in a tomato broth that was literally almost too pretty to eat. The region is known for their zucchinis and the blossoms, which you will find incorporated into a lot of different dishes.(See the photo above)

We then moved on to a pasta, which was the best pasta we had in all of Italy. Now, that’s a bold claim, especially given the amount of pasta we ate on this trip. The dish was a beef tortelli with a beef and onion sauce, with salted ricotta buffalo cheese and black truffles. I know you are salivating just reading the description. The pasta was thin and perfectly cooked and the flavors just worked so well together. Our waiter told us a secret ingredient in the broth is cinnamon.

The boyfriend had a delicious roasted duck breast that was paired with orange leaves, fois gras and radish marinated with citrus fruits, which is pictured above. It was a more exciting, deconstructted duck l’orange that was extremely tender with vibrant flavors.


I had the fresh catch of the day which was a giant portion of local fish wish brocolli rabe and onion. The quality of the ingredients is just palpable.

Dessert was too good to pass up. We shared a chocolate cake with fresh raspberries with rasberry sorbet. And then, our waiter brought out glasses of limencello and a tray of lovely little desserts for us to pick on, pictured above.

I would recommend La Sponda to friends or family in a heartbeat. It can be pricey, but you truly get what you pay for and it will be one of the culinary highlights of your trip. Make sure to make a reservation well in advance of your trip and arrive just before sunset to have an apertif at Le Sirenuse’s champagne bar which will give you the most amazing backdrop for a sunset.

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