Officina del Mare Restaurant

Not just dinner out: it’s choosing how to feel good.

It all began at home in Concesio, in our mother Giusi’s kitchen. That’s where the three of us, brothers Marco, Vasco and Luca, learned to love cooking. In 2008 we were still at university when the chance came up to open a restaurant of our own, and we couldn’t bring ourselves to let it go.

We called it Officina, “the workshop”, because anyone who works in a kitchen or a dining room knows it well: behind a relaxed dinner there are hands, timing and hard work. To find our own way we started from one of the most beautiful cuisines in the world, the Sicilian one, and little by little we made it ours. The result is Mediterranean seafood cooking without excess, built mostly on what our sea offers: red prawns, deep-water amberjack, octopus. A few ingredients travel further, from the northern seas, when they’re the right ones for the dish.

Today Marco runs the kitchen and Vasco welcomes you in the dining room. Luca is our sommelier and also runs Glauco Wine and Spirits, our wine distribution company: mostly French wines, with a particular soft spot for Champagne.

If you ask us for a recommendation, we’ll probably tell you about the Spaghettone dell’Officina or the Spaghettino with sea urchins, the dishes our guests keep coming back for. Or the Tartare trio: its pairings change with the seasons, and it’s the best way to discover how we like to eat raw fish. And then there’s our soup of fish, shellfish and crustaceans, which is especially close to our hearts.

The dining room is small, 35 seats, and that’s exactly how we like it: you feel at home, no fuss. And if you’d like to bring your dog, that’s absolutely fine, just let us know.

We look forward to seeing you. Book: +39 030 3367056 · WhatsApp +39 347 637 3058