Zest Sorrento restaurant: MICHELIN Guide Campanian cuisine
Zest restaurant in Sorrento: chef Domenico Iavarone’s Campanian cooking at Grand Hotel La Favorita, with a veranda over a citrus garden and regional wines.
Among the addresses we most enjoy recommending to guests of the Grand Hotel Europa Palace is Zest, the restaurant of the Grand Hotel La Favorita at Via Torquato Tasso 61, right in Sorrento’s historic centre. Its cooking speaks the language of Campania with technique and restraint. The MICHELIN Guide has included Zest among its selected restaurants, and it also features in the Ristoranti d’Italia 2025 guide.
The kitchen is led by chef Domenico Iavarone. His approach is easy to describe and hard to achieve: let the simplicity of Campanian flavours and the quality of honest ingredients take centre stage. On the restaurant’s website he puts it in one line that works as a manifesto, “reproducing simplicity is a complex challenge”. Dishes change with the seasons and with what the market offers each morning, so two dinners a few weeks apart can tell two different stories of the coast.
Dinner is served on a veranda overlooking a citrus garden, among majolica columns and generously spaced tables. The mood is intimate and elegant, right for an evening for two as well as an anniversary or a special celebration. The wine list starts in Campania, with Fiano, Greco, Falanghina and Aglianico, then widens to the great Italian and French appellations, and the sommelier is on hand to match each course with the right glass.
For Europa Palace guests, an evening at Zest is simple to arrange. Both hotels are in the centre of Sorrento and the restaurant is a short walk from the Cathedral and Piazza Tasso. You can spend the day on Capri, by the pool or at the sea, go back to your room to change and stroll over for dinner. Tables can be booked online through the restaurant’s website with instant confirmation, and gift vouchers for a dinner are also available on request.
The Grand Hotel Europa Palace, which becomes a 5-star hotel from March 2027, likes to introduce its guests to the places that make Sorrento a food destination, and Zest is near the top of that list. Menus, photos and reservations are at https://www.zestsorrento.com. Book your sea-view stay in Sorrento and keep one evening free for this table.
The kitchen is led by chef Domenico Iavarone. His approach is easy to describe and hard to achieve: let the simplicity of Campanian flavours and the quality of honest ingredients take centre stage. On the restaurant’s website he puts it in one line that works as a manifesto, “reproducing simplicity is a complex challenge”. Dishes change with the seasons and with what the market offers each morning, so two dinners a few weeks apart can tell two different stories of the coast.
Dinner is served on a veranda overlooking a citrus garden, among majolica columns and generously spaced tables. The mood is intimate and elegant, right for an evening for two as well as an anniversary or a special celebration. The wine list starts in Campania, with Fiano, Greco, Falanghina and Aglianico, then widens to the great Italian and French appellations, and the sommelier is on hand to match each course with the right glass.
For Europa Palace guests, an evening at Zest is simple to arrange. Both hotels are in the centre of Sorrento and the restaurant is a short walk from the Cathedral and Piazza Tasso. You can spend the day on Capri, by the pool or at the sea, go back to your room to change and stroll over for dinner. Tables can be booked online through the restaurant’s website with instant confirmation, and gift vouchers for a dinner are also available on request.
The Grand Hotel Europa Palace, which becomes a 5-star hotel from March 2027, likes to introduce its guests to the places that make Sorrento a food destination, and Zest is near the top of that list. Menus, photos and reservations are at https://www.zestsorrento.com. Book your sea-view stay in Sorrento and keep one evening free for this table.
