Where to eat in Perugia

Selection of Restaurants and Specialties

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Perugia combines history and flavors: among alleys and squares, the city offers a rich and authentic gastronomy, from truffles and local cheeses to traditional meat dishes, showcasing the excellence of Umbrian cuisine.

Overview + Restaurants Table

• La Taverna
• Antica Trattoria San Lorenzo
• Al Mangiar Bene
• Osteria A Priori
• Gradale / Castello di Monterone
• Civico 25

FAQ

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Overview

In Perugia, cuisine combines Umbrian tradition and contemporary creativity, with particular attention to local ingredients and Slow Food presidia. From historic trattorias in the city center to modern restaurants with panoramic views, the gastronomic offer is varied and able to satisfy both those seeking traditional dishes and those looking for innovative proposals.

In this guide you will find a selection of particularly representative venues (see Table of Restaurants), accompanied by an overview of their most appreciated specialties.

The true stars are the flavors of meat and typical Umbrian preparations: from the selection of cured meats and cheeses to tagliatelle with truffle, as well as main courses based on wild boar, rabbit, and pigeon and succulent steaks. Among the most renowned restaurants are Osteria a Priori, Gradale / Castello di Monterone, and Civico 25, each with its own personality and unique culinary proposals, perfectly representing Perugia’s gastronomic tradition and local excellence.

Important notes:

In the following sections you will find some key references to help you better orient your choice among restaurants and their specialties, in particular:

📌 The number next to each restaurant and dish indicates how many gastronomic guides recognize its quality.

📌 The stars shown next to each dish are an internal Tourplan classification, developed based on reviews from major guides: ★★★ dish worth the trip, ★★ must-try dish, ★ dish to try.

📌 The indicative price is an indicative value calculated on a standard meal consisting of a starter + a first course, drinks excluded. See Legend 🔗

Restaurants Table

In the table below you will find a carefully curated list of selected restaurants, created by cross-referencing data from 10 of the most authoritative Italian and international food and wine guides.
The selection is not based on proprietary scores or rankings, but on the number of guides that recognize the quality of each restaurant, offering a clear, transparent, and comparable criterion to help guide your choice.

🔎 The guides considered in this selection are: Michelin Guide, Gambero Rosso, l’Espresso Guide, Italian Academy of Cuisine, Slow Food Guide, Bibenda, Il Golosario, Identità Golose, Touring Club Italiano, and TripAdvisor.

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📌 This table is updated every 6–12 months.

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🍽️ La Taverna

Type: Traditional Umbrian restaurant / truffle specialties
Area: Historic centre of Perugia
Price range: see Table
Accessibility: Walking distance from centre / bus / nearby parking

La Taverna (5) is one of the most appreciated restaurants in Perugia, considered a true must on TripAdvisor reviews and a reference point for discovering authentic Umbrian cuisine. The atmosphere is rustic, warm and elegant, with a pleasant outdoor seating area in medieval Perugia.

The menu is mainly meat-based, with a strong focus on truffle dishes, a true local excellence. Extensive wine cellar with local and international labels.

Signature dishes include black truffle ravioli, the famous dessert trolley, guinea fowl terrine, red candy pasta and beef fillet medallions with black truffle.

Starters

• Dried Perugian sausages
• Guinea fowl terrine with pistachios and black truffle (4, ★★)
• Warm Camembert in hazelnut crust
• Scrambled eggs with black truffle
• Polenta crostini with Umbrian ragout (2, ★)
• Filled torta al testo

First Courses

• Broad bean and artichoke soup (3, ★★)
• Lentil soup with bruschetta
• Red candy pasta with gorgonzola (4, ★★)
• Pappardelle with Umbrian ragù (1, ★)
• Black truffle ravioli with parmesan (5, ★★★)
• Truffle risotto (1, ★)

Main Courses

• Rack of lamb with herbs
• Beef fillet medallions with black truffle (4, ★★)
• Veal fillet with Sagrantino Passito (3, ★★)
• Roasted pork shank with potatoes (1, ★)
• T-bone steak

Side Dishes

• Roasted potatoes

Desserts

• Dessert trolley (5, ★★★)

Summary: Traditional Umbrian restaurant in the historic centre of Perugia, rustic-elegant atmosphere, truffle specialties and excellent dessert trolley.

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🍽️ Antica Trattoria San Lorenzo

Type: Gourmet restaurant (meat & seafood) / traditional and innovative cuisine
Area: Historic centre of Perugia
Price range: see Table
Accessibility: Walking distance from centre / bus / nearby parking

Antica Trattoria San Lorenzo (2) is an elegant and refined gourmet restaurant in the heart of Perugia, offering a warm and welcoming atmosphere. The venue blends historic charm with modern style, featuring carefully designed indoor dining rooms. The meat and seafood menu is based on high-quality ingredients. The wine cellar is extensive, with local, Italian and international labels, perfectly paired with both meat and fish dishes.

Seafood Starters

• Roasted octopus, chickpea nougat and potatoes, Molokai salt, coconut and lime
• Seared scallop tartare with salt cod foie gras, fruit garden garnish, spider crab bisque with tamarind and lemongrass
• Baby squid with salt cod tripe, Jerusalem artichoke cream, crispy free-range egg in bottarga crust

Meat Starters

• Tropea red onion muffin, gorgonzola ice cream, Piennolo tomato jam
• Porcini mushroom wafer, ginger apple crumble, caramelised foie gras escalope with goose terrine in Armagnac

Seafood First Courses

• Caramelised pacchero pasta, smoked aubergine cream with mussels, Vicenza-style salt cod, king prawn tartare
• Ravioli stuffed with scorpionfish, lobster marrow polenta and grilled crab
• Spaghetti caprese style, anchovy colatura from Cetara, horseradish chlorophyll, tuna bottarga

Meat First Courses

• Tagliolini carbonara reinterpretation with black truffle water, Castelmagno foam, lemon nasturtium
• Open lasagna cacio e pepe “Norcina” style, Robiola di Roccaverano, alpine butter and black truffle

Seafood Main Courses

• Salt cod in three textures, fermented black garlic bagna cauda
• Meagre fish with Taggiasca olive sauce, ginger reduction, yuzu and artichoke bitter jelly
• Bluefin tuna “mare nostrum”, Venere black rice, chinotto sauce, citrus fruits and clams

Meat Main Courses

• Stuffed venison fillet with chard and Tyrolean speck, Vin Santo must
• Rossini-style beef fillet, sautéed chicory shoots with garlic and cocoa beans

Desserts

• Ricotta charlotte with passion fruit, blueberry leaves and strawberry gin & tonic

Summary: Elegant restaurant in the historic centre of Perugia, gourmet cuisine with both meat and seafood menus, extensive wine cellar with Italian and international labels. Refined atmosphere and welcoming indoor rooms, perfect for special lunches and dinners.

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🍽️ Al Mangiar Bene

Type: Umbrian restaurant / traditional cuisine and truffle
Area: Historic center of Perugia
Indicative price: see Table
Accessibility: Car / bus / on foot from the center

Al Mangiar Bene (2) is a must for those who want to taste authentic Umbrian cuisine. The menu is mainly meat-based with special attention to truffles and Slow Food presidia. Wine cellar with local, organic, and biodynamic wines. The location is rustic and medieval, with historic vaults and a warm, welcoming atmosphere.

Meat appetizers

• Mixed cold cuts and cheeses from local producers
• Mixed appetizer with grilled vegetables, aged cheese, dried sausages, walnuts, and torta al testo (1, ★)
• Mixed bruschetta
• Scamorza in a pot with truffle shavings or ham (2, ★★)

First courses

• Tagliatelle with truffle (2, ★★)
• Gnocchi with goose sauce (1, ★)
• Umbricelli with wild boar sauce (1, ★)
• Rigatoni cacio e pepe

Main courses

• Steak with truffle
• Mixed grilled pork
• Tripe in sauce (1, ★)
• Beans and pork rind

Desserts

• Chocolate or caramel panna cotta

Summary: Umbrian restaurant, medieval location, mainly meat menu, wine cellar with local and organic wines.

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🍽️ Osteria a Priori

Type: Umbrian tavern / traditional meat and truffle cuisine
Area: Historic center of Perugia
Indicative price: see Table
Accessibility: Car / bus / on foot from the center

Osteria a Priori (3) is a historic establishment in Perugia, known for its meat menu with local ingredients and exceptional truffles. The location is rustic and cozy, with vaulted ceilings and a warm atmosphere. Signature dishes include braised meat-filled ravioli and tagliatelle with white Chianina ragù. The cellar offers excellent local wines as well as a fine selection of craft beers and oils.

Meat appetizers

• Selection of pork cured meats from semi-free-range farming with torta al testo (3, ★★)
• Cheese selection from Monte Cucco Park (3, ★★)
• Stracciata with seasonal black truffle (1, ★)
• Fresh goat cheese from biodynamic farm with baked vegetables
• Chicken and veal liver pâté with fig jam (1, ★)

Meat first courses

• Monteleone di Spoleto lentil soup with EVO oil (2, ★)
• Braised meat-filled ravioli with Cannara onion (3, ★★★)
• Tagliatelle with white Chianina ragù (3, ★★★)
• Potato gnocchi with Sagrantino

Meat main courses

• Roast lamb shoulder with potatoes (2, ★★)
• Rabbit stew with Taggiasca olives and potatoes (2, ★★)
• Caciottina in a pot (oven-melted cow cheese) with seasonal black truffle (1, ★)
• Chianina beef bites slow-cooked with sautéed vegetables (2, ★★)

Desserts

• Ricotta and Perugina chocolate chip cake (1, ★)
• Chocolate fondant served with custard (1, ★)
• Sangrotti biscuits served with Sagrantino Passito

Summary: Umbrian tavern specialized in meat and truffle, rustic and cozy with medieval vaults, cellar with local wines, beers, and oils.

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🍽️ Gradale / Castello di Monterone

Type: Meat restaurant / Umbrian cuisine and truffles
Area: Castello di Monterone, Perugia
Indicative price: see Table
Accessibility: Car / bus / on foot from the center

Gradale / Castello di Monterone (5) offers a predominantly meat-based menu with a seasonal changing selection, high-quality ingredients, and a cellar featuring local and Italian labels. The location is modern yet with medieval charm, and the beautiful panoramic terrace provides a very romantic and evocative view of the Umbrian hills.

Meat appetizers

• Selection of Mastro Giovanni cured meats
• Castle herb flan, tomato coulis, thin bread
• Hand-chopped beef tartare my way
• Quail breasts with their caramelized eggs on Colfiorito potato purée
• Egg stracciata with fresh seasonal truffle

Meat first courses

• Handmade tagliatelle with biancostato ragù
• Pappardelle with wild boar ragù
• Handmade Umbricelli alla Norcina with fresh truffle
• Potato gnocchetti, saffron from Santa Margherita valley, crispy barbozzo
• Double ravioli with guinea fowl braised meat and cheese cream in roast sauce

Meat main courses

• Umbrian wild boar burger, caramelized onion, crispy barbozzo, caciocavallo, pink mayonnaise, purple potato chips
• Grilled sirloin steak with oven-baked potatoes and sautéed vegetables
• Crispy-soft pork, Bastian Birraio beer foam, potato millefeuille
• Citrus guinea fowl with smoked potato purée
• Cooked and raw beef fillet with smoked potato purée

Desserts

• Bacio semifreddo with house chocolate liqueur
• Fruit Pavlova meringue with white pepper

Summary: Meat restaurant with a seasonal menu and high-quality ingredients. Modern location with a panoramic terrace over the Umbrian hills and a cellar with local and Italian labels.

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🍽️ Civico 25

Type: Meat restaurant / modern cuisine
Area: City center, Perugia
Indicative price: see Table
Accessibility: Car / bus / on foot from the center

Civico 25 (5) offers a modern cuisine with a seasonal menu and several dishes featuring mushrooms and truffles. The menu also includes Slow Food presidia, confirming the quality and authenticity of the products used. The location is warm and welcoming, in the classic style of Umbrian osterias. The cellar is well-stocked with local, Italian, and foreign labels, as well as a good selection of spirits and beers.

Appetizers

• Mixed cured meats and cheeses with local sliced ham and local cheeses
• Scrambled eggs with truffle and toasted bread
• Chianina beef tartare
• Crispy oven-roasted porcini mushrooms with lime mayonnaise

First courses

• Strangotti with lamb ragù
• Stuffed tortelli with lamb on fava bean cream
• “Gentile” braids with rabbit ragù and orange zest
• Lasagna with porcini mushrooms and sausage

Main courses

• Veal ossobuco “alla Marcella” with mashed potatoes
• Pork neck in crust with mustard cream and summer salad
• Chianina beef slices
• Lamb fricassee with artichokes or seasonal vegetables

Desserts

• Chocolate fondant
• Cat’s tongue cannoli filled with ricotta mousse and passion fruit coulis

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