Restaurant

Da Tonino

+39 081 837 6718

Via Dentecale, 14 - CAPRI

info@ristorantedatonino.com

With these words Pablo Neruda begins his lyric dedicated to the Blue Island and on this rock Antonino Aprea, old school chef, in the 90s decided to open his restaurant.

which immediately became a meeting point for food & wine enthusiasts. Da Tonino restaurant was born on March 19, 1993 in the “Piano delle Noci” area about 900 meters from the famous square, a walk that will make you experience and breathe a different Capri, made up of little things, unexpected views, scents and colors that they will guide you on your journey to reach us; the decision to move away from the center was dictated by the desire to create an oasis of peace outside the usual island routes to immediately focus on the quality of raw materials, attention to detail and service to make every experience of the customer. Antonino chooses to enhance the gastronomy of the Campania and island tradition, dedicating himself to “earth” products such as rabbits and quail, which have always been on the menus and firmly linked to the island’s history, and to create his own recognizable “signature”. Today, after almost 30 years, the restaurant has passed into the hands of the children. Gennaro keeps the treasures jealously preserved in the family cellar dug into the rock and Salvatore, the younger of the two, takes care of the kitchen respecting the products, the seasons and the traditions of the place which, with technique and continuous research, reinterprets in a modern key. Today, the restaurant’s proposal, while maintaining its territorial roots, is different from the beginnings. The products from the family garden accompany the creation of the menus, everything is homemade from bread to pasta up to the desserts with impactful combinations that intrigue the patrons who return, year after year, to discover the news. Vegetarian and celiac proposals are inevitable in the menus, to always try to be sensitive to the needs of our customers. Salvatore Aprea begins, already in the early years of adolescence, to help his family in the restaurant up to the hotel diploma then, from that moment, his experience begins with the aim of improving his skills, learning new techniques, getting to know new ingredients and to seek new approaches to cooking that materializes by moving up and down the nation, growing and improving in order to then be able to return to its origins and offer a different proposal from the traditional local cuisine, while respecting and enhancing the raw material of our land that has no equal in the world.

Returning to Capri in command of the family restaurant, he begins his path of research and innovation that marries the territory.

From his curriculum we mention in particular the experience in Capri at the Olivo Restaurant of the Capri Palace with Oliver Glowing, in Rome at the De Russie Hotel with chef Nazzareno Menghini, at the multi-starred with Valentino Marcattilii at San Domenico in Imola and with Heinz Beck at the Castello di Fighine.

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