Passion , generosity and a burning desire to please … It all started as a love story which you can feel with every mouthful . The Amici Miei terrace is overlooking the port of Fontvieille . This restaurant is there to treat you to a cheerful meal , friendly service and an extremely refined cuisine .

‘ For me it ’ s all about passion . Selecting the best products on the market , I always bear in mind the people who will taste my dishes . I love art and it guides me in my choices ’.

Chef Donatella , originally a stylist and now an artist , is putting all his creativity at the service of gastronomy . Giorgio ’ s passion-inspired career change was well rewarded . Before Giorgio settled down in the Principality twenty years ago , his ‘ Locanda dei Priori ’ in Perugia was crowned with a Michelin star . A long career as restaurateur thus started brightly for this jovial man , always happy to help his guests with advice , literally bringing the sun to their plate . And success shines just as glowingly as the Donatella couple inspire to please .

Original starters , such as marinated anchovies and sardines , pasta entirely made by Donatella according to ancestral recipes , fish with an incredible flavour … Cooking a delicate sea bass or turbot is all about perfect timing . They are deliciously garnished by candied tomatoes or a tender , grilled potato crust .

The menu also boasts some incredible wines — powerful and balanced reds , rosés and whites from Umbria . In a word , a precious destination that will hopefully soon be awarded a star . And a well-deserved one at that !

Amici Miei � 16 , Quai Jean-Charles Rey , Monaco � (+ 377 ) 9205 9214

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