Aria Restaurant — Restaurant in Naples

In a region where you can get delectable food inexpensively, the high price point at Aria makes it a daring first try. However, the 7 course meal and wine pairing my partner and I experienced here was sublime from start to finish.

The attention to detail is a differentiator at Aria, present in the design, plating, lighting, service and, of course, taste. The waiter guided us through the drinks (delineated because the first of the wine courses was a fresh and unique pepper cocktail, before being followed by several wines) as well as the courses, the explanation of which was necessary for me to understand the complexities of the dishes. The small size of the restaurant (8 tables) enables the staff to give you all the attention you desire, with the professionalism you'd expect.

Despite being advertised as 7 courses, there are some unclaimed interim or predecessor courses, as well as multiple small plates within a course. It felt like more of a gourmet feast than I had expected. The wine accompaniment is highly recommended, as the pairings were expertly done.

It's certainly sentimental to say, but I had to dab my eyes after a few of these courses. Aria's artful presentation and fulfilling flavors, enjoyed with wonderful company, is fully worth the price...

I came here in June 2023 with my best friend. Food was good but I wouldn’t say it was the best. I had 2 issues with the restaurant. We told them multiple times that my friend was severely allergic to eggs and they were very well aware of it, however my friend still had allergic reactions to the food. She was stuck in the bathroom for half an hour in the middle of the meal and I told them about it, but they wouldn’t admit. The other issue was how they take your purse. I was excited to go to this nice restaurant so I brought my favorite Hermes Kelly bag with me. When we arrived, the staff took our bags and put them in the little green shelf placed on the side of the table. When I went to grab something from my bag, I noticed that they bent the handle of my bag to squeeze it into the shelf (my bag was taller than the height of the shelf space but my bag wasn’t even big. It was an average size). I was so shocked that they just did that without even saying a thing. If they had told me that my bag wouldn’t fit there, I would have been completely fine to put it on the back of my chair. They ruined my favorite bag. So disappointing. We will never...

A cosy atmosphere, with minimalist interior design and tableware, so that the attention remains focused on the plates. An attentive and proficient service, amicable but not intrusive. Each dish is a little miracle and tells a story of its own. A subtle assemblage of tastes and textures, which dissolve on the palate like the volutes of smoke from an elegant cigarette. A puff of sea bream. One of mushroom. Amazingly fresh and delicate shrimps. Chicken. And a few desert hallucinations. The (red) wine (a blend of Aglianico, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot) also had a story to tell. It started a little rough on the edges, but progressively opened up, became more complex and revealed its true nature on truffles which garnished the chicken leg. A distinctively Italian experience, or should I say Campanian (although the Chef, Paolo Barrale, is from Sicily) ? The Campania of Philodemus of Gadara and of other Epicureans, who, as often with Romans, made Greek philosophy less harsh and demanding, and more accommodating and pleasurable....