"Chef Domenico Cicchetti's beachfront Italian at the Hilton — handmade pasta, wood-fired pizza and walnut-truffle ravioli, a dependable RAK dinner."
Piaceri da Gustare sits inside the Hilton Ras Al Khaimah Beach Resort & Spa in Ras Al Khaimah, an Italian dining room a few steps from the sand. It anchors part of our Ras Al Khaimah coverage and our Italian guide as the emirate's most reliable Italian table.
The kitchen is led by chef Domenico Cicchetti, who pitches it as a spot for high-quality, authentic Italian cooking with options across the board. It is among the highest-rated restaurants in the emirate.
Pasta is made fresh daily — ravioli, tagliatelle and gnocchi — and the crowd favourite is the walnut ravioli with truffle sauce. The signatures run classic: raviolone di carne, risotto alla pescatrice and ossobuco alla Milanese, with wood-fired pizzas crisp outside and soft within.
Desserts stay traditional — tiramisu, cannoli, torta della nonna — and the menu carries vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. Spend sits in the mid-range for a resort restaurant in RAK.
The room is a comfortable resort dining space that opens toward the beach, calm and family-friendly without being stiff. It works for a relaxed dinner as easily as a longer lunch.
Service is the attentive hotel standard, and the beachfront setting does a lot of the work at sunset. Request an outdoor table when the weather allows.
Piaceri da Gustare suits a relaxed anniversary, an easy first date or a midday business lunch. For other Ras Al Khaimah tables, compare Levant & Nar and Lexington Grill, or browse our wider Italian guide.
Not for diners after cutting-edge or fine-dining Italian — it is a dependable, family-friendly resort trattoria built on handmade pasta and wood-fired pizza.
Authentic Italian cooking at the Hilton Ras Al Khaimah Beach Resort: handmade pasta made fresh daily, wood-fired pizza, and signatures including walnut ravioli with truffle sauce, raviolone di carne, risotto alla pescatrice and ossobuco alla Milanese.
Domenico Cicchetti, the Italian chef who leads the kitchen and built the menu around handmade pasta, classic mains and a range of vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.
Inside the Hilton Ras Al Khaimah Beach Resort & Spa, a few steps from the beach in Ras Al Khaimah.
Yes — it is a relaxed resort restaurant with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options, suited to families as well as couples.
Mid-range for a resort restaurant in RAK, with handmade pasta, wood-fired pizza and classic Italian mains across the menu.
Book ahead and request an outdoor table at sunset. Find it inside the Hilton Ras Al Khaimah Beach Resort & Spa.
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Piaceri da Gustare anchors part of our Ras Al Khaimah guide — chef Domenico Cicchetti's beachfront Italian at the Hilton, with handmade pasta and wood-fired pizza.
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