Bisciù is a story of Naples brought to Montpellier. This small restaurant full of character sits in the heart of the Beaux-Arts district, opened six years ago by Luca — a true-born Italian who grew up in Napoli. Alongside his team, including Aleandro (a pure Sicilian, as the name might suggest), he cooks dishes and pizzas that follow, to the letter, the recipes handed down from his Mamma, using authentic, seasonal, fresh, and mostly local produce. And there's a lovely twist: Bisciù is also a grocery of exclusively authentic Italian products, imported from small local producers back home — pesto, honey, cheeses, charcuterie, wines, and much more — so you can carry a little of that fantastico cuoco spirit into your own kitchen.
The menu is a proper journey through the Italian south. The antipasti open with fried, stuffed arancine (€12), a mixed antipasto misto (€18), grilled vegetables, a bresaola carpaccio with salted ricotta (€16), and a charcuterie board of coppa, San Daniele ham, mortadella, and spianata calabrese (€15). At lunchtime only, the panuozzi — Neapolitan stuffed sandwiches — come in versions like the truffled Tartufato, the Tonno with stracciatella and tuna, and the Parma with bufala and 24-month ham (€11 each). For sharing (or not), the Neapolitan calzoni run from the Fritto with salami and ricotta to the Sandro with mortadella and pistachio (€13–15), while the baked pasta brings a lamb-and-beef-shank lasagna napoletana and seasonal cannelloni (€14).
The pizze are the centrepiece, divided into reds, whites, and gourmet. Among the pizze rosse you'll find the classic Margherita (€10), the fiery Diavola with nduja di Spilinga (€14), the Zietta with scamorza and guanciale (€15), and the simple Marinara (€9); the pizze bianche span a four-cheese, a truffle-and-mushroom Tartufo, the courgette-chip Nerano, and the O'Ricuttaro with ricotta and pesto (€13–15). At the top sit the gourmet creations — the Lella with mortadella, burrata, and pistachio, the namesake Bisciù with 24-month Parma and burrata, and the Bresaolina with Valtellina IGP bresaola (€16–18). To finish, the dolci keep it classic and homemade: tiramisù, a Sicilian cannolo with orange blossom and pistachio, fried-dough angioletti with nocciolata (€5–7), and a dolce del giorno to ask the chef about.
Heartfelt, authentic, and faithful to its Neapolitan roots, Bisciù is the kind of address where Mamma's recipes, carefully chosen ingredients, and a warm welcome come together — a genuine taste of southern Italy, both on the plate and on the shelves, right in the centre of Montpellier.