# Materia Hostaria

Restaurant en Otranto · Salento

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/salento/where-to-eat/materia-hostaria · Revisado: 2026-11-12

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Signature Salento cooking by chef Luca Lagna in Otranto, beside the old town: a four- or six-course tasting menu and a menu of vegetables, meat, pasta and fish.

A chef from Galatina in Otranto
Materia Hostaria is on Via Rita Levi Montalcini, inside the Borgo de li Santi, a small complex of apartments among olive trees a walk from the walls of Otranto. At the head of the kitchen is Luca Lagna, born in Galatina, in the heart of the Salento, who learned at home with his grandmothers' recipes and then cooked in Paris, Geneva and Krasnoyarsk.
His idea is to start from Salento tradition and from local, seasonal produce, and bring it to a contemporary dish. It is the table for a special dinner in Otranto, more refined than a trattoria.
What to order
The easiest way is the tasting menu, chosen by the chef and served to the whole table: 4 courses for €45 or 6 courses for €72 per person, without drinks.
If you prefer à la carte, the summer 2026 menu has five sections:

Vegetables: carrot grilled over olive wood with sesame mayonnaise and black garlic, beetroot with hummus and almond extract, leek gyozas.
Meat: turcinieddhri, the traditional rolls of lamb offal; free-range cockerel on the spit; horse tartare; pork tonkatsu.
Pasta: spaghetti with smoked butter, lemon and tuna bottarga; fusilli with sourdough extract and fermented tomato; gnocchi filled with duck genovese.
Fish: grilled squid with its ink; whipped and fried salt cod with Nardò celline olive cream; lobster three ways; monkfish with butter.

The wine list has a lot of Apulia (fiano, negroamaro, primitivo, nero di Troia), Salento rosés and a few bottles from France, Germany and New Zealand.
Hours and booking
The website does not publish hours or closing days. Book with its online form or call +39 376 089 9980 before going, especially outside summer, when many coastal restaurants change their hours.

Qué pedir: the 4-course (€45) or 6-course (€72) tasting menu, for the whole table; à la carte, the lamb turcinieddhri or the whipped and fried salt cod with celline olive cream

A tener en cuenta: The website does not publish hours or closing days: call or request a table on its website before going.

## Practical details

- Address: Via Rita Levi Montalcini, 73028 Otranto, LE
- Phone: +39 376 0899980
- Email: materiaotranto@gmail.com
- Cuisine: Salento, signature
- House specialities: Lamb turcinieddhri, Whipped and fried salt cod with celline olive cream, Spaghetti with smoked butter, lemon and tuna bottarga, Grilled squid with its ink
- Bookings: https://www.materiaotranto.com/reservations
- Details checked on 12 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.materiaotranto.com/
- Coordenadas: 40.1403, 18.4838

## Cerca de aquí

- [Otranto cathedral and its 12th-century mosaic: the Tree of Life and the Chapel of the Martyrs](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/salento/things-to-do/otranto-cathedral-mosaic), a 879 m
- [Masseria Montelauro](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/salento/where-to-stay/masseria-montelauro), a 2.1 km
- [Il Contadino](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/salento/where-to-eat/il-contadino), a 9.8 km

## Consejos

### Order the 4-course tasting menu
It is the way to try the cooking without over-ordering.

### Walk the walls first
The old town is a short walk away.

### Confirm that it is open
With no published hours, better to call.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does the tasting menu cost?
€45 for 4 courses and €72 for 6, without drinks.

### Where is it?
On Via Rita Levi Montalcini, in the Borgo de li Santi, near Otranto's old town.

### Who is the chef?
Luca Lagna, from Galatina.

### What are the hours?
It does not publish them: confirm by phone or on its website.

Destino: [Salento](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/salento.md)