Cibo Mare e Terra

Potam · Himarë · Albania

Cibo, mare
e terra.

Food, sea and land. An Italian kitchen under a thatched roof on the Potam shore, open every day from 08:00 until 23:00.

Get directionsCall +355 69 976 3736
The terrace of Cibo Mare e Terra at dusk: laid tables under a thatched roof hung with lit rattan lamps, the restaurant's illuminated sign at the right against a blue evening sky

The terrace at dusk, when the lamps come on under the thatch.

The name

Cibo, mare e terra is Italian for food, sea and land. The restaurant prints it as Çibo Mare & Terra, under a gold fish stamped at the head of the card and lit in yellow on the sign over the terrace.

It is a description rather than a flourish. The card is set in sections, each one headed between asterisks, and two of them come out of the sea while one comes off the land.

The card, counted

Two sections come out of the water and one off the land. The beam below is drawn at the angle those counts give it.

Mare
29
SPECIAL SEAFOOD 17
FISH 12
Terra
7
MEAT 7

Tagliatelle Mare E Terra

octopus and porcini, in one bowl

At the fulcrum sits the plate the restaurant is named for: Tagliatelle Mare E Terra — octopus, porcini, tomato confit, garlic, parsley. One animal out of the sea, one mushroom off the land, in the same bowl.

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The plates

  • Grilled octopus on a saffron-yellow purée with courgette, carrot, broccoli, cherry tomatoes on the vine, pink peppercorns and feathery green fronds on a long white plate
    Grilled octopus, on the yellow.
  • Tagliatelle with pieces of white fish and cherry tomatoes in a wide speckled stoneware bowl on a woven mat
    Tagliatelle, with fish.
  • A wedge of pale set dessert under dark berry compote and a whole blackberry, with a halved strawberry and a large dried pineapple slice, on dark slate strewn with sugar and coloured sprinkles beside a gold spoon
    Berries, dried pineapple, sugar across the slate.

Under the thatch

A dried-reed roof, rattan lamps hung at different heights, a hedge wall carrying the name in script, and tables laid on stone.

The kitchen runs straight through the day, so the same terrace does a morning coffee and a dinner under the lamps.

And the rest of it

*SALADS*

7 salads. 2 come out of the sea, 2 off the land, and 3 from neither.

*ARTISANAL PASTA*

Ravioli in cuttlefish ink, torteloni of spinach and ricotta, and the tagliatelle the restaurant is named for.

*DESSERTS*

5: two semifreddi, panna cotta, cheesecake, and the fruit of the season.

Fish Soup is on the card too, under *SOUP*.

Potam

The restaurant stands on Rruga e Potamit at Potam, with Himarë town about 800 m north-west and Potami beach a short walk from the door.

  • Potam: pebbles, thatch, and the mountains across the bay.
  • The bay, looking back towards Himarë.
  • Dusk on the shore, a few minutes from the door.

The bay, looking back towards Himarë.

Find us

Diners score Cibo Mare e Terra 4.4 out of 5 on Google, and 4.3 out of 5 on Tripadvisor.

Both scores are open to read in full before you decide, alongside the other tables in town.

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Questions

Where is Cibo Mare e Terra?
On Rruga e Potamit at Potam, the shore quarter of Himarë, in Vlorë County on the Albanian Riviera. The postal code is 9425 and Himarë town centre is about 800 m north-west. The beach is a short walk from the door.
What kind of food does Cibo Mare e Terra serve?
Italian, and mostly out of the sea. The printed card runs two seafood sections — 17 dishes under Special Seafood and 12 under Fish — beside a meat section of 7, a section the card heads Artisanal Pasta, and a section of desserts. The house plate, Tagliatelle Mare e Terra, puts octopus and porcini in the same bowl.
Is there anything for vegetarians?
Yes. 3 of the 7 salads on the card have neither meat nor fish in them — Mista Agrodolce, Caprese Evolution, Cretes — and the pasta section includes Torteloni with spinach and ricotta, Tagliatelle Truffle and Tagliatelle Pomodorini Basil.
When is Cibo Mare e Terra open?
Every day from 08:00 to 23:00. The restaurant runs right through the day, so the same kitchen covers a morning coffee on the terrace and dinner under the lamps.
How do I get a table at Cibo Mare e Terra?
Call +355 69 976 3736 — the number is on the sign over the terrace. The restaurant can also be reached at cibomareeterra@gmail.com or through its Instagram and Facebook accounts, and there is no online booking form.
How is Cibo Mare e Terra rated?
Diners score it 4.4 out of 5 on Google and 4.3 out of 5 on Tripadvisor. Both scores are open to read in full on those platforms before you decide.
How do I get to Potam and Himarë?
Himarë sits on the SH8 coast road between Vlorë and Sarandë, about halfway down the Albanian Riviera. Buses and furgons run the SH8 through town in season; by car it is roughly an hour south of the Llogara Pass. Potam is the stretch of shore just south-east of Himarë town.