Italian restaurant near Marseille: Italy without compromise, in Aubagne
Looking for an Italian restaurant near Marseille where Italy shows on the plate? Pepe Zino welcomes you in Aubagne, about 23 km from the city centre via the A50. A restaurant dreamed up by Pepe Zino to share the family recipes, Italian chefs and an Italian manager, a large majority of ingredients imported from Italy and free parking right next door.
East of Marseille
About 23 km from the city centre via the A50, free parking right next to the restaurant
Italian chefs and manager
An Italian team that reproduces the cooking the way it is prepared in Italy
Ingredients from Italy
Extra virgin olive oil, San Marzano tomatoes, PDO cheeses and Italian cured meats
Open 7 days a week
Lunch 11:30 AM-3:00 PM, dinner 7:00 PM-10:30 PM, Sundays and public holidays included
An authentic Italian restaurant near Marseille, born from a grandfather's recipes
Marseille has plenty of places calling themselves Italian, and each has its own way of working. When you are after a truly Italian table, the useful question is not the sign above the door, but what you can check: who cooks, with which ingredients, and from which recipes. At Pepe Zino, the three answers fit in a few lines, and they stay the same at every service.
The restaurant was dreamed up by Pepe Zino, the grandfather of the two founders, with a simple intention: to share the family's real Italian recipes, in a spirit of generosity and conviviality. No dishes reinvented to follow a trend, just family recipes served the way they are served at home. The story of Pepe Zino and his family is told on a page of its own.
Everything is made in-house, in Aubagne, in our kitchen. That is also the point of an address outside the centre of Marseille: nobody stops by chance, people choose it for what is on the plate.
Italian chefs and an Italian manager, for cooking the way it is done in Italy
In the kitchen, the chefs are Italian. At the head of the restaurant, so is the manager. The recipes are therefore neither translated nor adapted: they are reproduced the way they are prepared in Italy. A Cacio e Pepe is still a matter of spaghetti, pecorino cream and black pepper; the Pesto di Liguria brings together fresh basil, pine nuts, almonds, parmesan, pecorino romano and garlic on casarecce.
The ingredients meet the same standard. A large majority are imported directly from Italy: extra virgin olive oil, San Marzano tomatoes, PDO cheeses, Italian cured meats and flours. The mixed board gives a good overview, with Parma ham, Bologna mortadella, fennel sausage, bresaola, coppa, pecorino pepato, gorgonzola, spianata and taleggio, to share between two for €22.
Cacio e Pepe, Carbonara Roma, Margherita: Italian classics on a clear menu
The menu does not try to do everything. It lines up classic, recognisable recipes, with their ingredients spelled out in full. For pasta: the Cacio e Pepe at €12, the Arrabbiata at €13, the Pesto di Liguria at €14, the Carbonara Roma with guanciale, egg yolk, pecorino romano and black pepper at €16, the Tartufo with truffle cream at €16, and the linguine Alla Vongole with clams, garlic, white wine, parsley and tomatoes at €17.
For pizza, the Marinara (tomato sauce, garlic, oregano) opens the list at €9, the Margherita is €11, the Diavola with spicy spianata €15, and the house signature pizza combines crème fraîche, mozzarella, mortadella, goat cheese and pistachio for €18. For dessert, the tiramisu with mascarpone and amaretto (€7), the cannoli with ricotta and pistachio (€7) or the rum baba (€9) round off the meal the Italian way.
All prices and allergens are listed on the restaurant's full menu, and our page dedicated to pizza in Aubagne presents every pizza on the menu.
A trattoria near Marseille, outside the city centre: 120 seats including 60 in the veranda
Pepe Zino works like a trattoria: you sit down, share a board or a focaccia burrata, choose your pasta or pizza, then finish with a €2 espresso or an affogato. The restaurant has 120 seats, including 60 in the veranda. Access is step-free, the toilets are adapted for people with reduced mobility and high chairs are ready for the youngest guests.
Leaving central Marseille for dinner also has a very concrete advantage: no need to circle for a space, as free parking is right next to the restaurant. To get a better feel for the spirit of the house, our Italian trattoria in Aubagne page tells you more.
From Marseille
- 100 Impasse des Martinets, 13400 Aubagne · free parking right nearby
- Lunch 11:30-15:00 · Dinner 19:00-22:30, 7 days
- 09 60 37 25 97
Reaching our Italian restaurant near Marseille: about 23 km via the A50
Aubagne lies east of Marseille, and the A50 links the two cities directly. From the centre, take the A50 towards Aubagne and Toulon, then the A502 slip road and the D43C to 100 Impasse des Martinets, on the east side of Aubagne. The drive is about 23 km: allow 25 to 35 minutes from central Marseille depending on traffic, and less from the eastern districts, the 11th and 12th arrondissements.
If you set off from eastern Marseille, our page dedicated to La Valentine details the route from the 11th arrondissement. For everyone, an Italian restaurant east of Marseille with free parking right nearby makes a weeknight dinner as easy as a weekend meal.
Pepe Zino is open 7 days a week, Sundays and public holidays included, from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM and then from 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM. Booking is recommended, especially in the evening and at weekends: you can come without booking, but a table is not guaranteed, and lunches from Tuesday to Thursday are generally quieter. Everything is enjoyed on site. You can pay by card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express), in cash or with meal vouchers.
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An authentic Italian table, east of Marseille
Book at Pepe Zino on 09 60 37 25 97: 100 Impasse des Martinets, 13400 Aubagne, about 23 km from central Marseille via the A50, with free parking right nearby.
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