The Restaurant
Il Moderno opened in 2014 on the upper portion of Via dei Priori, and its name is more accurate than most restaurant names tend to be: the room is pale, sparely furnished, modern without being austere, with around thirty-six covers set generously apart. The kitchen is run by a chef who trained in Lyon and Paris before returning to his native Umbria.
The menu plays deliberately between traditions. A Lombard-style risotto might arrive with a French butter-poached pigeon; a classical Umbrian tortelli might share the course with a lemon-and-herb jus borrowed straight from Provence. The organic-sourcing commitment is real — every produce supplier is a certified organic Umbrian farm — and the cooking respects the ingredients enough to keep the fusion gestures to the level of technique rather than spectacle.
The cellar runs to about two hundred references with real depth in Loire whites, Rhône reds, and serious Umbrian Sagrantino. Service is polished and slightly French in pacing: measured, quiet, attentive without intrusion. For a careful dinner in a quiet room, with wine guidance that can cross the French-Italian border confidently, Il Moderno is among the most composed addresses in Perugia.
Why This Is Perugia’s Close a Deal Pick
For closing a serious deal over dinner in Perugia, Il Moderno provides the neutral, quiet elegance that conversation of substance requires. The French-Italian fusion menu also gives the evening a subtle signal of international sophistication — useful when clients are visiting from beyond Umbria. The room is private enough for open talk, polished enough to register as considered hospitality, and the service knows when to disappear.
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