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The Stefano Paganini restaurant at the Corte degli Alfieri enjoys an absolutely prestigious setting, in the magnificent restored and modernized 17th-century rooms of a wing of the Magliano Alfieri Castle overlooking the town. At the entrance, in rooms with terracotta floors, carpets, tall columns, and vaulted ceilings, here is the bar area, the closet for storing clothes, and, at the back, the kitchen. The restaurant consists of 2 rooms. The classic one is richly frescoed It is now more than a decade that we have been following Stefano Paganini along his path of maturation, which appears to us with each visit more and more complete. His cuisine has evolved towards concreteness, through a wise dosage of ingredients and the search for the sharpness of flavors, without ever chasing fads or the desire to amaze. Stefano Paganini is a young, motivated chef, enthusiastic about his profession, who cooks good things to make people happy. All his dishes are well linked to the territory and...

Monty Banks is the pseudonym of Mario Bianchi, an actor, director and dancer from Romagna who emigrated to the United States and was famous in the era of silent films. In 1939 he built this Villa in the hills of Cesena as a holiday home. Under the guidance of architect Gualtiero Pontoni, a structure with clear British influences and an unusual style for both the Romagna area and Italian architecture of the time was born. Today after careful restoration Villa Monty Banks is Hotel and Gastronomic Restaurant led by Chef Ivan Milani. The interiors in natural materials, marble and wood, feature references to the 1930s that blend with contemporary furnishings. A stay at Villa Monty Banks constitutes an all-around general wellness experience. One goes there for a captivating gastronomic Restaurant and leaves enriched by the memory of a relaxing stay in a classy abode with an enjoyable Spa. Chef Ivan Milani is the creator of a cuisine with a short supply chain, both land and sea, lively...

Poggio Rosso is the gourmet restaurant of Borgo San Felice, a luxurious resort created from the conservative renovation of an ancient rural hamlet in the Chianti region of Siena, about which you will find a rich report in lemilleUnanotte. The entrance is right in front of the main body of the Borgo, passing from one building to another through a covered canopy. You will be greeted by a large room furnished with a central table, grand piano, and stained glass windows from the Cantina rooms that run along an entire perimeter wall. The adjacent dining room is also characterized by beautiful wooden ceilings and exposed brick walls. At the Poggio Rosso restaurant you will enjoy experiencing a truly unprecedented "Latin American" Tuscany! The ambiance of refined elegance and attentive, caring service will be the perfect corollary to a stimulating journey for taste, smell and sight: Juan Camilo Quintero's cuisine is based on personal dishes, with clear and precise flavors,...

Lunasia is the gourmet restaurant of the Plaza e de Russie Hotel in Viareggio, about which lemilleUnanotte publishes a rich Reportage. Its name has roots from Etruscan and means quiet and serenity. The rectangular-developed dining room, which occupies most of the hotel's ground floor, boasts a distinct personality in its décor and offers a choice for every desire, from traditional tables to seating on the long sofa that runs along an entire side wall to the secluded small table sheltered from prying eyes for a romantic tête-à-tête. Chef Luca Landi is the author of a great cuisine of which you will appreciate the aromas, textures, wonderful mastery of the raw material, fish in particular, and a great taste for the arrangements and compositions, which are true paintings, meticulous down to the smallest details. A particularly titled chef thanks to his experiences in prestigious U.S. and Japanese tristate restaurants, which sharpened his love for the vegetable world and a very ...

Contrada Restaurant, which is also open to outside guests, is located in Monastero d'Ombrone within the prestigious Castel Monastero Resort, about which lemilleUnanotte publishes a rich Reportage. The interior of Contrada Restaurant is warm and cozy, divided into two small rooms with travertine floors, barrel and beamed ceilings, wood on the walls, and arches with exposed brick. At the Contrada Restaurant we had a fine experience of contemporary cuisine, accompanied de excellent wine pairing, in a setting of refined elegance. Davide Canella's cooking is refined and interesting, supported by a solid and mature technique. Do you want to post your comment? Make yourself the Critic on the Blog! Post your comment:

Il Visibilio, a fine dining restaurant signed by 2 Michelin Star Chef Giuseppe Iannotti, is based inside the 5 Star L Hotel "The Club House" in the Fontanelle Estate Property. The beauty of the location is breathtaking, a postcard to be long kept in memory... The dining room was designed by Architect Margherita Gozzi as a veranda overlooking the panoramic terrace. Cotto, stone, and wrought iron are compendiously and materially blended with clean and essential lines. Il Visibilio is an avant-garde cuisine restaurant in which to experience an entirely new and exciting sensory journey. You will taste a guided menu "in the dark," punctuated by a fast-paced and dynamic rhythm, and you will enjoy losing yourself in a tourbillon of courses perfectly calibrated between contrasts of temperatures and flavors to continually awaken the palate (and to make you arrive calmly at the end). There are many suggestions and notes we have noted: bread is served (warm, as if freshl...

La Colonna is the gourmet restaurant of Hotel Le Fontanelle, a pleasant Relais in the Chianti region of Siena. The evocative atmosphere is that of an ancient rural hamlet restored to its splendor with a skillful renovation. Its Belvedere Terrace opens onto the Chianti vineyards, offering the unique thrill of savoring cuisine under the vault of heaven. Francesco Ferrettini, who arrived at Hotel Le Fontanelle in 2014 and was promoted Resident Chef at La Colonna in 2022, operates in the kitchen: working closely with Daniele Canella, Executive Chef for the past 8 years, he offers cuisine that is linked to the territory but stands out for its personal touch and sensitivity to the avant-garde. His most important experiences have always had Tuscany at the center, both at Marina di Pietrasanta in Versilia and at Belmond Castello di Casole. La Colonna restaurant, the pearl of Hotel Le Fontanelle, has undergone a marked evolution from a classic hotel restaurant to something more contempora...

Mariangela Susigan's Gardenia Restaurant is based in a 19th-century house surrounded by vegetable gardens, like a true "Relais de Campagne," in the town of Caluso, a Canavese village where the native Erbaluce wine is born. The romantic rectangular room on the ground floor, decorated in pastel green and salmon tones and lit by antique hanging lamps, has terracotta floors and well-spaced, finely set tables. The decor is complemented by a dark wood sideboard at the entrance and an antique mirror on the back wall. The outdoor pergola is an oasis of coolness on hot summer evenings. Mariangela Susigan's cuisine delights in the perfect balance between territory and creativity, with dishes of great impact, both for the colors and scents, for the quality of the ingredients used, and for the taste and wisdom of the combinations and cooking. A cuisine that is not only art and technique, but also and above all culture, rooted in the wisdom of the past. Do you want to pos...

Le Piemontesine, a hotel and restaurant, is located in Igliano, a tiny village in Alta Langa where the owners' great-grandparents Jérôme and Charlotte lived. The Migottos have returned here from Paris, no less! He has worked his way up there working in some of the most distinguished restaurants, even 3 Michelin stars; she has been in the kitchen and dining room of major French resorts. The Hotel is a new building erected on the ruins of an irretrievable rustic house, respectful of the aesthetic canons of the area, very bright thanks to a multiplicity of arched windows, and well cared for down to the smallest detail. The restaurant is entered from the hotel lobby, which is large, airy and decorated in light hues. The rectangular-plan dining room overlooks the garden, where aperitifs are served when the weather permits. At Piemontesine you will experience the successful meeting of two cuisines, the French one well recognizable for its cooking techniques and the use of some typ...

La Limonaia, Chef Cesare Grandi's gastronomic address in Turin, is based in a quiet, decentralized area in the courtyard of a modern apartment building. The Restaurant dining room looks like a large veranda furnished with an original mix of tastefully assorted objects and furnishings. At the entrance, there is even no shortage of a stone well and a polished grand piano. From Art Nouveau to Deco... The walls with the prints, the sideboards and bookcases, the skeletonized ceilings, the tables of various shapes and sizes (notable are those with showcase tops) served by chairs of different styles, the LED Poldina table lamps, the wrought-iron details-everything is well juxtaposed and contributes to a composite, pleasant and charming atmosphere. Cesare Grandi's ethical, cerebral, cultured and exciting cuisine, certainly capable of intriguing and astonishing, plays with great balance on the thoughtful combinations, by contrast or affinity, of flavors, textures and temperatures,...

Chalet Euthalia has a very special location, a luxury chalet nestled in a peaceful corner just over 1,000 meters above sea level, a true tribute to this land so beloved by Chef Gian Michele Galliano. The resort reopens with a new name after years of closure that did not tarnish the critical and public reputation it had built. The real surprise is experienced once you cross the threshold of the entrance, greeted by an environment furnished in late 19th century style with clear French influences (the fashion brought by Napoleon III) and references to the Kingdom of Savoy, which coexist harmoniously with elements of Italian design of greater renown and relevance. Gian Michele Galliano's cuisine possesses a distinct personality and is characterized by a skillful use of herbs and vegetables to balance his dishes, in which primary flavors are always enhanced. To remove rather than to add is the philosophy of the chef, who in this way plays with the combination of a few ingredients ...

Le Petit Bellevue is the gourmet restaurant of the Bellevue Hotel & SPA, the highly refined Relais & Châteaux in Cogne of which we publish a rich and detailed Reportage in lemilleUnanotte. The two small rooms into which Le Petit is divided have only six tables, each representing diners from various eras since the 1600s. If the Bellevue Hotel & SPA is a wonderful reality of haute hôtellerie with services that satisfy every sense, Le Petit Bellevue could only be its perfect appendix of taste. Marco Viganò and his Brigade give life to a contemporary cuisine of great quality, rightly creative but well attentive to the excellence of the raw material, starting with the products of their own garden: a cuisine that is expressed in colorful dishes, to smell and touch, with a particular propensity to enhance local and regional products. The only 6 tables with "themed" equipment and the size and furnishings of the two small rooms make the atmosphere unique and muffled....

A Volte Restaurant & Wine is the gourmet restaurant at Villa Anitori Prestige Relais & SPA, an intimate Maison de Charme nestled in the silence of the beautiful Marche hills of Loro Piceno, site of the ancient Castrum Lauri and home of the Vin Cotto Festival held every year in August. Of the Restaurant's magnificent interiors, you will be struck at first glance by the vaults from which it takes its name, embellished with contrasting modern chandeliers. Complementing the décor choices are hi-tech resin floors, along the lines of the Relais's leitmotif, which tastefully juxtaposes the ancient and the modern thanks to a skillful renovation of the original seventeenth-century rooms. A Volte Restaurant & Wine, thanks to the happy hand of Chef Paolo Paciaroni, represents a rich, cultured and stimulating gastronomic experience in an environment of refined elegance. We liked the search for traditional dishes revisited with the lightness and technique of modern cuisine...