Outstanding restaurant in a beautiful town near Barbaresco. We stayed in one of the rooms also, and…read moreit was well appointed with a temperpedic mattress (though the walls were a little thin).
Though fixed menus sounded good, this was a rare time to go a la carte to choose favorites. We were in the mood for some foie (though it was white truffle season), and a highlight was the risotto dish with a substantial portion (the only downside was that there is a minimum order of 2 portions of any risotto, and it would be better suited for a table of 4 - this filling dish made it impossible to finish everything else).
The room itself was incredible and the service was flawless (a Spanish student interning here from the Philippines was a star).
My only minor disappointment was that with so many awards for wine, it was very hard to find "finds" (bottles with some age at a good price) - there were pages and pages of options, but only a handful at 50€. In contrast, the evening before I had an excellent 2013 barolo for 58€ - here it would be 3x as much.
The selection of "amuse bouche" surprises and petit fors at the end were exceptional. This really could be a 2-Michelin star place, not just the 1-star it currently has.