09/12/2024: 2-Star Michelin well deserved. Every Sunday at lunch, they offer a €110 pp five course tasting menu which offers items not featured on their regular dinner menu and changes weekly (go to their site to read the menu proposed, make a reservations, add special requests like roses or a birthday cake, and list any allergies). Very generous portions. An amuse-bouche, three choices in bread with olive oil, first serving of appetizers with three bites, second serving of appetizers by the chef from their asian partner restaurant, a pasta dish, a main entree, a desert, and small chocolates or pastries and coffee or tea. Each Sunday they feature a different wine label and offer pairings for €30-60 depending on the label and how many wines you try.
They recently refreshed the restaurant space, adding luxurious carpeting, and a sophisticated mixed interior design honoring the 100 year history of the hotel with moder art.
The service was beyond impeccable. Warm and unpretentious. Every team member had extensive knowledge of the restaurant, hotel history, the chef, and the dishes even if the dishes were new.
The hotel itself is an oasis. From the very formal and welcoming doorman, to the washcloths and small glass bottles of acqua panna and san pellegrino that are free and at the door for your convenience, to the three various waiting areas and elegant bathrooms. The hotel has an underground garage, and I'm sure valet, but in this low season there was ample paid street parking.
The music in the restaurant was a wonderful soft modern jazz version of Christmas songs, the kind that takes listening to the words to even realize they were Christmas songs. The window boxes of beautifully trimmed bushes play peekaboo with glimpses of the turbulent sea across the street. These chairs were some of the most comfortable we have tried in any restaurant. We asked for a more private table when we booked, and they made sure we were seated in a section alone and even closed the semi partitions so no one could observe us.
With our long list of allergies, dietary restrictions, and intolerances, they perfectly adjusted the menu and graciously met every need without us ever feeling like a burden.
The smiling staff and immensely relaxing lunch was followed up with a small tour personally by chef Mancino. Originally from Salerno, he's made this place his home for the last 20 years. Passionate in providing high luxury experiences to an international clientele.
We definitely will return but will stay in the hotel so we can try Chef Mancino's award winning huge breakfast buffet (that has a sushi and Asian corner, a middle eastern corner, a pressed juice bar, and an egg spread that offers several different types of eggs, including the rare purple and green chicken eggs, quail and ostrich).
It's rare for me to so enthusiastically give an all around five star review. It's even more rare with a sensory processing disorder and so many dietary intolerances, have such a truly relaxing and enjoyable one of a kind meal.
14/10/2024: An incredible experience, the extra step was the service, very approachable but professional waiters.
We'll be back!
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