Travel back in time to a more elegant age and enjoy fine dining in a grand style. The dining rooms are opulent with loads of tradition combined with random bursts of modernity. The prices are eye-watering with $80 appetisers galore. By comparison, the $270 tasting menu almost seems like a bargain. The astonishing wine cellar is one of the most comprehensive in the world with vertigo inducing markups. Indeed the image of Pinichiori is so entrenched that most Italians will dismiss the restaurant with disdain saying it is only for rich tourists even though they themselves have never been there.  The food, however, is terrific. The signature chitarra pasta with seafood, bottarga and crunchy bread crumbs is historic.

Enoteca Pinchiorri is not a restaurant but an experience.

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