Restaurant in Castagnito d'Alba, Italy
Book this for a Langhe wine trip pairing.
Marc Lanteri is a Michelin Plate-recognised Piedmontese restaurant set beside the Fratelli Massucco winery in Castagnito d'Alba, offering three tasting menus — including a garden-sourced vegetarian option — plus à la carte dining at a €€ price point. With vineyard views, an estate wine list, and a 4.7 Google rating from 282 reviews, it delivers serious regional cooking without the premium pricing of the Langhe's starred circuit.
Yes — particularly if you are pairing it with a broader Langhe wine trip. Marc Lanteri sits directly beside the Fratelli Massucco winery in Castagnito d'Alba, combining a Michelin Plate-recognised kitchen with vineyard views and a wine list anchored in the estate's own bottles. At a €€ price range, it offers one of the more accessible entry points into serious Piedmontese cooking in the region. For comparison, the nearby fine-dining circuit — from Piazza Duomo in Alba to Locanda Sant'Uffizio Enrico Bartolini in Cioccaro , runs at €€€€ and demands a much larger commitment. Marc Lanteri asks less of your wallet and still delivers cooking with a named Michelin credential behind it.
The setting alone makes a case for booking: the restaurant shares outdoor terrace space with Fratelli Massucco winery, meaning lunch or dinner here comes with views across the hills and vineyards of the Langhe. The kitchen is run by Marc Lanteri and Amy Bellotti as a genuine partnership , both in life and in the operation of the restaurant , which gives the project a coherent identity that larger brigade kitchens sometimes lack. The cuisine is Piedmontese in its bones, built on local ingredients and regional recipes, but individual enough to avoid the museum-piece quality that can afflict hyper-traditional restaurants in this part of Italy. Produce from their own garden feeds into the vegetarian tasting menu, which is not a token offering but a structured option built on what they are actually growing. With a Google rating of 4.7 from 282 reviews, the consistency here reads as real rather than promotional.
There are three tasting menus in total, including the vegetarian option, and dishes are also available à la carte. That flexibility matters: it means a single visit can be calibrated to appetite, time, and budget. Diners who want the full arc of the kitchen can take a tasting menu; those who want a lighter lunch in the vineyard air can order individually. The wine list leads with Fratelli Massucco's own production and extends to other Italian labels and wines from further afield.
Marc Lanteri rewards more than one visit, and the structure of the menu makes that practical rather than. On a first visit, the most direct read on the kitchen comes through the main tasting menu: it shows you the full range of what Lanteri and Bellotti are working with , the local ingredients, the Piedmontese references, and how far they push the cuisine beyond convention. Pay attention to how the wine pairing from the Massucco estate interacts with the food; this is a winery-restaurant in the truest sense, not a restaurant that happens to have a wine shop attached.
A second visit is the right moment for the vegetarian tasting menu, especially if your first visit falls outside growing season. The garden-sourced produce changes with the calendar, and the vegetarian menu is where the seasonal logic of the kitchen becomes most legible. Spring and early summer in the Langhe , before the August heat flattens everything , bring the leading garden yield and the most interesting material to work with on this menu. The outdoor terraces are also at their leading in this window, making a late-spring lunch the strongest single scheduling decision you can make here.
A third visit, or a return for a repeat diner, is where the à la carte format earns its place. By then you will know which direction the kitchen leans and can pick with more precision. The Piedmontese larder has genuine depth , this is truffle country, Barolo country, a region where the raw materials are as serious as anywhere in Italy , and the à la carte allows you to follow specific ingredients across seasons rather than surrendering to the tasting menu's fixed arc.
Late spring through early autumn is the sweet spot for this restaurant specifically because of the outdoor terrace and the garden produce. The Langhe truffle season (white truffle from October, black truffle earlier in the year) adds another layer of seasonal interest for those timing a visit to the wider region. If you are combining Marc Lanteri with a broader Langhe itinerary , see our full Castagnito d'Alba wineries guide and our full Castagnito d'Alba restaurants guide , a mid-October visit lines up the white truffle window with the post-harvest vineyard landscape at its most photogenic. For the vegetarian menu and garden produce, aim for May or June instead.
Marc Lanteri is at Via Serra 21D, Castagnito CN, 12050. Booking difficulty is rated easy , you are unlikely to be shut out weeks in advance in the way you would be at a three-star Michelin property. That said, the outdoor terrace fills on warm-weather weekends, so booking ahead for Saturday or Sunday lunch in summer is sensible. The price range is €€, which in the context of the Langhe fine-dining market represents clear value for a Michelin Plate-recognised kitchen. No dress code, hours, or phone number are listed in our current data; confirm directly before travelling. For more on the area, see our full Castagnito d'Alba hotels guide, our full Castagnito d'Alba bars guide, and our full Castagnito d'Alba experiences guide.
Quick reference: €€ price range | Michelin Plate (2025) | 4.7/5 Google (282 reviews) | Easy to book | Castagnito d'Alba, Piedmont, Italy
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Lanteri | Situated right next to the Fratelli Massucco winery, with which it shares its comfortable outdoor spaces as well as stunning views of the surrounding hills and vineyards, this restaurant is run by Marc Lanteri and Amy Bellotti, partners in life and work, who have chosen this setting for their new Piedmontese adventure. Their cuisine is full of individual character, with three tasting menus (including a vegetarian option featuring produce grown in their own garden) and dishes also available à la carte style. Local ingredients and recipes naturally take centre stage, always enhanced by small touches of colour and imagination. The wine list showcases the property’s own wines, as well as offering a choice of labels from elsewhere in Italy and further afield.; Michelin Plate (2025) | €€ | — |
| Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Dal Pescatore | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Enoteca Pinchiorri | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Enrico Bartolini | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Le Calandre | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
Comparing your options in Castagnito d'Alba for this tier.
Yes — there is a dedicated vegetarian tasting menu featuring produce from the restaurant's own garden, which is a stronger commitment to plant-based dining than most Piedmontese restaurants at this price point. À la carte ordering is also available, which gives additional flexibility for guests with specific requirements. For serious allergies or intolerances, check the venue's official channels before booking.
Booking difficulty at Marc Lanteri is low relative to the broader Piedmont fine dining circuit — you are unlikely to need weeks of lead time the way you would at a starred destination in Alba or Barolo. That said, if you are visiting during the Langhe harvest season (September to October), book at least two weeks out to secure your preferred date and the outdoor terrace. The €€ price point and Michelin Plate recognition do draw a steady local and regional crowd.
At €€, yes — the format is generous for the spend. Three tasting menus, an à la carte option, a winery terrace shared with Fratelli Massucco, and Michelin Plate recognition all point to a venue that over-delivers at its price tier. If you want a full starred experience in Piedmont, Le Calandre or Enrico Bartolini will cost significantly more; Marc Lanteri is the call when you want serious regional cooking without the top-end price tag.
It works for solo dining, particularly if you sit at the counter or on the terrace and order à la carte rather than committing to a full tasting menu. The relaxed, partner-run atmosphere at Via Serra 21D tends to feel personal rather than formal, which suits solo travellers better than larger, more ceremonial dining rooms. The €€ price range also keeps the bill manageable for a solo visit.
Castagnito itself has a limited dining scene, so the practical alternatives are nearby: the Barolo and Alba corridor offers a range of Piedmontese restaurants at various price levels. For more ambitious tasting menu formats in the broader Langhe area, Dal Pescatore (further south in Mantua) or Le Calandre (Padua) represent more decorated options at a higher price tier. If staying local to Castagnito, Marc Lanteri is effectively the anchor dining destination.
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