La Barbera Enoteca E Training Restaurant

It is not often that I am taken aback visiting restaurants here in this region.Mostly they serve the same type of food.So our recent visit to La Barbera was a real surprise.We have visited this restaurant several times before and it was always OK with typical Italian dishes and good pizza. This time we were served a variation of food we had never seen.Some examples:Marinated salmon with candied ginger,watermelon in port wine with a little polenta. Egg cooked in the oven with wild mushrooms,sauce made with Grana Padana cheese and truffles.Ripe eggplant with tomato confit and smoked scarmoza cheese sauce.Squid fried with potatoes and dry tomatoes.A series of desserts to follow all to die for.So what happended to the usual primi and secondi? It turns out the head chef Massimiliano Careri decided to upgrade the approach to the Italian tradition.Less pizza and pasta and more new creations based on the Italian cooking traditions.The result is no more than stunning,The prices are still very reasonable.The venue is located in the castle of Costigliole d'Asti and is in itself worth a visit. Ask to see the tasting rooms,the wine cellar and the cheese cave. You can choose a rustic room with and old oven or a more formal dining room including a separate room for small groups.I highly recommend a visit to this castle.

Special decoration and very welcoming. Dishes are imaginative. Starters, Ravioli, egg plant, deserts. Good wines. Spaghetti with sardines wasn't to my taste. Recomended .

The restaurant is in a castle that has been converted into a school. The food, prepared by chefs learning Italian cuisine was delicious and fresh. We had pasta, veal and dessert.The presentation was chef quality and the service impeccable. The rooms are lovely and wonderfully decorated. Check out the cheese room and ask to see the kitchen.

Locale bellissimo diviso tra ristorante ed enoteca, davvero bello! Il cibo è ottimo, l'unica pecca è che le bevande con TheFork non sono incluse e vanno pagate a prezzo pieno.

Accoglienza perfetta. Ci siamo sentiti a nostro agio. Professionalità nel servizio e presentazione dei piatti. Sono rimasto molto colpito dall'abbinamento di ingredienti che di solito non si trova sulle nostre tavole. Fantasia ed eccellenza, unite alla tradizione riveduta, hanno reso un'esperienza culinaria unica.