AlpiNN, Bruneck — South Tyrol, Italy

Exterior view of AlpiNN restaurant and the mountain views in Italy
(Image credit: alpinn.it)

Sky-high dining may be having something of a moment right now as restaurateurs scramble for vertiginous real estate in skyscrapers around the world, each trying to outdo the other with views. But few restaurants can claim, as AlpiNN does, such a spectacular 180-degree panorama of the Alps and the Dolomites.

Shaped like a white-clad Miesian lightbox, the restaurant extends from the Mc2 Architects-designed Lumen Museum of Mountain Photography in Bruneck to precipitously cantilever over the mountain side.

Designer Martino Gamper has wisely refrained from overdressing the interiors, the jagged edges of his polygonal lamps and chairs subtly echoing the snow-capped tectonic landscape outside.

Head chef Marco Perez’s alpine-based menu – conceived by the celebrity chef owners Norbert Niederkofler and Paolo Ferretti – works hard to compete with the view as he sends out char nuzzling beetroot and walnut butter, barbecued radicchio and goat cheese, and a carbonara of spelt fusilli.

Interior view of AlpiNN restaurant featuring a table, two chairs, a low hanging asymmetric pendant light and wooden floors. The ceiling is multicoloured and views of the mountains can be seen through the floor to ceiling windows

(Image credit: alpinn.it)

Alternative view of AlpiNN restaurant featuring multiple tables, chairs, low hanging asymmetric pendant lights and wooden flooring. The ceiling is multicoloured and views of the mountains can be seen through the floor to ceiling windows

(Image credit: alpinn.it)

Alternative view of the AlpiNN restaurant and mountain views in Italy

(Image credit: alpinn.it)

INFORMATION

alpinn.it

ADDRESS

Kronplatz 39030
Bruneck

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Daven Wu is the Singapore Editor at Wallpaper*. A former corporate lawyer, he has been covering Singapore and the neighbouring South-East Asian region since 1999, writing extensively about architecture, design, and travel for both the magazine and website. He is also the City Editor for the Phaidon Wallpaper* City Guide to Singapore.