The San Michele Restaurant

Serving breakfast from 8am, guests are invited to enjoy a traditional Tuscan breakfast, alongside additional items including due uova with fresh salad from the garden of Villa Lena, necci pancakes of chestnut and ricotta, and bruschetta with seasonal garden vegetables. Enjoy speciality coffee from Le Piantagioni Del Caffe, brewed locally in Livorno, or kickstart your day with the mimosa della casa of orange or grapefruit and the shakerato martino, made with espresso, amaro, and amaretto Adriatico.

As night draws in, guests gather for a convivial dining experience showcasing the unique charm of Villa Lena. Available a la carte or as a four-course set menu, start with small dishes including mussels with chili, cilantro and Thai basil or fried green tomatoes with aioli, followed by pastas including tagliatelle with white ragout or penne with tomato and burrata. Larger dishes will include slow-cooked lamb shoulder with garden herb salad and roast potatoes and the pesce di giorno, fish of the day with wilted kale and white beans. To finish chocolate tart with Villa Lena olive oil and Maldon salt is the perfect end to a delicious meal.

The Villa Lena wine list is made up of wines mostly sourced from Tuscany and the surrounding regions, with producers specialising in low intervention wine making. Try something from organic vineyard Do.t.e, from winemaker Filippo Calabresi, who creates ‘down to earth’ wines, with an experimental approach that results in wines that portray a unique interpretation of Tuscany’s terroir, or sample one of Ampeleia’s creations, a wine estate originating from the 1960’s that champions biodiversity and the local tradition of planning multiple grape varieties in each plot.