Restaurant · Merano · Italy
Sissi
“A Michelin star in the heart of Merano.”
Perfect for
Special occasion · Serious food lovers · Wine enthusiasts
Price
€€€€
Reservation
Required
The Story
Sissi sits on Via Galilei in Merano, named — inevitably — for the Empress who came here to take the waters. The restaurant earned its Michelin star under Chef Andrea Fenoglio, who arrived from Piedmont with a rigorous technique and a genuine curiosity about what South Tyrol produces.
The cooking here is not the traditional Südtiroler kitchen of knödel and Lagrein sauce. It is something more considered: produce from the Merano valley and the mountains above it, treated with a precision that makes each course feel like a decision rather than a habit. The seven-course SETTEPIATTI menu changes with each year, designed around a concept. The five-course CINQUEPIATTI follows the season. There is also an à la carte — the same kitchen, slightly less commitment required.
Sommelier Arianna oversees a cellar of five hundred labels. The wine here is as serious as the food.
Philosophy
How we work.
South Tyrolean produce, Piedmontese rigour — Fenoglio's cooking is rooted in the valley and the mountains above Merano, treated with the precision of a fine-dining kitchen
SETTEPIATTI: seven courses built around a single concept — a new menu each year, using custom ceramic tableware made for it
500 labels in the cellar — Sommelier Arianna's selection spans South Tyrol, Italy and beyond. The wine is as considered as the food.
Signature Dishes
SETTEPIATTI '25 — Seven courses
The avant-garde tasting menu — seven courses built around a concept that changes with each year, served on custom ceramic tableware. The fullest expression of Fenoglio's kitchen. €135.
CINQUEPIATTI — Five courses
The seasonal five-course menu — also available as CINQUEPIATTI VEGETARIANO. The season's produce, Fenoglio's technique, without the full commitment of seven courses. €125.
À La Carte — Three courses + dessert
The same kitchen, same produce, same Fenoglio — without the tasting menu structure. Starters €32, mains €42, desserts €16. Full à la carte from €115.
The wine cellar — 500 labels with Sommelier Arianna
South Tyrolean, Italian, and international. Arianna's cellar is one of the most serious in Merano — the pairing menus are a good way in.
The Feeling
Feels like
Quiet, considered, and precise — the room is calm in the way that serious restaurants are calm. The service knows what it is doing. The focus is entirely on the plate.
Best time
Dinner — when the tasting menu can be given the full evening it deserves
Music
Minimal — the kitchen speaks louder.
Perfect for
The CinCin Notes
Sissi is the reason to spend an evening in Merano properly — not just a long lunch on a terrace, but a table, a menu, a cellar, and a kitchen that has earned its star doing something specific to this valley.
Fenoglio's cooking is not showy. It is exact. The SETTEPIATTI is the menu to book — seven courses built around a single idea, with tableware made for the occasion. If you're two people who take wine seriously, let Arianna build the pairing.
Reservation is essential. Book via sissiristorante.plateform.app.
Around Here
Practical Information
- Opening hours
- Dinner service. Check current hours and seasonal closures via sissiristorante.plateform.app before booking.
- Address
- Via Galilei 44, 39012 Merano (Meran), South Tyrol, Italy
- Reservations
- Essential — book via sissiristorante.plateform.app
- Website
- sissiristorante.it
- Dress code
- Smart — not formal, but the room rewards some effort
- Average spend
- €135–160 per person for tasting menu with wine pairing