Amici by Enrico Bartolini

The Restaurant

Amici by Enrico Bartolini opened in early 2024 on Jl. Petitenget in Seminyak — the high-density restaurant grid north of the surf beaches — as the first Asia-Pacific room in chef Bartolini's global group. Bartolini holds twelve Michelin stars across his portfolio (Mudec in Milan, Casual in Bergamo, Glam in Venice, and seven others) and is the most-starred Italian chef of his generation. The Bali room runs as a partnership with the Como Hospitality group and is led day-to-day by head chef Alessandro D'Amico, a Bartolini Group veteran of nine years.

The dining room — a single ninety-cover space with vaulted ceilings, an open marble-fronted kitchen at the rear, an eight-stool counter at the pass, and a small private dining cantina that seats fourteen — runs in a Milanese-modernist register: blonde wood, brass fittings, deliberately restrained lighting, white-jacket service. The cooking is regional Italian without geographic apology: Sicilian arancini with saffron and ragù; Piemontese tajarin with white truffle (in season); Ligurian pansotti with walnut sauce; Roman cacio e pepe finished tableside in a wheel of pecorino; a Florentine bistecca alla fiorentina cut from forty-day dry-aged Tuscan-imported beef. The pasta and bread are made fresh daily. A six-course tasting at IDR 2,950,000 ($180 USD) runs alongside an a la carte that lands at $95–$130 per person without pairings.

The wine list is one of the most ambitious in Southeast Asia — about 480 references with deep Tuscan and Piemontese anchors (Brunello di Montalcino verticals back to 1990, a working Barolo and Barbaresco programme, a focused Etna section), a serious Champagne programme, and a deliberately small but smart by-the-glass list selected monthly. Service is captain-led and multilingual; the room runs special events including a Sunday Jazz Brunch and quarterly 'Four Hands' dinners with visiting Bartolini Group chefs. Amici has, since opening, taken its place as the senior Italian room on the island.