"Chef Martin Lazarov's vegetable-led Sicilian tasting menus at a five-star Noto resort — a Michelin Guide kitchen built for an occasion you want to remember."
Principe di Belludia is the gourmet restaurant at Il San Corrado di Noto, a Relais & Chateaux resort set in the countryside outside Noto, in Sicily's south-east. It anchors part of our Noto guide and our fine dining and Italian coverage.
It is led by chef Martin Lazarov, born in 1995 in Bulgaria and a former private chef to the designer Valentino. His cooking has earned the restaurant a place in the Michelin Guide, with a cellar of around 350 labels alongside it.
Lazarov cooks Sicily through a vegetable-first lens. The signature is the Risotto Gaia — beetroot, a vegetable extraction and fermented butter — the heart of an entirely vegetarian tasting menu of the same name (EUR180). Two further menus run alongside: Iter Siculum, a five-course read of the island (EUR210), and the longer Voyage (EUR250).
He rejects shortcuts like sous-vide in favour of fresh-to-order cooking, and the kitchen leans on French technique and international travel as much as Sicilian terroir.
The setting is a secluded rural resort with two large pools and wide Sicilian light — a destination room rather than a town-centre table. Service matches the Relais & Chateaux billing, and the wine programme of roughly 350 labels keeps expanding.
It is a reservations-led, occasion restaurant; book well ahead, particularly in the summer season.
Principe di Belludia suits an anniversary, a proposal or a dinner to impress clients. For other Noto tables, compare Crocifisso, Manna or Villadorata Country.
Not for a casual, low-key meal or a tight budget — it is a destination tasting-menu room at a five-star resort, with menus from EUR180 and a long drive from town.
Vegetable-led modern Sicilian tasting menus from chef Martin Lazarov. The signature dish is the Risotto Gaia, made with beetroot, a vegetable extraction and fermented butter.
Chef Martin Lazarov, born in 1995 in Bulgaria and a former private chef to the designer Valentino, leads the kitchen at Il San Corrado di Noto.
At the Il San Corrado di Noto resort, in the countryside outside Noto in south-east Sicily, province of Syracuse.
Three menus are offered: the vegetarian Gaia at EUR180, the five-course Iter Siculum at EUR210 and the longer Voyage at EUR250.
Yes — the restaurant is listed in the Michelin Guide, and the resort sits within the Relais & Chateaux collection.
A destination tasting-menu room — book well ahead, especially in summer. Find it at Il San Corrado di Noto.
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Principe di Belludia anchors part of our Noto guide — chef Martin Lazarov's vegetable-led Sicilian tasting menus at a Relais & Chateaux resort.
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