Scandalous prices: This is the exclusive restaurant where Díaz-Canel and Lis Cuesta dined in Rome

Pierluigi, the exclusive restaurantwhere the Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel and his wife Lis Cuesta were seen dining this Wednesday, prides itself on being the best place to eat fish in Rome and is regularly visited by many celebrities.

Located in the centerPiazza de Ricci, Pierluigi is rated with4 money signs ($$$$) on the popular review website Trip Advisor, a rating that corresponds to the most expensive restaurants.

Some customers explain that the average price of a dinner per diner at the place is around $100.

Founded in 1938 as atrattoria family, the restaurant was acquired in the 80s byRoberto Lisi, who transformed it into a luxury place.

Pierluigi works with the freshest and most seasonal ingredients, prepared in a traditional and healthy way, but with innovative accents, explains its website.

As can be seen inrecent posts from your Instagram profile, the restaurant is usually visited by millionaires and celebrities, including the Roma footballerPablo Dybala, actorsTom Cruise andFlorence Pugh, or the musicianNick Jonas.

In 2014, an Italian publication already pointed out that the restaurant was the favorite ofBarack Obama on his visits to the Italian capital, and that he had also been visited by the current presidentJoe Biden and the film directorQuentin Tarantino.

The Cuban president and his wife were captured this Wednesday leaving the famous restaurant, precisely by the American actor.Jeff Parise.

The artist shared in one of his Instagram stories the moment when Díaz-Canel and his wife leave the restaurant located in the Trastevere neighborhood, which is considered the quintessence of the Italian capital.

Both are seen leaving, escorted by their security team, and get into a car with their companions.

In the short video, no further details are given about this visit by the Cuban ruler, whois in Italy hunting for businessmen, to whom he expressed his “willingness to work together” in the midst of the deep economic crisis on the Caribbean island.

Díaz-Canel reported on his Twitter profiles that he met with several Italian businessmen, to whom he presented “sectors of mutual interest” and to whom he reiterated the “willingness to strengthen economic, commercial, investment and cooperation relations between both nations.” ”.

The meeting took place in Rome, where he stated that "this visit will open new economic opportunities between Cuba and Italy."

“We know the conditions in which you have firmly maintained relations with Cuba; a Cuba that is more attacked, more besieged, with a tightened blockade,” he stated, resorting to the old strategy of victimizing the regime in the face of US policies.

Díaz-Canel also met on Tuesday withPope Francis in the Vatican, and with the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella.