My wife and I acted on a hot tip from an employee at our fav breakfast cafe in Bologna that this place was the ant’s pants for great pasta. Of course 1198 reviews at 4.4 stars on Google Maps can’t be ignored. On Saturday we walked over here for lunch arriving just before 1.30pm ( open for lunch 1pm – 2.30pm ). We found Bologna to be a very walkable city . . . everything of interest to us was within an easy walk. The restaurant was busy enough but not too busy on such a lovely day.
We were seated at a table on their beautiful terrace straight away. A server named Martina ( could have been the manager ) came by to help us. I ordered the beer they had on offer . . a German one called Ayinger Lager Hell – 4.9% abv and asked for 2 glasses of water. My ice cold beer and a lovely tall stem glass turned up quickly . . it tasted fine. Soon after a complimentary starter of fresh Dinner Rolls and Mortadella arrived . . a nice touch and very delicious. We could tell this was a pretty switched on restaurant and a very good choice for lunch. My wife had been craving good lasagna and that’s exactly what she ordered . . Lasagna Classica Verde.I selected the Ravioli Di Melanzana Al Pomodoro.
So far on the Italian leg of our 3 week vacation we found the prices of food and drinks very good value. Our entrees arrived together in perfect time considering how busy these guys were in their lunch time window of 90 minutes. We asked our server Martina for grated parmigiana which she took care of promptly. AND ? Well we were more than happy with the excellent texture and flavor of our pasta dishes. THE SERVICE AND AMBIENCE WERE SECOND TO NONE !
