After a walk past Brescia's impressive ancient monuments, through the attractive cobbled streets of…read morethe old town, you'll arrive at this long-established trattoria.
It was sufficiently warm, on the late April evening we dined here, to sit at one of the tables outside, amongst the leafy greenery. My companion had been eating here since he was a child. Unsurprisingly, we were greeted and welcomed warmly.
The menu has a good selection of local dishes, meat, pasta, fish and salads. I was persuaded (cajoled) away from my preferred choices by my expert companion who was insistent that I experienced a local dish (other than him, of course). So I was nudged in the direction of Bigoli Bottarga (homemade pasta 'noodles' topped with shavings of dried tuna caviar). It was a pretty potent plate - too powerfully fishy, if I'm honest - but that was the nature of it, rather than the fault of the chef. We enjoyed generous glasses of the full-bodied, locally-produced Franciacorta red wine - delizioso - to accompany our food.
Service was friendly, very efficient and always smiling. The atmosphere was authentic and lively but not intrusively loud. Inside, the restaurant is appealingly styled with attractive and evocatively colourful iron advertising images, displayed on the walls. I didn't anticipate, or enjoy my visit to the loo though, which took me by surprise in contrast with its setting - be warned, ladies, it was a traditional hole-in-the ground
