Amazing restaurant! Highly recommended. The service and rooms are great for groups of 6-8 the food…read moreis typical Roman. Great meats and pastas. Excelente wine selection. Must reserve.

What a gem of a place. This is as local and authentic as you can get. It's a father/son…read moreestablishment that is welcoming and accommodating. We started off with the deep fried sage/zucchini and the bell peppers with chick peas. Both were delicious and like nothing we'd ever eaten before. The sage was crispy and came with a bean dip similar to refried beans. The bell pepper and chickpea dish was flavorful and delicious. We then shared the risotto with pesto, the crab ravioli and their signature dish, tagliatelle with truffles and guanciale. All were delicious, especially the tagliatelle. Portions were adequate and filling. We ended the meal with the white cream and chocolate sauce and the salted caramel with chocolate. The white cream is like panna cotta without the gelatin. It was light and creamy. I suspect it had some marscapone. The salted caramel was like a rich chocolate cake and was served warm. What a lovely meal. Will definitely return if we are ever back in the area. Highly recommend.

Found this restaurant on Yelp and decided to give it a try. The food, service and atmosphere were…read moreexcellent! Truly the best meal I've had thus far in Italy! Owner and wife were very gracious. Highly recommend!

OMG, the food is AMAZING! We've been here in Italy for 5 days, going to restaurants in several…read moretowns. This is by far THE best! Cortona also rated high.

I live 6 months a year local and 6 months in the USA. I go out 5 nights a week and Borgo is one I…read morego to 3 or 4 time a month. The pics and carpaccio is the best around. Good service, nice people.

lorenzo made our evening! helped us pick out wines based on our preference. after purchasing he…read moreeven followed up with a text message to make sure we enjoyed the wine!

We went May 1st, first of all, the restaurant truly carries that Tuscan brick-stone tavern, charm…read more The staff was accommodating, knowledgeable about wine selection, the food was absolutely delicious, walking down to the cellar definitely had an awe factor. The staff cut us up a platter of their cheese in the cellar. Tiramisu for desert topped the 5 star experience. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: You need reservations that can only be made by calling them, no online reservations capabilities. You should call 5 days in advance. Worth it. Our bill came out to less than $250 + Tip for 2 bottles of wine, 6 main entrees, 2 appetizers, 3 Tiramisu, and cheese platter - NOT BAD if you ask me. Because we gave them a nice tip - they gave us a bottle of wine as a thank you gift.

Taverna di San Giuseppe was a disappointing meal for us, especially in a city with so many great…read moredining options. We ended up here by mistake (confused it with another spot), and unfortunately it didn't live up to expectations. The restaurant fills up with reservations for two seatings, and from the moment we sat down the pace felt rushed. We ordered drinks and a starter while deciding on the rest, but multiple staff members kept coming by trying to take our full order. It felt like they were pushing to move things along quickly. There were a couple positives. The chicken livers to start were quite tasty and something we didn't see often on other menus. The primi were underwhelming. The pasta didn't taste fresh like many other trattorias in Siena, and the dishes overall were just average. The lasagna in particular was mushy, and the sauces didn't stand out. The secondi were slightly better -- pork ribs, Barolo-braised beef, and a "small chicken" -- but still nothing that justified the higher prices. They do have an underground wine cellar built into a cave, which is interesting to see, but there are other places in Siena with much larger and more impressive cellar spaces. Also worth noting, they add a "10% tax" charge rather than the typical €2 coperto per person. Overall, a rushed and fairly mediocre meal at a higher price point. With so many better places to eat in Siena, this is one I'd skip.

This osteria is in a charming piazza off the main road. Make reservations ahead of time if you can…read more The menu is small, filled with the most delightfully prepared dishes. The owner is jovial and is working so hard to ensure all have a great experience. Do not expect pizza or pasta!!!! This is home cooked, fresh fare. Not to be missed--the fagioli! These white beans, friends, are what dreams are made of. So damn delicious. The grilled sausage is stellar! Perfectly grilled, with just the right crisp! Bruschetta is also simply and flavorfully prepared. And we have never met a chickpea we didn't like and these ones were sock-knockers! Everything is non-fussy, straightforward, honest in preparation--letting the ingredients shine through! Also, do the house wine thing-- you pay by the glass and it's tasty! Truly a memorable experience of real food lovingly prepared by real people!

An exceptional little restaurant in a small piazza of Pienza…read more Sip the local vino with front row seating to heretics being burned at the stake.

If heading to Rimini, I would recommend eating at any of the spots on or near Viale Antonio…read moreBeccadelli. This seems to be the safest nighttime area and bustling with food options. La Casina del Bosco serves delicious piadines which to North Americans is essentially a freshly made tortilla bread with different toppings. This particular spot is also popular for drinks and has a huge patio for outdoor dining.

No doubt the honour of piadini champions goes to Rimini: a fact I was not aware of upon my arrival…read more However 20 minutes off the train was sufficient time to dip my toes in the Adriatic Sea and shuffle along to the gorgeous La Casina del Bosco which led to this very discovery. I made the right choice of venue. What an absolutely gorgeous outdoor cafe with charming, efficient and totally on the ball staff and the fastest service I've had since arriving in Italy. I even had a few language lessons with the waitstaff who humoured me as I practiced my very beginner Italian on them. The first thing that caught my eye and consequently ordered was piadina alla porchetta. A spectacular choice. The piadina itself was light, slightly toasty, with a nice hint of olive oil but the main attraction was the pig. Delicious, sumptuous, well seasoned porchetta made this dish a massive hit for me. And for just €5 I was suitably impressed. I happily spent a solitary hour here soaking up the atmosphere, sipping on coffee and reflecting on my delicious meal. Thumbs up from me. Next time I'll be trying their gelato desserts too. They looked delicious!

Best EVER pasta with black truffles! Enter an eye catching…read moredinning area underneath a lightly washed stone arch support with warm red color decor and no kitschy nicknacks , and wsite a well dressed. A quite ambiance of refinement We ordered the pre-fix meal and they allowed us to substitute an item. With a glass of prosecco our appetizer was yellow carrot soup with a cauliflower -garlic bruschetta ; very tasty and unique. Next, a mushroom flan in a Parmesan pressed bowl. Paired well with the Multefalco wine. Then came the pasta. Prepared table side it was mixed with salted butter the shaved truffles were added. Not only superb taste but not heavy as I expected. And this too paired well with the regional wine! The meat dish followed. I had the veal with a balsamic demi glaze and my wife had the pork( a bit dry). Veal was tasty and tender. Next, dessert was a vanilla ice cream crepe covered in a tri-berry sauce. This was above average As to the wine, this is my first trip to Umbria where I finally tasted a superb regional wine; Multefalco. Two versions exist. The Rosso ,which is a blend , is a light bodied , fruit-forward wine. The other is a bit more expensive, called the Sagratino. This big, bold, tannin-rich wine easily unwinds in less then an hour into a well balanced, fruit-structured intricate wine. This is an undervalued wine. The most expensive we had in any restaurant was 45 euros for a bottle. Take advantage of it! I gave this place my highest rating for Gubbio because of its ambiance, service, wine knowledge and preparation, price but most of all the PASTA

Old school eatery in historical setting. Wait staff was very attentive.read more

This restaurant is outstanding. Poached egg with truffle and Parmesan cream - delicious! Whole…read moregrain strangozzi with guanciale and chestnuts - outstanding and original combination of slight sweetness and savory saltiness with the earthiness of the homemade pasta. My favorite dish was the tonnaroli pasta with sausage, red onion cooked so long it liquefied, and a sagrantino wine reduction. The flavors were intense, original and memorable. I have lived in Italy and am 100% Italian so my palate is demanding - and it was one of the best plates of pasta I've ever eaten. The atmosphere was warm and welcoming and staff was attentive and professional.

Have to agree that this restaurant is just excellent. We ate on the terrace, with a beautiful view…read moreof the valley below. Gnocchi with truffle was perfectly cooked, aromatic and delicious. Sea bass was delicate and beautifully presented. Staff were attentive and had sufficient English skills that our poor Italian was not sorely tested. We returned two nights later and my companion had carpaccio and the pork rib - and said it was the best meal of his life.

A quaint place by the towns south wall. Decor and service is warm, inviting and refined. Started…read moreoff with a great prosseco accompanied with my phillo dough, porcini mushroom and goat cheese flan appetizer and my wife's cheese fondu which was not heavy at all. Next was the pesto pasta. Very good and paired well with the Multefalco Sagratino wine. ( left to breath 30 minutes and then poured into bowl-shaped wine glasses. Thus unwinding the tannins to a rich berry bold red wine.) Next was the steak which they claim is the best steak in the world; hmmmmm....not true. It was delicious and an American style. However it can easily be matched and out done in a fine steak house in Lad Vegas, Chicago, New York, etc. I would not travel here for just the steak.

We walked into the old city and pulled up yelp to find a place to eat. Locanada came up and we…read morewere a 100 feet away. The owners met us at the door along with a couple of their staff. They were very friendly and admitted to a little English. Upon walking through the restaurant to an outside table we noticed how nice and charming it was inside. My wife ordered the pasta Cavatelli. A photo accompanies this. We started with the Carpaccio and bread which were awesome. I had the fillet grilled to medium rare that was well seasoned and melted in my mouth. Along with this I had some Rosemary potatoes. The wine was excellent as well. The service outstanding. Would highly recommend this place.