Was wandering the city trying to find a decent place that wouldn't run my wallet dry, when I walked past this restaurant. At first I glanced at the large sign outside and walked a few steps, only to return to give the menu a second read. There were a variety of Italian dishes listed, mostly pastas and pizzas, but I was cold, hungry, and tired, so I stopped into this place where I was warmly greeted. There was only one more table at 8:30pm, but I sat myself down and ordered the truffle gnocchi. The food took a while to come out, which I thought was strange considering I was the only one in the restaurant now that the couple before me had left. While I waited, they gave me a table water along with some bread (focaccia with cheese & an olive spread, it tasted like). The bread was delicious and crispy, toasted to perfection.
The gnocchi came out about 15 minutes after I sat, and although it looked small at first, I struggled towards the end to finish it. The sauce wasn't as... truffley? as I would have liked, and I ended up having to add salt to it (I KNOW THIS IS VERY RUDE IN EUROPE but I swear it was under-seasoned). The gnocchi was prepared well in the sense that it wasn't rubbery or chewy like one's I've had back in the US, but they ran rather large, making it hard to enjoy the (under seasoned) cream.
My gnocchi was 15 euros which was a little more than I would have liked to pay, but the workers were extremely friendly despite the language barrier, and as I was there for about an hour (escaping the cold and using their free wifi to track my bus), I saw that it seemed to get busier with regulars. read more