The food was spectacular!!! Like my Italian nonna used to make!!! Fantastico!! The lamb chops were superb! The suckling pig was Devine!! And the sausage was to die for! A MUST visit!!! read more

Trattoria Pallotta - Lamb chops - Italian Near Me - Assisi, PG

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Sort of tucked away in the quaint streets of Assisi, this place is a bit of a gem. There were 5 of us and they were very accommodating for a bit of a late lunch. The service was excellent and the place is quite beautifully decorated. I ordered the tagliatelle al ragù di cinghiale tagliato a coltello. Excellent blend of wild boar in a very tasty ragù. We also had a tomato salad which, by the way, it's only sliced tomatoes served with olive oil and balsamic and the potato purée with caramelized speck. Both delicious. The prices are very competitive for sauce a nice ambiance. Highly recommend. read more

Trattoria Pallotta - ragù di cinghiale tagliato a coltello - Italian Near Me - Assisi, PG

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Spent a long morning exploring, a local and a friend recommended this as a great lunch spot, and it was. Wine selection was minimalistic, but local. And our server had great insight as far as the variety of white wines available he chose the perfect bottle. Everybody enjoyed their dish. The atmosphere was extremely chilled. The vast majority of patrons were Italian. Somewhat off the beaten tourist trek. I strongly encourage this restaurant. read more

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We came here on our recommendation of our hotel. It is obviously a popular local hangout as it was full and not with too many tourists. We shared an appetizer - fantastic. tMy gnocci was probably the best gnocci I have had in my life. It just melted in your mouth and it was delicious. Husband's pasta was not so good. We realize things can be a bit more al dente here,but this was like the pasta was hardly cooked. It was brittle and hard. He couldn't even eat it. So mixed reviews. But because it is a local place and my food was excellent, we would try it again and likely recommend. But that is the reason for the three stars. read more

They did not seat us because we are American. We were told the wait would be 15 minutes. As we waited over 25 minutes, countless groups of Italian speaking customers came in and were seated. I can only assume they were happy when we left. read more

Food was good, but there are better places in Assisi. Bread was pretty bad. Service was ok and friendly, but not great. The restaurant is pretty. The one thing I would go back for was the poached pear dessert was perhaps the best I've ever had. That and a glass of wine would be worth a quick visit. read more

We had fond memories of this restaurant from a previous trip to Assisi, and we weren't disappointed when we went back for lunch this time. The mixed vegetarian antipasti plate is a stand-out, something different from what you usually find in Italy. The pastas were also quite pleasing, fresh and perfectly al dente. The service could stand to be a bit more attentive, but other than that I can think of no complaints. Unlike most restaurants, at Pallotta the water is included in the cover charge (which explains why the previous reviewer didn't see it on his bill). read more

Trattoria Pallotta - Italian Near Me - Assisi, PG

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For those people who talk about slow service, well ... this is Italy and this is one of the more local restaurants around. That said, I agree it's slow. This place has English menu's and most of the waiters do speak some English but they're clearly not trying to become a tourist attraction. I probably could have rated this a 3.5 on a good day. We stumbled across this place recommended by our guide as one of the few places open close to noon in the winter on a very windy, cold day. My parents took a coffee break before lunch while we walked around some more. They were very sweet about us occupying the table for hours and being slow was an advantage for us in that sense. We wanted to try umbria truffles given it's truffle season. The strangozzi pasta with truffles wasn't that great. The pasta itself was good. Honestly, it could be that I don't really like black truffles as much as white truffles or other kinds but it smelled and tasted more like traditional mushrooms. Though their ravioli with truffles and Parmesan cheese was much better and overall pretty good. For some reason our family felt like lamb - so we ended up getting grilled lamb, grilled veal, veal scallopini and a fried cod. Of those, the grilled veal was probably the best. The veal scallopini tasted like it had vinegar in it. It wasn't bad. Just unexpected. There also wasn't any accompaniment to the dish. Overall, I don't think I'd come back. But if it was one of the only ones open, I wouldn't be upset about it either. read more

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Delicious food, kind service, clean, beautiful. We got the lasagna and the penne. We would definitely come back! read more

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Very disappointed with the service and food. First the service. We were told wait time about 15minutes, not bad for Sunday afternoon, we waited over an hour to be seated. Then it took 15 minutes before anyone brought bread and water, no butter or Olive oil. When our meal arrived for half the table( everything at once salad, appetizer and main courses). The rest waited and waited. 1 person ordered the Tourist Special (4items) only the soup and ever was delivered. After complaining to a server, they brought out the missing 2 items, ice cold. They were sitting in the kitchen waiting to be served the entire 40 minutes. The entrees were what you'd expect from a grocery store frozen dinner. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. We discussed our experiences with 1 of the owners, she wasn't Interested in hearing our comments. She said they were very busy. A business owner complaining about too much business. read more

Great atmosphere and food. The service was very good, prompt and pleasant. The server was knowledgeable, friendly, and pleasant. The restaurant was very clean and well decorated. The cheese tray was more than the three of us could eat and had a good variety with honey and marmalade. Our meals were mostly veal and chicken and all were served hot and tasty. Very nice selection of wine and all reasonably priced. Would definitely recommend. read more

Since this was recommended by Lonely Planet (the latest version), we wanted to give this a try. At first the restaurant looks very nice and gives you a warm 'living room' feeling. The menu itself is very basic with some basic and natural primary courses like ravioli or cannelloni with only tomato sauce or something in the same line. The second courses follow a range of grilled meats, some veal variations and the 'famous' rabbit and pigeon. Since we were used to getting extremely large pasta portions from the first course, and me not being hungry so much, I decided to go for the large ravioli with butter and sage. What followed was a large plate with about 10 pieces of ravioli and three/four half sage leaves, nothing else. This was so extremely little that it had to be perfect, but it was swimming in butter and half of the ravioli was not even 'al dente' or better said: old. Shamelessly put on my table for €8. My wife chose the rabbit with olives and bread from the second courses and although the rabbit itself was a reasonable portion, there was merely one olive and a piece of bread. This was worth its €14 nonetheless. The tomato salad my wife ordered to go along with her rabbit for €4 and that arrived as five slices of tomato (albeit a very large one) and salt and vinegar to add herself. This is what you pay so much for? The bread that you 'get' to start with was saltless and tasteless as we've come accustomed to in Italy, but this time it was even old as well. We chose a bottle of sparkling water just like the couple sitting one table across and noticed theirs was being poured and we had to do it ourselves. Nothing wrong with that, but why the difference? So based on the looks this is a nice restaurant and more people seem to be lured in by holiday guides, but either the quality has dropped significantly lately or the ones who wrote the guides never actually ate here. We've eaten at lots of restaurants and now also trattoria over the years, but this has to be one of the worst when you compare it to the relative high price you pay (other restaurants give you either much more or charge you less). That's also the reason we did not take a dessert and left no extra tip. At the end I noticed the bill showed my ravioli for a euro more than on the menu, but the sparkling water was not mentioned. Since in Italy they seem to charge about €1,50 for this most of the times, I didn't bother getting the bill corrected, since the woman who brought it to our table was already talking about 2-3 minutes at the table next to us with our bill in her hand, before handing it over to us folded up multiples times. read more

Zero stars are a better rating. We went here on a recommendation from our tour guide, who has had really good advice...up until now. The staff here were NOT interested in serving us today. It took a good 10 min. to get a waiter's attention, another 10 min. to get drinks, another 30 to 40 min. to get our food, which was a real complicated lasagna, tossed salad, and spaghetti with meat sauce. The lasagna was very ordinary, and I would have been pressed to find 2 tablespoons of meat in my sauce. We kept telling them we had a time limit, but no one seemed to care. I'd skip this one, definitely!! read more

Wow ! Amazing service,food and atmosphere. This is a typical family owned place - the owners are working just as hard as the "staff". We did The cannoli and large ravioli with sage and butter - yummmy ! We asked whichbwine would go with our meal - it was an awesome match ! Highly recommend. read more