Recent Bologna Restaurant Recommendations

Following! We’ll be in Bologna July 3-8.

Here’s what my airbnb host who lives on the bottom of a fantastic old house in center historic.
The ongoing events, exhibitions etc in Bologna are always updated here: https://zero.eu/en/bologna/eventi/

Moreover, always:
- palazzo d'accursio: go up to visit "torre dell'orologio", and visit "collezioni comunali" too (included in the 8 euros price)
- "Le stanze": it's a cocktail bar, not a museum, but it is beautiful, some films' scenes have been filmed in there
Food (need to book):
Osteria al 15
Osteria Broccaindosso
Sartoria
Cantina Bentivoglio – normally have live jazz in the evening on weekends
Trattoria Anna Maria – more of a lunch spot (classic)
Teresina (small alley)
Osteria Bottega (classic/not as central)
La Confraternita dell’uva
Cesarina – on a very nice square but quality has slipped a bit
Eataly – more of a lunch spot (restaurants in a library)
Osteria Le sette chiese
Ristorante Biagi
Trattoria Nonna rosa (14 min by car/taxi. It’s famous the “cotoletta”)
Pane Panelle (maybe for lunch -and better if there is sun- because there’s a beautiful courtyard)
Pescheria san Gervasio
Ristorante Casa Monica
Osteria Bartolini
Vagh in ufezzi
Camera a sud – more for aperitivo - food from Puglia, in the old Jewish ghetto

Aperitivo/caffè/…:Birreria popolare; Lestofante; Ruggine; all “via pescherie”; mercato delle erbe; piazza Aldrovandi; camera a sud; Serre dei Giardini Margherita; corte isolani; piazza Santo Stefano; via Mascarella; le stanze; Donkey bar (secret bar, if you’re interested I can sed you the mobile to ask for the secret word to access); medulla; senza nome; ruggine;scarto; ex Forno mambo

Typical dishes: Tagliatelle al ragù (what the world calls “Bolognese sauce” – this does not exist in Italian vocab and we do not eat it with spaghetti), tortellini (the classic is “in brodo”, with broth), tortelloni and of course.. lasagna! Hope you are not vegetarians!

I’ve eaten at Sette Tavoli and enjoyed it very much. Easily walkable from city center. Dinner around 35€. Small, intimate setting (sette Tavoli = 7 tables)

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Wow! Thank you very much!

We’re only here for four days, but we’ll squeeze in what we can.

I follow a Canadian girl who lives in Sweden, and she has just wrapped up a week in Bologna :

She has high praise for :

Osteria Bottega
Medulla Vini wine bar
Va Mo La
I Matti della Polenta- they went back, they liked it so much
Ristorante da cesari
Caffè Terzi
Enoteca Storica Faccioli
And absolutely raved about Trattoria da Me - she said her Swedish partner said it was the absolute best meal he's ever had anywhere in Italy.

And they did a food tour with Delicious Bologna that she said was out of this world.

I am sorry as I don't have any idea about the prices !

I hope you have a great time in Bologna! Sorry to have missed you here.

Hi Jane, hope you have had a wonderful time and hope you tell us a bit about it upon your return.

We are in Bologna now. We had a recommendation for Trattoria del Rosso, on Via Augusto Righi, 2 blocks south of Parco della Montagnola. We went there a couple of nights ago and loved it so much we went back there for lunch today. The lasagna is some of the best I ever had, and the pork shank (enough for 2 people) and roast potatoes were delicious.

If you want a great lunch suggestion, try a mixed cold cuts & cheese platter at Ditta A.F Tamburini, on Via Caprarie, 2 blocks east of Piazza Maggiore.

I'd recommend this: https://www.ristorante-bolognese.it/

They take reservations, which is nice because it ain't no fun looking for a place to eat when you're starving.

They make the original bologna from an old recipe that is nothing like the Oscar Mayer crap in Wal Mart.