Cavour 1880 — Restaurant in Bergamo

By chance I saw this fancy looking cafe/patisserie offered a lunch menu. Went in to check the prices and found a very affordable weekday lunch deal. We were 4 adults and ended up sharing 2 x lunch deals which gave us 4 primi dishes, 2 cakes, 2 waters 250ml, and 2 espressos for the very reasonable price of €44. No coperto but they still gave us a generous portion of bread. The table service was top notch, and the interior decor was beautiful, dining room was quiet tucked away at the back far from the busy street. Food was excellent; meatballs and polenta was creamy and flavorful, casoncelli and trofie al pesto pastas were delicious. Admittedly the size of the primi dishes are not massive, someone with a big appetite might want the €22 deal for just one person, but this was adequate for us, especially with the addition of the bread and dessert. For dessert you got to choose from a selection of tea cakes in the middle table; the pistachio strawberry was top notch. This special menu pricing was not advertised anywhere outside the cafe so I am very glad I went...

I’ll start by saying I used to go here all the time, and really enjoyed everything.

Maybe the management changed, but last time we went there we were met with disrespectful attitude by someone who claimed to be a “manager”. (A man with blue eyes, fairly short) Instead of fixing a small mistake, this person with a bad attitude told us “This is Italy!” as if that’s relevant?

It’s a shame that they chose to stress and offend their customers instead of fixing their small mistake which would have cost them like 30 cents.

I won’t be going back because I don’t want to support rude, and unnecessarily nationalist management. As I said it’s a shame because I used to really enjoy this cafe, and usually their staff are also very good. So this one person ruined a good thing...

Seated at the heart of Bergamo, Cavour offers one of the best delicate desserts and coffee in town at a very reasonable price.

Polenta e Osei was a must-have for Bergamo visit. However, what makes Cavour stands out from the rest of patisseries - was the perfect balance of hazelnut buttercream, chocolate layering and rum. Not only does the flavor come in synergy (less sweet than the traditional - which is to my taste); the texture of different layers is also ‘Bellissimo’...