Emporio Armani Caffè & Ristorante — Restaurant in Bologna

We passed by this café last year month of July during me and my husband’s first wedding anniversary buying gifts for each other in the Galleria Cavour. We had a dinner reservation in another restaurant nearby but it was a little early so we decided to do some aperitivo in this café. For its name and for the amount we are paying, we were just more than happy to sit down, drink our cocktails while chewing on some nuts and chips taking pictures but unexpectedly they started handing out more apetizers. More and more came out and we were just a little bit embarassed to question if those apetizers were included in the aperitivo and so we just ate. Me and husband just thought to ourselves that since it’s our anniversary maybe we can spend a few euros more. Me and my husband were taking pictures when a lady staff came to us and willingly took pictures for us. There was no one in the café besides us and she happily made it seem like a photoshoot, shots taken from every angle, far and near. We were laughing and it is needless to say that we enjoyed every moment of our short stay. Upon paying the bill me and my husband were very surprised that it was just indeed the drinks we need to pay while all the other sets are included. Since then we were more than happy to come back for any future celebrations we have.

Fast forward, I am now pregnant with our first child and would want to do an intimate gender reveal with just me and my husband. It is needless to say that I only contacted this café asking if they will be more than available to accomodate are cute request to which they also enthusiastically responded and so we confirmed our reservation for the dinner of Valentines Day 2024. A few days to Valentines they sent out the menu for the night to which I found a small modification that is needed to be made because of my food restrictions being pregnant that they comfortedly accepted. They also mentioned already having a plan to surprise us for the gender reveal and at this point me and my husband were just more than excited!

During the night of Valentines, we were the first ones to arrive and all staffs greeted us warmly even lighting up a candle upon seeing us being seated. Unbeknowingly to us, we thought it was just a simple scented candle but it was actually what they indicated in the menu as the first serving, truffle candle with pan brioche! We were shocked and thrilled and needless to say once again, every single plate were so delicious!

Nearing the end of the course, the capo sala asked us if we were ready for the main event and HELL YES! He brought us these beautifully made desserts and he even proposed himself to take a video for us for the gender reveal and yes, both me and my husband cried!

Kudos to every staff member especially to the capo sala who made us feel that even him was excited for us and was also anticipating to do this cute event for us. We really appreciated it! Also, to the lady staff who was the reason we returned to this café, she may not remember us from a year ago but we definitely have a cute memory of her because of her gestures. Again needless to say, she was funny and accomodating still the night of our reservation!

To the staff, please remember me and husband. We will make sure to come by once again with our little...

After my family and I spent the afternoon shopping in this plaza we decided we wanted to find a place to use the restroom and eat, we walked into Emporio Armani restaurant in Bologna. As soon as I walked in, I was blocked by this man and I asked in English if they had a table for five. He immediately said, “No, must go.” Then he blocked me and led me to the door. I stood outside and could not believe how rude he was. There were tables outside that could have been pushed together in order to accommodate a group of Five like other restaurants have done. Other locals were allowed in but not us Americans. This restaurant or should I say employees do not like Americans. Apparently you need to look like a rich Italian in order to be let inside. He then held onto the door to assure we would not come back in. As if we would go back in after that humiliating display. When the man caught me taking a picture of him and the restaurant he came back outside and said, “what is the problem? Is there a problem?” Really? Yes there is. You were so rude! Please do not support this behavior and eat here. I am not rating the food because I didn’t even get a chance to...

Modern Italian restaurant in Galleria Cavour.

Came here for dinner a few nights ago and really enjoyed our experience. We made a reservation the evening before - they were busy but fit us in.

We had a glass of rose to start with our steak tartare - it was served with little light crisps which was funky but we enjoyed it. It also had a yummy mustard mayo spread on the bottom.

We then tried the tagliatelle with mushrooms and truffle. The tagliatelle was handmade and had mushrooms worked into the dough - brava 😍😍😍😍

The filled pasta we had was similar to a sachetti. It melted in our mouths - had a citrus twist to it.

We enjoyed a beautiful 2012 merlot with our meal - I maybe wouldn’t have ordered this again with the meal we had but it was delightful.

For secondi we tried the veal Milanese - it was very large so we only had a few bites but would order again. The veal was so juicy with buttered bread crumb clumps on top

Thanks for a wonderful night to all the staff there -...