Trattoria Amedeo — Restaurant in Bologna

A must try! If you are in Bologna. PS: MUST BOOK IN ADVANCE!

We had arrived around 8pm, but it was packed, the waitress asked if we had reservations but we were walkins and to my surprise, all tables were fully booked from Thursday till monday ( shocking ). But the waitress could see that we were really disappointed and kindly suggested if the outside table is fine with us...ofcourse we took it! (Hence didn't have a chance to experience the inside atmosphere)

It was quite cold outside, but the waitress setup the table for us real quick and a thorough explanation of the menu and recommendations of local Bologna dishes. (Her English was Fluent, which is another plus)

Dishes ordered: -Starter: Speck (fell in love with it from Dolomites) -Tortellini in Brodo -Gramigna alla salsiccia (pork) -Spaghetti alle Vongole -Espresso

If your a fan of dry cuts, must try Speck! Love the fragrance and melting texture. Tortellini was quite interesting, a clear warm broth that warmed us up seating outside in the cold; the balance between the tortellini and the broth was well balanced. Oh and adding cheese the more the better lol. Gramigna was outstanding! The ragu sauce was rich in flavor, where the pork meat was adding more flavor to each chew and lastly the texture of Gramigna rounded up all flavors. A new discovery to my taste buds! Vongole was quite savory, the clams were fresh and flavors were soaked well, and the Spaghetti had a good al dente texture and well flavored!

Dishes were overall satisfying and I can see why people are booking in advanced...hence us ordering too much at the given chance, but no regrets! Come in a party/group or with real! Empty stomachs, their portions are filling!

Service was truly well executed. Eventhough we are sitting outside, the waitress constantly checked on us, asked if we were fine and even suggested to ask the the chef to split the dishes into two portions for us rather than share one plate. NOW that is what I call true service at heart!

Overall if your in Bologna, must try Trattoria Amedeo! I am confident that you will leave satisfied both belly and...

We loved our meal here. Thankfully, it was mere metres from our apartment, so we might have missed it. A lovely, bright restaurant with a friendly, warm welcome. We were shown straight to the table. (We found Italians in all hospitality to be warm and friendly. Being Irish, we can relate to this). Lovely pasta (wish is was hotter) which we shared. Pasta portions in Italy are HUGE! My wonderful wife has delicious tender rare beef and I had a monster veal escalope. Both were delicious. The wine was, as is usual with Italian wines, perfect. It wasn't expensive at all and in Ireland this would be...

Stumbled upon this restaurant by chance and I’m very glad I did! They were fully booked but very kindly accommodated me at the start of the service. There is no English menu (a good sign) so I just used google translate and worked wonders. Food was amazing. Had pasta with porcini mushroom - perfectly seasoned and cooked with authentic flavours. Highly recommended! If you don’t have booking, I’d suggest come an hour before dinner service to ask if there is a table available or if they can squeeze you in at the start of dinner service - this trick has worked for me over the years...