Ristorante l'Oca Giuliva - Cucina e Cantina — Restaurant in Ferrara

Whatever you’re in small towns, you always say I’d love to find a local restaurant off the beaten track where everybody is Italian that eats there and this is what this restaurant was !!enjoyed it very much. The waitress was excellent. She spoke English perfectly, which I was relieved and happy to be able to ask questions. ? the food was delicious. The beginning they gave you something vegetarian with the Parmesan cream on top, which was very delicious that was complementary I had Seabass cook just the way I like it came with some vegetables we had a side salad, which was delicious also the pasta of the day and then we finish it off with a traditional Chocolate cake and ice cream that the waitress said was something that they only make here i’! that was like chocolate melting in your mouth. It was delicious. And then they brought out a little plate of cookies complementary which I had to Try they were also very good if you’re in the city and you want to try something off the beaten path, that’s worth going off the beaten path, I would highly recommend...

I do not understand the raving reviews some people have posted. The service is very friendly and polite but the food is far from excellent. Standard local dishes but not worthy of such praise and there is a bit of pretentiousness in the menu that does not merit acclaim: avocado mayonnaise with fried mini veal cutlets is closer to chicken McNuggets than anything more exotic. Sorry. The pumpkin tortellini were below average and salty (like everything else...

The waiter told us that the place is full the moment he found out we're not Italians. He was really rude and offensive without any reason. The place was obviously empty. We walked around shortly after and then again and the same tables were still free (like half of the place). At least the time we would eat the lunch half of the place was definitely not full. Horrible treatment without a...