Trattoria Pomposa al Re gras - trattoria e take away — Restaurant in Modena

This is a michelin guide restaurant located inside of the old town Modena. Reservation highly recommended as it's michelin guide and affordable pricing, it offers variety of traditional Emilian cuisine.

the interior is cute, with pictures on the wall and all kinds of pots and pans hanging on the wall, feels like you step into some grandma's kitchen.

i had Gramigna with sausage that only cost 9euro , it's wheat pasta so it has a bit texture and chewy. but it's really my favorite

for the main course i tried the "Il Bollito" (5 cuts) and its sauces: chicken leg, cotechino pig's trotter sausage and beef tongue. highly recommend if you want to a taste of everything. the beef tongue are thick cut but really juicy and tender. my favorite is cotechino, which is a type of sausage only available in this region that uses pig trotter meat and skin , it's full of collagen. the checkin leg is the weak link in this dish , but overall...

Sadly this was the worst meal I had during my entire two week trip to Italy. I don’t understand how this spot made it on the Michelin recommended list. Service was awful from start to finish even though we were the only customers there for lunch. I ordered the ragu tagliatelle and my husband ordered the gramigna. Both came out cold and lacked in flavor. About three bites in, I felt like I was chewing on a small foreign object and pulled out a little piece of plastic similar to cling wrap. I’m sure it was a mistake but when I notified the waiter and showed him, he just shrugged it off and walked away. No apology or offer to replace it or even take my plate away. The hostess in the front was just as dismissive so we just paid in full and left disappointed. Silly me, here I am worried about microplastics when they’re straight up serving macroplastics...

Absolutely amazing! Comfortable, unpretentious atmosphere and simple, classic food done properly. They say you shouldn't try to fix something that isn't broken, and this restaurant takes that to heart. You can taste the generations of tradition in everything they offer, from antipasti to dolci. I was so impressed the first visit that I had to go back for another meal, and was no less impressed the second time. Fantastic wine, antipasti, firsts, seconds, and desserts can all be had for around 35€ per person, and in my opinion there is no better way 35€ could be spent. The staff is also very friendly, welcoming, and knowledgeable about the menu and made excellent recommendations. Personally I'd recommend the Salame di Cioccolatta for dessert, that was the unexpected hit that I haven't stopped thinking...