Ristorante Casablanca — Restaurant in Parma

What a lovely little find! This is clearly a family owned restaurant, and the owner (I assume) showed his pleasure at finding us as his guests. Although we speak no Italian, and he speaks no English, we were able to understand enough to order, and let him know how fantastic the dishes we received were.

My mother ordered the oysters, and I'm not sure I've ever seen her enjoy them more. They were really exquisite!

We both asked for spaghetti with clams, which wasn't exactly on the menu, but they happily customized for us, and it was wonderful! We've been ordering spaghetti vongolese all over Italy, and this was definitely in the top two. Note: they did have an English version of their menu, and the waitress spoke a little English.

We rounded out the evening with a lovely lemon "sorbetto" which seems to be almost like a sherbet drink in this region of Italy, unlike the gelato/ice cream it was in Milan. Even though it wasn't what we were expecting, it was perfect!

The service was fantastic, and I loved hearing the owner singing along with the low-key Italian music playing in the background.

The decor was totally charming, although not fancy or pretentious at all.

We're probably going again tomorrow night, it...

Un'esperienza surreale. Siamo stati con il mio compagno qualche settimana fa in questo ristorante,veniamo accolti dal proprietario in modo garbato,locale carino,familiare e devo dire anche piacevole la musica di sottofondo..e fin qui tutto bene. Iniziamo ad ordinare,l'antipasto arriva freddo dopo pochi minuti,grigliata di crostacei super salata (riuscivi a sentire il sale tra i denti),ma il bello accade quando un tavolo poco distante da noi ordinano linguine all'astice,e il cliente chiede lo strumento per poter aprire le chele dell'astice ,arriva il proprietario che le dice..ma quale strumento...prende l'astice con le mani dal piatto della cliente e glielo spezza lui con le sue stesse mani,dopodiché lo riappoggia nel piatto della cliente e le dice..ecco ora può mangiarlo ho le mani pulite!(io scioccata). Proseguiamo la cena e mentre vediamo che la cameriera ritira i piatti con gli avanzi dai tavoli,il proprietario tende a spizzicare dagli avanzi dei clienti...non contento quando il cliente abbandona il locale dopo aver finito la cena,il gentil signor in questione,guarda se hanno avanzato del vino,se lo versa nel bicchiere e viaaaaaa se lo beve!!!. Ecco sicuramente questo non ci ha invogliato a tornare in questo locale...non lo consiglierei visto il comportamento inappropriato...per non parlare del conto che è meglio!! Caro gestore si dia una...

A very personal place to enjoy great hospitality, food and wine. I had dinner on my own as I was travelling for work from Australia and Nino and his staff made me feel very welcomed, despite the language barrier. Ask Nino (via whatever method of language) to put on his CD or play his guitar for you; I'm sure you would enjoy it as much as I did. Have dinner here to...