La fame - vineria e cucina — Restaurant in Perugia

A dark Sunday night in Perugia. Early September. You’re walking through the medieval alleys, looking for some light. Suddenly you hear celestial sound; notes from heaven. Oh, here it is! La fame. A beating heart of Perugia and an absolute must-visit for jazz enthusiasts. You’re sitting down next to a pianist, you order a drink, and you feel alive. Can be experienced alone, however we recommend sharing this frequency with someone dear to your heart. Be that your mom, your drug dealer or your long lost friend from university that you made out with at graduation and reconnected after 3 years and now you’re exchanging emails and bodily fluids and you decided to come to Italy to experience the last scampoli d’estate. It starts to rain, but you barely notice it, because you forgot that there is a world outside of La Fame. The musicians wish you buonanotte, and they leave. But the magic stays. The owner puts on Fever by Patti Labelle, pours you a glass of bourbon and everything feels like a fever dream. The hungover despair which haunted me for the next day, made me question a lot. No doubts about...

The man behind the bar was absolutely horrid. We’d gotten there 6 minutes after our reservation time and he had a different time on his phone and seemed to be very annoyed even though the restaurant was pretty much empty. He barely looked at us when talking to us. My partner ordered a risotto which was nice, but I ordered the gnocchi and red shrimp- there was about 1 shrimp cut into 3 pieces and the food was soggy and so bland. The only saving grace was the bread I was given to mop up the sloppy remains. It was SO overpriced and we had a rubbish experience, and the man for some reason came to shout ciao out of the door as we left despite having ignored us the entire time we were inside. The one star however is for the waitress, however, who was...

Found this place on a walk round Perugia and 1st night had some wine. The owner was so friendly and there was a guitarist singing. Loved the atmosphere so booked a table for the next night to eat. I wasn't sure of the menu but was described each dish we were interested in. We had meatballs (best I've tasted) and deep fried zucchini flowers as a sharing starter, I then had tortellini stuffed with duck and Berry puree and salted caramel sauce followed by chocolate covered hazelnut bomb. The food and the wine was exceptional. This time there was a pianist playing and the atmosphere was so good. Felt like we could sit and chill the whole night. Cannot recommend it enough and if I'm back in perugia I will definitely...