Restaurant Boccaccio — Restaurant in Groningen

What a great place to go to dinner too. We made reservations as we expected it to be busy on a Thursday night and it kinda was but the restaurant is set up nicely in a way that doesn't make it feel cramped at all.

Food: Absolutely love it. If you like Italian food, and not just pizza but actual Italian food, this is a lovely place to go to. We had some pane as a first plate, lovely bruschetta with roasted paprika and burrata and the secondia piatti (or the main dish) was a goat cheese pasta for me and a duck breast tomato pasta for my partner. The pasta is fresh and so delicious. I forgot to take a picture cause I just wanted to eat it. Finished up with a cannoli for dessert (see picture) that was absolutely mouthwatering. the portion sizes are just right and the price is really decent. Also they have an amazing wine menu which I sadly couldn't try out due to being pregnant so I will come back for that later.

Service: The staff is very friendly and helpful. They made me a virgin gin tonic and we're very helpful with figuring out which dishes were safe to eat.

Atmosphere: We had a lovely table in the corner. As a neurodivergent person going to restaurants can be quite exhausting even though I love going for dinners and trying new foods. I asked if we could be seated in a corner and we had the most quiet corner in the restaurant. The lighting is soft and there is nice music which isn't loud at all. I could easily focus on my food and my conversation with my partner without distraction. The people closest to us weren't even close due to the nice wide setup of the restaurant.

This was a great experience and we will definitely...

EATING HERE MAY END YOU UP IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE!

I had a very unpleasant experience in this restaurant to say the least. During our time here, we mentioned various times to the staff the severe nut allergy my sister suffers from. After every course, we confirmed with one of the waitresses that there were absolutely no nuts or traces of nuts in her meals and we were ensured there were not any. When dessert came, our waitress went to confirm with the cook again if there were no nuts in her apple pie. After eating one bite of dessert, almost immediately she had an allergic reaction. When returning to the kitchen, the cook confirmed there were almonds in there, after denying it contained nuts. Our evening ended up in the back of an ambulance. It is clear that it is completely unacceptable that a restaurant is so completely careless in serving their food, even when it is mentioned multiple times that someone suffers from a severe allergy. It was very possible that this evening could have ended up horribly wrong. We were still asked to pay a large sum of the meal, while at the same time my sister’s throat was closing up. I do have to say that our waitress was very helpful and almost as shaken up as we were. It was completely the fault of the careless kitchen staff. I highly recommend people to...

The food here is good, though it’s not what I’d call authentically Italian—but I actually enjoyed the twist they put on it. The antipasti, especially the selection of salami and cheese, were great, and the pappardelle was also delicious. The menu can be a bit confusing since they list items as antipasti that would be considered primi in Italy, and secondi that feel more like primi. This is because the antipasti, even when they’re more like primi, are served in smaller portions. The wine selection is decent, prices are fair, and the service is excellent.

Plus, the restaurant is tucked away in a beautiful little alley. If the weather’s nice, definitely ask to be seated outside—you...