Trattoria Artusi — Restaurant in Renkum

Trattoria Artusi is located in the Bilderberg hotel in Oosterbeek. The location is stunning, beautiful hotel surrounded by nature and plenty of free parking spaces. The restaurant has a good ambiance, comfortable seats and excellent lighting. The service is good, well trained waiters with knowledge of etiquette's.

Apart from the name, the delicious Italian wines and some pasta and risotto dish on the menu, I'm sorry to say that there is nothing Italian about the menu. The Caprese salad was lacking of taste. When placing this salad on your menu, you have to make sure that you buy the mozzarella di bufala and that it has taste. The tomatoes tasted like water. Surprisingly it was topped of with a dressing off pesto (it seemed) which didn't have any taste either. Adding a little bit of fresh garlic and fresh basil leaves can make a big difference. My partner had the tournedos, which was divine, but also here: if you place the tournedos on a bed of rucola topped of with fresh (tasteful) cherry tomatoes and thin slices of parmesan cheese, it completely changes the dish (in a good way) and makes it more Italian. The dessert list was ok, what could be added is a chocolate dessert.

I hope that you will accept my feedback in a positive way and see it as a learning curve for the future. Of course I'm not a Chef but I am Italian and have many years of experience in cooking real, authentic, Italian dishes. In case you need other advice on the Italian kitchen, don't hesitate to let me know.

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There is nothing special for the price. They told us that was like a real Italian trattoria. It was nothing like being in Italy. Overpriced wines, for a 9 euro wine glass, you expect more information about the wine and help to pair it with food. The main dishes were okay, but nothing special. The tiramisu was horrible. The biscuits were dry, and the cream lacked taste. It was worse than a...

i was sitting outside apparently they do not serve outside although i asked several times very unusual unpolite staff...