Lovely place in Alba. Nice lunch special. Air conditioning inside. Good service. Food is authentic…read more We sat outside and enjoyed the ambiance of the culture of Italy

Food was amazing as well as the wine and service. It was a gorgeous fall day and we sat outside…read morewhich was pleasant. Happy to have a table as the town is packed with truffle festival people. Reserved in advance but got the last table available. Started with a bite of a carrot curry puree and some taralu and bread. I chose a white truffle pasta dish and veal. Both were perfect.

Antica Torre is a small intimate Italian Trattatoria restaurant located at the foot of the…read moreBarbaresco Tower in Barbaresco, Italy, one block from Gaya. The kitchen is run by the owner who serves the dishes herself along side her staff; she makes the best Angolotti del plin in the Region, as well as delicious beef tartar, vitello tonnato, and tarajin pasta in a ragu. Of course you can find all the great wines of the Piedmont Region on the wine list. You will not find many tourists here; mostly locals. This is a restaurant not to be missed. Reservations required. Highly recommended.

"Mystic Kingdoms of Wine - Antica Torre, Barbaresco"…read more I use the Mystic Kingdoms of Wine term to refer to places that combine wine production facilities with first class hotel and restaurant. Although this is not strictly the case of Antica Torre, it is located one block from the Gaja winery and is sorrounded by the Barbaresco vineyard hills. Great local wine selection, very good food an service, nice atmosphere.

Excellent small restaurant ambiance, great authentic food and superior service despite being busy…read moreevery night.

Our hotel owner recommended this place to us on a Monday saying it was good, local food. They…read moreopened at 7:30 and we arrived at 7:15 on a raining evening. The door was open and we poked our heads in to ask if they had any open reservations. The owner told us to come in and stay, that they were pretty busy with reservations but he had a couple seats open and with the weather we shouldn't go back out. He wasn't wrong, by 7:40 the place was basically full. A couple of individuals wandered in and he did his best to create a communal table to serve them. When we arrived one waiter was still hand writing the menus for the day and the owner was busy readying the wine selection. They brought us a menu, the waiter spoke English and was able to describe the 10 things on the rough menu. When we asked if they had rabbit he jokingly remarked 'no, none were running around the place today'. We opted for a 1/2 bottle of barolo, a portion of tajarin ragú (spaghetti with meat sauce), Milanese and brasato (traditional stewed veal). As per norm plenty of bread was served. The entrees came with sautéed vegetables. The brasato was good, meat was soft and flavorful and sitting at this long, wooden, communal table I could completely envision eating this as a traditional dish. The tajarin was perfect for my taste. It was not sauce heavy so if you prefer a meat sauce like that this is not for you. I loved how the homemade spaghetti and the meat really stood out with a very small amount of sauce to bind the two. The Milanese was great. Pounded thin and pan fried in butter, the flavor was tremendous. Living in Italy could really make me like veal! We did not get dessert but the waiter brought us some local appertif to try. It was very sweet but with bitters, an interesting mix. People watching in this place was great. I got a lot of amusement out of it and it was just the sort of place I was looking for in Italy. A place where people gather, are loud, laugh and enjoy home cooked food without frills.

We visited with Culture Discovery Vacations. Our itinerary had us getting a local pizza. When we…read morepulled up to a castle, we began scratching our heads. As we walked down the steps to the alfresco dining area, we were blown away. The food and wine were very good. The atmosphere was tremendous.

Buona pizzeria sita nel complesso del Castello di Magliano Alfieri. Ampia scelta di pizze, tutto…read moresommato buone e realizzate con ingredienti di prima scelta. Abbastanza veloce e cordiale il servizio. Bella la location, molto bella la vista sulle Langhe che si gode dai tavoli all'aperto della pizzeria

First day on the visit to Alba. Needed to find a place to eat on a short notice. And given that…read moreit was a Tuesday night not everyone was open (Understandable not a busy night). Came here because of convenience and weren't disappointed one bit. Food is top notch and local wines including Barolos, and Barbarescos are amazing. Ordered a truffle tasting menu with the Usual Fassona Tartare and Gnocchi, everything was so wonderful even with summer truffle not being as fragrant as the fall ones. The dining room is located below street level adding to the Name and ambiance with wines lining up along the wall all of that and great service make for a wonderful dining experience.

Best of the best! restaurants in Alba CN. Strongly recommended. Amazing food quality and service!read more

Amazing place, food and service is top. No fanciness just honest good products well prepared and…read moreoutstanding service. Small, curated wine list. Lovely.

What a spectacular osteria! I knew from previewing the menu that this was the place for an…read moreauthentic Piemontese food experience. It's rustic, charming, and just as it should be for a cozy osteria. Make your reservations, though. I was turned away the first night, got smart and booked the next day. What a treat! I was traveling alone, and the very kind, helpful, informative server (and part owner I believe) made sure I had the best experience. He was patient and took time to visit with me about the menu, answer any questions, and just make me feel like I had a new friend. The food was of excellent quality; I enjoyed it so much. His wine recommendations were excellent, too, and I was even gifted with a glass of a fabulous local dessert wine to accompany my "bunet" dessert. Overall probably the best dining experience of my 9 days traveling solo. Hopefully I can return here again with my husband in tow!

O.M.G you HAVE to try this pizza there's plenty options for you to choose from, spicy, non spicy,…read morepesto, they are all EXCELLENT! We ordered FraDiavolo, Torna Pesto, and Cotto, and they were all great! We also ordered Apperol Spritz and the dessert of the day which was a Panna Cotta Cheesecake

On point, traditional Piemontese fare, exactly what we wanted , just a few steps away from Piazza…read moreFerrero and the statue of Alba.

The first day we tried to come for lunch, they were fully booked. However, our hotel was able to…read morehelp us reserve a table for 2 for lunch the following day. When you walk in, you notice that there's a grano padano cheese cart - I saw other people asking for some, so I did, too, and they gave me a nice chunk to nibble on. They spoke essentially no English, but we got by ok. It made me feel like it was more authentic (no English menu either). House wine was cheap - €6 for a 1/2 L; water was €3 for 750 ml. We decided to focus on pastas (€10 each): they all came in skillets, and this helped keep them warm. Portions were generous. - Gnocchi with castamagno and walnuts: I had never had castamagno until coming to Alba. It made for a nice creamy cheesy sauce. It would have been good with some black pepper - Tajerin with black truffles: probably my favorite. It's amazing to me that the pastas are so well sauced that each noodle is coated, but there's not a pool of sauce on the bottom - Fettuccini with boar and porcini: good flavor, but I still preferred the tajerin In the end, we finished with espressos, and they came by chopping off some pieces of chocolate and hazelnut for us to try. There were only around 10 tables, so definitely make a reservation. Bonus: clean bathrooms. Credit cards accepted. For two of us for lunch, it ended up being €46. I would definitely come back for some very reasonably priced comfort food pasta.

We enjoyed a nice lunch at this hillside restaurant located in the Barbaresco wine district on a…read moreFriday in July. We were in the area with a guide tasting some wine and it's was time for lunch. They've got a beautiful Terrace overlooking the Vineyards with a great view. To start we enjoyed a plate of wonderful burrata with delightfully shaved Parma ham. We each chose a pasta for our main course-me the thin spaghetti with rich and flavorful meat sauce and my wife ordered the tiny hand-pinched pasta in butter with a generous shaving of black truffle. Both were delicious. The star of the meal was the setting on a beautiful Terrace overlooking the vineyards. It was very special. Recommended

We had a reservation on Saturday based on a recommendation of a close friend. When we arrived the…read morestaff was very friendly but then it went down hill from that point forward. We order a local wine which we had tasted only an hour earlier. We were a table of five and three of us ordered there three course menu and others order only two courses. The staff could not figure out that they should have kept the menue in the same order for everyone, first the appetisers, followed by thesecond course then main. What happened was they brought the appetiser for three and the second course for others which through off the schedule and appeared to have significantly delayed one main for one of us. In short the main course showed up so late two people had to leave the table because they were being eaten by mosquitoes while two of us had two wait for their main. If the poor serves was not bad enough when a second bottle of the local wine was requested they only then informed us they did not have another bottle. One would have thought that with a table of five guest they would have informed the table when they brought us the first bottle that they did not have any more in stock and that if we planned to have two bottle we may want to make another selection. When I raised my concern with the service, late service of the main for the final two guest with the manager she simply did not want to hear the issues and proceed my credit card with no remorse. We will never return to the restaurant and I will be more than happy to post about the poor attitude of the manager. The other issues would have been forgiven but the managers attitude and lack of apology simple cant be overlooked.