Out of the 300 some reviews of restaurants I have made on Yelp, this place stands as my favorite place Yelp has ever led me to! It's non pretentious, inexpensive, and has some of the kindest, most genuine customer service I have ever experienced. I may have to write a novel to explain how I am truly in love with this place. They made us feel like family, not guests.
After a long day of traveling and finally settling into Greve, I was looking for a restaurant still open on a sleepy Monday night. This place showed up and off our group of 7 went. When we arrived at 9pm, we were the only people in the restaurant, which historically means it's crappy, right? No, not at this place. We got sat and quickly realized the place is owned by a sweet Italian couple who don't speak much English. My entitled American butt usually gets annoyed by this but the husband, who was also the waiter, really connected well with us, using jokes and other funny things to get over the language barrier. The funny thing is, the majority of our group spoke Russian and he was still able to get all our orders correctly while making us all laugh.
Over the course of our 3 trips here, we tried pretty much all the appetizers here. The caccoli was amazing and so was their flan. Of course, the mozerella and tomato salad was amazing as well, with the cheese being extremely fresh. Bruschetta was pretty good with the bread not being over toasted (like Americans always do). Their house wine was hands down some of the best in Italy, smelling like apples but tasting perfectly dry. For our meals, we also always tried a mix of things, from the steak, chicken, lasagna, seafood pasta, rissoto, spaghetti with meatballs, the boar ragu, and their special pasta that had a star next to it. The quality of ingredients here is so fresh and you know the wife chef is making everything with a little bit of Italian love. I could marry the lasagna if it was a person, with the amazing creamy cheese used inside and the non acidic tomato sauce on top. The meatballs had minimal fatty pieces and melt in your mouth. All their pasta in general is fresh and light on your stomach (impossible, right? It's carbs!) The boar ragu was such a hit, as the meat is tender and flavorful. Oh and how can you forget the dessert: chocolate cake, panna cotta, and tiramisu. Holy crap, I have never ever tasted such a decadent tiramisu in my life. If I died and went to heaven, I would hope it would be as crazy good as this tiramisu.
By the 3rd night, the owners were greeting us warmly at the door and ending the night with a round of shots for us all. We took a photo of all of us to commemorate and even brought them a gift before we left. This place feels like a home away from home with inexpensive Italian food to match. Don't miss out! read more