Caffe Barriera Cavour In Cesena

08/04/2025: The best tagliatelle, the best ravioli and the best pizza in Romagna. Thanks for existing

05/04/2025: Saturday evening, family meal for six. We arrive at 7.30pm and the place is strangely empty. We sit there thinking, “Oh, how lucky we are!” Spoiler: it wasn't. Half an hour later and the place turns into an infernal bedlam, with a volume that doesn't even match the fish market. We order, we wait, we sweat. At 8.45pm – when we had already considered munching on the napkin – the pizzas finally arrive. Luckily they were good, otherwise the drama would have been complete. My intrepid father goes for the classic: tagliatelle with meat sauce. He receives some tagliolini (surprise!) with a quantity of ragù that to define as symbolic is to pay him a compliment. More than a first, an optical illusion. Meanwhile, the heat was Finnish sauna-like, but without scented wood or detox benefits. No trace of working air conditioning. The confusing staff, with the look of someone who lost control hours earlier but continues to feign optimism. The bill is certainly convenient (around €16 per person), but the wait, the heat and the noise are truly critical points.