Due Cigni In Montecosaro

We celebrated our silver wedding anniversary here. The service was incredible, the food delicious, and the atmosphere was as if we had been enchanted. The chef, Rosaria, is very talented and exudes a wonderful sense of calm. Simply fantastic.

In the small hamlet of Montecosaro Scalo, this place offered us an incredible experience of class and taste. The menu draws on the culinary and cultural roots of the area, with refined yet simple presentation. Among the best first courses we've ever tasted, without euphemisms. The place also includes a function room and a wine bar, offering options for enjoying the excellent offerings. The host is exceptionally gracious and kind, which further enhanced our experience.

Excellent quality, more than sufficient quantity with a small menu, and they bring you a surprise entree, pre-dessert, and 5 more dessert samples with coffee. The waiter was very kind and the chef was fantastic. It's impossible to find a negative. The prices are average, but low when compared to the quality of the food and service. Very nice location with ample parking.

This restaurant is an incredible pearl! The entrance to the very modern dining area is hidden from the street, something that should perhaps be better indicated to attract more clients. However, the location is such that only people that are intimate with the restaurant will end up dining here, or perhaps those who read this review. And a magnificent experience it is. We were a table of 4 with two kids and ended up for a lunch with only one other table of clients. We were served appetizers as would be expected in a Michelin rated restaurant, not in a traditional Italian restaurant. The service was delightfully relaxed and pleasant. Prices for the menu are very low and are paid by course, you can choose any plate from the menu instead of a typically much more limited choice. And what a delight the food was. As it is a buon ricordo restaurant (only one in Le Marche) they serve a traditional dish on a specially designed plate, in this case a traditional lasagna with a recipe dating back centuries from before tomatoes were used. Instead they presented a cardamom spiced meat lasagna, with an abundance of truffle. Very unexpected indeed. The female chef came to greet us afterwards and was visibly emotional when she heard we had had a great time and we greatly enjoyed the food. A lady as kind as the sympathetic waiter. Last note about the wine list: I was blown away. I found entries I would only expect to find in a three star restaurant. The wines were very reasonably priced, even for Italian standards. We ended up visiting the cellar with said waiter, which was a nice ending to an incredible meal. We were told the chef was not only an experienced sommelier but also one of first female sommeliers in the region. That would explain a lot, although even then not often does one see a bottle of Romanée-Conti up close! I except to experience great food in Italy, but this was unforgettable and in many ways even somewhat unexpected.

Un locale per gustare i sapori di un tempo e del territorio con un accostamento alla raffinatezza nella preparazione con sapori nuovi e ricercati.

Passing through during a trip to the villages of the Macerata hinterland, we stopped for lunch in the Due Cigni restaurant. We had a more than good time, in terms of environment (clean, bright, elegant), in terms of food (traditional dishes revisited just enough to make them special), in terms of economic treatment (excellent quality/price ratio) and finally in terms of hospitality and customer care (a waiter who welcomes, explains, brings to the table with attention and a smile and a joke that never hurts). If we were to be in the area, we would happily return.