La Brughiera In Almè

We dined with the Gourmantico initiative. No complaints about the food, which was good quality. However, the service and experience weren't up to the level of a high-end restaurant, as one would expect from a Michelin-starred restaurant. The presentation of the dishes was minimal, and the service was rushed and at times crude. The feeling is that the Gourmantico initiative doesn't give the same level of customer care. It's a shame, because reputation depends on these things.

It's a wonderful place to be said

An amazing taste-sensory experience Lucianaincucina's words, the video on social media 🤫

A very beautiful place with a romantic atmosphere. We ordered two tasting menus. The leek dish was a truly incredible invention. The cappelletti, lobster, and Crespella were also excellent. Excellent service!

I have been there many times both with the à la carte menu and with the gourmet initiative, the choice, the quality and the service remain the same. The atmosphere is warm and very welcoming and does not need reviews, for years a restaurant that never disappoints.

A delightfully discovered restaurant through an acquaintance. We had a great time, opting for the à la carte menu and choosing lobster in BBQ sauce, which was simply divine and beautifully presented by the chef. We then opted for their risotto alla Milanese with bone marrow, which was expertly executed in terms of cooking, flavor, and presentation, thanks again to the chef, who explained the dish to us in detail! We finished with a cheese selection and dessert. Their small pastries were also very good, which ended on a high note! The price was only 20% higher than the correct one.

I had an experience with Gormatico. I can't say enough good things about it. Thanks to the restaurant for giving me this opportunity.

My favorite restaurant, new chef but traditional dishes always excellent, inimitable zola pumpkin and ginger

An unforgettable experience. An enchanting location, refined, thoughtful, and attentive to detail.

Sometimes we Milanese struggle to imagine leaving the city for high-quality food and wine experiences, because we think about the distances and travel times... but everything is extremely relative in our Milan. In fact, in the same time it would take you from one suburb to the other, you can easily reach a town like Villa d'Almè, where this Michelin-starred restaurant is located in the province of Bergamo. The choice could not have been more perfect! A truly beautiful location, both externally, which we could only guess at since it was already dark, but above all internally: that elegance, refinement, care, and warmth that only provincial places can provide. This is Osteria della Brughiera: a truly well-kept villa, with several beautifully furnished rooms, with a piano, paintings, candelabras, vases, and flowers that enhance the atmosphere and ennoble the experience. Obviously, we're here for dinner, and it doesn't start off entirely appropriately: we're just a few kilometers from Franciacorta, and we feel like we're catching the dining room staff a bit off guard when we ask for a local bubbly as an aperitif instead of their Champagne! But I say, having traveled with my wife to various parts of France, we've never been offered a non-local bubbly in that country. I ask, is it possible, just a few kilometers from Franciacorta, to be offered Champagne as the first option? Think about it, folks, think about it! This impasse aside, the dinner proceeds truly excellently, at times superlatively. The aperitif is a Franciacorta sparkling wine, a pure Chardonnay. For dinner, we opted for an à la carte menu, and after a series of exquisite mousse bouche, we began our journey. I opted for a dish that intrigued me greatly, a Slow Food Presidium from the South: Acquaviva red onion stuffed with porcini mushrooms and gratinated with Comté cheese, accompanied by a puff pastry filled with porcini mushrooms and crispy onion. The onion was divinely prepared and brought to mind French onion soup revisited with Comté cheese. I would have a point about the provenance of the porcini mushrooms: a restaurant of this caliber can, indeed, must, use top-quality ingredients, in this case porcini mushrooms from the Borgotaro area, but these were not from there. Regardless, the dish was exquisite. My wife had some very fresh grilled Ligurian scampi, which were perhaps a tad overcooked. We then arrive at the dish that we unanimously declared worthy of a standing ovation, perhaps the dish of the year so far! Cappelletti stuffed with pumpkin, gorgonzola, and ginger, presented unseasoned in a row along a napkin, to be dipped individually in the gorgonzola, pumpkin, and ginger sauce. Both the flavor and the truly ingenious presentation were fantastic. I then proceeded with two main courses: the first was an exceptional Lucanian lamb with its arrosticini with crusco powder, and I finished with a wonderful polenta pasticciata with porcini mushrooms and abundant white truffle. The truffle was excellent, but the porcini mushrooms were a bit less so, as they didn't stand out in either this dish or the appetizer. I recommend leaving the Alps behind and going fishing in the Apennines near Borgotaro and Cerreto Alpi! The service was excellent, and the wine that accompanied us for the evening was quite impressive: a Maurizio Zanella 2019 from Cà del Bosco, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot. Just one piece of heartfelt advice: let's forget about pointless French "reverezes," which are out of place and unnecessary. Why suggest Champagne as an aperitif? We're just a few kilometers from Franciacorta! Even if we were in Palermo! The Camillucci Anthologie Blanc vintage, 100% Chardonnay, is excellent. And again: why describe cappelletti "à la bourguignonne" on the menu? We're talking about pasta...let's forget about France!