Mago del Pesce In Borgosesia

Too bad it will close from the 31st

We went for the first time for Christmas lunch with the fixed price menu of €42, including water, wine, dessert, sparkling wine and coffee. Seen from the outside, the restaurant is a bit anonymous and does not present itself well, it is on the ground floor of a 2-storey condominium, near the central area of ​​Borgosesia and a beautiful public park on the bank of the Sesia river. The free parking is on the main road or in the alley of the restaurant, but inside the place is very nice, large, clean and with many tables well spaced from each other and beautiful comfortable imitation leather chairs. There are 6 fish starters, good, well cooked and in medium-small doses, I didn't like the only gurnard marinated in vinegar. The first course was a generous dose of good orecchiette with swordfish, aubergines and taralli crumbled on top of it, the second was a good grilled prawn and a small slice of grilled sea bass, probably not fresh, which I didn't like. The fried calamari and a few prawns were very good, not greasy and well cooked, so much so that I requested an encore (free). For dessert, pieces of soft panettone were offered, with a flute of good prosecco sparkling wine, while for lunch they served a good still white wine and a slightly sparkling one at will, with still and sparkling purified mineral water and at the end there was A good coffee was offered. I must say that overall we really liked the food, with a good quality/price ratio, the environment and the fast and kind service of the owner's wife, who manages the kitchen, of his staff made up of his father and other 3 waitresses, always smiling and helpful….a good and deserved 4☆ 👏 There were 7 of us and we all finished lunch satisfied, full but in the right way, as even some of the dishes (pasta, octopus stewed with peas and mixed fried food) were good, plentiful and of unlimited quantity. We will definitely be back and I recommend it to anyone who likes good simple fish cuisine 👍

Excellent all fish food. Excellent price quality and good service

Good menu with delicious appetizers, 2 first courses, fried calamari and grilled meat

Il fritto più leggero di tutta la penisola Italiana. Non avrei mai pensato... Provare per credere... Negli ultimi tempi è un po' caruccio.

Dunque..... Uno degli antipasti ha avuto un grosso problema, si trattava di un mouse al nasello e ho trovato ben cinque spine, è pericoloso. Per quanto riguarda i primi, era stato chiesto uno solo riso, mentre hanno portato due primi da degustazione. Io non credo fosse complicato servire per una persona la degustazione, mentre per l'altra solo il risotto. Quando abbiamo fatto notare la cosa, all'atto di ordinazione, ci è stato fatto notare che potevamo dividerli noi. Così secondo la loro logica una avrebbe mangiato un piatto e mezzo di riso e l'altra mezzo piatto di pasta.... Nulla da dire sulla qualità della materia prima (le tre stelle sono per la qualità)