Osteria Al Cavaliere In Montecchio emilia

This is our second time here, having been in Montecchio for a short break. Welcoming place. Excellent food, traditional products, and dishes from the wonderful Emilia region. Excellent, very friendly service.

Bellisimo! What an incredible lunch we had here! Every course was absolutely perfect

Absolutely sensational — we had the tartar, the gnocchi and the steak. All were beyond perfect. Some of our best food in Italy!

Excellent lunch. The menu features excellent, expertly prepared ingredients. Service is always attentive but not intrusive. The atmosphere is welcoming and intimate.

Welcoming and intimate atmosphere, rustic and refined setting. High-quality food, excellent hams and cured meats! Friendly and knowledgeable staff, fast service. It's worth going even just for a plate of gnocchi and cured meats!!! AMAZING!! Congratulations!!!

If you want to eat well, with convenient parking and surrounded by greenery without any noise, this is definitely the place for you. For us, it's more than just a restaurant; it's an institution and a school of taste. Chef Paolo has commendable knowledge and skill. The cuisine is definitely worth trying, and you'll definitely be back. I'm giving it a 5 because it's the best; otherwise, I'd have given it more.

Nice and quiet place in the countryside, with outdoor tables. Good food and good service.

Kind and helpful staff, excellent food! I recommend the Florentine steak, because from them, it's really worth it!!

"You don’t come here to eat. You come to remember what eating means.” Along the winding backroads between Parma and Reggio Emilia—where the morning mist still smells of freshly drawn milk and the hills tell stories of prosciutto and soul-warmed memories—there’s an osteria that seems lifted straight from a Guareschi tale. A modest sign. In historical Montecchio in Emilia. And inside… the truest Italy. Here, tradition isn’t a word on the menu — it’s an act of love. Every dish is handmade, just like it used to be. But served with a grace that rivals any Michelin-starred table: herb-filled tortelli and aged Parmigiano that melts like a whispered secret, anolini in broth whose rich aroma embraces you, hand-rolled tagliatelle dressed in a slow-stewed ragù, the kind that unfolds like a well-told story. The culatello? Sliced thin as a sigh, paired with golden gnocco fritto — light as a cloud. And the Lambrusco — served chilled, lively, with a rustic yet noble character — tells the story of this land better than any guidebook. The wine cellar had a thick book if Lambrusco is not your wine. The service is familial, yet flawless. A sincere smile, a whispered recommendation, a grandfather’s anecdote that becomes part of your meal. And time, in there, simply stops running.

I haven't eaten this well in a long time!! Really, it was a taste experience and more: the most surprising thing was the dishes, cooked impeccably, from cooking to seasoning; there is an excellent wine list; the manager is very friendly; the service is fast; the mise en place smacks of family history; then cleanliness, order and total compliance with health and legal regulations for the management of a business. The restaurant is housed in an old stable, welcoming and with an ancient, but at the same time modern, flavor. Coming to the dishes, I mention the tortelli in particular, which had a thin and delicate puff pastry like I've never eaten and a very delicate filling that was at the same time flavored with local herbs; then the braised meat, which melted in your mouth. It was so good that a table next to us, who had previously been talking about football, started talking about braised meat when they tasted it! Here, not many dishes, not particularly innovative or gourmet, but based exclusively on local products of the highest quality and treated in a superb manner. Thank you for this fantastic experience