Osteria Bartolini In Bologna

Staff is not tourist friendly. Food is very blant and basic. The platter of fried seafood was really oily with not much taste or variance, but the plate was big, easily shareable in 2. Risotto is not much special than a tin of tomatoes with overboiled rice. The grilled squid & shrimp was tasteless. Taglione with white fish ragu was good but not great.

A nice restaurant for fish lovers, with a lovely garden area. Not all dishes are equal: I found the risotto to be good but nothing special, for that price you should get the boneless fried fish, which is exquisite! The tuna steak is also good. It can get quite busy for dinner service, so definetly make a reservation if possible.

We had kind of high expectations for a Michelin rated restaurant but we were super disappointed. The garden outside was fully booked so we went inside. They do not offer appetizers and neither aperitifs. The fish was fried and had no special or interesting taste. The pasta was medium. The service slow. Not recommended.

Lovely place, impeccable service, excellent food

Came here because of the Michelin recommendation, nice atmosphere ok service. Started with oysters and got a tuna tartare and sahimi, the oysters were very good and large, the fish very fresh. We tried the sautéed sardines in olive oil and lemon, tasted like boiled fish and were served a large portion with only a slice of bread. Tasteless and unfortunately not something I recommend. The skewer with grilled shrimp and squid was the best of what we ate, however, I have eaten better in other places. We also tried mixed fried fish and squid, good but again tasteless and after a few bites you got very tired of the same flavors. The service was okay but I had expected a little more, having the dishes presented when served is for example something I expect but did not get here, even though the sashimi and tuna were not specified on the menu. Do not recommend going here, you can definitely find better fish and seafood than this at a better price.

Beautiful place. Honestly, the service was a bit poor... I won't go into details to avoid bothering the staff, but you expect more from a place like this. The dishes... Nothing special, nothing special. They don't make you say "Wow!" The fried food was well done, but tasteless and with tons of bones... The customers next to us complained about the same things, and they also ordered a terrible wine that the staff highly recommended. Luckily, we didn't choose it. I'm sorry, but we didn't like it and won't be back.

Very nice restaurant, average food

Alas, a total disappointment. The tagliolini with white ragù was sad, as, in addition to the lack of a sauce that would bind the fish and pasta, the taste was quite bland. The second course was a nice, plentiful mixed fried fish dish, but a bit salty and mostly comprised of unidentified white fish and a few shrimp. For €45, I think you could do better. A very beautiful location and a stunning century-old plane tree.

I had the grilled shrimps and calamari, it was nice but needed some sauce. The waitor was not nice. Except for the beautiful tree garden, nothing special

Great service and atmosphere, thank you all