Osteria della Fragoletta In Mantova

15/07/2025: I went for dinner thanks to the recommendation of the agriturismo where I was staying... a truly unique place, the food is really good and plentiful... there were two of us and we shared each dish because the portions were truly enormous. The staff were really friendly and efficient, and the wait was very short despite the number of people in the restaurant. I'm already thinking about going back and bringing my kids too.

13/07/2025: A top-notch cuisine! Delicious and plentiful dishes. Then there was a problem. We knew, from friends, that the portions are generous, so we ordered a few appetizers and a few first courses as samples (there were 12 of us), because we wanted to try a little bit of everything. Then nothing happened until over an hour and a half later: we ordered more wine (7 times) and they never brought it, we called for second courses (more than once again) and no one ever showed; and so on until around 11:30 PM when, tired of waiting, one of us literally went to fetch a waiter and brought him to the table so we could at least order dessert (which we managed to eat, even though it was late). So... On the placemats I saw that it said "staff wanted." So I say: if you're short on staff, why do you take so many reservations if you can't keep them happy? Everyone is free to make their own choices, but this, in my opinion, is shooting themselves in the foot. That said, I'd still like to add that the two guys who came to take our orders (both the one at the beginning and the one we picked up) were very kind and even friendly.