Osteria Francescana In Modena

Incredible experience. I don't want to say. Why? Because it's better for your experience. Go, once in a lifetime. This is the sign you were waiting for if you had doubts and you can go.

My husband & I visited Osteria Francescana on September 2024, it has been a dream of ours as we continue to travel around the world and visit renowned restaurants. First, it was not an easy task to get a reservation. Second, we came in a season where the menu was representative of different parts of the world & it was different but beautifully crafted. We did not opt for the wine pairing, but we were recommended amazing glasses of wine. Ambience and service was very pleasant and the highlight was Chef Massimo making his was around to say hello to the tables. Modena is beautiful and I recommend you spend a day there as well.

Fantastic experience, the restaurant is very elegant, and offers a wise taste of Italian mastery and creativity. Great quantity of food, in the tasting menu. The price is high, but from a 3 Michelin star you can't expect less.

A true Italian excellence. Attention and dedication to one's work in a relaxed, formal but not excessive atmosphere. An unmissable gem at least once in a lifetime

Outstanding outstanding outstanding

A fantastic experience, from the first to the last course. Exceptional raw materials and impeccable service. Unfortunately, an American lady tried to ruin the moment with non-existent complaints about the food (she defined the panettone as simple "bread"), but fortunately from tomorrow she will be able to go back to eating hamburgers and pickles comfortably in American fast food restaurants. As they say, pearls before swine 🐷 The service guys were exceptional in not losing patience and in making the environment livable, without getting upset. A big round of applause to you!

A simply incredible place, a true work of art. The dedication to preparation, food selection, ingredients, and presentation is extraordinary. It's definitely worth a visit just to taste the dishes. Personally, although none of them blew my mind, the experience was like enjoying a deep house song or contemplating a Monet painting: excellent and relaxing, but without reaching that moment that breaks your boundaries, like a dish that leaves you speechless or a Pollock painting with its intensity. Eating here is like being part of an explosion of art. Impeccable.

The meal was decent but didn’t live up to expectations as we were expecting to be blown away. Maybe we were unlucky as this menu was meant to be cheap items cooked well, interesting concept but when you’re charging 350 they actually have to be done well and they generally weren’t. The Jazz duck dish was the only dish that was exceptional and we liked the honey dessert but everything else was just ok, not particularly tasty or memorable. There were a few dishes with similar flavour (lots of herb oil) and both pasta dishes were thoroughly disappointing. They were just cheap and mediocre. There were too many desserts to savory options on the menu. The venue was like a standard fine dining restaurant, nothing special or unexpected and the service, while thorough, was rather cold. I also expected more of a surprise as this had been put on the menu, but it was just another too sweet dessert.

La vita è quello che ti succede tra prima e dopo aver provato l’Osteria Francescana. L’esperienza culinaria migliore della nostra esistenza,lo dico senza problemi. Onorati di aver “bagnato” il trentesimo anniversario dalla nascita del sogno realizzato da un genio assoluto di nome Massimo Bottura,abbiamo scelto senza esitazione il menù “Globale” con abbinamento dei vini proposti. Un percorso sensazionale,con l’idea di far percorrere il mondo ai commensali rimanendo però alle tradizioni del territorio emiliano. Non riesco nemmeno a dire quale sia stato il nostro piatto preferito dei quindici proposti perché tutti rappresentavano la perfezione,vi confesso senza alcuna vergogna che mi sono emozionato per la prima volta in vita mia dentro ad un ristorante. Una qualità,un’eleganza,un servizio impeccabile,una preparazione ed una passione smisurata portate nel piatto,tra vent’anni non mi ricorderò quanto abbiamo speso ma quanto ci siamo emozionati nel poter vivere un percorso simile. SIETE FANTASTICI,GRAZIE PER SEMPRE!

Koop je een kaartje voor het theater om je favoriete artiest te zien op treden. En dan is hij (24 september) er niet. Een collega neemt het dan over. Dat was ook het geval met ons. Kopen we 1 jaar van te voren een entreebewijs om binnen te mogen komen en reizen dan vanuit Nederland helemaal af naar Italië (Modena) om de grote Chef te ontmoeten. En dan is hij er niet, zit in Amerika wordt gezegd. Dat voelt toch niet helemaal fijn……. Enfin, we kwamen natuurlijk ook voor de heerlijke gerechten. Dit restaurant is tenslotte ooit nummer 1 van de wereld geweest en met ons vergelijkingsmateriaal van andere toprestaurants wilden we dat wel eens vergelijken. Normaal schrijf ik uitgebreide recensies, zie Tripadvisor, dit keer heb ik daar gezien het bovenstaande geen zin in. Het menu had als titel meegekregen Think Green & East meets West. Natuurlijk is het eten meer dan uitstekend en dat geldt ook voor de bijpassende wijnen. Maar dat mag dan ook wel voor dat geld. De ambiance is rustig en de ruimtes zijn mooi restylet. Zeer vriendelijke bediening. Het gekke is dat de andere locatie, Casa Maria Luigia, voor ons meer bijzonder is geweest. Met onze vrienden hebben we een gezellige middag gehad.