Ostreria Fratelli Pavesi In Podenzano

The tavern is a guarantee! Well-executed and satisfying dishes based on local products. Courteous and approachable service. Relaxing location, ideal for getting away from the chaos of the city. Both the pigeon bomb and the off-menu venison are excellent. Remarkable wine cellar. Super recommended!

Domenica a pranzo in una splendida giornata di sole. Già la location è da cartolina in una corte del 900 di una azienda agricola poi la simpatia e gentilezza del personale ci fanno presagire che passeremo una buona giornata. Quello che abbiamo scelto, a nostro giudizio, era tutto ottimo : dallo squisito pane e focaccia per passare ai salumi, al cervello di vitello fritto veramente eccezionale e il cappon magro di pesce di fiume. Poi i plin di coniglio e la loro meravigliosa bomba di riso. Infine la chicca finale : possibilità di mangiare i dolci e bere il caffè nei tavoli all'aperto vista la prima vera giornata di primavera. Il conto forse è un poi altino ma la qualità si paga e qui di qualità ce n'è veramente tanta. Sottolineo ancora la gentilezza del personale : bravissimi !

Ostreria Fratelli Pavesi, now an institution in the Piacenza area. Very nice location, with the possibility of eating outside, weather permitting. To start we wanted to try a platter of culatello and one of mortadella. It's difficult to find a culatello that melts in your mouth. Must try. A note of merit must be made for their offer of bread, focaccia and breadsticks, which from the beginning suggest the quality of the route that will be undertaken. We arrive at the much talked about Bomba di Riso, reserved during the booking phase. An external crust to give crunchiness, which encloses a creamy rice with mushrooms and pigeon, tasty and impactful. Expectations were met. Now let's move on to the dishes that were less convincing, the two great classics. The tortelli and the pisarei. The tortelli were lacking in flavour, vaguely bland, despite the addition of cheese. The pisarei, on the other hand, although creamy and well made, had an aroma that prevailed over everything, probably an excessive use of celery in the sauté. Everything else is top notch. The plin are amazing, among the most successful dishes. Very tender pork pluma with a good hint of embers. Well done fried brains. As for desserts: The trifle was nice and pleasant. The sbrisolona with zabaglione, however, was a good way to end in simplicity. Simplicity that the Piacenza area recalls, and that Ostreria Fratelli Pavesi manages to respect, adding its own mastery in the selection of products and in their execution, adapting them to a constantly evolving gastronomic reality. The evolution also follows higher costs than average, and unfortunately, in their case, a somewhat cold and not very explanatory service regarding the proposal of the dishes, especially considering their level. The same dishes which, however, will still make you go home happy to have been there.

Good food but some dishes could be improved.

The best wine list outside of Milan!

We were in passing speed. The convenient possibility of booking online in just a few steps and without a deposit. We ate the trio of cold cuts and the rice bomb. Of my own I would have tasted all the dishes in the kitchen because everything looked inviting. In my opinion, what we ate was delicious and special. Compliments also for the bread products, the furnishings and the mise en place with excellent quality glasses. I must say that it is the first time that I find the cover charge adequate even though it is not low in an absolute sense. I would happily go back again at a slower pace to try more dishes.

Fantastic place...I haven't eaten so well in years...sophisticated wines and impeccable service...BRAVI!!

Unforgettable experience. Excellent wine list. Courteous and accurate service.

In a homely environment inside a 19th century courtyard, traditional dishes from the Trebbia valley are served, reworked with ingredients and foods typical of the Piacenza area (see the pigeon in the rice bomb or the rabbit plin with veal brains). The wine list is not made for wine lovers but for those who love to experience excellent sensations in combinations with food. However, it is the culinary mood, which is so intriguing that it creates addiction to this cuisine.

Un ottimo ristorante, con prodotti di qualità lavorati in modo "diverso" dalle tradizioni locali. Cantina davvero super. Unico neo, i camerieri giovanissimi, forse in stage? che risultano abbastanza impacciati e non sanno dare risposte convincenti sulle portate. Conto adeguato alla, qualità delle portate.