Osteria Numero 2 In Bigarello

08/01/2025: Restaurant where everything is top notch: location, food, drinks, service,...truly an experience to live!

05/01/2025: I confess that I ended up at the swan by mistake ☺️. I was looking for a typical and simple place for a frugal dinner before going to sleep in the hotel. I had chosen it by reading the menu found on Google, which however belonged to the previous management from a few months earlier. We found a sophisticated and high-level restaurant. Almost twice as expensive as our plans, but ultimately a very pleasant surprise. I would say velvety, almost fairy-tale atmosphere. Few people in each room, large table and meticulous details. The cutlery with elegant and classic shapes, the ceramics perfect for holding different dishes, the graceful glasses, the cutlery holder in smooth walnut, the painted Victorian sugar bowls, the cheese bowl with decorated lid and handles, the biscuit stand in worked glass and faded silver, the long thick cotton tablecloth, the napkin with the hemstitch, I also loved the cup and the thin teaspoon. The impression was that everything was the result of a choice guided by a concern for pleasure, nothing over the top or out of place, nothing venal or calculated to capture the wealthy and sophisticated customer. Just the pleasure of creating a lovely environment. Delicious dishes prepared with creative care. Initially I felt a mixed feeling between embarrassment and ridicule for the situation I had put myself in, I had chosen the place despite my son wanting the usual hamburger and my husband the beer bar. The very sweet and elegant service took away my sense of awkwardness and transformed a mistake into an unexpected pleasure. If I may allow myself a small note, it is the paintings, which I often observe in a somewhat obsessive way. There were several works of great value, but not suited in taste to the venue and the city of Mantegna. In summary I would say a pleasant surprise.