Osteria Oca Bianca In Pontremoli

A lunch, different dishes than usual.

Best pasta and wine I have had in town so far

A wonderful surprise, very high quality food, very kind staff. If you pass through Pontremoli, go to Oca bianca without hesitation.

While visiting Pontremoli, we discovered this place by chance. Excellent lunch, welcoming place, perfect service, honest price.

Nice welcoming environment, very kind staff. We are vegan and they offered us some very tasty alternatives. We'll be back! - You can eat Vegan here -

Sunday with the family.. Excellent starters, good first and second courses. Portions not small. The truffles that accompanied the dishes were not exceptional, but still within the norm. Adequate bill and excellent service. We will return.

Always new and good cuisine. Local products or not but always of quality. Then excellent welcome and service

Ottimo cibo, ambiente accogliente e ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo.

Antipasto composto da affettati, crostini con salsiccia, fiori di zucca fritti, torta d'erbi e con porro e patate, pane di farina di castagne... tutto molto buono, testarli con pesto niente di speciale, secondi piatti discreti. Personale molto gentile e disponibile.

Among my friends in Pontremoli, Osteria Oca Bianca is considered the best restaurant in town. First, make sure you have a reservation, second, be prepared for a disdain for tourists. To be certain, many tourists dash into Osterias in Italy, have a bowl of pasta, a glass of wine (or sometimes just water) and leave. This is not the style of Italians and in a smaller establishment one can understand that a foreign couple with an 11-year old will probably mean an abbreviated dinner, taking the seats that typical diners might otherwise occupy, and not a very large bill at the end of it all. So I understand slightly surly service and I will say anything I found lacking in politeness in the beginning was more than compensated for by the meal, which was absolutely delicious. An antipasto plate of local delicacies included perfectly fried squash blossoms, salami, and prosciutto, and was just the thing to start this culinary journey. Half liters of both red and white house wine matched perfectly. When in Pontremoli one must eat Testaroli with pesto, which I had for my second course, my wife and daughter having pasta and a vegetable soup. For our second course, which I think the wait staff were surprised that we wanted to order my wife had a well know local dish of egg and truffle, while my daughter and I devoured what was one of the best Bistecca alla Fiorentina that we had on our trip, which was accompanied by patate fritte. Cafe Corretto fishes the meal for me, and by the time we left we were on good terms with our server. If you go, take your time and be sure to get recommendations for the most local dishes, you won't be disappointed.