Pinocchio In Borgomanero

I found an ideal environment to share a lunch: well-spaced tables, excellent food, a well-stocked cellar that offers a wide choice, punctual and discreet service. An experience to be repeated for sure.

Birthday party with buffet in a private room, good quality and variety, courtesy, dedicated service in the room.

The chef is cool, I recommend 👌🏻

Very charming, elevated but classic northern piemontese Italian cuisine, family owned and operated for years. Panissa and zabaglione were particularly exceptional. Having a drink after dinner by the fireplace was lovely on a cold rainy night.

We went here for dinner this evening with a group of 15 people, there was a separate room with a cozy atmosphere. The reception from the boss was very friendly and she was waiting for us at the door. We had a great evening with excellent, high quality Piedmontese food prepared with a lot of love. We can only recommend this restaurant. There is enough parking space and we were able to park very easily even with the coach. You are also very welcome as a bus driver and there is food for them too, very commendable, thank you.

Fantastic food, wine cellar of true connoisseurs, very traditional premises

The excellence of tradition. I have been frequenting this restaurant for many years, a continuous confirmation. Traditional menu of great substance and dishes cooked with great skill and experience, high quality wine list, excellent service. Super recommended!

Excellent food, very kind staff!!!

After years in which we were "frequent" customers, despite coming from Milan, and then a long period of absence, we returned to Pinocchio with curiosity and nostalgia. Perhaps the latter has raised expectations. Perhaps the bar has also been raised because over the years we have tried "almost star" or single-starred restaurants (Pinocchio once was one); the fact is that we found some courses very appreciable, but not all. Agnolotti del Presidente (dedication to Napolitano, who ate them), standing egg in bagna càuda and risottos (with blackberries and octopus/sweetbreads and mushrooms) were much appreciated. Fillet cooked under savory meringue not to be missed, Less recommended is the standing egg with toma (without much character) and also the lamb: decent but not up to the standard of the rest. Warm eggnog sublime as we remembered! Initial service "in the ball": there are no menus for all the tables because "we all arrived together", they tell us. I say “print more, people! Lunch time is more or less always the same..."; in fact we have to ask for menus several times and wait for more than 20 minutes, while being content to use 1 in 4 just to choose something in the meantime. Ditto the wine list (very extensive) which is not available unless you wait for it and ask for it. Then afterwards the serve took on the necessary pace, until the end. Always a pleasant location with a pseudo-rustic elegance, especially the entrance with the majestic fireplace that welcomes you. Toilet to be modernized. Ample parking.

With my daughter and son-in-law, I went for lunch at this beautiful place I had been to some time ago. We made the Chef's Freehand Menu which delighted us with a crescendo of delicacies from the beginning to the end of the lunch. All excellent. We will definitely be back soon, even just for lunch.