Grassilli

The waiter was very accommodating, the food came quickly, but all of that does not matter when you compare it to how amazing, and I do not exaggerate here, the food was. I have been to many many good restaurants, but this was among my top three. The waiters recommendations were spot on, we enjoyed every bite and I dreaded seeing the plate get emptier and emptier. Do yourself a favor and go here. Reserve up front!

Such a gem. From the outside you can’t see much but from the inside it’s like a time capsule. The interior with all the wood and pictures as well as the lighting create a warm atmosphere. The music in the background is not too loud and fits to the place 100%. We had local cold cuts and parmigiano as antipasti and the Ragù. All the dishes including dessert were in point. The wines as well as recommendations were really good as well. If you‘re looking for a more quiet and dim space, Grassilli is the place! 10/10

Me and my partner ate here for lunch, and had a lovely time - served by both the male and female waiters we felt both welcome and cared for. Overall a charming restaurant, serving delightful Bolognese classics with lovely wine choices.

We were recommended this place by a local, thinking surely they’d know what the best places te eat were, and boy were we disappointed. We walked into a quite empty restaurant asking for a table for 2, and were told to come back at 20:00, since they were too busy now. The funny part was when we went back, the same tables were still open when we left the first time. At the end of our meal (that didn’t last long) those tables were still open. They showed away so many customers, that I started wondering what their strategy was. Now to the wine and food - it was ok. We always get the house wine, and per expectation it wasn’t great. The atmosphere set at the beginning of the evening by the waiter was not great, so we weren’t too keen to order a lot of food. We each got the tagliatelle al ragu, and it was underwelming. Quickly left after this meal and had a main meal somewere else. Wouldn’t recommend.

Great service and tasty food, worth recommending. Also a nice atmosphere and interior.

20/5 stars After 2 weeks in Italy from NYC, nothing topped booking a table my last night at Grassilli. Truly the best dinner I think I have ever had in my life. I resented my stomach for becoming too full to eat more. Incredible wine recommendations and 5 star plates, service, and atmosphere. I booked 2 weeks in advance due to availability, book ahead if you want to eat. Grazie mille Grassilli

Came here during my visit in Bologna in early Dec 2024. The first day I just passed by and saw good reviews here, so tried my luck but in vain. Then I booked a table for one right away. It doesn’t disappoint. The moment I came back 2 days later, the waiter who took my booking already remembered me and showed me my table! Nice ambience, friendly service, delicious food. Love their tagliatelle al ragù. Another hidden gem in Bologna!

Best meal I’ve had in Italy and I’ve vacationed here 3 times. We showed up at 7:20 on a week day and we got the one walk in table. Seems like they only allow 1-2 walk ins per night. The waiter said they focus on quality. They do not care to pack their restaurant. The quality shows! The wine was fantastic. The pasta and dessert were perfect. This is a special place. Make a reservation. You will not regret it.

Food was pretty good, reasonably priced and cute ambience but the service was a little slow, limited wine by the glass and what Italian restaurant doesn't have tiramisu for dessert...between 3.5 and 4 stars.

the lunch i had was excellent and the service exceptional. They had fresh porcini musrooms on very delicious risoto. they had an extensive selection of wine as well.

One word - IGNORED. We had just climbed the asinelli tower and were exhausted, very hot, and hungry. We stumbled upon this place to see it had food that all of us would like. We walked in, got seated in very uncomfortable chairs (with no AC but that's ok). they then brought us cold refreshing water and were happy. We picked our food then put our menus down, showing we were ready. After a while they still hadn't come to take our food or drink order. We then also looked around to see other people (who came after us) eating. We were still very hot at this point and they just ignored us. We felt UNWANTED. After what seemed like a good 15 minutes of waiting for food, we left our table and gave the people WAITING at the front desk 3 euro to pay for the water and left, for one of the women to say "what??" But we just left. Very disappointing.

We had dinner at this cute little place tonight and the meal was excellent. I had cotoletta bolognese, which was a pork cutlet with ham in a cream sauce, and my son had veal in a cream sauce with mushrooms. Both dishes were cooked perfectly, and everything else we had in the restaurant was perfect. The service was very nice, friendly, and the ambiance of the restaurant extremely pleasant. In the week we were in Bologna, this was the second best meal we had. We recommend this restaurant to anyone visiting Bologna.