Grassilli

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.

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!

Good food, reasonably priced, only serves wine and water, no mixed drinks, would recommend making reservation as only 30 or so covers.

A solid classic Bolognese spot. Cozy atmosphere with a charming interior and walls full of photos that give it a lot of character. Our food was generally good — some dishes stood out more than others. The Florentine steak, for example, was excellent. Service was a mixed bag. One waiter was fantastic — friendly, professional, and gave great recommendations. The other… not so much. He came off a bit disinterested and “too cool” for the job, which wouldn’t be a problem if it didn’t show.

First came to this restaurant 8 years ago with my now husband. Quality, service, everything, remained the same

We visited Grassilli after looking up reviews on service and food. Sadly, we were disappointed with both. The service was OK but not warm and friendly and the food we had lacked flavour. I requested some olive oil with my starter, and the staff said this was possible, but I'd have to pay €8 for a small bottle. We have never experienced this before and were a bit shocked. The decor of the restaurant is lovely with lots of traditional black and white photos. It was just a shame the food and service didn't match.

Food was overall good. The Bolognese pasta (4/5) tasted good, and so did the tortelloni (4/5). The steak was also good but the pate on top was essentially tasteless and the meat tasted okay (3.5/5). Overall decent place to get a bite.

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.