Mercato di Mezzo

Great food hall featuring a variety of businesses. You can find beer, wine, cocktails to go with your food. Everything from pizza to seafood salad is available. They have an upper level but it is just one restaurant up there with plenty of seating.

We have visited here on Saturday which the place it was extremely busy, but we did manage to find a table and enjoy a drink and a coffee. Very reasonable prices and a lot of choices from pasta, pizzas, panini's, cakes, cold meats, cheeses and drinks. There's something for everyone.

We enjoyed freshly cooked pasta and glasses of wine, and were able to sit outdoors to eat them. Would recommend. Enough options for vegetarians at the pasta stall.

This is a real paradise for foodies. It is located a few steps from Piazza Maggiore and you will find here a truly original offer of delicious food in the form of pastries, cakes, fruits and vegetables, cheeses and ham... Mercato di Mezzo and the adjacent streets will give you a unique Italian experience.

This place consists of several restaurants on two floors and includes a café and seafood, as well as types of pizza and drinks of various types of wine and juices. It is close to Bologna Square. I wish you good respect and appreciation. My regards to you.

Great place, buzzing atmosphere, wonderful food and drink at reasonable places. but, of course, it's popular. Best to go mid-afternoon, especially if you are on your own, otherwise the crowd can be a bit daunting.

Had lunch and dinner from separate eateries, both wonderfully tasty and filling. The ragu was amazing such great flavours from de gusto coop and the tortellini in chicken broth from sorrelle ribelle was delicious

Beautiful area, market quite easy to find quite near the piazza. Make sure not to walk too quickly past otherwise you’ll miss these small alleyways with plenty of food.

This is hands down the best place to browse, shop, eat and drink in the center of Bologna. The narrow streets lined with shops, eateries, wine bars and delis like Simoni's is like a Disney world gastronomical Mecca. Come for Aperitivo and then stay for Dinner, pure heaven. The service everywhere here is top notch and English is readily spoken.

Get the pizza! My group ordered 3 pizza's, and all were delicious. I ordered the tagliatelle, was disappointed because it lacked seasoning. I also ordered mushroom and aubergine. The dish itself was delish, slight letdown because I kept digging for mushroom but alas found none. Customer service is great!

Lots of cheap, delicious food. They also have a few bars that serve alcoholic drinks like cocktails and beers. There's plenty of seating, especially on the second floor and there are bathrooms on the basement level. Since the staff were mostly college-age students, it was easy to communicate in English and pay using credit card. Got a bunch of arancino and crocche - super delicious and filling. There are also freshly made pastas, but we didn't try those. I also really enjoyed the seafood vendor - they had a bunch of great side dishes, like a stuffed zucchini, calamari, and another squid dish. There were these fresh, raw shrimp that were so creamy and reminded me of Omakase-level quality. I still think about them to this day. This is located in a convenient part of town, with lots of other food options nearby. There's also a huge Eataly right across the street if you want more of a sit-down meal.

Small yet bustling food hall in the heart of Bologna. Came here like a good foodie should and wasn't disappointed. There are a handful of food stands serving everything from pizza to coffee to sandwiches to pasta. The pasta stand is where the crowd was gathered so that's where I went too. (The pasta was fantastic once I was able to order -- Italians don't understand the concept of waiting your turn)! The market was sheer madness but nearly everyone there was a local -- always a good sign. Seating is virtually nonexistent, but check outside for a few hidden tables. It's also open until midnight which is one of the greatest things ever. Don't miss the artisanal beer pub in the basement!

On a quest for the best pasta Bolognese in Bologna... this is worth the stop. Am awesome little "food court" Mercato with a mouth watering selection of everything Italian at great prices. With seating inside, outside and upstairs you can have whatever experience you would like. BTW the tortellini Bolognese from DeGusto can hold its own with any we've ever tasted Bon appetit!

Compact yet bustling food hall in central Bologna. Not sure I'd call it the best or even above average, as some vendors are very good and some are just okay-- and it gets busy. But if you can come early enough for lunch to beat the crowd, yet not so early that half the vendors are still closed, you can get a very, very quick bite for a bargain price.

Awesome food court in central Bologna with vendors that are on par with some of the best restaurants I have ever been to. My boyfriend went to the pasta counter for tortellini Bolognese ... Rich, succulent sauce with dainty little tortellini. Molto Bene. I opted for Romanzo - saw a guy at the counter eating the special: duck over lentils with black truffles, of course accompanied by a glass of wine, and I was sold. The duck was cooked perfectly, but the stars of the dish were the lentils - warm and delicate little pockets of deliciousness that popped in my mouth. We were so full we couldn't even contemplate gelato....

An Eataly of sorts. It has some good vendors and some okay vendors. The hamburgers at Romanzo were surprisingly high end and fresh. The pizza bread at one of the vendors was meh here as they didn't really warm it up enough to get the cheese to the texture you want. Worth checking out overall.

The food court is located on the second floor. There are a few options on the first floor filled with markets. But beware of the place on the first floor with the fresh pasta. The pasta is fine but the sauces were pretty bad. The second floor is a pretty expansive food court with a ton of options. The food is good but around meal times it will get busy. Also, they do have a visitor table on the second floor but some stairs. There you can charge your phone in a little locker. I was wary about a free service but I guess it's part of a real tourist center. I'll try to post pictures later. You can lock the locker but I sat nearby to keep an eye on my phone. ...back to the food. Lot of options and they have some amazing desserts. Lastly, don't pay to use the bathroom on the first floor, it's free on the second floor.

I will always love the concepts of high end, casual food courts - I was really excited to try this here. They have about 10 vendors. You can totally have a fun, inexpensive, varied, drawn out experience here. There is a meat guy, pasta lady, wine person, fish stall, beer dude, and a bunch more. Super fun. I am still not sure if this belongs to Eataly or not. If it was, it'd sully it a bit, but whatever.

Interesting variety of local and international foods , hot dogs, burgers and local bolognese specialities under on roof... not bad street food, could have been hotter though.

Very cool market that me and my wife tried while visiting Bologna. We had been to Mercato Centrale in Florence that was an awesome experience so we tried this one out for lunch. It was a much smaller scale but still had the high quality. We came at about 2 in the afternoon and got some fresh tagliatelle and ravioli with meat sauce. Both were delicious. Quality options at a great price, would definitely recommend stopping by!

We stayed here for a couple of hours, had a caprese salad, a dish with basmati rice, shrimp, salmon, and ham, pumpkin filled pasta with bolognese, and a fruit salad. I also had tea, cappuccino, and marocchino, and my husband had a caffe with whiskey and a two beers. Overall we spent just under 50€. There was plenty of seating upstairs and the price is very affordable, especially given how fresh everything was. The pasta is fresh, the fruits were fresh and ripe, the tomato and mozzarella were delicious. Quality ingredients. This is like an upscale food court/market with various stalls. The only downside is the bathrooms. They really need to have a few more stalls. They have just one unisex stall and one handicapped. It took forever.

This place is great. There is plenty to choose from, savory and sweet. The burgers at Romanzo Cucina are perfectly cooked and seasoned. The pasta counter has great choices and perfect portions. It can get very crowded on the weekend but it's worth the wait.

Cool spot with a lot of the best vendors from around Bologna centralized in one place. Reminded me of a miniature Ferry Building in SF. Very good prosciutto at the Antica di Bottega stand.

Good place for a casual meal. The grilled calamari/shrimp skewers were tasty. And we loved the cauliflower dish. The pasta special - lasagna bolognese - had good flavor but was really really dry as if it had been sitting there a while. And you can't beat a big glass of wine for 3 euros.

avoid if you are looking for food. the only decent thing is the balladin beer tap. Better places within a 2min walk.