Hosteria Il Grottino

Il locale è situato in un bellissimo borgo. L'ambiente, pur essendo elegante rimane accogliente ed intimo. Il personale è molto gentile e disponibile nel descrivere i piatti del menù. Nelle proposte ci sono molti prodotti del territorio tra cui spiccano i salumi ottenuti da animali allevati allo stato semi brado (delizia assoluta). Le carni: abbiamo provato le costine di manzetta Prussiana, cotte a bassa temperatura e ripassate alla griglia, la carne è cosi ricca di succo e tenerissima da sciogliersi in bocca. Dulcis in fundo, i profiteroles della casa.....assolutamente da provare!. Ottima esperienza

Lovely food, great atmosphere and service

Beautiful place, great food but upmarket pricing

One of the best dining experiences I’ve ever had. Definitely will come back.

It might look like your average little town restaurant but Il Grottino is anything but! I was immediately greeted by the friendly staff, Raffaele and his wife, Marco the talented chef and the sweetest waitress ever, and from the incredible aroma coming from the small kitchen. I was traveling for work and I stayed in their cozy, clean room upstairs for two nights. Both nights, Marco greeted me with traditional dishes from the region Umbria but with that special touch that only creative chef can have. You must try "Piramide al carbone attivo di anatra e pistacchio and Strangozzo al Tartufo " I am planning already my next visit!

We had dinner here on Aug 15th: nice atmosphere, very professional staff and lovely welcome glasses of Prosecco. I loved my duck-pistachio pyramids, very tasty and a surprising mix of flavors. My partner was disappointed with his almond breaded lamb chops which he found a bit tough and dry. And the grilled veggies we shared were quite tasteless (I added olive oil and some of the lamb chop breading and I appreciated them more…). We enjoyed some Nebbiolo red (quite a hearty wine though). Then we had a surprisingly long wait until dessert…but the tiramisu was excellent. (Total: 64€).

Waiting 40 min for appetiser Ravioli with ricotta vanilla and raspberries wasn’t tasty and an attempt of the chef to be creative with poor results. When asked by the owner for my opinion about food I expressed my disappointment of the very slow service and the fact that the ravioli wasn’t tasty, she got angry which was surprising after her very smiley face Bottom line, very disappointed and paid too much money for nothing

Wow! What a difference a year makes. I came here a year ago and wasn't impressed - service wasn't great, food was ok but not great VFM; what really irritated me though was the missed opportunity because the young restaurateur obviously had so much more potential than to serve the local Umbrian food with a twist. Now, however, this is a bona-fide fine dining experience with a chef let loose on Italian food to create a very special experience. Sadly, I see many reviewers have completely missed the point: this is not an expensive local restaurant, it is the full high end dining experience at half the price! There are numerous fine dining places within 30 minutes drive of here. Think 100 euro a head think reeeaaallly long wine list with half of the wines over 100 a bottle. At Il Grottino you get the same level of food at around 50 euro per head and a very carefully thought out wine list - mercifully short and cleverly varied. The service issue has been completely resolved too by the incredibly brave decision to reduce the maximum number of covers per evening from 75 to 45 - sadly the miniscule size of the kitchen meant that they had to compromise on covers or quality - I am so happy they didn't lower the quality, in fact it is improved! I can't write a long review without mentioning the magical, somehow impossibly beautiful setting - breathtaking! We went for 3 courses as is the norm these days, rather than 4 and those that chose a meat 'main' were absolutely delighted, those that chose a pasta as a main went hungry. The quality of the pasta was amazing but the quantity was only suitable for a 4 course meal and as pasta dishes topped out at 18 euro each this wasn't really appropriate given the shape of the rest of the menu. Those that had a pasta dish as a first/starter course were delighted though. Finally the deserts, and there is still a bit of work to do here. I perfectly understand why non - standard tiramisù is not liked by enough locals so has to be served unamended but that just makes it the same as everywhere (and I mean everywhere) but a bit expensive, and why would you order it here anyway, but that just leaves a choice of 2 and neither was as outstanding as the rest of the menu. I hope next time that I will be wowed by the deserts too. My advice is to go for a meat dish that isn't done on their 'grill' because, whilst no doubt lovely, many others locally serve meat this way and the extra Il Grotino can add is limited, whilst their other mains are genuinly outstanding. Enjoy! Ps could we please have a seafood course. Thanks.