Oltre. - BOLOGNA

Innovative food in Bologna! We loved our dinner at Oltre. It was amazing, modern Italian food. Beautiful setting, and very involved staff who clearly care about... read more Innovative food in Bologna! We loved our dinner at Oltre. It was amazing, modern Italian food. Beautiful setting, and very involved staff who clearly care about the food, wine, and service level. Would definitely recommend and return here.

Great eating experience. the food was delicious and so was the wine. the service is excellent, bravo! the menu is reduced so that everything is fresh and tradit... read more Great eating experience. the food was delicious and so was the wine. the service is excellent, bravo! the menu is reduced so that everything is fresh and traditional dishes are presented in elegant manner. only minus, the Ragù was not enough on the pasta for my personal taste, but the pasta itself was very good.

Confused and a disappointed in our expedience here. The food was very creative, favorable and very good. But the service was rough. Not sure what was going on h... read more Confused and a disappointed in our expedience here. The food was very creative, favorable and very good. But the service was rough. Not sure what was going on here but we will not return. We ordered the tasting menu and the wine pairings. We were then told that they were short staffed and not able to do the pairings. Odd. We were then told that they could do a abbreviated pairing of four wines verses six on the list. We said that that was unusual but fine. By our fourth course we were not offered any wines. I then had to flag down the waiter who had been in lengthy conversation with another table (thought they were short staffed? and asked about our wine. He then admitted that he “forgot”. He then presented us the wine that would accompany our next course. He never returned with any additional wines or offer us any options and or to see the wine list. We completed our meal. We were never asked if we would like coffee or anything else. I finally flagged the waiter down again to request the check. He acknowledged our request and was never seen again. After 20 minutes we just got up to leave and again asked him on there way out for the check. He said that you just go down to the bar to pay . He could have given us those instructions when we first asked for the check and we would have done so. I do have to wonder if this restaurant or homophobic. As there was another male couple at the table next to us who went out to have a cigarette with 1/2 a bottle of wine on there table and in the middle of their tasting menu. Their table was complexly cleared. When they returned they sat back down at an empty table and after a long period had to get up and ask the waiter hat was going on. They were then escorted to another table with settings and I assume picked up where they left off. Had we not been treated so oddly/rudely I would give this place high marks. Great food, nice atmosphere. But the service is a huge problem. They made no effort to apologize or made any effort to acknowledge they screw us. Next time we are bologna we will not return. For 200 euros I expect more.

Pretentious. Honestly I would not return. We got the Oltre menu, international Group with 3 Italians so we wanted to try something creative, not Bologna classic... read more Pretentious. Honestly I would not return. We got the Oltre menu, international Group with 3 Italians so we wanted to try something creative, not Bologna classics. The best dishes were the guancia, which was perfectly cooked but it 's a classic, and the dessert, which was honestly very good. The rest was ok but underwhelming and very much not worth the price. Then there 's the attention. Must the waiters always speak in whispers?? We had a hard time hearing this persons and had to repeat everything! We were never offered wine, when we ordered, the bubble was warm (big fail) and when my husband ordered the red wine the waiter had the need to clarify that it was not a barriqued wine (it 's written very clearly in the menu), and when my husband turned to get a nod from the table she immediately asked who should I speak to about this? Which was SO disrespectful! Then came the dessert, we were given the dessert menu even though we had the tasting menu so, small mistake. There 's a mezcal menú that is completely overpriced and like, mezcal has nothing to do with the concept of the restaurant so it was funny in a bad way. But definitely something that should not happen at this price level of a restaurant. Cocktails were ok. And arcade thing by the toilet was fun. 130 euros per person, party of 5 with Oltre tasting menu, each had a cocktail and we had 2 bottles of wine, plus coffee at the end. Terrible choice of restaurant for our Christmas dinner. Never coming back.

The food taste is poor, don’t think they should be in Michelin guide, we order 5 main course including Cotoletta Alla Bolognese was recommended, the food turn u... read more The food taste is poor, don’t think they should be in Michelin guide, we order 5 main course including Cotoletta Alla Bolognese was recommended, the food turn up taste so poor veal is so hard, doesn’t taste good at all.