Lorenzo ZIO

Good traditional Mantuan cuisine, good wine, good service... worth the price 30 euros per person starter two first courses two second courses with side dish cheese wine coffee and sbrisolona

Luca Gagianesi

A trattoria serving traditional cuisine. Informal and easygoing. I found everything excellent, from the appetizers to the classic sbrisolona. I'll definitely be back, partly because of the friendly owner.

+2

Federico Chiavegato

A restaurant that has remained frozen in time. The food is very simple, with dishes prepared directly from a home kitchen. It's a pleasure to chat with the owners.

Stefano Pelosato

Clean place, good food, like the trattorias of the past

Giovanni Joe Gorni c/o Joka B&B

The atmosphere is more than familiar, very informal... The cured meat appetizers were decent, the pumpkin tortelli were very good even if a little overcooked, as was the bigolo al torchio with tuna and sardines. The cotechino was good, the boiled meat a little tasteless, the mashed potatoes very good, the sauerkraut a little less so. Excellent parmesan and mustard. Homemade wine from our region, a still red Lambrusco blend (2 bottles). Coffee. Considering we had everything from appetizers to main courses, cheeses, and mustards, I'd say €30 was a more than fair price.

ivo pulga

A welcoming atmosphere where you can enjoy local specialties. The food and portions are decent. The price was a bit high for what you got.

Stefano L.

Life brought us to Poggio Rusco for medical treatment, a town we would never have visited in our lives. Looking for a place to eat (there were three of us), a local in the health facility recommended the trattoria "Quattro Case" in the hamlet of the same name. A little place lost in the middle of nowhere. 😊 So we went to this trattoria, without any real purpose: the local dishes were good enough (I really appreciated their slightly sweet Lambrusco wine), but we left feeling a bit dissatisfied. The reason? I'd say the price we paid. We weren't brought menus, but the owner's son said, "I'm the living menu," which made us smile. We chose the following dishes: an appetizer of cured meats and cracklings, three first courses (the bigoli with tuna sauce had decidedly little sauce), a second course of pork with a side dish, two portions of sbrisolona (a kind of cake) with a generous helping of Pantelleria passito wine, three coffees, two half-liter bottles of water, and a half-liter of local wine. I haven't attempted to estimate a "fair" price for all this, but honestly, €70 seemed a bit too much. And what was most disappointing was that we weren't even able to check the bill in detail, and I'm not sure to what extent all this is fair. Too bad.

Giorgio Reggiani

First course, second course, side dish, half dessert, half a glass of wine, two coffees, €57 for two, not a business lunch, and we're not talking haute cuisine, but pasta e fagioli (pasta and beans) and cotechino (cotechino) with mashed potatoes and a piece of sbrisolona (a kind of cake). The unlabeled wine, I'd say natural, was more than good. The service was decent, and so was the place, but the prices weren't up to par. Guests with the set menu paid much less, not even half of what I paid, but it's best to ask first.

Govoni Edi

+1/2 star, what I mean...hospitality and a warm welcome, like being a guest at my aunt's, make you feel at home, in a simple but authentic and very clean environment. It's important to ask for advice on the products they offer based on the season and/or their own production; for example, the cold cuts are "homemade" and the flavor is undeniable. I continued with a cotechino and mashed potatoes and a glass of their red wine, all delicious. I finished with traditional desserts, a sbrisolona and a belsuono, a simple ring cake to be dipped strictly by hand in the remaining red wine—a gesture from our rural ancestors—a coffee flavored with sambuca, and Sunday, yay!

Claudia Zapparoli

I called five days in advance to report my intolerance as part of a group reservation. The lady replied, annoyed, that she didn't know what to say. I suggested a plate of tortelli without butter, just drained ones. When I arrived, I had to repeat this to the waiter, who, rather annoyed, told me he'd see what could be done. I repeated what I told the lady. They brought me eight normal-sized tortelli, a main course, a bit of meat, giardiniera, and dessert—there was nothing I could eat. All this for 44 euros, just like the others. Since I was with company, I didn't want to argue. But they'll definitely never see me again. The outside bathroom was post-war, old, and dirty.