Restaurants in Mantua
Restaurants are of a consistently high quality, offering traditional staples in comfy osterie or sharp-end, innovative new cooking. To eat as the locals do, you may want to venture a little south of the historic center.
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Caffè Caravatti
Join the Mantovese for a lunchtime pick-me-up with their friends after a morning of shopping in the gorgeous arcaded streets of the old city. The old-fashioned brass and wood bar is lined with mysterious local liqueurs while glasses of prosecco and Campari cocktails are dispensed at…$Around Town - Italian
Caffè Modi
While a moody portrait of Amedeo Modigliani dominates the restaurant, Modi is a friendly stop on the tourist circuit around Piazza Sordello. Chill music, gramophones, and threadbare armchairs lend a bohemian charm to the place. The menu offers the usual lineup of local pasta dishes…$Around Town - Modern Italian
Lo Scalco Grasso
This contemporary bistro with minimalist decor likes to push boundaries. It’s a sophisticated choice, offering beautifully crafted dishes featuring vegetables—local pasta stuffed with squash, delicate risotto, or perhaps a superb chickpea soup flavored with squid—alongside menu…$$Around Town - Lombardy
Osteria dell’Oca
The restaurant “of the goose” is crammed nightly with locals enjoying vibrant cooking at excellent prices. This is a rustic family-run Italian osteria at its very best: noisy, happy, and joyous. Some of the best dishes on the menu are the sharing plates of peccati di gola…$$Around Town
