Osteria Bigolaro - Geneva

The atmosphere as soon as you walk in is incredible! The service was quick and very polite. The food was all home made with home made noodles that made all the food great. We had the The Bread with Cranberry Cream Cheese witch is incredible, Dumplings witch was very soft and had a great peppery flavor, the Rice Balls witch were amazing incredible flavor and consistency, the Bolognas pasta witch was well flavored with a nice taste, and the spring pasta that was very good.

This was definitely great and tasty Saturday evening dinner. This was our first experience at this place in Geneva. Place is so cozy with open kitchen and not overwhelming menu. We were met with our serwer (which was great by the way and seated according to our reservation. All the meny items are meant to be shared which is always an idea that we really like, that way you get a chance to try different dishes at the same time.: Italian Hummus-very surprising version of hummus with added Nduja sausage, accompanied with house made pita breads was a very nice starter. Cacio E Pepe Ricotta Dumplings--WOW those were amazing, like cloudy pillows soaked in a cacio e pepe sauce. Would definitely come back just for those. Arancini--classic sicilian dish, those were indeed super crispy. Octopus--the dish was complete, the octopus was very tender with refreshing sauce, and the crispy potatoes were absolutely great. Only one suggestion- would be great to have a little bit more of octopus . I think only one tentacle for the dish is a little bit deficient. We always try octopus at restaurants and its usually two legs per dish or one but big one. Its just a suggestion but otherwise it was a very nice composition. We took a bottle of California Sauvignon Blanc which paired perfectly with all the positions we had. That was an awesome dinner and we look forward to come back and try more that Osteria Bigolaro has to offer. :

I have not one bad thing to say.. the restaurant is beautiful so cozy. Staff were so well prepared in explaining the menu and were so kind. The food! Nothing short of amazing. There were 3 in our party and we got bread, salad, dumplings, steak, pasta, pizza. Love that it’s tapas style to be able to try a little of everything. On the drive home we tried ranking favorite to least favorite and it was a struggle- everything was so good. I can’t wait to go back!

New menu A+ — Table bread, fall salad, burrata, carbonara, bolognese, all fantastic. Homemade pasta is exceptional in all dishes. Props to the somm (Zach I think? Sorry if I’m botching) for great mocktail for pregnant wife and good wine reccos for me.

Delicious Italian served small plate style for sampling more dishes and sharing. Reservations highly recommended. Fresh in house bread service, tender and flavorful, fall off the bone fried ribs. Juicy chicken skewers. Melt in your mouth, slide off the bone, hearty beef rib. Not overly fatty pork belly was good, but found lacking in flavor compared with the other dishes. Will be back to try in-house made pasta.