Bistro Barolo - Rockwood

Excellent! Very Excellent. Pasta as good as any restaurant in Firenzie. Scott smokes his chicken for the pasta. I have been lucky enough to eat at very good restaurants internationally Scott's pasta is up there with the best! Stacciatella soup just order it! Tiramisu what a surprise. This restaurant punches so far above its weight, it is ridiculous. My favourite restaurant regardless of price. Others can be more expensive, have wine lists in leather bound books, on the top of downtown office blocks but this unassuming place takes them on with ease! Corkage for your own wine from your cellar so you can compliment your meal with your own special wines. I cannot think of any place better for pasta! And I have eaten at you name it.

Tucked beside a Petro Canada, Bistro Barolo turns out to be the best kept secret of my 6 years living in the Guelph area. One diner groaned with delight after his first bite of lamb shank. Veal was cooked to perfection. Another scarfed the ravioli down and sopped up the sauce with bread. The Chef is entertaining and has wonderful chef stories from all over the world. I will return and highly recommend. Large portions, well balanced sauces. Wine list is limited...worth it to take your own excellent bottle and enjoy with any meal.

A little late in posting but wanted to share that we called to order take out last Friday night and the grills were off and the chef was on the way out the door. I said not to worry and we’d eat there another time. He said he’d be happy to whip up a couple of pastas for us and he’d have them ready in 15 minutes, which he did. The food was delicious including two pasta dishes, chicken Parmesan, vegetables, and bruschetta. He went above and beyond to put a meal together for us even though he was done for the night. We can’t thank him enough. I know he is struggling with keeping/finding staff and getting customers. I really hope he can keep his excellent restaurant going in our little town. Hats to Bistro Barolo! Thank you.

This bistro was highly recommend so we decided to try it out. Very happy we did. Excellent meal, super nice owners/staff. Lamb shank was first rate as well the best chicken parmigiana ever. Can’t wait to go back.

We went here on a Tuesday night for our anniversary. The food was excellent with big portions. The owner Scott is extremely personable. It's clear his business was hit hard during the pandemic. #supportlocalI had the seafood risotto which was delicious and my husband had the lamb shank. He didn't even need a knife to remove the meat from the bone, it just fell off the bone. We strongly recommend this quaint local business.