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9.2
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1129 reviews
Ambience
8.8
Food
9.3
Service
9.3
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  • Antonio S.1 review

    September 23, 2025

    8/10

    Very good experience overall. Great food and great service

  • David R.1 review

    September 7, 2025

    10/10

    Wonderful! Highly recommended. Food preparation and presentation was excellent. Staff are dedicated to providing a top quality meal.

  • Dan B.1 review

    August 31, 2025

    10/10

    We had a delicious meal and the surface was excellent a perfect way to be welcomed to Ravenna

  • Marianna K.1 review

    August 24, 2025

    10/10

    The BEST seafood pasta I’ve ever had in Italy. Service was super good. The restaurant is very pretty.

  • Bjorn W.1 review

    August 16, 2025

    9.5/10

    Excellent food and wonderful service. It was a very enjoyable evening

  • Claudia B.4 reviews

    July 29, 2025

    9/10

    Food quality

  • Monique R.2 reviews

    June 22, 2025

    10/10

    Really enjoyed the delicious warm seafood salad and Trebbiano wine. Attentive, prompt service. Great location right across from the train station.

  • Nathan B.1 review

    June 1, 2025

    10/10

    A wonderful visit to a family-run osteria. Amazing food and service, with terrific consideration for the diners. Highly recommend and we will definitely be going back!

  • Amanda E.2 reviews

    June 6, 2025

    8/10

    Friendly service, fresh fish, honest prices

  • Ramon O.2 reviews

    May 21, 2025

    10/10

    An excellent restaurant outside of the touristy areas of the city, with awesome food from Romagna

  • Kelly S.1 review

    May 24, 2025

    10/10

    We had a delicious meal at Osteria Il Paiolo. The staff were very helpful and the food was amazing.

  • Rick N.3 reviews

    May 4, 2025

    4/10

    Near the train station . I guess more authentic local food but it was terrible to us. Fish options were bad too salty .menu was limited not enough options

  • chantal n.2 reviews

    April 15, 2025

    9/10

    The food and service were incredible. Wonderful seafood at extremely reasonable prices. Our server was lovely.

  • Patrik N.3 reviews

    March 30, 2025

    9.5/10

    Great food with personal service. Highly recommended!

  • Aimee F.

    Aimee F.10 reviews

    February 21, 2025

    9.5/10

    The food was excellent and we were able to try things specific to the region. We do not eat meat and the staff was sensitive to our needs. The service was excellent.

  • Xavier C.18 reviews

    January 2, 2025

    10/10

    Nice food, very friendly and helpful staff. Highly recommended!

  • Νικόλαος Π.1 review

    November 7, 2024

    10/10

    Excellent food

  • Wendy W.3 reviews

    October 22, 2024

    10/10

    A great find for our first night ( and my birthday) in Ravenna. Food was excellent and service friendly and efficient. Would recommend highly.

  • Kimon D.9 reviews

    October 27, 2024

    10/10

    The best Osteria in Ravenna. Every chance I have to visit Ravenna I always go to Il Paiolo. Pure Italian tastes prepared and served in perfection. The best!

  • Nadine J.

    Nadine J.2 reviews

    October 23, 2024

    10/10

    The staff is genuine and treats you like family.

  • Ognyan K.5 reviews

    October 15, 2024

    10/10

    Warm and friendly attitude to the costumers. Very delicious food. I definitely recomend the skewers from the fish menu.

  • Gary R.4 reviews

    October 6, 2024

    10/10

    Friendly and helpful staff. Shot of local Limoncello when we were leaving was an added bonus to a great meal. Recommended wine at E28 was also great. Only problem is they were closed the next night when we wanted to return.

  • Gale G.1 review

    September 26, 2024

    9.5/10

    The food is amazing and our waitress was quite enjoyable! Definitely recommend. The price is very reasonable as well!!

  • Anna Ś.

    Anna Ś.1 review

    August 24, 2024

    10/10

    The food was very tasty, homemad pasta. The service very friendly. Would definitely recommend for a dinner in Ravenna.

  • Kelsey R.2 reviews

    July 28, 2024

    7/10

    Service was excellent.. food was average. The restaurant is not in a great area.. wouldn’t recommend going after dusk.

  • Sean M.7 reviews

    July 6, 2024

    9.5/10

    Service was excellent, and fast. Food was great, was shared caprese bufola with tomato. Each had a mixed salad with oil and Balsamic, the standard dressing in Itlay. I had the black pork chop, it was probably the best chop I've ever had. My son got a steak with shaved parmesan, he said it was very good. I also had Icnusa beer, from Sardinia, no wine this night. Highly recommend this place, loved it.

  • William B.5 reviews

    June 19, 2024

    9/10

    Excellent unpretentious food. Outstanding pasta. Friendly cheerful service.

  • Christopher M.1 review

    June 14, 2024

    10/10

    This was the perfect restaurant for our one night in Ravenna. The staff was very friendly and the food was delicious. I highly recommend any of their freshly made pasta dishes! We had the rabbit and three different pasta dishes. All the pasta was excellent.

  • Laura P.5 reviews

    June 14, 2024

    10/10

    food was really good, servers were very nice also.

  • Tsung-Hsien L.14 reviews

    June 7, 2024

    6/10

    Meat was a a bit dry (overcooked maybe) and pasta was okay. Staff were nice.

  • Anastasiia B.7 reviews

    May 12, 2024

    8.5/10

    The smell of cooking was too much.Also it was covered with plastic outside,probably to avoid the traffic noises.

  • Andrea K.1 review

    April 20, 2024

    10/10

    The food was very tasty, homemade pasta ....., the atmosphere very pleasant and the service very friendly, we would love to come back!

  • Benton W.2 reviews

    August 5, 2023

    7/10

    This rating is based on some things that were beyond the restaurants control and others that were. First I’ll tell what really was not the total fault of the restaurant: Right after we were seated, a young couple with an undisciplined 3 yr old was seated right beside us. Thankfully, after the temper tantrums were calmed by placing an iPad in his face, that drama calmed down, even with occasional outburst screams and yells as he watched the videos. Now on to the food: it was great and it was terrible. The steak tartare was fabulous as an opener. Our two pasta dishes were out of this world. My wife had the ravioli with truffle sauce. I had Tagliatelle with Porcini mushrooms. They were both outstanding. We should have stopped there. We both ordered the fish catch of the day which was a mixed seafood platter. It was tasteless and dry. It seemed like it was way overcooked and sat around in the kitchen before until served. It was terrible. So 5 stars for the appetizer and pastas and a 0 for the main course.

  • Angela C.3 reviews

    June 4, 2023

    9.5/10

    Excellent quality of food, fine taste. We got the tartare salmon - tuna which was perfect in taste, presentation and assortiments. Also the melon prosciutto and tagliatelle funghi porcini. For those who appreciate fine taste, strongly recommended.

  • Elena K.1 review

    February 21, 2023

    10/10

    The best seafood I have ever tasted! It's better to make reservations because the restaurant is almost full every evening. We had a great time there twice. Highly recommended!

  • Daniel B.8 reviews

    November 20, 2022

    8/10

    The food was fine and the ambiance was very good--I especially liked how the kitchen and food preparation area was clearly visible from the dining room. Although initially very good, the service became a bit slow once more diners entered. However, I did not feel especially ignored, and the staff was friendly.

  • Steven G.2 reviews

    September 21, 2022

    10/10

    The food and service was excellent. We had the warm seafood salad and caprese salad as appetizers, and a pasta and sliced beef with mushrooms as our main courses. Everything was delicious. They also have a very good wine selection.

  • John S.6 reviews

    September 10, 2022

    9.5/10

    Delicious flavors of Emilia-Romagna!! The fresh pasta with ragu is the best!! Wait staff was very helpful to answer our questions and explain the menu choices.

  • Thomas Vincenzo B.

    Thomas Vincenzo B.15 reviews

    August 23, 2022

    8.5/10

    A restaurant a bit out of the center of the town but worth the walk :) ! The food comes as what you expect from a great traditional trattoria italiana. It's simple, delicious and feels like a mom's hug.

  • Lisa L.3 reviews

    April 17, 2022

    5/10

    The food was just okay, with both the rabbit and lasagne served tepid. Would not return.

    Osteria Il PaioloOwner

    Cara signora Lisa siamo dispiaciuti per l’inconveniente se lei ci avesse informati che le lasagne o il coniglio siano stati serviti tiepidi noi avremmo provveduto tempestivamente la ringraziamo per la sua gentilezza e speriamo che ci dia un’altra possibilità.

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