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Ristorante Diana (Italian) – Review – Bologna, Italy (8.5/10)
January 10, 2008 by Helen Yuet Ling Pang
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Helen,
I must say your posts makes us want to move our flights earlier and extend our stay in Bologna. Outside our bookings at Giusti and San Domenico, we had planned on just bringing a list of must go restaurants while in Italy. I now have requested a good friend of mine to make reservations at Diana and Rodrigo. We have a week to go before fly half way around the globe from Hawaii and all we do is talk about our trip. Hopefully, we will be able to secure bookings at these places. Your blogs could not come at a better time for us. I’ll let you know how our trip goes. Thank you sooooo much!!!
Hi Vic. I’m really excited for you guys too! We haven’t stopped thinking about our trip since we got back, and every time my husband sees the photo of his white truffle pasta…
Do pop in for a coffee and sweet something, or aperitif at Zanarini too (latest post). It’s a great place. And there’s one more review about Montegrappa da Nello, out on 19 Feb, plus some about the Mercato Delle Erbe on Via Ugo Bassi, and you have to visit the gourmet food shops like Tamburini, Atti and Gilberto on Via Caprarie and Via Drapperie (that whole area). I’ve written about these, but they’re not going to be up before you reach Bologna!
Look forward to hearing all about your trip! Have a safe journey…
Helen Yuet Ling
Dear Helen,
Encouraged by your enthousiastic review of Diana we booked a table for a birthday-dinner and enjoyed the food wich really was OK. Nice fresh pasta’s, beautiful secondi (‘bocconcini di maiale’, ‘bressaola di manzo’) and rich & tasty housewines (Sangiovese ‘Diana’). Really bad was the service: lots of well-dressed waiters but all very un-mannered in the way they treat their guests. Nearly any kind word is spoken, they ‘throw the food on you’ without saying a word and there is nearly any communication possible. we saw this behaviour not only of the waiters but also the ‘trainees’ helping out were quiet unsympathetic.
So my opinion: very good kitchen staff earnes better colleages in the restaurant service! Otherwise Diana will loose her name and fame! Kor
Hi Kor
I’m so sorry to hear about this. There’s nothing worse than bad service ruining an otherwise great meal, and I completely agree that the kitchen staff should be matched and supported by better service front of house. It makes me really annoyed to hear this, about any restaurant in fact, not just Diana. But thank you for commenting on this, because it’s important to let others know about this negative and important point. I was going to send Diana my review anyway, even though I ate there so many months ago, so they will see these comments too.
PS The service at Meloncello and Rodrigo really was good. I promise!
Helen Yuet Ling