Ristorante La Francigena Bolsena

During the visit to the beautiful Bolsena, I stopped in this typical restaurant, to taste the local dishes, attracted by the aromas of the cuisine. The place is very characteristic and ancient, the staff courteous. On the menu as an appetizer you can also find the classic platter, but we delighted in the porchetta, potato and fiordilatte meatballs and the mortadella and burrata ones. Excellent long pasta filled with cheese and pepper with truffle-flavoured carbonara. It is appreciable that the sauces can also be served with gluten-free pasta. As a second course I appreciated the wild boar stew in red wine. Good variety of desserts available. Pleasant and very positive experience that I recommend.

Unfortunately it was not a positive experience, there were four of us, and inexplicably we were seated at the table just after the entrance (where there was a continuous coming and going of staff who were also serving outside and of customers who were entering or leaving) while the innermost tables were all occupied by two seats. We immediately ordered appetizers and the following courses and, being gluten intolerant, I was offered two types of pasta; after 40 minutes I was notified that the format I had chosen was not available, and so my friends were served immediately and I had to wait another 30 minutes for my dish. The bathroom has only one service with long waiting times also due to the presence of ladies who lingered inside just to fix their makeup. It may be that mine was just bad luck, but since Google is a level 6 guide, I want to share it with those who manage this business.