The restaurant is closed on Saturdays at noon, Sundays in the evening and Mondays all day.
It is situated in the green countryside outside Bologna, just fifteen minutes from the city center. Founded in 1985 in an old farmhouse from the nineteenth century, it was carefully restored as "escargottiere" ie a place where you can taste snails, in those days prepared by Loredana and Franco Martelli.
Today, it is run by Deborah Martelli and her husband Alessandro Formaggi.
Deborah is the sommelier and she has the task of choosing and match the wines and to take care of the wine cellar, Alessandro supervises the preparation of dishes, from appetizers to desserts and ice cream, produced at home without forgetting bread, that is baked fresh both at midday and in the evening.
The menu, that the 800 restaurant offers, and that has made it known and appreciated to a wide clientele including foreigners, is based on particular specialties such as snails, frogs, mushrooms and truffles; but there are also dishes of the Bologna cuisine, and puff pastry still pulled by hand, to sfogline pastry.
Over the years the 800 restaurant has obtained reviews in the major food guides, as well as the coveted Michelin star.
Cozy and pleasant place, where to set you in the right frame of unforgettable ceremonies.
It is surrounded by a large garden where in summer you can dine by candlelight in the cool of the countryside.
