Il Padovano

Nice people, wounderful meal, nice portions. I'll be back 🙂

The restaurant is very good! One of the best in Padua, with beautiful and stylish interior, good atmosphere, very good service and tasty and original dishes. I can add only one small comment, that ceviche that I ordered is more tar tar. ceviche is another thing. But it’s small thing, all the rest is really perfect, we have been surprised by the good quality for a honest price.

More items on the menu than in most of restaurants in Padova. Got my order ready even before kitchen was open. One of most delicious pasta I ate in Italy with different meat in one dish. Ordered meat, but pasta alone was 5 star

Very nice and expensive looking restaurant. We went there for breakfast. We were surprised how cheap it was when we got the tab, we assumed it would be 4-5x more expensive. The ambiance was amazing but the food was mediocre at best. The brioches were better looking than tasting.

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I rarely leave reviews on Google, but I'd like to share my experience after being misled by the overly positive ratings. My wife and I had enjoyed spritz in other bars around Padua (great city!), so we decided to try this place based on the good reviews. When we arrived the place was almost completely empty. The music was very loud, probably to cover the constant noise from passing cars, motorbikes (and garbage truck). It was so noisy that it was difficult to hold a conversation with my wife. Despite this, we decided to give it a try and sat outside, ordering two Aperol spritz. They were served in fancy stem glasses, but the spritz were surprisingly light and basically tasteless. We then decided to have dinner as well. The pasta was oily and drowning in sauce, while the steak was very tough, although I had asked it medium-rare. Then we had to wait while the waiter finished his cigarette and scrolled through his phone before bringing the bill to us. The place looks cool, but the overall experience was unpleasant.