Enoteca Cangrande Giotto

Recommended by Rick Steve’s guidebook. (With good reason.) This ended up being our first serious sit-​down meal of the trip, due to a reservation snafu in Milan.
Enoteca con Grande is an exceptional restaurant.
We had a nice Valpolicella red from among their titanic wine selection.
They served us some savory gnocchi, as well as a delectable pasta amuse bouche.
This was followed with beef cheeks in wine sauce, which were delicious and as easy to cut as warm butter.
The dessert was a floral-​shaped pastry, which was a hit with the SO.

Last night was one of the best meals and evenings of my life. I can’t thank Giuliano and the staff enough for the fantastic meal. We chose this place to have our first meal as a family after we saw Rick Steves video on Verona. He recommended this restaurant and I can not thank him enough. Just sit back, relax and have them take over and bring you food. Tell Giuliano we want you to choose for us. Dish after dish was brought out each topping the later. Pasta with Scampi, pasta with mushrooms, then this steak one that was to just die for!!! He paired everything beautifully with fantastic wine. This is the place to enjoy in Verona. Thank you so much!

Cute, excellent service, fresh very delicious food. However not enough wine by the glass options and that is a little disappointing… After all I expect an «Enoteca «to be about wine and of course being a crazy oenophile, wanted to learn more about Verona wine in their local wine shop. I most say that the fabulous ambiance and outstanding service still puts this place at 4 stars

Sehr schönes kleines Restaurant. Wir hatten selbstgemachte Nudelröllchen mit Garnelen (12,80) und Crêpe mit Käse und Steinpilzen (12,50), beides sehr gut. Auch der kleine Salat wurde mit gerösteten Kapern, Nüssen und Balsamico zu einem Highlight. Portionen eher klein.

This is a must-​stop for me every time I come to Verona. Food and wine is some of the best I’ve ever had, and Giuliano is the real deal. Makes you feel like you are eating at his dining room table in his home. His wine and food pairing abilities are top notch also. Just take what he recommends… trust me.

WOW… I was looking for Enoteca Cangrande’s contact information because a relative is traveling to Italy for the first time. I came across their Unilocal and NO ONE reviewed it. How can this be? This place is epic. I first met Juliano, the owner, on a trip to Italy on a historic car rally. To begin with, everyone is in great spirits and we were all looking forward to a wonderful week We were all summoning our Italian heritage and looking for any reason to inhale the beauty and essence of Italy.
We were told by a close friend who is a local about the story of Juliano and his families history in Verona. This restaurant, for Juliano, was simply a passion project. You can see smell and taste the passion he wants to share with all who come within 20 feet of this restaurant. It is located on a very unassuming back alley behind all of the action. Outside he has an old wine barrel with finished bottles of wine which after their use were repurposed as candle holders which then flowed over on to the wine barrel. You just have to see it. Upstairs is where he keeps his wine cellar. If you have a large party, 8 or more he will seat you in there. The food is spectacular! Juliano finds all local purveyors and goes to local farms. He hunts down the finest ingredients and just marries the flavors to perfection. When you’re done you can go visit Juliet Capulet’s house and leave a little note in her wall. Its supposed to bring great luck for your love life. You can see the exact spot where romeo serenaded her.
This restaurant is magical and so is Verona… a must go to on the way to Venice.