Restaurant in Montegridolfo, Italy
Michelin-recognised regional cooking, easy on the wallet.
A Michelin Bib Gourmand osteria (2024 and 2025) in a 13th-century hill hamlet in the Rimini province, Osteria dell'Accademia serves honest home-style regional cooking at a €€ price that is hard to beat in this part of central Italy. Book the summer terrace for hill views. The chard and ricotta ravioli is the dish to order.
If you are planning a long lunch on a warm afternoon in the Rimini hills and want Michelin-recognised regional cooking at a price that will not strain the trip budget, Osteria dell'Accademia in Montegridolfo is the right call. This is a first-timer-friendly osteria: the format is approachable, the price tier sits at €€, and the 2024 and 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand recognitions confirm you are getting cooking that punches well above what you are paying. Book the summer terrace if you can. The surrounding hill views and the stone-walled medieval setting make this a strong choice for a relaxed celebratory meal, a couple's afternoon, or a low-key occasion where the food should impress without the formality of a full tasting-menu restaurant.
Montegridolfo is a 13th-century fortified hamlet in the Rimini province of Emilia-Romagna, and the osteria sits on Via Roma at the heart of it. The medieval architecture is not incidental — it shapes the whole experience. Stone walls, narrow lanes, and the village's long agricultural history all feed directly into why a place like this exists: to serve the food that this part of Italy has always grown and made. For a first-timer, expect a room (and in summer, a terrace) that feels genuinely of its place rather than dressed up to look that way.
The Bib Gourmand, awarded in both 2024 and 2025, is Michelin's signal for restaurants offering good cooking at a moderate price. At €€, the osteria is not trying to compete with the white-tablecloth fine-dining rooms of Emilia-Romagna. It is doing something more specific: honest, home-style regional cooking in a setting that earns the food credibility on its own terms. That combination is harder to find than it sounds.
The editorial angle here matters: this is a kitchen defined by what it sources locally, and that sourcing is precisely what makes the price feel right. The Michelin database specifically highlights the chard and ricotta ravioli served with cheese and oil as a dish to seek out. That combination , foraged or farmed greens, fresh ricotta, quality oil , is a direct expression of Emilia-Romagna's ingredient culture. The pasta is handmade, the cheeses are regional, and the whole menu reads as a document of what this corner of central Italy produces rather than a showcase of what a chef has imported or invented.
For a first-timer, this framing is useful: do not arrive expecting creative or contemporary cooking. The value here is in the precision and care applied to traditional forms. Chard and ricotta ravioli in this region is not a simple dish to execute well , the balance of filling to pasta, the restraint in saucing , and the Bib Gourmand suggests this kitchen gets it right. Order the ravioli. It is the dish the venue is specifically noted for.
Booking is rated easy, which is consistent with the €€ price tier and the village location. Montegridolfo is not a high-traffic dining destination in the way that Modena or Bologna are, so you are unlikely to face the multi-week waits common at starred restaurants elsewhere in the region. That said, if you are visiting in summer and want the terrace, book ahead , the outdoor tables with hill views are a genuine draw, and the hamlet itself attracts visitors across the summer season. The phone number and website are not listed in available records, so plan to book through a third-party reservation platform or contact the restaurant directly on arrival in Montegridolfo if same-day dining suits your schedule.
There is no dress code on record. Given the osteria format and the medieval village setting, smart-casual is the practical read. This is not a venue where you need to think hard about what to wear.
A 4.5 Google rating across 200 reviews is a solid signal at this price tier. It is consistent with the Bib Gourmand finding , not a destination restaurant generating intense online discussion, but a reliably good local osteria that earns its recognition visit after visit. For a first-timer, this kind of steady rating is often more useful than a single high score from a small sample: it suggests the kitchen is consistent.
If you visit between late spring and early autumn, request the summer terrace. The database record specifically flags the hill views as a reason to book this table over an interior seat, and in a hamlet like Montegridolfo the outdoor experience , the light, the landscape, the air coming off the surrounding farmland , is part of what you are paying for. The aroma of the kitchen carrying into the open air, the stone surroundings warming through the afternoon: these are the conditions that make a long Italian lunch feel correctly situated. If you are visiting outside the terrace season, the medieval interior of the building offers its own atmosphere, but the summer terrace is the stronger case for booking.
Osteria dell'Accademia sits within the broader Emilia-Romagna and Marche dining corridor. If you are extending your trip and want to compare notes across the region, Uliassi in Senigallia is the most accessible higher-end reference point on the Adriatic coast. For the regional cuisine format in other Italian contexts, Fahr in Künten-Sulz and Gannerhof in Innervillgraten offer useful comparisons in the alpine regional-cooking tradition. For Montegridolfo itself, see our full Montegridolfo restaurants guide, and if you are planning the whole stay, our Montegridolfo hotels guide, bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide cover the full picture.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Osteria dell'Accademia | €€ | — |
| Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler | €€€€ | — |
| Dal Pescatore | €€€€ | — |
| Enoteca Pinchiorri | €€€€ | — |
| Enrico Bartolini | €€€€ | — |
| Le Calandre | €€€€ | — |
What to weigh when choosing between Osteria dell'Accademia and alternatives.
It works well for a relaxed, meaningful lunch rather than a formal celebration. The Bib Gourmand recognition (2024 and 2025) signals genuine quality, and the medieval hamlet setting on Via Roma provides atmosphere you cannot manufacture. If your occasion calls for a tasting menu with matching wines and a service team in formal dress, look elsewhere. If it calls for a long, unhurried meal with good regional cooking in an extraordinary village, this is a strong choice.
This is a €€ osteria in a quiet fortified village, not a city restaurant with walk-in availability. Booking is straightforward, but Montegridolfo is a destination you have to plan around — it is not a stopover. Request the summer terrace if visiting between late spring and early autumn; the hill views are specifically noted in Michelin's editorial coverage. Come expecting home-style regional dishes, not a contemporary tasting format.
The venue database does not confirm a tasting menu format, and the Bib Gourmand positioning is consistent with an à la carte or fixed-price trattoria structure rather than a multi-course tasting experience. If a structured tasting menu is your priority, this may not be the right format — consider Dal Pescatore or Le Calandre for that register. Here, the value case is built on regional dishes at €€ pricing, not on a curated sequence.
The chard and ricotta ravioli served with cheese and oil is the one dish the Michelin editorial specifically calls out as worth ordering. Beyond that, the menu is grounded in traditional regional sourcing from the Rimini hills. Specific current dishes are not confirmed in the available data, so ask the kitchen what is in season on the day.
Bar seating is not confirmed in the venue data. This is a traditional osteria format in a small medieval village, which typically means table service rather than a counter or bar dining option. If sitting informally at a bar is important to you, verify directly with the venue before booking.
There are no confirmed alternative restaurants in Montegridolfo itself in the available data — the village is small and this osteria is the primary dining draw. For the broader Emilia-Romagna and Marche corridor, Dal Pescatore and Le Calandre are the regional reference points at a higher price tier. For a closer match on price and register, look at other Bib Gourmand-listed osterie in the Rimini and Pesaro-Urbino provinces.
Yes, at €€ with consecutive Bib Gourmand awards in 2024 and 2025, the value case is clear. Michelin's Bib Gourmand designation is specifically awarded to restaurants offering good food at a moderate price, so the recognition directly validates the price-to-quality ratio. You are not paying a premium for the address or the setting — you are getting both at a price that reflects a neighbourhood osteria, not a destination restaurant.
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