Agriturismo Cascina Isole - CARTOSIO

We went to this farm for a family holiday, we ate very well and in abundance. Excellent pheasant salad and delicate lasagna with mushrooms. For those who liked the nursery there were no misses. Also very nice the room and besides being a few tens of meters from the aqui-sassello road, it has a large space where they can park many cars.

The true essence of how it should be an agriturismo: simple dishes, but genuine and tasty. An excellent opportunity to taste good genuine cuisine at cheap prices this farm in Cartosio, very recommended. We stayed in Valentine's Day, in a very cold winter evening and we found a cozy and warm environment (not discounted in other restaurants of the Erro Valley), with excellent dinner consisting of three starters, two first, a second, sweet, coffee, liqueur, all great, for every course proposed the bis, price only 25 € per head, wine included. The restaurant is located in a characteristic renovated farmhouse next to the state road for Sassello, right under the village of Cartosio. A pleasant presence of food in Valle Erro, to be kept in mind.

We have lunch at this place on the occasion of the festival in the country on fruit, flowers and biodiversity organized by the director of Gardenia. We need 4 antipasti roll of cabbage with sausage, asparagus and ham, tortino of spinach and robiola and a cartoccio with robiola of Roccaverano warm with raisins and grappa of Nebbiolo); risotto with strawberries, crepes of radicchio and gorgonzola; pharaoh and potatoes; bunet. With wine, coffee, water and possibility for us completely superfluous of bis of all courses 25 euros . Good raw materials, well executed dishes, digestible. Great value for money! Friendly welcome and service without waiting between the courses. Nice place.

On the way to that area, we decide to stop for lunch at this new place on the road from Acqui to Sassello. Fortunately, after the death of locals in the area, someone had the audacity to open a new activity, hopefully they can thrive without problems! The room is simple and clean, a nice new and spacious bathroom, probably in summer also has a exploitable dehor. We happened on a day when a committee had requested a traditional hyper menu, which the owner apologized to us for. In any case it was all good and super plentiful (I have repeatedly asked if we wanted the bis, so that we stopped before the second and did not eat the dessert. We will return to another season to try their less classic dishes. Anyway, very cheap: 4 starters (albese, Russian salad, tunaed calf, peppers with green sauce and Agnolotti del plin, water, 1/2 wine and coffee at 15€ per head, with regular receipt! Continue like this...

Great value for money. Genuine dishes and friendly and attentive staff. We'll definitely come back.