"“All right, let’s try this,” says my wife on the return journey of Solingen, when I propose to her some restaurants, including the L’Osteria in Troisdorf and Bonn. Since we want to eat pasta or pizza, I have included the L’Osteria in the choice of some “real” Italians. Although system gasonomy? Do we become friends? As Troisdorf is closer to the route than Bonn, we decide to look at the L’Osteria. It's warm summer weather, we want to sit outside. After Bonn we can still continue to drive, because there is the pizzeria with a large terrace directly on the Rhine. We drive to the large parking lot for the guests of L’Osteria in front of the cube-like, clinkered construction on the edge of a Troisdorf commercial area and see the large-area terrace with parasols behind the restaurant when leaving. “Come on, let’s see if we find a place on the terrace,” I encourage my love, and we enter a hall-like guest room with a rectangular beard in the middle, behind which the pizzaiolos work in an open cucina. Bright tables, dark benches and chairs, modern barges with a lot of chrome dominate the market hall-like space. A young lady welcomes us kindly at the entrance and encourages us to take place at one of the still free tables on the terrace. On a light brown round table with chrome stalls as in the interior of the house we leave on the terrace. Terrace A red parasol row and awnings on the house wall protect from the sun on the spacious terrace overlooking the green. A dressing with order terminal and service equipment is the center for several service personnel – all young ladies and gentlemen, black top, brown L’Osteria apron – on the terrace. We got a nice place, we sit comfortably, we like it here: four stars for the atmosphere out here. We hardly welcomed a very friendly young man, handed over the menus and brings another chair to our little table where we can lay our bags. Mostly the young man serves us the evening. He is extremely courteous, very friendly and – you can see – well trained in the service. Demands as to whether everything is right and we like it are obvious. The service personnel who bring the drinks from the bar to the terrace are all friendly and accommodating. There is a small operating range at the espresso for my wife. The young man, who brings this from the bar to the terrace, is mistaken for a while with the espresso, returns to the output area, returns to the goal without hints, so that my wife already fears a lukewarm espresso. He is still hot, but the five stars are no longer available for service: four and a half seem appropriate to us. We're studying the menus on our sun cookies. Pizza, pasta and salads are mainly offered. We'll get to the pizzas. The friendly young man then picks up our order: • Braccio di Ferro (spinet, egg, cheese, garlic for € 9.75 for my enthusiasts and • Rustica (Mozzarella, fresh tomatoes, olives, onions, oregano, Piccante for 11. € for me. As drinks we choose • Lugana Rosetti DOC (4.50 € for my wife and for me as a carriage • Bitburger alcohol-free (3. € for 0.3 l). After a while, the drinks come to the table well cooled, but the wine of my wife is in a wine glass unusual for a restaurant. Lugana Rosetti DOC Bitburger alcohol-free Later my wife drinks another Lugana that tastes her well. It doesn't take too long until a young serviceman brings two pizzas, almost as big as a car wheel, to our table. The serviceman calls us the diameter: 46 cm. Wow, no longer a model dimension: 1.44 m in size. Nothing can be seen from the plates. Braccio di Ferro Rustica Both pizzas are extremely well made. They are crispy on the edge, thin on the inside and abundantly covered. Since we're both Chili Junkies, we're still adding chili oil to strengthen the wort. My wife praises the spinach /bone blue lining, which she tastes very well due to the noticeable garlic along with the chili oil. I like my rustica with the abundant onions and tomatoes. However, the “piccante” from the description of the pizza is coined to German average tastes. I have to "soil" with Chili. We have our trouble with the car wheels, but we can do it. “I don’t think I can make a pizza of 46 cm in diameter,” my wife says. But as large as the pizza was on the one hand, as thin as it was on the other. We note that some guests accept the offer of the restaurant to take home the uncoated remains of pizza packed with. We are both extremely satisfied with the Italian pasta, perfectly prepared, tastefully very good and abundantly occupied. That's what we're giving five stars. With “Dolci” or the like we can no longer come. We're pappy. My wife takes an espresso (1.75 €), which is then served on the terrace after mistakes and confusions. He's still hot, my wife is happy. I'm talking to another Bitburger. As far as cleanliness is concerned, we have nothing to complain about. The service personnel ensure clean tables, dishes and glasses are also exemplary clean. The toilets with both the ladies and the gentlemen are modernly furnished, well maintained and clean. The invoice that our competent serviceman submits is €37.50. The prices surprise us with the service and kitchen performance shown – but in the positive sense. Such giant pizzas for about ten euros, you can't really mock. And we haven't had an espresso for € 1.75. Prices and performance are in a very good relationship here. We give five stars for the price/performance ratio. Our scepticism regarding system gastronomics has disappeared, in any case, in relation to the L’Osteria in Troisdorf. We recommend a visit there, and we are happy to come back. So by the way, I notice: There's nothing wrong with our visit. Jubilees can't go wrong. Finally, this post is my hundredth at GG."
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