Cinghiale - Baltimore

I had amatriciana. Very good. I highly recommend this place. The service is excellent.

The staff were amazing and made my son and I feel right at home. The food was amazing too—possibly the best tomatoes and ice cream we have ever had. It was a real treat!

Great atmosphere. Authentic Italian food and superb wines.

For some reason, it took me way too long to try out Cinghiale, but I am so happy I finally did. This restaurant absolutely blew me away, and it 's safe to say it 's one of the top restaurant experiences I 've ever had. We 're not big meat eaters, so rather than doing the tasting menu, we stuck to appetizers and pasta. The cheese plate was an amazing start to the meal. We picked two types of cheese, and it came with a big portion of both, as well as delicious crostini and strawberries. For the main course, I loved that they offer half sizes of pasta, because I was able to try two smaller bowls of two pastas that sounded good, which is way more interesting to me than one big bowl of the same thing. Every pasta we ordered was incredible. And for a reasonably priced half size, the portions were still large enough that I had lunch the following day. It was some of the best pasta I 've ever had. We also loved our drinks, from the cocktails to the 3 oz. pours of wine that, like the pasta, allow you to try different things. Our waiter was great at recommending wine to accompany the pasta. Service overall was outstanding. They were able to accommodate us earlier than our original reservation. There was a bag check, and when we were leaving, the man who seated us remembered that I had a backpack and checked that I had been able to retrieve it. I can 't wait to go back, and this definitely gave me a new perspective of how wonderful a restaurant experience can be. I have been to plenty of delicious restaurants before, but this was on a different level.

I have never had a bad dish here. Correction: I have always had an excellent dish here. My faves are the veal carne cruda and the tajarin pasta with veal. Unfortunately they change out some menu items, so don’t get too attached. They recently added the garganelle pasta with the Parmesan founduta amazing!