"I wanted a change from Tropea’s restaurant scene and local friends recommended Manitta. It’s more expensive and sophisticated than Franco/Casareccio, also in Brattiro’. Manitta has the advantage of a beautiful outdoor eating area. Service is friendly and obliging and a small foul up was quickly and graciously straightened out. To start with I was brought tasty complimentary nduja. I decided to go full meat and started with a delicious pasta in pig ragu’ (not so common on restaurant menus), the highlight of my meal. This was followed by baked goat, which was flavoursome but it proved quite hard work amassing enough meat from the bone and fat. Pudding was a bergamot tartufo apparently made locally which wasn’t to my taste (hints of detergent) but maybe I don’t like bergamot; can’t think when I’d have tried it before. Overall, I don’t feel I ordered as well as I might have my bad so I’m awarding 5 stars for the terrace, the service and the pork ragu’ and in anticipation of the next visit."
