Bocca Osteria

Pasta was excellent! Calamari was good. Wine was good. Service was good. Overall, a good experience, other than the pasta being really good, we weren't blown away by the service or the atmosphere. You get "free" bread. Which is great, except it's a very small portion, served with oil that is large enough for 5x the amount of bread. I expected a larger wine offering than what was provided. I did find an Oregon option that was good, but for an Italian place, I expected a larger list, that would have had more variety (almost all reds were from California).

We found Bocca Osteria because it was a good halfway point to meet up with family, and it was exactly what we were looking for! The inside was decorated beautifully, and the menu had so many Italian choices to choose from. They also had a decent kids menu for my niece to pick from. I’ve had better Italian, but for the area we were in, it was good! Our server was attentive and friendly, and we appreciated that they offered to have my niece make her pizza at the table. Will definitely keep it in mind if we’re in the area again!

Absolutely fantastic. Wait staff was extremely pleasant. Kitchen staff are experts in their field. The pork chop was the best I've ever had. Tender, juicy, full of flavor. Just a great mean all around.

My family came back after the reopening and the space feels so much more open and airy. The food is still amazing—honestly might be even better. We were starving and only snagged photos of dessert, but for dinner I had the mushroom ravioli and it was super filling and delicious. I tried one of their cocktails (can’t remember the name). It skewed more tart than fruity for me, but my sister liked it. Desserts were absolutely to die for! I’m sad they dropped the crème brûlée (also to die for. I would only come to Bocca just to have it and nothing else), but the blueberry ravioli—sweet jam in a pancake-like fried dough with vanilla ice cream—was outstanding. The Cookie Vesuvius Cake had a molten center that flowed chocolate, and the tiramisu was excellent too (no pic, we inhaled it). Overal

Okay so we are here in Cooperstown, NY for the Baseball Hall of Fame but we have to eat, no? So we try out Bocca Osteria and it was fabulousa!! If you are interested Cooperstown you MUST grab a pizza here. They are individually sized at 10". However , if you get a salad or an app it is plenty enough for 2. Had the mushroom pizza with half sausage and it was a homerun!!! Yes pun intended. It was a white pizza base with just the perfect amount of garlic and the sausage is zippy. They have a brick oven so the crust will make you cry.....in the best way. The restaurant itself is just lovely. I am going to give this a huge "must try!!"