Osteria Osso
Restaurant
Bolshaya Gruzinskaya, 69
Open until 02:00
Opening hours:
Open until 02:00
Monday12:00-00:00
Tuesday12:00-00:00
Wednesday12:00-00:00
Thursday12:00-00:00
Friday12:00-02:00
Saturday12:00-02:00
Sunday12:00-00:00
An osteria by Lucky Group serving the cuisine of Emilia-Romagna. Brand chefs Emanuele Pollini and Matteo Lai. In our guide's view, a restaurant with character that has visibly grown since opening.
Osteria Osso is an Italian restaurant by Lucky Group on Bolshaya Gruzinskaya, devoted to the gastronomy of Emilia-Romagna. The name itself — "bone" in Italian — sets the direction for the kitchen: here they cook osso buco, meat braised on the bone, beef rib and other dishes where the ingredient speaks for itself. Two brand chefs handle the menu — Emanuele Pollini and Matteo Lai, both natives of Romagna, a rarity rather than the norm for an Italian restaurant in Moscow.
A restaurant that left mixed impressions on first encounter has noticeably grown stronger over time — both in the kitchen and in service.
Osso's interior is the work of Natalia Belonogova's bureau NB-Studio. Mustard walls, white tablecloths, an open tiled oven, floral-painted tableware, and abstract works by Pyotr Kiryusha on the walls — all of it adds up to a restrained aesthetic of 1960s northern Italy. The space is both bright and calm: warm tones, soft light, nothing extra. The crowd matches the interior — mature, cultured, unhurried.
The menu is built on Italian classics without unnecessary experiments. Passatelli in chicken broth, vitello tonnato, cotoletta alla milanese, pasta vongole — the kind of dishes that make you want to come back. The dessert list is on the same level: a tiramisu with a delicate sugar-glass shard, panna cotta, a pistachio fondant. Breakfast is served here every morning from nine — the fried eggs with bacon and the curd pancakes with a crisp crust have already earned their own recommendation from our guide.
The wine list covers Piedmont, Tuscany, Sicily and Etna, and the bar list is inspired by Italian locations. Service is proper and attentive: the staff know the menu, confirm the order of courses, and remember to follow up — a detail that's becoming rarer and rarer.
Osso isn't a place for loud openings but a restaurant of steady, confident quality. The kind of place you go for straightforward Italian cooking in a handsome space, with no pretense of revolution but real respect for tradition and product.
