But first, realtor Lucy Miccio is ready to# introduce us to her favorite Italian place, with the freshest of ingredients and a# wood burning oven.

She says this is the perfect neighborhood spot for a relaxed# night out.

It's located in North Miami, and it's called Battubelin Upper East Side.

Hello everybody.

This is Giulio Polidori.

I'm Italian.

I'm the corner of the restaurant# Battubelin in Miami.

The idea of Battubelin is very simple.

What we would like to have is to# make people comfortable and feeling at home.

What we do here in our restaurant is to produce# everything from scratch.

We are from Italy, but particularly I'm from Liguria, from Genoa.

So# most of our products in our menu, they're exactly what the recipe from Genoa are.

The way we like# to be is to have a very rustic restaurant.

So with a wooden table and a very, very easy setup.

The# name is all related to the same atmosphere that we created.

And say it in a polite way, it means,# I don't care.

We would like for our clients, when they come in here, is to sit down and forget# about all the problems that we all have out there.

So once they're sit here, they have to say# Battubelin, I don't care.

Enjoy the night, and go on with that.

Battubelin restaurant, in# Italian, it'd be Italian.

Welcome to Italy.

So I live four blocks away.

You too.

And you haven't been yet.

Oh, of course I've been.

Yeah, yeah!# It's easy.

It's so easy.

That's what we all love about it.

You talk about the# quality, right, of this restaurant.

It is super fresh.

Super authentic# Italian.

Homemade pastas, homemade sauces, wood burning oven for the pizzas.

And it's a# great neighborhood spot.

You feel like family when you walk in.

That's what we love about it.

And it's so easy for children too, by the way.

Yes, it is very family friendly.

Agreed.

A lot of families, a lot of little kids.# They make you feel super comfortable.

Right.

And welcome when you walk in.

Okay.

Well Kristy, what'd you think?

I loved it.

We actually just got back from a trip in Italy, so when we walked in,# we felt like we were back in Italy.

A lot of the workers are actually from Italy, so it# makes it even more authentic.

But oh my gosh, that fresh pasta was so delicious.

And a lot of# places don't do it from scratch.

So I love that touch to it.

And the sauces were amazing too.

Oh good.

Emily, what'd you think when you first walked in?

It was delicious.

Everybody was so friendly there and it was genuine.

And it seems# like they knew everybody that was there.

There were birthday parties and things like that.

So you wanna talk about what you ate this last time that you went?

Yes.

[Michelle] All right.

For an appetizer, we had what's called the bocconcini, which are pizza# bites.

And it's made with the same dough that they use for the pizza.

So it is delicious,# crispy, crunchy.

You could get it either filled with ham and ricotta and mozzarella,# or a veggie with ricotta and mozzarella.

[Michelle] I love the way you say ricotta.

I# have to use my little Italian that I know.

[Michelle] I like it, though.

I like it.

Being Italian enough to make my family proud, right?

It's very cute.

So we shared the bocconcini with our friends,# and then I had.. which is the long thin spaghetti# with the hole in the middle.

[Michelle] What sauce?

[Lucy] With amatriciana.

[Michelle] Oh, my favorite.

[Lucy] Which is the pork.

It's the guanciale pork, the Italian pork.

My husband# had the branzino fish.

Another friend had ravioli with spinach and ricotta.

Delicious.# And then for desserts, they brought out a beautiful platter with different desserts.# Panna cotta, just to share for the table.

[Michelle] Oh, nice.

[Lucy] Panna cotta, tiramisu, and creme brulee.

[Michelle] Kristy, what'd you have?

So we started off with the calamari as an appetizer.

And I love that it also included# squid.

And then they had fried zucchini with it as well.

So that was a nice touch.

The sauce that# it came with was so good.

It had this nice hint of spice to it.

It was honestly addicting.

Like# I could have just drank that sauce by itself.

And then for the meals, we got pasta.

They# had it in Italian.

I'm not gonna try to say how you say that in Italian.

[Michelle] That's okay.

[Kristy] But we got it with a mushroom# and cream sauce.

That was so good.

You could tell it was really made with fresh# ingredients.

And then we also had the veal milanaise, and that was amazing.

[Michelle] Is it a veal chop or is it just a veal, like a piece of pounded veal?

[Kristy] Yeah, it was a piece of pounded veal and it was perfectly breaded, fried.

And# then it also, instead of coming with like, you know, a marinara with melted cheese# on top, it actually came plain.

[Michelle] Maybe on the side.

[Lucy] Oh, nice.

It goes really well together, right?

[Kristy] Yeah, it was very refreshing.

I went with the gnocchi, pesto.

It was like,# pillow soft, melted in your mouth.

It was so good.

My friend had the lamb chops, which were# good as well.

We did have the goat cheese salad, which was delicious.

And then of course for# dessert, we got a few different things.

Tiramisu, the creme brulee, and the pistachio gelato,# which I love.

That's my favorite.

How about wine?

Did anybody have wine?

[Lucy] Oh, we had a really delicious, I think we had a super Tuscan that was very good.

[Michelle] Okay.

And full bodied.

And it was good.

Yeah.

That sounds delicious.

What'd you think of the prices, Kristy?

I thought the prices were really reasonable, especially when it came to the drinks.

And# they had a really great selection, like DOC, wines from Italy.

So again, it made# me feel like I was back in Italy.

[Michelle] Sure.

And just the prices for food, yeah, were very reasonable and they gave generous# work.

We were full.

We couldn't even finish.

I didn't wanna offend them and think# I didn't like it, but I was like, I'm just so full.

But it was amazing.

I hope you took that milanaise home and made a sandwich out of it.

We finished# the milanaise.

It was just a little pasta, I'm like, ah, I'm not gonna be able to# have dessert.

But it was delicious.

Emily, how was parking?

It was easy.

Well, actually we Uber'd, so it probably was easy for# others, but it was no issue for us.

Okay.

It was good.

Okay, well Lucy, Battubelin was your# choice.

Sum it up for me.. For wonderfully authentic Italian cuisine,# homemade from scratch, in a wonderful family friendly atmosphere, Battubelin is our choice.

Perfect.

Kristy.

Authentic Italian, great# food, great atmosphere.

Emily.

Traditional, yet modern, very comfortable, great Italian.

Would go again.

For sumptuous pastas and a great local vibe, you can stop by Battubelin Upper East# Side, located at 749 Northeast 79th Street, just east of Biscayne Boulevard.

They're open# Monday to Saturday, 5:30 to 11, and Sundays, noon to 11.

Reservations are accepted with the average# price for dinner without drinks is about $45.