To take away
Every dish on the menu is also available to take away. Call ahead and it will be ready when you arrive.
The restaurant
Il Trullo da Cosimo in Herford
An Italian speciality restaurant in the Radewig quarter, run by Cosimo Lodedo. The name comes from Puglia, and so does the cooking.
Freshly prepared when you order
We do not cook ahead. Every dish is made the moment you order it. Sometimes that takes a few minutes longer, and those are exactly the minutes you taste afterwards. We make our pasta in house, the pizza comes out of the oven 28 centimetres across, and the meat comes off the grill.
Alongside the printed menu we write special creations of the house on a board at the entrance every day. Seasonal ingredients decide what goes up there: porcini in autumn, king prawns, truffle, fish in a salt crust.
If you are affected by allergies or intolerances, please speak to our service staff directly. Because we work fresh, a great deal can be adjusted.
Puglia
The history of the trulli
Until the 1930s hardly anyone paid them any attention: the small buildings with tall round roofs in Puglia. Trulli were the homes of poor country people. Today they are a “monumento nazionale” and part of the UNESCO World Heritage.
For good reason. What looks merely quaint at first sight is clever architecture: tall vaults were formed from stone blocks without mortar, recalling Mycenaean treasuries. The cones served as stores for the farmers' treasure, the grain, and were covered on the outside with a ring of overlapping stone slabs against the rain. Below them people and livestock lived under one roof. When a child arrived, a new cone was built right next to the old one. The more cones, the larger the family and the wealthier the farmer.
Originally they stood in the fields. At the end of the 15th century Conte Acquaviva di Conversano had a whole town built from trulli: Alberobello. There he settled the farmers who worked his land. The Aia Piccola and Monti quarters still count more than 1,000 roof cones today.
Atmosphere
Dining room and terrace
A generous dining room with laid tables and candlelight. In good weather we put tables out in front of the house on Radewiger Straße.
Catering
Cold and warm buffets for celebrations at home or in the office. We are happy to advise you by phone.
Groups
For larger parties we plan the tables and, on request, a set menu. Please get in touch by phone in good time.
Frequently asked
About our house
What does the name Il Trullo mean?
Trulli are the traditional round buildings of Puglia with conical stone roofs. They were stacked from stone blocks without mortar, served farmers as living space and grain store, and are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Alberobello alone has more than 1,000 of these cones.
Who cooks at Il Trullo?
The house is run by Cosimo Lodedo. He and his team prepare every dish fresh to order.
What kind of cooking can I expect?
Southern Italian in character: home-made pasta, pizza from the oven, carpaccio and vitello tonnato as starters, grilled meat, fish and seafood. Alongside them wines from Puglia, Tuscany, Piedmont and Veneto.
Is the restaurant suitable for celebrations?
The dining room has space for larger parties. For groups please call us in advance so we can plan the tables and, if you wish, a set menu.
Do you offer outside catering?
Yes. We cater celebrations at home or in the office and put together cold and warm buffets. We are happy to advise you by phone.
Are there set menus on public holidays?
On New Year's Eve we have opened with a menu of our own in the past. Over Christmas and New Year we are usually closed. Exact dates are announced under News and by phone.
Last updated: 10 September 2026