I've been going to this restaurant for almost 40 years and it's amazing. Best sea food, pasta and…read morePizza of my life :). It's location at the old harbor is beautiful and in addition to the yummy food they have a well selected wine list with local and Italien wines as well as liquors. Great, fast and friendly service. I'm in love with this place.

We heard this was the oldest restaurant in the area and a great spot. After our visit here, we…read morewere really disappointed. The service was not great. They were really nice, but ignored our table. Patrons that came after we ordered were served before us. I really think they forgot the rest of our order after the antipasti came out at lightning speed. I never salt my food at a restaurant. Every dish frantically needed salt and pepper. The antipasti: pulpo (octopus) was not great. They had some sauce under it that was way too much and just was not great. For our entrees we ordered under pistachio tortellini and the seafood pasta. The tortellini was great after we salted and peppered it. The seafood pasta was lacking much seafood, it was average at best. There seems to be a lot of restaurants here, recommend trying something else...

I visited Al Gondoliere for the first time over 5-years ago before I even know what Yelp was. I…read moreremember absolutely loving the restaurant and was sure to make a reservation when I found myself at Lake Garda again last week. I'm so excited to be able to log this 5-star review so many years after my first visit as Al Gondoliere is every bit as good as I remember! On this most recent visit, we shared the prosciutto and fig antipasti. While the prosciutto was great, the pairing with the fig fell a little short. (We should have gotten the melon.) This was the only blip in an otherwise perfect meal though, so no real complaints here! After the antipasti, we moved on to pasta. I had the ravioli with smoked cheese and pistachio sauce. My husband had the spaghetti bolognese. And my sister had the gnocchi with ricotta and tomato sauce. Every one was unique and delish. Don't ask me to pick a favorite because I can't. After all that (our eyes were definitely bigger than our stomaches that evening) we then had the sea bass and roasted potatoes. Both amazing. Capped it all off with homemade tiramisu and cinnamon semifredo with wine sauce. One word for ya about all of that. Y. U. M. During the meal, we enjoyed a bottle of the Garda Merlot. I do wish they had carafes of house wine that we've become so accustomed to while living in Italy (mostly because they're a fraction of the cost of bottles) but our €23 bottle was also worth every euro. The restaurant caps off the meal with small glasses of chocolate grappa. I hate grappa but I love this chocolate grappa. Looking forward to many more weekends in the charming town of Malcesine and many more meals at Al Gondolie

Delightful find-- under the walls of the Castello with views of the lake! Food was delicious--we…read morehad the ossobuco di vitello, bigoli al ragu di agnello, ravioli ai funghi porcini--all well prepared and attractively served by a friendly and gracious staff! We will return!

This place has great food, very good service, and an awesome upper outdoor terrace by the castle…read morewalls. Some tables have a beautiful view. This is a great spot for a meal, drink, or relaxing. We enjoyed our pastas and salads. Perfectly al dente. Four stars based on being a tough judge. I would go back here anytime.

Great restaurant in a beautiful setting. We sat outside facing the lake. Food was delicious, staff…read morewere very friendly.

I admit the outside looks more interesting than the inside, but the food is excellent, selection of…read morewine great and the staff helpful. Still deduct one star as their prime business is Italian living- which is shown in food and wine but not in style of the restaurant.

We had a great seafood lunch here after hiking at Monte Baldo. I recommend reserving a table ahead…read moreof time, because restaurants fill up fast. There's a beautiful view of the lake from this restaurant, and it gives this restaurant has a lovely atmosphere. The staff were quick and very professional. We felt very well-taken care of. All in all, a really great lunch! Grazie mille a voi per darci un buon pranzo ed un bel ricordo!

Amazing experience in the ancient town of Malchesine at the Porto Vecchio. Right at the waterfront,…read morewe were greeted with friendly waiters who brought free Procesco and Bruschetta. Our meals of pizza, lasagna, and more were well made and served. Tremendous, timely and friendly service throughout the meal. The owner stopped by several times to make sure we were completely satisfied. As we finished our meal, they brought a free bottle of delicious limoncello. If that wasn't enough, they brought over a bottle of Grappa to sample! With this level of service you would expect the prices to be high; not so. For example the lasagna was 10 euros! We returned the next night and the food and service were not a fluke. This was one of the highlights of our trip to Italy. We hope to return someday.

Typical tourist restaurant. It looks beautiful, which convinces tourists to sit down there. But…read moreeverything is below average: service (slow, not caring), food (we were three people with very different food orders and all didn't like theirs). In case it's important for you: no WiFi Internet. Free shot of limoncello with the bill. The pretty location (no lake view but cosy little street) raises the score by one star, to three.

Mignon is a restaurant right in the heart of Malcesine's teeming old city centre. From what I can…read moretell/have experienced, it is among the largest restaurants in the city with both plenty of room inside as well as a plethora of tables outside if the weater's nice. Anyway, on the evening we went to visit Mignon, the place was - in spite of its size - pretty crowded and we were lucky to get one of the last tables outside on one of the balconies. We were promptly given the menu along with an above average amount of apetizers. Which was nice because, admittedly, we were kind of starving. Once we had eaten our way through most of what was presented to us (soft buns and breadsticks) a waiter showed up to take our order. For our first dish, we decided to share Bruschetta. About 10 minutes later, we received a very appealing three large breadslices/bruschettas along with a separate collection of two different spreads (one with black olives and the other one with italian herbs) along with seasoned tomatoes. This was both surprising and pleasant. Usually, you don't get to choose how you want to have your Bruschetta. I, for instance, like it with few tomatoes and more spread. To top it all of, the bruschetta was fantastic. crispy breadslices, superb herb spread (sth. like wild garlic in it, i think). As you may guess, we were now really excited about the main dish...and well, I'd say they delivered on that end...mostly. I had ravioli with a truffle cream and was really, really pleased. Creamy, but not drowning, enough cream to shed some on all raviolis but not so much as to drown and it even left enough room so as to enjoy the contents of each ravioli (ricotta with italian herbs). My girflriend's pasta on the other hand was slightly unspectacular. She had ordered spaghetti arrabiatta but they were not really spicy and to our taste even lacked some salt and pepper which was fortunately provided on the table. But after some 'manual adjusting' her meal was also more satisfactory. In the end, we received two limoncello for free - also a nice gesture. So, to wrap things up: Mignon seems to be a busy, crowded place. If you want a nice view, better make a reservation, else you might be seated in some niche with other people right on your heels. Is that still worth the trip, then? I'd go with 'yes'. Yes, because the bruschetta was arguably the best I've ever had, the service was fast, competent and polite and at least my main dish was all I could've asked for. Definitely recommended to go there, if you happen to be in Malcesine.