Hard to imagine a more spectacular location for a restaurant. We ate overlooking the water on one…read moreside and a castle on the other. Food was spectacular, the service was great and everyone had a great time. I was thrilled they were able to accommodate our large party of 13 family members at one table.

The location and food quality are both excellent. We felt fortunate to wander in and get seated…read morewithin view of the waterfront --most of the tables were reserved. The seafood is highly recommended, especially the tuna tartare appetizer.

An elegant jazzy feel to the interior, nice wine cellar in the background. Outdoor seating also…read moreavailable but it was 30C at night so indoor was the choice. The service was attentive and generally friendly except for an issue with the wine. They asked if we'd like their insights on a wine and my Italian wife specified that we wanted a local light red (more specific details given). They recommended a Valpolicella Superiore which we ordered. However the bottle they chose had 15.5% alcohol and was just about the opposite of what we asked. Further it tasted off. The waiter kept saying look at the cork, as if that made the wine taste better. Eventually they agreed to change the wine to something much closer to what we requested but the scene they made put a damper on the evening. As for the food. This was also mixed. The ossobuco was very firm, have had this dish numerous times across Italy and this was the firmest and poorest prepared. The Maialino (braised pork) and applesauce was tender and quite good. Contori of asparagus and mixed grilled veggies were well prepared. Prices on the higher side.

Really nice spot! Both service and food were amazing. They have some outdoor sitting but we opted…read morefor the dining room as it was too hot outside. Nice jazzy bossa nova vibes, a good wine list and stellar service. On the pricey side. Clean modern bathrooms

This place was by far the best restaurant we tried on the peninsula in Sermione, Lake Garda, and…read moreright near the castle. We had squid ink tagliatelle to share to start, followed by the Sea Bass which came with a few different fabulous sauces, and we shared the pork cheek with mashed potatoes as a final course which was beyond delicious. Each course blew us away, and service was attentive but not intrusive. It was about to rain before we sat outside so we were able to a table on a Saturday in September without reservations, otherwise I would recommend reserving a table as the restaurant is not large. A bit pricey compared to other places here but worth every penny. The wine is also available in half bottles so we had a few! They also took AmEx which most places do not, so that was a plus. This place was certainly a highlight of our beautiful trip to Lake Garda (put on your bucket list!!)

La Roccia - The trap of tourist traps: We stayed at Hotel…read moreAlveci (which actually is a really nice place), about 300m from the historic gate / draw bridge to old town Sirmione. Upon check-in we were handed a small card with a few of "their" restaurants - where we would get 10% off as guests of the property. Growing up in the Alpine region of southern Germany, and therefore having visited Lake Garda dozens of times before, we normally would have never dined at an establishment located so central in such a high tourist traffic area. But I guess we spent a bit too much time at Jamaica Beach (very northern tip of the Sirmione peninsula) and basically were just looking for a place to have a halfway decent meal on our walk  back to the hotel. So we remembered that little card issued by our hotel, checked the restaurant reviews online and decided on La Roccia as the supposedly best option. Boy, were we wrong. We ordered beef tartar to share, gnocchi with meat sauce, and pizza capricciosa. The tartar dish was the worst we have ever had. Not only totally blant, but also not diced/cubed, and the connective tissue not removed. The result was an extremely chewy dish of large chunky pieces of skirt steak (at best) covered in raw egg. Yuck. The pizza....well, any - even supermarket frozen / domino's /pizza hut - that we have ever had before, was better than this soggy, leathery piece of barely cuttable dough. A disgrace to Italy's national dish. And the gnocchi... never arrived. Despite blue tooth/.. POS devices used by the wait staff. "There was a mistake in the kitchen". Or the order was never put in. When it was time to pay we were directed to the register inside. We took out the 10%-off-card from the hotel (should have been 100% off) and presented a major credit card to pay for the disaster dinner What followed then was a classic Italian scheme from the 1990s tourist rip-off playbook: the POS wifi/blue tooth connection for payments conveniently failed at this very point in time (so the charge can not be disputed later). For some reason the connection seemed still to be working fine on the waiters' devices. Our only options were to either pay cash or wait indefinitely until the credit card payment pad may or may not come back online. The floor manager's command of English (who was able to perfectly seat and attend to guests from various contries before) all of a sudden ceased to exist and therefore was unable to understand what we tried to address. All he did was to show us a print out that the 10% off he took supposedly was the rate of state imposed taxes on food that he had to cover. Not our problem, if the incentive given by their partner hotel does not work out for your business, please don't offer it. Or make our guests feel bad about it. Especially not about a 60 Euro bill for a sub-par meal. The burden is shared, we also pay an annual fee and possibly interest rates to use credit cards. And yes, despite everything we left a 10% tip for our waiter. However, since we were really exhausted at that point late in the evening, and did not want to wait indefinitely, we ended up paying in cash: Win tourist trap. For a relaxed and tasty dinner experience just avoid this place. Yep, they did pull a fast one on us. Apparently the old rule still applies: "when in Rome - or Italy in general - do as the Romans do. Or at least research and eat where the locals eat.

Came to this place for two meals while on a short trip. Both the inside and outside seating areas…read moreare super cozy. The first time, I got a seafood mix. It was super fresh and extremely tasty. I got some kind of almond semifreddo for dessert and it was perfect. Light, sweet, but not too sweet. So good. The second trip included pizza and salad. The salad was tasty, but the pizza was one of the best I've ever had. Really great place.

We are Italian, and my mom is the pickiest eater on earth. And she gave this place her seal of…read moreapproval - that should ease anyone's mind. It may not have the view of some nearby places - but that just means the wait staff and chef work harder than their neighbors. A delightful find in old town Sirmione. P.s pizzas are properly cooked - thin firm-but-not tough crust throughout. Some other more touristy places seem to give up on the crust - it's tough but brittle on the edges, and melts like soup in the center. They do it right, here.

After days of pasta and just before leaving Italy it was time to have a Pizza. Unfortunately, the…read morepizzaria we had in mind was closed for the season already but next door an establishment appraised them self as a pizzaria too and, it looked like locals go there, so why not. The "maître-d" was nice and welcoming, the assigned waiter not that much. We ordered salad, some pasta and yes, pizza. The mentioned waiter prepared the salad sauce at the table with balsamico and olive oil, but it somehow disappeared in the giant bowl. The pasta was meh, compared to what we enjoyed of the last few days and the pizza ... Well, first it took forever (probably I'm the idiot ordering one during dinner service?) and it was just too think and not that good after all. The sad ambience didn't help to make this a good experience unfortunately. But! It was reasonably priced, almost cheap and ok to eat after all.

This is a great place for dinner. It's along a relatively more quiet street. It is seafood-focused…read morewith authentic Italian hospitality and service! I ordered a grilled sea bream -- whole fish, deboned at table side.

We came here for dinner on our family holiday, the food, the drinks and the service were so good,…read morewe booked again to celebrate my brother's birthday. All the staff were so accomodating, entertaining and went the extra mile to make the night extra special. The restaurant itself is very comfortable with a great atmosphere, but the staff make it excellent

Okay this place is ahhhmazing!! We ate out every day when we were in Italy and this was our…read morefavorite. Our waiter was amazing and knew what was good from the wine to the food., we ordered a delicious local white wine and a full 2 course dinner. Worth EVERY penny.. All 4 of us got different dishes and they were all the best we have had In Italy.. But the cherry on top was the view, we has a gorgeous view of lake garda as the sun set even though we opted to sit inside, it was breathtaking.. We probably stayed 2 more hours after we ate drinking and playing cards and the restaurant was totally fine with that.. By far best eating out experience I've had and once again, the service was amazing, we are all not very "rich" early 20 year olds and you can probably tell, and yet they treated us like royalty.. Amazing hangout and atmosphere. a night that I will always remember!

We enjoyed our meal at this restaurant. We had the felicetti which is a pasta dish with swordfish &…read moreeggplant. It was a nice portion & one of the best pasta dishes I've had in Italy.

The best meal we've had during our stay in Italy. Superb presentation and lots of attention to…read moredetail. Service was slick but not intrusive. Homemade bread and pasta, very good meat and superb selection of lake fish. Lake side with lovely views of snow capped mountains behind.

Great view and aesthetically pleasing! This is a nice place…read moreto grab a drink after taking a swim in the Garda Lake. But as far as Food and Service goes there dreams to be a lack of communication. We ordered drinks and one sandwich with ham and cheese and it was not served, at all. We then walked towards the kitchen and asked about our ordered food. They handed us a plate with dried out cold sandwiches that had waiting on the kitchen counter for too long. When we payed we figured 27€ were too much for 4 drinks and cold dried out sandwiches so they gave us a discount of 2,50€, which was nice. All in all not a recommendation of mine

Had their pizza and a tiramisu. Fire. Service was slow,…read moreperhaps because my table was a little hidden. Still, though, it's not like they didn't know it existed. Great views of nude sunbathers And an awesome trek to get to it.

This place was great! Amazing service from start to finish. Mussels and clams in the white wine…read moresauce was very good. Great ambience for dinner, sitting under the trees and hanging lights, cute flowers and cute lamps. The food was not life changing but our server was so smooth with it I had to give it 5 stars. He slid in a chair for us to put our purses on and was helllla quick with anything we needed, even things we didn't know we needed, he did. Shout-out waiter with beard, i don't know his name.

Excellent location, The staff are very friendly which always add to your enjoyment . we have been…read morehere a few times and the food is always very very good, Recommendedc