The best restaurants Grands lacs italiens

A neighborhood trattoria where people come from far and wide to taste its fish and seafood. On the menu, a long sequence of hot and coldantipasti , fried and grilled meats, without forgetting the lobster à la catalane (with tomato), pride of the store. Among the primi, linguine with lobster or risotto with squid ink do not deviate from the leitmotiv of the menu. The chef's nod to Sardinian pecorino (his region), which is cut from the wheel. The Lobster Bar annex offers a new formula, whose star is the lobster!

At the Dry, pizza takes pride of place: in addition to classics like the Margherita, to which you can add toppings to suit your taste, the chef puts all his know-how into offering pizzas featuring a blend of vegetables, cheeses and meats of a quality highly distinguished in the country's culinary heritage, accompanied by great Italian vintages. Another of the address's hobbyhorses is its cocktail bar, with beverages that have already become the stuff of legend, such as the "French 75" (brut champagne, lemon, sugar and gin).

A trattoria with the flavours of the past, where regulars look for a little something familiar and warm between its red walls and wooden tables, in a neighbourhood where it is difficult to eat well and cheaply. Its fixed-price menu makes it an address with an unbeatable quality-price ratio for maintaining the perfect quality of its dishes. Without surprises, popular cuisine plays the leading role with soup, risotto, pasta in sauce, braised or boiled meats, some grilled meats, vegetarian dishes and homemade desserts.

Vintage atmosphere for this modern bistro. Its long table in the centre of the room evokes dinners in good company; for couples, however, a few stools allow you to sit at the counter. The menu is divided into two parts: on the one hand small tapas-style portions (pepper stuffed with cod cream, breaded mini veal chops, poached eggs, beef tartar...) and on the other hand main courses(spaghetti or gnocchi carbonara, sliced beef with porcini mushrooms, burgers). A fun address where you can taste everything.

Facing the Roman ruins of what used to be the imperial palace, hidden behind an unassuming entrance, a small corridor leads to a wonderful veranda overlooking a pleasant garden with centuries-old trees. A stylish, chic and very Milanese address, chef Antonio Facciolo offers creative, tasty and sophisticated dishes. On the menu are specialties that have sometimes been revisited: veal liver carpaccio with marinated cherries, poached egg with almond milk, asparagus, cotechino (pig's trotter) and cannelloni revisited in a light version.

Successful recipe for a new address in the Milanese restaurant scene. A powerful 19th century palazzo in the centre, with a ceiling height (painted by the way) of 6 m high, is the setting for a stylish restaurant that lets out of its kitchen spaghetti with clams, tagliatelle with stew and tasty beef fillets, but also seafood and meat and fish carpaccios. The real added value remains the garden where several tables are set up, protected by a glass roof and heated in winter.

Sober, sophisticated decor for the café in Giorgio Armani's megastore. Beautiful breakfasts with a vast assortment of brioches and filled croissants. Much sought-after for business lunches, the place also fills up with fashionistas at aperitif time. Renovated five years ago, 19 years after its opening, this café lounge is divided between a cafeteria on the first floor and a more gourmet restaurant upstairs. A patisserie section completes the picture, with gourmet cakes made by a top pastry chef.

In Porta Romana, a restaurant inspired by the Futurist movement. Its name evokes the Futurist magazine founded in 1913, and the walls display a whole series of posters from the period. The cuisine features fish (octopus, tuna fillet, fried seafood...), but also traditional Milanese recipes, such as the famous cotoletta . The Lacerba cocktail bar is also highly regarded, and boasts a stunning cocktail menu. Alongside the indisputable spritz, you'll find, for example, more than nine variations of Bloody Mary !

Want a green getaway? Al Garghet is the ideal place! Only 10 min from Ripamonti, you are in the middle of the countryside. This charming restaurant and a romantic strand invite you to taste its Milanese porkchops'elephant ear ', so it is wide! In summer we eat under the pergola, while the piano accompanies your meal.

The products at this bakery are so appetizing that you'll have to forget about your diet! Creamy pizzas and focaccia, delicious breads and tarts, and a speciality for every holiday: panettone at Christmas, colomba at Easter, chiacchiere at Carnival time... The Milanese love it and frequent it at all hours of the day, to bite into a well-filled brioche or have a cappuccino at the counter. And at the back of the store, you can even see the baker baking bread over a wood fire.

A great and welcoming pizzeria on the banks of Naviglio Grande. The atmosphere is very pleasant, especially the summer when you can eat in the charming courtyard. The pizzas are good, but try focaccie (fougasses).

In the neighborhood of Navigli, a new table of quality which counts only 28 seats (from where its name) installed in a trendy setting where the furniture of recovery has the good share (for the anecdote, the "recovery" of the rooms was entrusted at a Milanese prison cooperative). Side cuisine, honor with Mediterranean flavours with required and creative suggestions of meats, fish, vegetables and products organic local.

One of the best restaurants on the lake, but unfortunately not for everyone's wallet. Its enviable position offers a beautiful view of the Rocca d'Angera, located directly opposite the beautiful summer terrace. Founded in the 1960s by painter Sergio Loeffler, the restaurant has built its reputation on creative, refined cuisine where each dish is a true work of art. Lake fish is the guest of honor in every dish, prepared in a thousand different ways, each more mouth-watering than the last.

In Arona's pretty central square, with a beautiful view of the lake, on the terrace or in the dining room, at lunchtime or in the evening by candlelight, this is a very popular address among tourists, where the freshness and quality of the products do not disappoint. The restaurant's menu reflects the chef's Neapolitan origins: regional recipes rub shoulders with those of Campania, with plenty of hearty fish dishes and seafood and shellfish pastas, all in a friendly Mediterranean atmosphere.

This gastronomic inn, very pleasant, offers bistronomic menus associating a dish with a wine, at affordable prices as well as more expensive ones, depending on the budget. The welcome is warm and the plate allows you to discover the local products used in creative recipes. A marvel for the taste buds. But you can also enjoy glasses of wine accompanied by cheese and charcuterie boards which are really delicious. However, remember to make a reservation because this address has been known and popular for quite some time.

At the end of the walk, close to a small coastal shelter, it is a modest address, with a nice terrace and quiet in sunny weather. It offers simple pizzas, panini and salads at very reasonable prices. Music in the evening.

In the kitchen, a great chef and his pastry chef wife who, after several professional experiences throughout the world, have chosen to open an address all their own in the heart of Baveno. If the decoration does not surprise more than that, you can recognize in the plate the touch of a great cook (marinated salmon, entrecote steak with pierrade, pork tenderloin with small vegetables, spaghetti with clams and seaweed ...). You will be delighted and savour the quality of the products, the know-how of the owners and the service. A sure value that we recommend.

An unpretentious restaurant next to the harbour where you can enjoy good pizzas. The atmosphere looks young, the design decor. The reception is nice and copious plates.

An exceptional location for this restaurant, which is very popular with the locals and attracts all visitors, just behind the church of Sant'Anna on the heights of Cannobio. Its arbour terrace suspended above the Orrido di Sant'Anna promises a meal lulled by the music of the waterfalls. The coolness of the site is particularly appreciated on summer evenings. On the plate, the best of regional cuisine, from tagliatelle with truffle to braised beef and langoustines on a bed of tomatoes.

This restaurant, which is very well known in the region, offers typical, typical Cretan cuisine. A good map of local and national wines.

A restaurant-pizzeria with two beautiful rooms with pastel colours and exposed stones. Fish specialities and a beautiful map of local and national wines. Very nice hotel.

An original restaurant offering th-century dishes as well as classic and international cuisine. Service in room or terrace.

At^no. 16 Via Vitani, Osteria del Gallo has been open since 1927. The atmosphere is that of an authentic family brasserie, with wooden tables, checkered tablecloths, bottle-covered shelves and a long wooden counter with a few antipasti and desserts on display. You'll taste good local cuisine with some influences from the nearby Val Chiavenna mountains. Specialties include the inevitable grilled fish, polenta with braised beef and charcuterie platter.

This fishmonger's shop, which displays all the lake and sea fish of the region, prepares seafood specialities served to take away or to taste on the spot, set up at a few high tables with stools. The seafood soup is really delicious, but everything is good. We have an offer of Japanese cuisine with sushi, sashimis but also risottos, fried food... The prices are quite salty on the other hand, but everything is fresh and of high quality. Interesting to discover with the eyes before exploring with the belly.

This panoramic restaurant is located in Brunate in an elegant period villa at an altitude of 800m. The tables set up in the winter garden allow you to enjoy a magnificent view of Como and its lake 7 km away. The refined cuisine offers a wide range of dishes with traditional local flavours. The very friendly owners have installed a music corner with drums... For the amateurs! Reservation recommended. And if you want to prolong the moment, Bellavista has some very pleasant rooms.

Everything is good in this slightly elevated restaurant behind Cernobbio. Fresh quality products and delicious pizzas , all at really honest prices for such a touristic place. Fish from the lake is in the spotlight, with recipes that tend towards sophistication (risotto with perch fillets, fried fish). Nice room, but the real added value is the terrace with its splendid view of the lake. Recommended for all those who want to eat well, even the setting is charged. A few well-kept rooms for those who would like to stop longer.

The Osteria del Beuc is a small brewery that doesn't look like much in an alleyway in the centre of Cernobbio, a few steps from the lakeside. Wooden tables, checkered tablecloths, wine in a pitcher, the setting announces the tone of a simple cuisine with abundant and very Italian flavours. Carpaccio rocket and parmesan, stuffed ravioli, pasta with meat stew and Milanese chops are just some of the dishes on offer. The wait can sometimes be a little long, it is better not to be in a hurry. Nice wine list, reservation recommended.

On the heights of Cernobbio, here is one of the best addresses of the lake, romantic to wish with a breathtaking view from its pretty terrace in a panoramic position. Stars and people seem to have spotted the spot; indeed George Clooney is among the regulars. The atmosphere is elegant and the cuisine refined. Meat and fish (from the lake and the sea) are very well cooked, with some game in season. Among the specialties: the fritti al Gatto Nero, light and tasty fish fritters.

Get away from the lakefront tourist attractions and climb up a stairway that leads straight to this "cave of madness". A succession of small rooms where barrels covered with a glass board serve as tables, and a pretty terrace with a pergola is the setting of this friendly wine bar. There are many references to be tasted and the cheese and charcuterie boards that accompany them are of excellent quality. The service is perfect, some of the waiters speak French and all of them are good counsellors.

In the historic centre of Bellagio, a characteristic café where you come from the moment you wake up for coffee and breakfast until the evening to watch a football match. At noon you settle down and enjoy a typical and simple dish: antipasti, sandwiches, pasta and pizzas . In the afternoon, with its large outdoor terrace, the place becomes perfect for a drink while soaking up the atmosphere of the city. The owner and the staff are very friendly, don't hesitate to ask them for advice on how to visit!

In a beautiful stone building from the ^19th century, here is a good address to taste the specialities of the lake, among which is the eel risotto. A flowered terrace allows you to eat outside on nice days. Some nice and comfortable rooms are available. The food is good, the dishes are plentiful and of good quality; as for the service, it is fast and pleasant. A nice address. Not to be confused with the restaurant located on the first floor of the building, which also offers good food and pizzas.

In the small hamlet of Pescallo a cosy restaurant with a lovely gazebo overlooking the lake. The kitchen pays tribute to lacustrine specialities: fish grill according to the fishing of the day. 11 single but characteristic rooms.

Refined downtown restaurant serving excellent fish and tasty seafood. In a contemporary setting, a young team does its best to satisfy its customers. On the menu, fish is king, and fish from the lake shares the menu with fish from the sea. The result is baked sea bass and potatoes, grilled seafood with scampi and octopus, or seafood spaghetti and - always - an excellent tiramisù to finish. Selection of quality wines.

A meal at Orestino is like travelling back in time: nothing has changed since the 1970s and maybe even since it opened in 1950. Centrally located along the lake, Orestino is one of the oldest restaurants in the area. An old-fashioned setting, a touch of "endimanché", impeccable service and healthy cuisine based on good local products. Although fish from the lake is the main dish, the chef's savoir-faire is used to prepare boiled meats, mushroom crespelles and terrines from the surrounding heights

One of the most renowned restaurants in Varenna, with an exceptional position, with its terrace overlooking the lake and the small marina. The ideal address for a romantic dinner at sunset, an experience not to be missed! Refined atmosphere and elegant decoration, the right balance to appreciate the different proposals of a traditional local cuisine that values the freshness and quality of its products. Excellent wine list. Quality and service are the order of the day. It's hard not to appreciate!

This restaurant, located right in front of the boat landing, offers, in addition to lake fish dishes (such as the famous grilled lake salmerino or the persico dorato, perch with polenta), honest pizzas and well-stuffed calzones. Special mention for the risottos and the fried fish, which your taste buds will remember for a long time. All this with a breathtaking view of Lake Iseo from the veranda, heated in winter and air-conditioned in summer. Romantic as can be, ideal for a romantic dinner. Reservations are recommended.

We've fallen in love with this little café-bistro by the lake. As the name suggests, the decor is inspired by the opera, with large posters on the theme; yet it's not operatic arias that enliven the place, but good ambient music. It's at aperitif time that Opera fills up with cocktails and appetizers. On the food side, this bistro specializes in risotti. You'll have a choice of 6 or 7 different seasonings . Carpaccio, salads and paninis complete the menu. A perfect stop-off for lunch.

If you want to eat fresh fish, this is the place for you. On the menu, fish soup, pasta with fish from the lake, octopus, but also some meats. The chef will give you the best advice to make your choice! The cuisine is of high quality, always based on fresh and seasonal products. We let ourselves be charmed by the flavours, everything is perfect from the presentation to the tasting. As for service, it's flawless. And if you want to enjoy the place a little longer, the Albergo Rosa offers some rooms.

A few steps from the harbour, a very refined restaurant in a nice and nicely decorated room. The staff were friendly and helpful. On the menu, typical dishes of Lombardy cuisine and fishery products.

A family cuisine with typical dishes and wines of the region. The welcome is friendly and the setting very pleasant, with exposed beams and beautiful vaulted rooms. The Osteria di Mezzo is considered one of the best seafood restaurants in the city of Salo! So if you like it, let yourself be tempted with your eyes closed by one of the dishes on offer. If you are a vegetarian, Mauro - the chef - will adapt your dishes without any problem. For the sweet touch, the unmistakable tiramisu is simply perfect.

Just inside the village of Gardone Riviera, about twenty minutes from the lake shore, the trattoria Marietta is a restaurant with a warm welcome and impeccable service. The products are fresh, the cuisine is excellent and - as we are high up on the lake - the view is breathtaking: this restaurant will make you want to go back! The pizzas in particular are succulent, as is the rose cake. Reservation is recommended, as well as parking a little further away, it's complicated in front of it!

La Sosta restaurant, housed in the stables of an old aristocratic palace in Brescia, has been a reference point in the region since it opened in 1967. Its cuisine is linked to the land and its traditions. Among the proposals of the chef Ezio Colombo are a risotto with pumpkin, basil and black pepper, or Brescian-style kid served with polenta from Castagnato. Amusing, the sign of the restaurant represents a knight raising his glass of wine to the sky, while on the fireplace stands the emblem of the Martinengo family.

Small family osteria just a few steps from Piazza della Loggia with an old-fashioned atmosphere that makes all its charm. At the entrance there is a beautiful wooden counter with bottles, followed by two small rooms in a slightly retro style. Not to be missed are the malfatti (ricotta and spinach ravioli) with melted butter and the stracotto d'asino con polenta (donkey meat marinated with its polenta), vino della casa (wine from the house pitcher) and homemade desserts. A sincere and tasty cuisine in a friendly and courteous atmosphere. Very good value for money.

A dream location for this bistro and wine bar, which is as bobo as it gets, right on Brescia's cathedral square. Inside, the decor is vintage, colorful and a touch retro; on the terrace, small tables let you bask in the sun from breakfast to late-night drinks. In the kitchen, vegetarian recipes are the order of the day: surimi burger, tofu steak, blueberry muffins and so on. It's all very good and (a good sign) the locals love it, for a break at any hour.

This is a restaurant that cannot be indifferent. Situated in the historic centre of the city, a special charm comes from this room: we are leaving the beaten track. Its special decoration evokes the time spent… that precisely of the Guasconi. The atmosphere is warm and friendly. A rustic stamp similar to the image of ancient taverns is given by furniture exclusively in solid wood, the authenticity of its objects, the exposed beams and the period walls. An outdoor terrace on the pedestrian street, used in all seasons, allows you to enjoy the animation and the characteristic atmosphere of the city. Its reputation is no longer to be done for the inhabitants of the city because it is for many Bressans an indispensable meeting place. Its assets? His team and his kitchen. A young and dynamic team of great kindness at the disposal of the customer. A typical kitchen with a wide variety of traditional dishes such as mashed potatoes with cream and bagoss (local cheese), or tagliata (fine slices of meat) from beef to scamorza (smoked cheese). Not to miss, homemade desserts. All accompanied by a range of wines for all tastes and prices.

It's impossible not to come across the Donizetti in the heart of the Ville Haute. Part bistro, part wine bar, this place pays tribute to the Bergamo composer in the best possible way: with tastings of products from the local culinary tradition. As an aperitif, try a platter of taleggio cheese or Bergamo sausage, accompanied by excellent Franciacorta vintages. For a more substantial meal, choose a dish of casoncelli or polenta with cheese or boletus, to be enjoyed indoors in the vaulted hall or under the medieval arbour outside.

A resolutely regionalist inn, with menus in dialect and waitresses in costume. In the lower town, a little outside the tourist circuits, you will meet a clientele of regulars who appreciate the abundant dishes such as the risotto with sausage and red wine, the roast with potatoes and the dessert trolley which always makes its little effect. The four chefs Darwin, Barbara and Alioscha Foglieni and Isabella Plebani pool their know-how to offer us a refined and excellent quality cuisine.

Lio Pellegrini is high quality in a refined atmosphere and is a gastronomic institution located just a few meters from the Accademia Carrara. Very pleasant interior room and beautiful summer garden. The menu is enticing and reveals a Mediterranean-inspired cuisine rich in flavours for both meat and seafood. Gourmet desserts and an interesting choice of wines. One of the best choices in Bergamo if you have the budget for. Reservation recommended. It is also possible to order take-away.

It is the best shot of the upper city, trustworthy by tourists. This discreet restaurant offers a delicious and varied buffet at will, with an unforgettable seafood salad as a starter, sumptuous meats and fish, endless salads and even a homemade tiramisu. Fast, good and cheap unless you have an appetite like a sparrow.