04/09/2025: We ate at this mountain restaurant located at 2,000 meters above the village of Alleghe.
The view is breathtaking, but they don't need to do anything special to achieve this because nature has done its job very well, and it's not the most important issue in my opinion.
The restaurant doesn't take reservations for outside dining unless you're in a group of at least 6 to 8 people, according to a phone conversation I had with an employee.
When we arrived, we were greeted by young, smiling and pleasant waiters. This was a positive point that raised my rating from 2 to 3.
We sat at a large table outside (there are only large tables for 8).
To start our meal, we chose the cheese and charcuterie board with fried polenta.
We had a Spritz and a red Dolomite beer. For the main courses, we chose a Viennese-style breaded escalope with polenta and paccheri with mushrooms and bacon. We drank a house wine.
I'll start with the positives:
The cheese and charcuterie board was good quality
The meat was tender and lightly fried
The beer was good
The bread basket was okay
What wasn't great at all:
A paltry quantity for the cheese and charcuterie board at this price
The pasta was stuck together and undercooked, a disgrace to be in Italy, the bacon wasn't even a whole slice, and the mushrooms were bland. And especially the plate, at this altitude when it's windy at 2,000 m, it gets cold in less than a minute. So, when it's undercooked and cold on top of that, I'll let you imagine the quality of the food. And it was served 5 minutes after receiving the meat platter. An oversight? So, do we cook pasta in a hurry or not?
And as I always do, I ate the plate to be completely objective.
Unacceptable and disappointing.
The polenta was the same, a flat plate, so it became cold like the pasta. And above all, very salty.
Just to humbly inform the cooks, pasta and polenta are served in soup plates, and in the case of a mountain restaurant, since they want to do "gastronomic style," in warm plates.
The house wine was nothing special.
At the end of the meal, I expressed my grievances to a waitress when she asked me if everything had gone well. She was kind enough to apologize, but since the problem wasn't hers, I asked her to see a manager.
Apparently, there's no manager in this restaurant, since no one deigned to come to our table.
Conclusion: The price of 75 euros is, in my opinion, overpriced for the overall quality. The panoramic view can't erase everything. In comparison, for twice the price, we ate at a gourmet Argentinian meat restaurant in Verona, with a starter of Pata Negra ham (double the size of our platter), 300g Black Angus beef fillets, high-quality wine, digestifs, and aperitifs.
This, to me, demonstrates the glaring disparity between tourist spots where they take too much advantage of tourists, whether foreign or Italian.
Tried once, but not twice.
03/09/2025: Very nice place
The food is amazing
I recommend the polenta with mushroom, but you can also order yourself polenta and cheese !!!
The view over the Civeta Mountain and Mount Pelmo is amazing😍
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