Ristorante Stella Polare — Restaurant in Cortina d'Ampezzo

A wonderful dining experience!

The posted hours were incorrect, so we showed up about 45 minutes before opening, but a staff member informed us of the correct time. Google maps having the hours wrong is obviously not the fault of the restaurant. They open at 1930 for dinner.

The menu changes, so it was different than what I saw posted, but plenty of fantastic sounding options were available.

Definitely a more upscale setting and presentation, and at a reasonable price. I had all 3 courses and my wife had 2, and the bill was just over 100 Euros, which seems typical for this area.

Staff were very attentive, clearing the table almost immediately after each course.

Dishes were works of art in addition to being delicious!

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It was a strange experience. The food was very nice, but the service felt rushed and the atmosphere was a little stuffy, despite - or perhaps because of - the restaurant being almost empty.

Communication was a bit difficult. There were a lot of staff, and only a few of them spoke a little English. This is not their fault, perhaps this hotel & restaurant have a more local clientele. However, they all smelled strongly of cigarette smoke, was was rather annoying.

The food was delicious though. But in the end, we were...

It was perfect dinner. we were 9 people, quite a big group, but the manager gave us service full of kindness and the food was great! I recommend you pizza and swordfish stake. Dessert either! Just one thing was that the food was a little salty to me, but I think it might be because of the cultural difference maybe(we came from Korea). Even though we were very tired after hiking, we had a wonderful dinner at...