La Cambusa Bistrot della Fraglia — Restaurant in Desenzano del Garda

This was a pleasant surprise. Very ordinary looking bar, accessed through a boatyard. You can have a drink on the top terrace (no food served up there) and then, through a doorway on ground floor there’s a narrow strip directly on the lakeside. It was busy and obviously most people had booked but they managed to squeeze us two in. We had a delicious seafood pasta and the calamari grotto with a salad. Washed down with a very nice chilled rose. The calamari was cooked to perfection. Great service, very friendly. Recommended. About €60 for us two, including...

I simply found this place in Google Maps. At first was difficult to find, but then we were super lucky to get the table without reservation. I love sea food and I ordered paccheri with sea food. It was super tasty. Me and my friend liked the service a lot, very friendly stuff, who speaks English. We were also very surprised that prices are lower comparing to other restaurants in the area. We made a reservation for the next day and tried other fish dishes from the menu. I would really recommend this place for those who loves fish...

A bit of an odd experience. Most of the dishes we tried were tasty and overall ok - fried squid was fresh and tender, however the octopus was practically inedible, tough and rubber like. Portions are relatively small for the price, so the octopus being terrible was a bit of a disappointment. Staff was friendly, however very slow (waited 40min to get to the secondi) and looked disorganised (plates were going back and fourth, other tables getting priority over others, waiters forgetting that you had secondi while...