La Taverna del Lago — Restaurant in Desenzano del Garda

We (my family) had a very sad experience with this place. Low quality bread; the bread smells like bread fungus, although the waiter claimed it was a grill smell.🤦 The bread may be stored in the wrong place. The oil in the mussels was rancid, but I ate it because I was hungry. I hoped that the next dish would be better. The next dish, black-grilled fish, was a disaster, bitter on top and tasted like toilet paper on the inside. The fish soup was just tomato paste, heated in the microwave, and on top there was not the freshest seafood. The temperature of the tomato paste was very hot, the temperature of the shrimp and squid were slightly warm. There was a strong temperature dissonance. Very rude waiter and cook. Just petty crooks. I told the truth and I'm a real person. I don't want other people to get hurt in this place. The presentation of the food is very unattractive. Doesn't correspond at all to the photos on the...

One of the best places which I visited with Family (ever). Menu was full and we wanted ordered everything:) really! Menu was showed in 4 languages (Italian, French, German, English). Price was funny - maxim 16€. The crew was very helpful. Young lady explain every food in English so we didn’t make mistake. Big choice of Italian wines - spectacular! Separate menu for dessert! We were delighted everything, but first view is ordinary, around 09.00 PM was full of people. They accepted credit card - there is “coperto”

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Food quality was very poor. I ordered risotto and a side of mix salad. One of my friends got spaghetti with mussels and the other one tagiatelle ragu. Only tagiatelle ragu was fine, the rest was horrible. I am not a picky eater and I have eaten in many restaurants around the world. I could make a better risotto with my eyes closed. I told the chef that the food was bad and he got offended. We tried, paid and left. Not...