Mottino Garda — Restaurant in Garda

We have been coming here for four years every time we are in the area, everything was some variety of good or great. During our two visits this year I changed my opinion on this restaurant. During the first the restaurant was around 30% of the capacity, because it was raining, the lady who took care of our table would not speak a word in English and decided that she won't call anyone, bit annoying but not a problem. The problem was with the second visit, now the restaurant was around 60% capacity, we were sitting outside, my friends ordered wine and everyone ordered pizza, we waited 20 minutes for the wine and after 45 minutes waiting for the pizza we asked the waiter if the pizza is not gonna be ready in 10 minutes we will leave. Everything from us was very polite and only a request not a demand, we said that we will pay for the wine. The waiter came within 20 second with the bill for the wine, he did not say anything, only pointed to the number, he spoke fluent English to this point. When we got up from our chairs, very hungry mind you, he started insulting us in Italian, my Italian is not great, but understandable vaffanculo and cazo is within my limited knowledge. Not mentioning that they raised they priced and lower the quality significantly in the last two years, but for us this was a tradition, well never more. Come here if you wanna get insulted, are dieting or want food that is too expensive...

We went here because it is close to the lake, they had seating immediately. We could put together tables for the 4 of us. I chosed them because in the menu they said they have gluten-free pizza option. It was so good that i asked the waiter back if it is really gluten-free. I also asked the kids to taste it because it was just so perfect! I dont have problems still so i guess it was okay 😅 the prices was also good. Although everything is roughly 1 eur more expensive than last year according to the photos among the reviews. I've heard the waiter was talking German next to us, and he also was speaking English with us, very nice they had so skilled waiters! Unfortunately we could not tip as they could not do it with card payment and we had...

This is a lovely waterside restaurant with extensive external seating, under parasols. The menu is varied and although they do not offer gluten free pasta or pizza, they were able to provide a nice fresh mozzarella and tomato salad as a GF option. Our meal was most enjoyable and reasonably priced, served by pleasant and helpful staff. Be careful when eating in Italy as many restaurants levy a service charge plus an additional charge for eating outside, with the latter usually levied on a per person basis, although this was not the case at Mottino Garda. Highly...