Il Grifone — Restaurant in Sirmione

Through our journey around Italy, it was the worst meal out of all of them. TLDR look at the pictures yourself. Absolute scam of a place.

Food: Coperto charge is normalised around this touristy area, but this was the only place to bring cheap crackers in plastic bags from grocery store for it Food is bland, ingridients are cheap and tasteless. Sauce is disguising, everything tastes like cheap can food. 1 shrimp teared in pieces and a tiny chunk of burrata is just laughable, look at the picture In fact, it was the only time in my life I have returned dish after one bite. My partner forced some of her meal in, but then had to give up as well and return it

Atmosphere: While it has some good sea views, keep in need all the mosquitos you will have to deal with on a date night here. They are everywhere

Service: Younger staff were doing very well. Older man for some reason was actively ignoring us and didn’t have any manners from the moment we arrived. He would talk to someone else while at our table and wouldn’t even look at us or say a single word at all. Mind you, place wasn’t packed and it was not busy. No refunds offered for bad meals, we wouldn’t beg it either 👍🏼

To conclude, I fully understand the concept of touristy places being overpriced. We were ready to pay extra, but at least to get nice meal and service.

Instead of that, we were absolutely scammed here. Unfortunately, that’s the only possible...

This was our second time at Il Grifone, and unfortunately, it was a bitter disappointment. The food quality has declined since our last visit 2 years ago. Sadly, this was previously our favorite restaurant in Sirmione, but the food is very poor now. We ordered the same dishes we had previously, but they were nothing like before. I understand that the cost of living has gone up for everyone, but the quality was very poor. We left with a full plate of pasta, and if the restaurant were to ask why we didn't say anything, it's because they never cared enough to ask how our meal was. If they had asked, I would have told them about our...

II Grifone is right next to the beach/ Lake Garda. We stopped here by local recommendation after our boat tour of Lake Garda in Sirmione and we were not disappointed at all. The staff explained the menu to us in English and were patient even though it was nearly time for lunchtime shutdown.

We had a seafood mix of king prawns & squid + variety of bread + pasta dish - of course 😉

My favourite of the day was the tiramisu - the best in Italy I've had so far. It came as part of a dessert trolley. Creamy yellow vanilla & texture was like silk ... Sorry, I can't describe it.

I would go to Sirmione for the day just for the tiramisu...