Ristorante Vegano Biologico La Lanterna — Restaurant in Verona

Both my husband and I are vegans. We've travelled a fair amount, and it can be difficult to find really good vegan restaurants outside of London (this is only because London has a lot of choice). This is an exception. We went twice while in Verona. Don't be fooled by the pictures on the menu. The dishes are good-sized portions. The first time, we over ordered and had to take away the desserts to eat later (we couldn't not try them). The pasta is al dente, just as it should be. My husband's favourite dish was the Bronze Drawn Bigoli with Vegetable Amatriciana, mine was the Cappelletti Filled with Chickpea Hummus and Mint with Aubergines and Confit Cherry Tomatoes. But all was very tasty. The desserts were delicious! Staff were very friendly and attentive to the right level. The restaurant is tastefully decorated, the atmosphere cosy, and even though the place filled up, it was not too noisy. We definitely recommend to everyone. I'm sure even non-vegans would find something they would enjoy, even if they tried their...

Food was basic at it's best. We ate ravioli, pasta and pizza. Everything was a tasteless and dry, so we had to order more drinks to get all eaten, our mouths dry. (Even that the portions were really small - like half of what adult usually eats!) Food was represented like we were eating on a gas station. Just pile of pasta slammed on a plate. The service was basic. No smiles, nothing extra, it seemed that the customers don't mean so much to them. I had to draw attention three times to get some more water for us. To see the menu we had to scan a QR code and visit the website, not seeming very classy. Music which was playing in the restaurant was dark and gloomy techno-like ambience. I wouldn't go again. Expensive place for basic and tasteless food. Hard to say if the ingredients are super fine as the...

An hour before we were due to arrive, our reservation was cancelled by the restaurant with no warning. We had to phone them to re-book, which was stressful on a Saturday night as many restaurants would be filled booked at this time. They tried to claim the restaurant was full but they had confirmed our reservation a few days earlier. This made us feel unwelcome and we felt that no reasonable explanation was provided. The staff were very nice when we got there but given our pre-meal experience and lack of apology, this did not make up for the earlier issues.

The pasta dishes we tried were good, but second courses lacked flavour and could have been more inventive. E.g. we had better salads/vegetarian dishes elsewhere at...