Osteriva - RIVA DEL GARDA

Nice easy dinner friendly staff and lovely homemade pasta dishes. Families with young children there too. Happy vibe and nothing a problem. Extensive wine list.

Il cibo era eccezionale, dal primo al secondo piatto abbiamo apprezzato ogni singolo morso. Non abbiamo provato i dolci, ma sono sicuro che non saremmo stati delusi! Il conto era giusto, il personale era gentile, sarei felice di tornarci.

If you like to eat where the Italians eat, go here. Very traditional with lovely food and great service. Pasta is all homemade and wine was lovely.

We walked by this restaurant on our first evening in Riva and I was enticed by the traditional (and somewhat unusual menu. We decided to have dinner there two nights later and we were rewarded with some very fine dishes. I had ravioli stuffed with local white fish (tasty, cooked to perfection, and served with an excellent, simple dressing. My partner had very flavorful Canederli with speck, a typical dish from Trentino. Our desserts were a semifreddo and a chocolate salami. The latter was by far our favorite of the two (the semifreddo was good, but not as good as the rest of the meal. The wines and grappas were the cherry on the cake of a lovely evening in charming Riva del Garda!

The food is good, nice menu with typical plates of the region. But the service we encountered made the visit to OsteRiva something to forget asap. A waitress that’s is continuously pushing you and obviously being in a hurry to get you out (while the restaurant was open one more hour… So, not really recommended unless they’ve fired the waitress.