Restaurant in Brenzone sul Garda, Italy
Tasting menus with a view, book early.
Nin is a Michelin-starred creative restaurant inside Hotel Belfiore on the eastern shore of Lake Garda, now led by chef Andrea De Lillo following a 2025 kitchen transition. Two tasting menus — meat and lake fish — draw on hyper-local sourcing including Monte Baldo wagyu and the restaurant's own farm. At €€€€, with lake views from a limited veranda, it is the strongest special-occasion option on this stretch of the Garda shore. Book three to four weeks out.
Yes — with caveats. Nin is a Michelin-starred creative restaurant on the eastern shore of Lake Garda, operating out of Hotel Belfiore, and it delivers the kind of tasting-menu experience that justifies a special occasion trip. The kitchen changed hands at the start of 2025, which is either a reason for caution or excitement depending on your appetite for risk. Chef Andrea De Lillo, who arrived with a track record in top-tier establishments, has pushed the menu into genuinely ambitious territory: hyper-local sourcing that stretches to include wagyu beef from Monte Baldo and shiitake mushrooms from nearby farms, presented in theatrical, well-executed dishes. For a celebration dinner on Lake Garda, there is very little at this price tier on the eastern shore that competes with it. Book the veranda if you can — the first-floor views over the lake are a significant part of the case for choosing Nin over alternatives in larger towns nearby.
The 2025 kitchen transition is the defining fact of this moment at Nin. De Lillo's menu centres on two tasting menus: one focused on meat, one on lake fish, both drawing heavily on vegetables from the restaurant's own small farm. The sourcing philosophy is genuinely local-first , the wagyu beef referenced on the menu comes from farms on Monte Baldo, making what might otherwise read as an incongruous addition entirely coherent in context. Seasonal vegetables feature prominently throughout both menus, which means the experience shifts depending on when you visit. If lake fish is your preference, the fish-focused menu is the cleaner choice; if you want the full range of what the kitchen is doing with its land-based sourcing, the meat menu demonstrates more range.
The dining room sits on the first floor of Hotel Belfiore, with a veranda offering the closest thing to an unobstructed lake view you will find at a restaurant of this calibre on this stretch of the Garda shoreline. The veranda tables are limited in number and fill ahead of the main room , request one specifically when booking. For a dinner that is supposed to feel like an occasion, the setting matters, and the difference between a veranda seat and a standard interior table here is meaningful.
Nin operates on a compressed schedule that makes last-minute booking effectively impossible. Dinner service runs Thursday through Monday from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Saturday and Sunday also offer a lunch service from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM. Tuesday and Wednesday are closed entirely. Given the Michelin star, the small number of veranda tables, and the post-2025 attention that a new chef appointment brings, you should treat this as a hard booking. Plan three to four weeks ahead as a minimum for a weekend dinner; veranda seats may require longer lead time.
The compressed week , effectively five days of dinner service and two lunches , limits the number of covers Nin can take on. That makes this a difficult restaurant to walk into without a reservation. There is no credible scenario in which you arrive on a Friday or Saturday night and are seated without having booked. Weekend lunch is your only realistic option for a shorter booking window, and even there, the Saturday and Sunday sittings are brief (12:30 PM to 2:30 PM), so arriving close to opening is advisable.
Nin prices at €€€€, the top tier on our scale, which puts it in the same bracket as Italy's most decorated creative restaurants. At this price, you are paying for the Michelin credential, the tasting menu format, the lake-view setting, and what is now a new kitchen team executing at a high technical level. Whether that represents value depends on what you are comparing it against. For Lake Garda fine dining, there is limited competition at this standard on the eastern shore. If you are willing to travel to Verona, Casa Perbellini 12 Apostoli in Verona offers a longer track record at a similar price point. Milan's Enrico Bartolini gives you more urban intensity. Nin's specific proposition is the combination of serious cooking and a lake setting that neither of those alternatives can replicate.
See the comparison section below for how Nin sits against peers at the €€€€ tier across northern and central Italy.
Nin's last seating is at 9:30 PM, which means you will likely be finishing around 11:00 PM on a multi-course tasting menu. Brenzone sul Garda is a small lakeside town, not a city with an after-dinner bar scene. If a late evening is part of what you are planning, the practical answer is to stay at Hotel Belfiore, which houses the restaurant, and use the hotel's own facilities rather than looking for activity in the town. For guests travelling from Verona or Brescia, factor in that the drive back after a long dinner and wine pairings requires a designated driver or overnight accommodation. This is not a venue you visit as part of a broader night out , it is the anchor of the evening, and the surrounding area closes early. Plan accordingly. For our full guide to what else is open in the area, see our Brenzone sul Garda bars guide.
| Detail | Nin | Casa Perbellini (Verona) | Dal Pescatore (Runate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price tier | €€€€ | €€€€ | €€€€ |
| Michelin stars | 1 (2024) | 1 | 3 |
| Cuisine | Creative / Local | Contemporary Italian | Italian Contemporary |
| Booking difficulty | Hard | Moderate–Hard | Very Hard |
| Dinner hours | 7:30–9:30 PM (Thu–Mon) | Varies | Varies |
| Setting | Lake Garda, hotel | City centre | Countryside |
| Tasting menu format | Yes (two menus) | Yes | Yes |
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Nin | €€€€ | — |
| Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler | €€€€ | — |
| Dal Pescatore | €€€€ | — |
| Osteria Francescana | €€€€ | — |
| Quattro Passi | €€€€ | — |
| Reale | €€€€ | — |
Comparing your options in Brenzone sul Garda for this tier.
The menu structure — two tasting menus alternating between meat and lake fish — suggests some built-in flexibility by format. check the venue's official channels via their address at via Zanardelli 5, Brenzone sul Garda, to confirm how they handle specific restrictions before booking a €€€€ tasting menu.
Nin operates within Hotel Belfiore on a compressed schedule, which limits capacity. Large groups are a risk at any small Michelin-starred creative restaurant — contact them directly to check availability before assuming a table for six or more is feasible. Smaller parties of two to four will have the easiest time securing the veranda seating.
Book at least three to four weeks out, and further if you want a veranda table with the Lake Garda view. Nin runs only four dinner services per week plus weekend lunches, which means availability disappears fast. Request the veranda at the time of booking — it is limited to a handful of tables and fills first.
Yes, with the right expectations. Nin holds a Michelin star, delivers theatrical tasting menus built on hyper-local sourcing including wagyu from Monte Baldo and produce from their own farm, and the first-floor dining room overlooks Lake Garda. That combination makes it a credible choice for a milestone dinner. For more established special-occasion alternatives at the same price tier, Dal Pescatore or Osteria Francescana offer longer track records — Nin is the better pick if you want something newer and more experimental.
There are no direct Michelin-starred alternatives in Brenzone sul Garda itself — Nin is the destination here. For comparable creative fine dining around Lake Garda and northern Italy, Dal Pescatore in Canneto sull'Oglio and Quattro Passi on the Amalfi coast are peers at the €€€€ tier with longer reputations. If you are open to Trentino, Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler in South Tyrol shares the hyper-local sourcing philosophy.
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