Restaurant in Lake Garda, Italy
Tasting menus, garden setting, Michelin-recognised.
Regio Patio, inside Lake Garda's Regina Adelaide hotel, is the right choice for a structured tasting menu dinner built around regional tradition and kitchen garden produce. With Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 and a 4.7 Google rating, the kitchen delivers consistently at the €€€ price point. Book the outdoor patio in late spring or early autumn for the best experience.
If you are deciding between Regio Patio and a lakefront trattoria in Garda town, the comparison is not really close. This is the gourmet restaurant inside the Regina Adelaide hotel, and it operates at a different register entirely: two structured tasting menus, produce from an on-site kitchen garden, and a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025. For the price tier (€€€), that recognition matters — it signals a kitchen working to a consistent standard, not just trading on the lake views. If you want à la carte flexibility or a casual evening, look elsewhere. If you want a full tasting menu experience grounded in Lake Garda's regional traditions, Regio Patio is the right call.
The setting does a lot of work before the food arrives. The restaurant sits inside the Regina Adelaide hotel on Via S. Francesco d'Assisi, close to the Garda lakefront, and the dining environment splits across a formal indoor room and a patio with an English-style garden. On a clear evening in late spring or early autumn, the outdoor patio is the seat to request — the garden provides visual separation from the street, and the patio setting makes the meal feel occasion-appropriate without the stuffiness of a fully enclosed dining room. Summer evenings work too, though the Garda heat in July and August can make outdoor dining less comfortable after a long day of sun. The sweet spots are May through June and September through October, when temperatures are moderate and the hotel is operating at full pace without the peak-August crowds.
The menu structure is fixed: two tasting menus, one of which is vegetarian. Both draw on the culinary traditions of Lake Garda and the surrounding Veneto and Lombardy borderlands, with seasonal ingredients and vegetables grown in the hotel's kitchen garden. That garden-to-table sourcing is not a marketing phrase here , it directly shapes what arrives on the plate depending on the season. A visit in late spring will reflect different produce than one in October. If you have been once, the case for returning in a different season is genuine, not manufactured. The kitchen takes a creative approach to regional tradition rather than reproducing it literally, which means the menus read as modern without being unmoored from where they are. Compared to full creative-modernist restaurants like Osteria Francescana in Modena or Reale in Castel di Sangro, Regio Patio is more restrained and more accessible , which is the appropriate pitch for a hotel restaurant on Lake Garda.
Wine list is described as extensive, which at the €€€ price tier in a hotel of this category typically means a broad Italian selection with Garda DOC and Lugana whites represented alongside Amarone and Bardolino from the surrounding region. Lake Garda's wine output is genuinely worth attention , for context on what the area produces, see our full Lake Garda wineries guide. Pairing a glass of Lugana with the regional tasting menu here is the obvious move and a reasonable one.
A Google rating of 4.7 across 142 reviews is a meaningful signal at this price point. It suggests the kitchen is delivering consistently enough that guests who have spent at the €€€ level are leaving satisfied. That kind of rating can mask variation, but at 142 reviews it is a stable sample, not a statistical anomaly from a handful of enthusiastic early visitors.
On the question of takeout and delivery: Regio Patio is not a venue where off-premise dining makes sense. The experience is built around the setting , the garden, the patio, the table service , and the tasting menu format does not survive a takeaway box. If you are staying at the Regina Adelaide, in-room dining might be available through the hotel, but that is a different experience from the Regio Patio tasting menu as intended. For food that travels well around Lake Garda, the local market stalls and casual lakefront spots in Garda town are a better fit. Regio Patio is a sit-down, present-in-the-room experience, and that is its entire point.
If you are exploring what else the region offers beyond this restaurant, our full Lake Garda restaurants guide covers the broader picture, and Dal Pescatore in Runate, Uliassi in Senigallia, and Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler in Brunico represent the higher ceiling of what northern Italy's fine dining tier delivers if you want to benchmark Regio Patio against the region's leading end. The gap in ambition is real , but so is the gap in price and booking difficulty. Regio Patio is easier to book and more relaxed in format, which is not a flaw if that suits the trip you are planning.
Reservations: Easy to book , contact the Regina Adelaide hotel directly; walk-in availability is plausible at quieter times but not worth risking at €€€. Budget: €€€ per head for a tasting menu; factor in wine pairings from an extensive list. Format: Two tasting menus (one vegetarian); no confirmed à la carte option. Dress: Smart casual is the appropriate baseline for a hotel gourmet restaurant at this level , the patio setting is elegant but not black-tie. Timing: May, June, September, and October give the leading balance of weather, seasonal menu produce, and manageable crowds. Getting there: Via S. Francesco d'Assisi, 23, 37016 Garda VR , the hotel is close to the Garda lakefront; see our Lake Garda experiences guide for broader area orientation. Groups: A hotel restaurant with a garden and patio can typically accommodate small groups; confirm capacity and private dining options directly with the Regina Adelaide when booking.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regio Patio | Situated just a stone’s throw from the lakefront, this elegant gourmet restaurant in the Regina Adelaide hotel boasts an attractive English-style garden, as well as a beautiful outdoor patio and stylish dining room. The two tasting menus served here (one of which is vegetarian) showcase the traditions of Lake Garda and its surrounding region with a creative twist using vegetables from the property’s own kitchen garden and a focus on seasonal ingredients. There’s also an extensive wine list.; Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | €€€ | — |
| Villa Cortine Palace | — | ||
| Locanda Perbellini - Ai Beati | €€€ | — | |
| La Dispensa San Felice | — |
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide where to book.
Group bookings are plausible given the restaurant's hotel setting and the presence of both an outdoor patio and an indoor dining room, but no private dining or group-specific capacity details are published. Contact the Regina Adelaide hotel directly before assuming large parties can be seated together; tasting menu formats often create pacing constraints for groups larger than six.
At €€€ per head, Regio Patio delivers more than most restaurants at this price point on the lake: two structured tasting menus (including a vegetarian option), produce from an on-site kitchen garden, and Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025. If you want à la carte flexibility, this format will frustrate you. If a chef-driven tasting menu with regional focus is what you are after, the value holds.
The restaurant sits inside the Regina Adelaide hotel and describes itself as an elegant gourmet space with a stylish dining room and English-style garden. That context points to collared shirts or blouses for men and women; avoid beachwear or shorts. No dress code is published, but arriving underdressed at a Michelin-recognised hotel restaurant in Italy is a reliable way to feel out of place.
A dedicated vegetarian tasting menu is offered alongside the main menu, which is a concrete commitment rather than an afterthought. For other dietary needs, contact the Regina Adelaide hotel directly when booking to confirm what the kitchen can accommodate; the reliance on seasonal and kitchen garden produce suggests some flexibility, but nothing beyond the vegetarian menu is documented.
Locanda Perbellini - Ai Beati is the most direct comparison for serious cooking with regional grounding. La Dispensa San Felice offers a more relaxed format if a full tasting menu feels like too much structure for the evening. Villa Cortine Palace provides a comparable hotel-dining setting for those prioritising atmosphere alongside the food.
Yes, with conditions. The combination of Michelin Plate recognition, an English-style garden, lakeside proximity, and two tasting menus makes this one of the more complete special-occasion packages in Garda town. Book through the Regina Adelaide hotel and request the outdoor patio if the weather holds; the garden setting does considerably more work than a standard hotel dining room.
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