Hotel Mezzolago

With sweeping views over Trento and the Adige Valley, this restaurant showcases the cuisine of Chef Edoardo Fumagalli, who channels energy and creativity into three tasting menus. Among these, the Passione Bollicine menu stands out, designed to highlight the celebrated sparkling wines of the house, Ferrari spumante. Local ingredients are front and center, especially in the menu dedicated to Trentino, but they are also reinterpreted with refined technique, paired with products and inspirations from other regions. Next to the restaurant, the Bistrot offers a more informal experience, with authen

Daniele and Elisa are a couple of young restaurateurs who are familiar to us from their time at Blumenstube in Sant'Orsola. Having moved on, they have now opened their own restaurant in Pergine, where both the decor and the cuisine are contemporary-Alpine in style. As in currently in vogue, their dishes are showcased on three tasting menus (short, medium and long) from which dishes can also be chosen à la carte style. All the recipes have a creative feel, demonstrating the chef’s playful approach to his contemporary ingredients.

Opened by three brothers (Augurio is the family name), this restaurant in the city centre successfully combines the traditional and the modern in both its cuisine and its decor. The dining room, with an open-view kitchen on the ground floor, boasts an old, vaulted ceiling, while its wood furniture adds a contemporary look. The menu features local and Italian dishes reinterpreted with flavour and style. Lighter options are available at lunchtime; the grande carte needs to be ordered ahead of time.

This small, intimate restaurant next to the elegant Palazzo Roccabruna in the historic centre is slightly off the beaten track despite its central location. Recently opened by the Poletti brothers (one in the kitchen, the other front of house), with an attractive dining room designed by the owners’ father, the restaurant serves top-quality ingredients (especially fish and seafood) in dishes which include modern influences (the mango cheesecake is delicious) and a pleasing classic appeal (raw fish dishes).

The outdoor terrace at this restaurant overlooks a pleasant pedestrian piazza in the historic centre, while the welcoming dining rooms are decorated in a style typical of the Trentino. The cuisine – reliable, seasonal and full of flavour – is traditionally Italian, yet with a contemporary touch. The menu also features a few regional options as well as the occasional fish dish. The quail stuffed with acacia honey, pumpkin purée and stewed radicchio is superb.

Situated at the entrance to the pedestrian section of the beautiful city of Trento, this intimate restaurant has a modern, minimalist and vaguely Nordic style, with just a few solid wood tables and stools of different sizes. The menu features a concise selection of carefully thought-out dishes, with starters, first and main courses (meat, fish or vegetarian) that are elegant, well prepared and contemporary in style. Beautiful presentation completes the picture.

In the city’s elegant drawing-room quarter, amid the striking palazzi of the historic center, the same refined atmosphere pervades the restaurant’s dining rooms. Seafood plays a minor role here; instead, the kitchen embraces regional specialties such as canederli, polenta, freshwater fish, roasted meats, and, naturally, strudel.