Ristorante San Giulio

Really nice restaurant with a superbe view of the lake and Orta San Giulio. Excellent menu selection with local products. Really good the "lake degustation menu" with 3 different fish plates. To reach the restaurant and to come back there is a private boat service. It's a good idea to have a reservation.

Before reading any review regarding the " Ristorante San Giulio " I warmly encourage you to take a look at its location on maps.The water balcony is probably the best place to be on a sunny Italian average day and to make time in a relaxing atmosphere. Food and wine are excellent as well the level of service. A secret enchanting place where to have the time of your life. Highly Recommended.

We had a wonderful lunch and experience at Ristorante San Giulio. As part of our honeymoon we were staying in Lake Orta and had been recommended the restaurant by family. Being where they are, it would be easy for them to not work hard and charge a lot! This couldn't be further from the truth! I had the 'Land Tasting Menu' which was all excellent - especially the rabbit ragu on my pasta. My wife had some of the most flavoursome Sea Bass she has ever had. All very reasonably priced and can't recommend it highly enough! I also, stupidly, left my wallet in the restaurant - by the time I got a boat back half an hour later - Niccolo from the restaurant had found me on Facebook using my driving licence and sent me a message to let me know it was safe! And I was going to write this fantastic review before that happened! Life affirming restaurant in every way.

I would give it 0 stars if I could. Here is the letter I wrote to the restaurant after our catastrophic visit. The waiter did remove the two proseccos when we pointed it out on the bill. Madam, Lago d'Orta and S Guilio is one of our favourite places so last week we decided to invite our 14 year old granddaughter for a short visit there in our camper. We had never actually visited the island so decided to have lunch at your restaurant. We based our decision on the information and photos on your website and made a reservation. In short, its was a catastophe.You website gives a totally erroneous image of your establishment. The 22 euro menus posted on your site are not offered in your restaurant. The lovely small dining rooms in the photos were closed. We were seated next to a tour group of at least 40 people, and another one of 10 or 12 and the noise was so loud that we could not even have a conversation. The waiter told me that the menus were still on the website because your webmaster was sick, which was an insult to my intelligence. The food was mediocre and served like in a cafeteria. The steaks were not medium rare but medium well-done, the pasta was just dumped on the plate with no garnish. The waiter was polite and offred us a glass of prosecco to compensate for the missing menus. Then he put it on our bill! Three euros for a small carafe of water is an outrage when you already pay two euros for the cover charge. We should have left before ordering and we certainly won't be back. The only positive thing I can say is that the view was lovely. I shall be rating your restaurant on all the evalutation sites. I suggest that you have your website renewed to reflect the truth ... when your webmaster recovers from his obviously long illness! Carol Collins

Not cheap but the only restaurant of the island San Giulio. The menu is done with typical dishes with some nice one with sea food. My squid dish was very interesting, strong tastes. Location is great on the sea. I would say it is a good surprise as you can eat some very good dishes (and not only the touristic dish) with sea or lake food. Service was nice. I you want to have the table directly on the sea it seems you need to book it. A pretty good place.

Very pleasant. Booking ahead via Google maps seemed to secure us a waterside table. Service was charming and efficient. Food was good, but not outstanding.

We have been several times in different years in this restaurant. For us it is always a highlight. Ok sometimes it is not exactly what the menu says. Like julienne is then just normal thin sliced. But the quality of the food, the perfect balanced dish, the presentation and the swift and friendly service makes us always coming back. And even this restaurant is fully booked....you never wait to long for your next course.

Rustic and elegant at the same time. We we’re scouting for future tours but they were fully booked for lunch however they offered us Aperitivo while we checked out the menu and dining room. Our favorite kind of menu small so we don’t have to guess what is good, decent wine list for being on an island. All the staff was super friendly we are definitely coming back