Trattoria Imbarcadero

Excellent Caprese salad, okay ravioli. Others found their dishes quite hit-​and-​miss. Perhaps the touristy location? Lovely spot on the water, nice service. Though I’m struggling to understand the high Unilocal rating …

Second night on Isola Superiore we decided to try a Unilocal recommendation — delicious spaghetti vongole and my beloved’s lasagne verde rivaled her mother’s. We shared scallopine limone as secundi and both had dessert (crème caramel and torte ciocalatti with vanilla ice cream — the hot fudge ice cream cake of my dreams), coffees, wine and lemon soda; complimentary lemoncello, service extraordinaire… exceptional value for very reasonable price

This island is one of the three on Lake Maggiore near Stresa. It is a fun day trip to take the boat and visit the palace and gardens on Isola Bella and Isola Madre and have lunch inbetween at Isola Pescatori. This island is a fisherman village and full of shops and café’s. It is fun to roam throught the narrow streets of this island and visit all the shops in the nooks and crannies. We had lunch at this Trattoria recommended by our hotel. As you exit the boat dock area immediately to your right you will find this restaurant. They have a wonderful terrace on the lake shore, or you can go into the restaurant and go to the balcony (also outside) with a nice overview of the lake and town. What is nice about the balcony is that it doesn’t seem like anyone goes up there, they automatically go to the terrace, so we had the whole place to ourselves, so it was much quieter. The food was fantastic and the staff was friendly. The Tiramisu is not to be missed and compliments a nice espresso following the meal.