Trattoria Antica Contrada

Antica Contrada is a family trattoria on Via Colombare, the street that leads from the lake road to the Sirmione peninsula. It stands before the historic centre, in the quiet part of Colombare, and you can reach it and park without entering the limited-traffic zone. Its speciality is fish: lake fish, wood-grilled, which fishermen of the family still bring them, and sea fish, with Mediterranean recipes, as well as homemade pasta.

The house

From the street it looks like a roadside place, with a yellow facade and a small bar at the entrance. Behind is a long, rustic-feeling room and a narrow garden with flowers that reaches almost to the water; in good weather you eat outside. Parking is on the same street.

The menu

The 2026 menu has a large section of Garda fish: salted lake sardine as a starter, hand-pressed bigoli with lake sardine, roast tomato and herb bread, risotto with Garda perch and fried capers (minimum two people), a new version of pike alla gardesana and eel with teriyaki sauce. Among its long-standing dishes are grilled eel, freshwater fish soup, golden perch with thyme and coregone fillet with leek. There are also seafood, meats and vegetable options. The PDF menu does not publish prices; Italia.it puts it at a high price level, three euro signs out of four.

Hours and booking

It is open Wednesday to Sunday at lunchtime, from 12:00 to 14:30, and Tuesday to Sunday in the evening, from 19:10 to 22:15. It is closed on Mondays and on Tuesday lunchtime. Book on its website or by phone, +39 030 990 4369. Animals are accepted, and English and French are spoken.

Getting there

From the roundabout on the Gardesana road at Colombare, take the road towards Sirmione: the trattoria is on the right. It is about two and a half kilometres along the same road to the Scaligero castle, at the entrance to the historic centre.