# Vecchia Malcesine

Restaurant en Malcesine · Lake Garda

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lake-garda/where-to-eat/vecchia-malcesine · Revisado: 2026-11-12

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One-MICHELIN-star restaurant above Malcesine, with a lake view and lake-fish cooking by chef Leandro Luppi; menus from €100 to €170.

Vecchia Malcesine is chef Leandro Luppi's restaurant, high up in the village of Malcesine, on the east shore of Lake Garda. It has held a MICHELIN star since 2004 and is the special-occasion table of this part of the lake: a glass-walled dining room with the water and the west shore opposite, and a kitchen that starts from Garda fish.
The cooking
Luppi works lake fish with technique and humour. Among the dishes the house presents as its own are smoked lavarello with béarnaise, rocket and olives, Arctic char with smoked egg, red prawn with gin, caviar and cucumber, burnt-onion ravioli with pecorino and a “Lake Garda club sandwich”. There is also a spaghettino with pistachio and raw seafood.
Menus and prices
In 2026 you eat from menus. Qcina 2026, the long journey, costs €170; ½ Qcina, the short version, €135. With “Scegli tu!” you choose the dishes from the menu yourself: two for €100 or three for €125, and dessert adds €20. Wines are extra. It is an expensive place, intended for a long lunch or dinner, not for a snack between boats.
Hours, season and booking
It is open from April to the end of October. It closes on Wednesdays all day and on Thursdays at lunchtime; on other days it opens for lunch and dinner. The website does not publish service hours. Book on its online reservations page or by phone on +39 335 637 7699. Book ahead, especially for dinner with daylight in summer.
Getting there
It is on Via Pisort, in the upper part of Malcesine, a few minutes' walk from the centre and the Monte Baldo cable car. Malcesine fills with cars in summer: if you come by boat from Limone or Riva, you walk up from the landing stage.

Qué pedir: the long Qcina menu if it is an occasion; otherwise, the three-dish “Scegli tu!”.

## Practical details

- Address: Via Pisort, 6, 37018 Malcesine, VR
- Phone: +39 335 637 7699
- Email: info@vecchiamalcesine.com
- Open from April to the end of October; closed Wednesdays and Thursday lunchtime. The website does not publish service hours
- Cuisine: creative, lake fish
- House specialities: Smoked lavarello with béarnaise, rocket and olives, Arctic char with smoked egg, Burnt-onion ravioli with pecorino, Lake Garda club sandwich
- Bookings: https://vecchiamalcesine.superbexperience.com/
- Details checked on 12 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.vecchiamalcesine.com/
- Coordenadas: 45.7624, 10.808

## Cerca de aquí

- [Scheduled boat from Malcesine to Limone](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lake-garda/things-to-do/malcesine-to-limone-boat), a 161 m
- [Monte Baldo cable car from Malcesine](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lake-garda/things-to-do/monte-baldo-cable-car), a 582 m
- [Limone's cycle and pedestrian walkway over the lake](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lake-garda/things-to-do/limone-cliff-walkway), a 6.8 km
- [Camping al Porto](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lake-garda/where-to-stay/camping-al-porto), a 13.0 km
- [First windsurf lesson in Torbole](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lake-garda/things-to-do/windsurf-lesson-in-torbole), a 13.1 km
- [Al Volt](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lake-garda/where-to-eat/al-volt), a 14.0 km
- [Varone Waterfall, the cascade inside the rock](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lake-garda/things-to-do/varone-waterfall), a 16.7 km

## Consejos

### Ask for a table by the glass
The lake view is half the meal; say so when you book.

### Combine it with Baldo
Go up Monte Baldo in the morning and come down for lunch here: the cable car is next door.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Which day does Vecchia Malcesine close?
Wednesdays and Thursday lunchtimes. It is open from April to the end of October.

### How much does it cost to eat at Vecchia Malcesine?
From €100 per person without wine with two dishes of your choice; the long menu, €170.

### Does it have a MICHELIN star?
Yes, one, since 2004.

### Is it open in winter?
No: the season runs from April to the end of October.

Destino: [Lake Garda](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lake-garda.md)