The restaurants below have been grouped into four different price categories:
$$$$ (over €90)
$$$ (€60 to €90)
$$ (€30 to €60)
$ (up to €30)
These prices are for a three-course meal for one with half a bottle of house wine. They include service and all taxes.
Ristorante Re Teodorico
It’s hard to beat this restaurant’s location, standing as it does on a hill overlooking the Adige River and offering excellent views of the city and its ancient Roman Theater. An elegant restaurant with a stylish interior,
Re Teodorico offers excellent
gourmet cuisine drawing on classic Continental and Italian cooking traditions. A very special place with a kitchen to match.
Piazzale Castel San Pietro
Tel: (045) 834 9990.
Website:
www.ristorantereteodorico.comPrice: $$$-$$$$
Ristorante Arche
One of Verona’s most famous restaurants,
Ristorante Arche is a superb 130-year-old fish and seafood restaurant. The cuisine is modern but rooted in old Venetian cooking traditions. As Russian Nobel Prize winner for literature Joseph Brodsky once said, the food here reveals ‘ancient flavors’. There is indeed something pure, original and even archetypal about Ristorante Arche, and for fish lovers it is likely to provide an unforgettable experience.
Via Arche Scaligere 6
Tel: (045) 800 7415.
Website:
www.ristorantearche.comPrice: $$$
Osteria dal Duca
A Veronese classic, the
Osteria dal Duca is located in the house where it is believed Shakespeare’s Romeo once lived. That is not its main claim to fame, however, as this restaurant is one of the city’s very best places for traditional Verona cuisine. It offers a varied and wide-ranging menu, and some of the dishes include horse meat, which has been a local specialty for centuries.
Via Arche Scaligere 2
Tel: (045) 594 474.
Price: $$-$$$
Ristorante Greppia
Venetian and Veronese cooking traditions come together at this lovely restaurant where seasonality is not a policy but simply a matter of fact. The menu changes with the seasons, and the most constant factors are the wealth of choice on the menu and the excellence of the cooking. For anyone wanting to familiarize themselves with the sheer breadth of the region’s cuisine, this is a good place to go.
Vicolo Samaritana 3
Tel: (045) 800 4577.
Website:
www.ristorantegreppia.comPrice $$-$$$
Trattoria al Solito Posto
On via Santa Maria in Chiavica, just a few steps from the Arche Scaligere and Piazza Danta, you will find this friendly trattoria. The excellent food is based on local ingredients and is true to local culinary traditions (although occasionally more international dishes are included in the menu). Portions are generous, and the prices are very reasonable.
Via Santa Maria in Chiavica 5
Tel: (045) 801 4220.
Website:
www.trattoriaalsolitoposto.comPrice: $
Nightlife:Bars: Caffè Filippini, piazza Erbe 26, is a grand place for an aperitif or a coffee. Younger and rather more modern,
M27 Caffè, via Mazzini 27A, is a hip cocktail bar with atmosphere. Another nice bar and restaurant that also draws a young crowd is the friendly and relaxed
Carro Armato, vicolo Gatto 2A, which has an excellent selection of wines. For beer lovers, the spacious
Taverna degli Scaligeri, via Sottoriva 24, is the place to go.
Clubs: The most famous club in Verona is the
Alter Ego Club, via Torricelle 9 (website:
www.alteregoclub.it), which is a hip disco-style night club in a lovely location in the Veronese hills. (The terrace provides great views) Discos in town include
Eolo, stradone Provolo 24 and
Dorian Gray, via Belobono 13D.
Berfi’s Club, via Lussemburgo 1 (website:
www.berfis.com) is a disco, restaurant and live music venue rolled into one. A very different place is
Caffè Bukowski, via Amanti 6, which has an alternative, slightly avant-garde atmosphere but is nonetheless great fun.
Live Music: Bars and cafes with regular live music in Verona include
Cappa Café, piazzetta Bra Molinari 1A (website:
www.cappacafe.it),
Invidia, via San Vitale 19A, and veteran bar
Ferro’s, via Fiumicello 9, where there is live music and a lively atmosphere in weekends.
Lucille Rock ’n’ Roll House, via Salisburgo 10C (website:
www.lucille.it) celebrates rock’n’roll music in the various forms and shapes it has taken since the 1950s and up until today.
Some of Verona’s theaters are used for pop and rock concerts, among them
Teatro Camploy, via Cantarane 32. One of the most exciting live venues, which also organizes a variety of art and film events, is
Interzona, Stazione Frigorifera Specializzata 10, ex Magazini Generali, via Santa Teresa 16 (website:
www.izona.it) which is located in a disused ex-refrigeration plant in the south of the city. The
Arena, piazza Bra (website:
www.arena.it) is the venue for big international rock and pop acts visiting Verona.
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