Villa d'Este

Villa d'Este Review

This restaurant manages a nice balance between formal elegance (with brocade tapestries on the wall and heavy, carved-wood chairs) and relaxed comfort (largely due to the friendly service). The bresaola (air-cured beef) comes thinly sliced with basil pesto and arranged around a honeydew melon, suggesting the rays from a sun. There are vegetarian dishes, and others billed as "healthy food" (identified by a little heart icon on the menu). But this is not spa cuisine—everything here is rich and filling, so why not just have the roast rack of lamb with polenta or the grilled king prawns?