We specialise in a seasonal tasting menu of traditional, handmade dishes from Valpolicella. Our seasonal ingredients are locally-sourced from small suppliers in Valpolicella, the Lessinia mountains and the Veneto region.
Our menu changes each day, depending on the availablity of high quality local ingredients.
A vegetarian menu and a childrens’ menu are always available.
Read our recent review by Susan Bredow in the Australian Financial Review newspaper here.
Read our review by Theo Randall in the British newspaper, The Sunday Times here.
Click above to see a sample
Groto de Corgnan menu from this season
We are open for dinner on Monday, Tuesday, Friday & Saturday at 19:30, and also for lunch on Saturday & Sunday at 12:30.
Reservations essential
*For a group of 6 or more people we are able to open for lunch or dinner any day of the week (outside our normal opening hours). We can also adjust our menu to suit various requests and budgets. We just ask you to please contact us in advance for group reservations.
four-legged friends are welcome
Groto de Corgnan opened in 1980 when Chef/Owner Giorgio Soave and wife Assunta chose Valpolicella as the perfect environment to develop a unique restaurant style.
For 35 years this amazing little restaurant remained a beacon for exceptional cooking based on local traditions and seasonal ingredients. It has been listed in the Michelin Guide continuously since 1981.
Today, Groto de Corgnan boasts the same delectable food experience and welcoming ambience but with an unexpected twist.
In 2015 Judy Harman, an Australian who had discovered Groto in 1999, was dining at the restaurant when Giorgio told her that sadly he had decided to close the restaurant and retire.
Judy’s immediate and decisive response was “Groto cannot close..!” and she offered to relocate with her husband to Valpolicella from Sydney, so that they could continue to write the story of Groto de Corgnan together.
Judy’s only request – that Giorgio teach her everything that had made Groto so important to and memorable for, her and so many other loyal diners.
To read more about Groto’s amazing story, click here...
For more than 30 years we have been collecting wines from the best vineyards and winemakers in Valpolicella and across Italy.
Groto de Corgnan’s extensive cellar allows us to offer our guests a selection of over 200 high quality wines.
You can either choose bottles from our wine list, or we can offer you a Valpolicella wine degustation to compliment your tasting menu
Ristorante Groto de Corgnan address
Via Corgnan 41,
37015 Sant’Ambrogio di Valpolicella (VR)
Tel: +39 331 2007499 (Italian and English spoken)
email: ristorante@grotodecorgnan.it.
For parking, turn left into via Palà just before our restaurant, and in less than 100m you will find a large public car park
We are open for dinner on Monday, Tuesday, Friday & Saturday at 19:30, and also for lunch on Saturday & Sunday at 12:30.
Reservations essential
*For a group of 6 or more people we are able to open for lunch or dinner any day of the week (outside our normal opening hours). We can also adjust our menu to suit various requests and budgets. We just ask you to please contact us in advance for group reservations.
four-legged friends are welcome
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