Sporting Feriolo - BAVENO

21 of us on a trip from UK. Had a pizza making experience at Sporting Feriolo. I was fortunate to win our competition for the best pizza. As I cant eat chesse(f... read more 21 of us on a trip from UK. Had a pizza making experience at Sporting Feriolo. I was fortunate to win our competition for the best pizza. As I cant eat chesse(formaggio) I had to come up with something extraordinary. I made a pizza with a hole for lake Maggiore and an Island to represent Sicily. See attached image. Great day and experience.

Lovely place to relax and go for a swim read more Lovely place to relax and go for a swim

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Best Beach Club on the Lago Maggiore read more Best Beach Club on the Lago Maggiore

Disappointed with service and attitude. We ordered salmon pizza with pesto and a caprese salad. The pizza was not baked enough and the salad didn 't arrive. Whe... read more Disappointed with service and attitude. We ordered salmon pizza with pesto and a caprese salad. The pizza was not baked enough and the salad didn 't arrive. When we asked about the salad again, they brought us a plate on the 2nd picture. Judge yourself if a food priced at 12 euros looks like this. We ordered 2 gin-tonics which were good, styled in wide glasses; that was best part of this experience. After the food and drinks worth ±50 euros , we wanted to go to the lake to cool down our 18 months old baby. It was around 36 degrees, our son was overheated, we needed to cool him down. We were stopped asking for additional payment of 2x 15 euros to access the lake. Since it was after 5pm we asked to make a special price for us since we were customers of the restaurant and we just wanted to cool down for a bit. The waitress refused, referring to her strict boss . We proposed to pay something, but not the full price. The proposal was rejected. We stayed at the table next to the beach part for 30 more minutes. After that, some older man which was either a manager or an owner ? came to us and told us that we can go to the lake now ??? . He was there the whole time, standing by the bar, so he was well aware of the situation. We finally went to cool down our son, we stayed additional 15 minutes and then we left. To summarize: a happy with the drinks; b unhappy with the food; c unhappy with the service; d unhappy how we were treated. I must note that we were one of ±8 customers in the whole place restaurant beach . By refusing our proposal to pay a fair price for the lake access, we stayed upset and they lost extra revenue. It 's incredible how easily this could have been solved to our satisfaction, but you rather created 2 very unhappy customers who will never come back, nor recommend your place. I hope the management will take this feedback under consideration.