Tagliere Hortus con salumi, formaggi, focaccia e verdure in giardiniera

The menu

Menu

Everything is prepared fresh each day with some of the finest local ingredients: PDO Monte Veronese, Bronte pistachios, Valrhona chocolate, organic fruit and our own sourdough starter.

Caprese with fior di latte mozzarella and savoury basil gelato

This month's special

Caprese with fior di latte mozzarella and savoury basil gelato

Fresh, creamy, irresistible

A cappuccino with latte art on a stone garden table, with fresh lavender alongside
Chapter I

From the first espresso

Coffee & Drinks

  • Espresso € 1,50
  • Espresso macchiato € 1,80
  • Decaffeinated coffee € 1,80
  • Americano coffee € 2,20
  • Barley coffee / Ginseng coffee € 2,20
  • Cappuccino € 2,30
  • Cappuccino by Fainello € 2,80
  • Soy / oat / barley / decaffeinated cappuccino € 2,80
  • Latte macchiato / macchiatone / oat / barley € 2,80
  • Moccaccino € 3,00

Fresh fruit favourites

  • Hortus cold-pressed juice € 7,50

    cold-pressed blend of 12 fruits and vegetables

  • Elixir cold-pressed juice € 7,50

    pear, celery, carrot, lemon, ginger

  • Vitalis cold-pressed juice € 7,50

    orange, fennel, apple, lemon

  • ACE cold-pressed juice € 7,50

    orange, carrot, apple, lemon

  • Fresh fruit salad € 7,50
  • Freshly squeezed orange juice € 5,00

Drinks

  • Still or sparkling water in glass · 500ml € 2,20
  • Coca Cola / Lemonsoda / Cedrata Tassoni € 3,50
  • Lurisia selection € 4,00

    Orange, Chinotto, Lemonade

  • Fever-Tree selection € 4,00

    tonic water

  • Iced tea / Organic fruit juice € 4,00
Artisan tartlets with berries, pistachio cream and hazelnuts, with fresh lavender on rustic linen
Chapter II

Our pastries

Sweet Moments

our artisan pastries

  • Flaky croissant € 2,20

    with French Elle & Vire butter

  • La Luisona croissant € 4,50

    with fresh cream, custard or pistachio

  • Filled croissant € 2,50

    with our creams or preserves

  • Pain au chocolat € 2,50

    with Valrhona chocolate

  • Cake of the day € 5,00

    made by us

  • Fruit Coccola Gourmet € 5,50

    crisp shortcrust pastry with custard and fresh fruit

  • Cocoa Coccola Gourmet € 5,50

    crisp cocoa shortcrust pastry with chocolate and raspberries

  • Artisan tiramisu in a jar € 5,50

    made by us

  • Individual Sacher cake € 5,00
  • Shortbread biscuits € 1,00

Sweet crêpes & pancakes

  • Pistachio € 7,50

    PDO Bronte pistachio cream and chopped pistachios

  • Indulgent € 7,50

    Nutella and chopped hazelnuts

  • American-style € 7,50

    fresh fruit, maple syrup

  • Make it your own

    add your favourite ingredients

Make it your own · extras

€ 1,00 each
  • Fresh cream, whipped to order
  • Fruit preserve
  • Maple syrup
  • Chopped hazelnuts
  • Chopped walnuts
  • Chopped PDO Bronte pistachios
  • Fresh fruit
  • Vanilla custard
  • PDO Bronte pistachio cream
Artisan sharing board with Parma ham, salami, mortadella, PDO Monte Veronese, pickled vegetables, focaccia with extra virgin olive oil and olives
Chapter III

For any time of day

Savoury Pleasures

for a quick bite or a tempting light meal

Our ciabattas are made with certified supply-chain wheat, extra virgin olive oil, water and sourdough starter.

  • Cicchetto Hortus € 2,50

    savoury shortcrust pastry or focaccia, filled to your liking

  • Filled savoury brioche € 7,00

    flaky French brioche with salad, cheese and your choice of cured meat

  • Pinzimonio Hortus € 6,00

    fresh vegetable crudités with savoury mustard gelato

  • Focaccina with organic PDO Garda extra virgin olive oil € 4,00

    focaccia bites served with organic Garda olive oil

  • Toast Hortus € 9,00

    maxi toast with Rosa Maestosa cooked ham and PDO Monte Veronese

Savoury crêpes & ciabattas

€ 9,00 each

Gluten-free focaccia is also available: please ask our team.

  • Natura

    salad, tomato, PDO Monte Veronese

  • Veronese

    radicchio, gorgonzola, organic chestnut honey, walnuts

  • Montana

    salad, Rosa Maestosa cooked ham, PDO Monte Veronese

  • Tirolese

    Massimo Goloso speck, PDO Monte Veronese

  • Fantasia

    choose your favourite combination of ingredients

Salads

  • La Veneta salad € 8,50

    red radicchio, fennel, orange, organic chestnut honey, walnuts

  • Fantasia salad € 8,50

    mixed leaves with your choice of cured meats and/or cheeses

Our sharing boards

Italian and local specialities: Rosa Maestosa cooked ham, local salami, Favola Palmieri mortadella, Massimo Goloso speck, 30-month Grana Padano, 24-month Parma ham and our pickled vegetables, with focaccia made with PDO Garda olive oil.

  • Tasting board € 18,00

    a selection of small tastes

  • Sharing tasting board € 40,00

    made for sharing

Piatti Banditi

Hot and cold house-made specialities for a complete meal.

  • Lasagne with ragù € 10,50

    seven layers of thin pasta, slow-cooked ragù and fresh AQ milk béchamel

  • Aubergine parmigiana € 10,50

    served with focaccia bites for the final mop-up

  • La Caprese Gourmet

    sliced tomato, Apulian fior di latte mozzarella, Fainello savoury basil gelato and focaccina with PDO Garda olive oil

  • La Carne Salada

    artisan carne salada with Fainello savoury mustard gelato and focaccina with PDO Garda olive oil

A glass teapot with fresh botanicals, chamomile, lavender and mint in a sunlit garden
Chapter IV

A warming pause

Tea, Infusions & Hot Chocolate

served with our petits fours

€ 4,50 each
  • Roggia Path

    black tea

  • Alpine Meadow

    green tea

  • Woodland Clearing

    chamomile

  • Verbena

    verbena

  • Vineyard · Relax

    lemon balm, agastache, rose petals, mint, apple, plantain, lavender

  • Via Ferrata · Mountain Herbs

    lemon balm, verbena, lemon, nettle, apple, beetroot, calendula, genepy

  • Glacier · Alpine Herbs

    lemon balm, peppermint, cornflower, calendula, mallow, strawberry leaves

  • Little Lake · Feel Good

    fennel, anise, alpine lady's mantle, agastache

  • Summit · Mint

    peppermint, apple, elderflower, cornflower

  • Alpine Hut · Rooibos

    rooibos, cornflower

  • Hot chocolate
An Aperol Spritz with orange on a lake-view terrace at sunset, with cicchetti and sharing boards behind
Chapter V

As evening approaches

Aperitivo & Cocktails

served with our savoury bites

  • Alchimia Hortus € 10,00

    Gin, Sanbittèr, Vermouth, Soda

  • Spritz Aperol / Campari / Select € 7,00
  • Citrus Spritz € 7,00

    Cedrata Tassoni, Aperol, Angostura, Soda

  • Hugo € 7,00

    Prosecco, our house-made elderflower syrup, soda

  • Alcohol-free Botanicus € 10,00

    Elixir Hortus, Crodino, Sambuco, Soda

  • Paloma € 9,00

    Tequila, lime, soda, grapefruit

  • Mojito € 9,00

    Rum, mint, lime, soda

  • Margarita € 9,00

    Tequila, Triple Sec, lime

  • Garda Twist € 9,00

    Prosecco, Triple Sec, soda

  • Sunset Peach € 9,00

    Vodka, organic peach juice, lime

  • Americano € 9,00
  • Americano Antica Formula € 11,00
  • Green Bloody Mary € 9,00

    organic tomato, lemon, vodka, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco

  • Negroni € 10,00
  • Negroni Sbagliato € 10,00
  • Gin Tonic € 10,00
  • Gin Tonic Superior € 13,00
  • Alcohol-free Gin & Tonic € 12,00

Beers

Exclusive to our area, Chodovar beer is a Bohemian Pilsner made by the family-run Rodinný pivovar Chodovar brewery, founded in 1573.

  • Small draught beer € 4,50
  • Medium draught beer € 6,50
  • Large draught beer · The Brave · 1 litre € 15,00
  • Bottled craft beer · 0.5 l € 7,00

    also available gluten-free or as a wheat beer

  • Bottled alcohol-free beer · 33 cl € 4,50
Two glasses of amber amaro on dark marble with dark chocolate and candlelight
Chapter VI

After dinner

Amari & Liqueurs

€ 5,00 each
  • Amaro Averna
  • Amaro Braulio
  • Jägermeister
  • Amaro del Capo
  • Amaro Montenegro
  • Sambuca
  • Grappa Poli

For tasting

€ 10,00 each

paired with Cecilia Rabassi chocolate

  • Recioto
  • Barolo Chinato Cocchi
  • Passito di Gewürztraminer St. Michael Eppan
  • Rum Matusalem 15 · Gran Reserva
  • Rum Dos Maderas 5+5
  • Rum Zacapa 23
  • Cognac Rémy Martin V.S.O.P.
Glasses of white and red wine on a rustic table overlooking Lake Garda and vineyards at sunset
Chapter VII

The cellar

Wines

paired with our savoury bites

Glass Bottle

Sparkling wines

  • Prosecco Superiore Valdobbiadene € 5 € 24
  • Bollicine Vulcaniche Theresa Eccher € 7 € 28
  • Franciacorta Satèn Contadi Castaldi € 7 € 34
  • Trento DOC € 7 € 40
  • Champagne Théophile € 84

White wines

  • Custoza Albino Piona € 4,50 € 15
  • Soave Gini € 5 € 24
  • Lugana BIO Monteci € 5 € 24
  • Hortus special selection € 6 € 31

Red & rosé wines

  • Ariel Rosè Theresa Eccher € 6 € 31
  • Bardolino Tenuta La Presa € 6 € 20
  • Rosso Veronese IGT € 6 € 20
  • Ripasso Riserva Bòsan Cesari € 7 € 40
  • Pinot Nero Von Blumen € 7 € 31
Fainello artisan gelato served at the counter
Chapter VIII

Exclusively by Fainello

Gelato Sundaes & Gelateria

sundaes and small gelato treats

Gelato sundaes

  • Coppa Briccaglione € 9,50

    chocolate, Briccaglione, fresh cream, almond brittle

  • Coppa Goduria € 9,50

    chocolate, hazelnut, milk gelato, fresh whipped cream, chopped nuts

  • Coppa Ambrosia € 9,50

    stracciatella, yogurt, organic chestnut honey, walnuts, fresh whipped cream

  • Coppa Piemonte € 9,50

    PGI hazelnut, milk gelato, fresh whipped cream, chopped nuts

  • Coppa Paradiso € 9,50

    yogurt, Paradiso, fresh cream

  • Coppa Bronte € 9,50

    chocolate, PDO pistachio, fresh whipped cream, pistachio cream, chopped nuts

  • Coppa Inferno € 9,50

    Inferno, milk gelato, preserved cherries, fresh whipped cream

  • Coppa Macedonia € 9,50

    fresh fruit salad, milk gelato, fresh whipped cream

Gelateria

  • Coffee affogato € 6,00

    gelato with coffee or hot chocolate and whipped cream

  • Symphony of flavours € 9,50

    a selection of seven gelato bites coated in different chocolates

  • Gelato bites € 1,50

    chocolate-coated gelato

  • Mini gelato bar € 2,50

    chocolate-coated gelato

  • Gelato bar € 3,50

    chocolate-coated gelato

  • Milkshake € 6,00

    choose your favourite gelato flavour

  • Ice lollies € 2,50

Takeaway cone or cup

  • 1 flavour € 2,60
  • 2 flavours € 5,00
  • 3 flavours € 7,00

Iconic flavours

  • Milk Snow
  • Stracciatella
  • Vanilla
  • Paradiso
  • Pistachio
  • Hazelnut
  • Chocolate

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