"Dario Tornatore cooks MICHELIN-Guide South Tyrol under cedar trees in a 1910 Liberty hotel — Bolzano's most romantic table for an anniversary."
Laurin is the restaurant of the Parkhotel Laurin, the Art Nouveau hotel that has anchored central Bolzano since 1910. The kitchen is led by Dario Tornatore, who cooked in Gordon Ramsay's restaurants before returning to Italy, and the dining room sits in the MICHELIN Guide for its city.
It is a hotel restaurant in the best sense: a grand Liberty-style room indoors and, from spring to autumn, tables under the cedar trees of the garden.
Tornatore's cooking reads South Tyrol through a Mediterranean lens — dry-aged meat from the grill, fresh fish and a serious vegetarian and vegan line. A characteristic plate is his grilled trout and leek terrine wrapped in nori in the shape of a flower; pastas such as the house ravioli land around €34.
The menu travels from full-bodied Lazio mains to Nordic stuffed pastas, but always returns to local, seasonal produce.
The Liberty dining room is the draw: palm trees, Art Nouveau furniture and contemporary art under high ceilings. In summer the action moves to the garden, where cedar shade and birdsong make it one of the calmest dinners in the city centre.
The cedar garden in summer and the Liberty dining room in winter give Laurin two of Bolzano's most romantic settings, and the unhurried, classic service suits a milestone dinner. Order the grilled trout terrine and a South Tyrolean white, and let a long evening unfold.
Not for diners chasing avant-garde tasting menus or a quick bite — this is unhurried hotel-restaurant dining built around classic South Tyrolean produce.
Laurin is led by chef Dario Tornatore, who cooked in Gordon Ramsay's restaurants before taking over the kitchen at the Parkhotel Laurin in central Bolzano.
Yes. Laurin is listed in the MICHELIN Guide for Bolzano, recognised for its South Tyrolean cooking in the Art Nouveau Parkhotel Laurin.
Chef Tornatore's South Tyrolean menu, the Liberty-style dining room and the cedar-shaded summer garden. A signature is the grilled trout and leek terrine wrapped in nori.
Pastas and mains run around €34 à la carte, with a multi-course dinner higher. It sits in the upper-mid price band for Bolzano.
Yes. From spring to autumn, tables are set in the Parkhotel Laurin's garden under large cedar trees; the Liberty dining room is open year-round.
Garden tables run spring to autumn; the Liberty dining room year-round.
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Laurin makes our anniversary shortlist for its cedar garden and Art Nouveau dining room — see the full guide.
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