Where to eat in Moena, the best restaurants chosen by Gambero Rosso

Thanks to numerous free ski buses departing from the town centre, the Alpe Lusia/San Pellegrino ski resort located just 4 kilometres away, with 23 lifts and 26 kilometres of slopes, which will be open until 7 April 2024, can be reached quickly.

Until January 6th, then, the historical centre of the town is animated by the Christmas Village, with typical wooden houses offering handicrafts, gifts and food and wine specialities. Numerous events are also planned to brighten up the festivities. A local product worth trying is Puzzone di Moena, a PDO cheese to which a Festival is even dedicated, which can be purchased at the Caseificio Sociale. At the table, decisive flavours predominate in dishes featuring local ingredients. Here are the 11 best restaurants.

Where to eat in Moena

Chalet Aster

Restaurant. In the heart of the village, inside the hotel of the same name, it is a popular address for holidaymakers. The culinary proposal is based on traditional ingredients and recipes, giving a simple but centred interpretation of the flavours and presentation. Orzotto with apples and Teroldego with slivers of Puzzone di Moena, potato gnocchi with venison ragout, salmon trout fillet with balsamic vinaigrette, and éntrecôte of beef with rocket and Trentingrana. Inevitable, in closing, a slice of homemade strudel. Regional wines are served in the cellar.

Chalet Aster – strada R. Löwy, 120 – 0462 220108 – chaletasterfassa.com

Bicigrill

Gourmet break. Just outside the centre, with ample parking and a well-equipped outdoor seating area, it is a modern building that houses a bar, workshop and e-bike recharging point, positioned at the start of the cycle path that is used as a cross-country skiing track in winter. It is run by Vittorio Dariz, also a chef, with the support of his wife Gabriella and a smart staff. You come here for a coffee with a home-made cake or a break or a full meal punctuated by good dishes prepared by Vittorio himself. Themed lunches and dinners are organised.

Bicigrill – strada della Comunità de Fiem, 39 – 348 5415249 – Facebook

Foresta

Restaurant. A comfortable 4-star hotel in a convenient and quiet location is the setting for the restaurant, which is also open to outside guests under the passionate management of the Schacher family. The kitchen line-up has as its strong point the careful selection of ingredients, as local and locally sourced as possible, but the menu also includes some fish dishes. There is no shortage of fine selections of cured meats and typical cheeses. There are about 300 references on the extensive wine list, and almost all of them from Trentino-Alto Adige.

Foresta – strada della Comunità de Fiem, 42 – 0462 573260 – hotelforesta.it

InAlto Col Margherita

Bistrot. Alfio Ghezzi has climbed to high altitude to bring to Col Margherita, at an altitude of 2,500 metres, the bistrot format that he already proposes at the Mart in Rovereto and the Eala hotel in Limone sul Garda. Up here, one can comfortably arrive by cable car: a comfortable ascent to one of the most panoramic places in the Dolomites. A magnificent territory from which the Trentino chef and resident chef Gianluca Pittigher draws with both hands those ingredients that sublimate in the dishes, moving with elegance between tradition and modernity. The wine cellar is impressive.

InAlto Col Margherita – Passo San Pellegrino – 344 0491503 – inaltocolmargherita.it

El Mas

Agritourism. All-round hospitality in this family-run establishment with 8 panoramic and quiet rooms as well as an agrotourism restaurant for which mainly home-grown ingredients are used, especially vegetables, meat, cheese and cured meats. Examples: crispy veal head of veal with sour turnips and chive mayonnaise, smoked shank agnolotti with celeriac and spring onion, pork ribs with sautéed potatoes and sweet mustard mayonnaise. Gourmet purchases at the El Cajelo farm shop. Reservation.

El Mas – strada Saslonch, 176 – 0462 574221 – agriturelmas.it

Malga Panna

Restaurant. A former alpine hut from the 1900s has been transformed into an address with rooms elegantly furnished in a refined mountain style, and from the glass veranda you can admire the valley in all its splendour. Here, chef Paolo Donei has for many years been proposing his very personal version of cuisine, a proposal that is all substance, flavour and refinement, based on the vegetables and herbs from his own garden and on ingredients selected with wisdom above all from local producers. The cellar is impressive and deep, and sweet and savoury delicacies 'of the house' are available for purchase.

Malga Panna – strada de Sort, 64 – 0462 573489 – malgapanna.it

Malga Peniola

Restaurant. You can arrive either by car or on foot at this beautiful and panoramic malga, which is less than 3 kilometres from the village centre. Here, thanks to the commitment and dedication of the Dantone family led by father Maurizio, you can spend hours relaxing in a warm welcome and enjoying genuine cuisine. Generous portions of canederli (dumplings), tagliatelle with sausage and Puzzone di Moena, baked shin with polenta, venison chops and, to finish, the typical fortaes, a spiral-shaped fried dessert served with blueberry jam.

Malga Peniola – frazione Penìa, 4 – 0462 573501 – malgapeniola.it

el Rebechin

Bistrot. The right place for a typical lunch, without splurging and in a convivial and relaxed atmosphere. You will always find chopping boards with selections of cold meats and/or cheeses from the area, as well as soups of the day, liver dumplings, various types of sausage with sauerkraut or other accompaniments, smoked pork loin, goulash, and well-stuffed sandwiches both hot and cold. There is no shortage of options for vegetarians and coeliacs. To wash it all down, mostly Trentino wines and craft beers from Val di Fiemme. Cosy and well-kept ambience, a few tables outside.

el Rebechin – piaz de Ramon, 28 – 333 1380810 – Facebook

Malga Roncac

Restaurant. Reservations are essential to secure a table and eat lunch or dinner in this alpine hut with a beautiful view of the village centre. Quality ingredients, combined with a fine hand and measured creative inserts, make the difference in a cuisine that pleases both sight and palate. Beef tartare with yolk poché and Trentingrana foam, radicchio ravioli with blue cheese and apple sauce, venison leg with celery puree and red cabbage are just some of the suggestions on the interesting menu. The drinks are good.

Malga Roncac – strada de Roncac, 7 – 334 2221135 – malgaroncac.it

Malga San Pellegrino

Agritourism. Little form and a lot of substance in this restaurant at an altitude of 1,184 metres near the alpine pass of the same name and the lake, in the midst of greenery and tranquillity, with small rooms furnished in rustic style. You come here for a snack or to enjoy dishes with homemade, authentic flavours, from dumplings to tagliatelle with venison ragout, not to mention the Malga San Pellegrino dish with polenta, sausage, mushrooms and melted cheese. Save some room for desserts, in particular a delicious strudel served with freshly whipped cream. Call before you visit.

Malga San Pellegrino – località Passo San Pellegrino – 333 2739614 

Ostaria Tyrol at Post Hotel

Restaurant. In the pedestrian area, it is the gourmet table of a comfortable hotel that is more than deservedly popular. Mountain flavour in the décor of the rooms, but also in the gastronomic proposal signed by Michelangelo Croce, with the added value of fresh pasta, bread, preserves, cakes and homemade ice cream. In addition, cured meats and cheeses are seasoned. Tastings include cotechino on smoked celeriac puree, venison tortelli and its base on a fondue of Puzzone di Moena, and braised beef cheek with mashed potatoes. Adequate wine cellar.

Ostaria Tyrol al Post Hotel – piaz de Ramon, 8 – 0462 573760 – posthotelmoena.it/ostaria-tyrol