I must admit we were a bit wary about this hotel having read some of the reviews but we had a fantastic stay here. The rooms were spotlessly clean and spacious with fantastic veranda views over Lake Garda. The towels were a bit odd - more like tea towels-so take a cuddly beach towel for comfort - but they were changed every day and the sheets were also spotless and changed regularly. Yes, there are steps and a bit of a steep hill - but you can always get the minibus in and out of Limone - although the walk into town is mostly downhill and it's lovely. The hotel staff were a mix of German, Italian and Romanian - but all very pleasant and helpful. Restaurant food was good and plentiful - if a little biased towards German tastes-but Limone was Austrian until after 1918 and English is the 3rd language after Italian and German - don't go if you're xenophobic!! We had no problems at all with fellow guests. There's always pasta, soup, great salad bar and a choice of hot meals. The pool bar was also excellent and served fantastic pizza!! Good wine, great coffee and liquers and scrummy hot chocolate added to the fun!!
The entertainment was a bit eccentric at times - but always amusing. It's very easy to get around Lake Garda and there are plenty of opportunities to visit places like Venice and Verona. We would definitely go back to La Limonaia. It represents honest value-for-money. If you want bland luxury hotels with arrogant staff, stay in England!!

Out transfer to our hotel from Brescia was good, and on arriving at La Limonaia we was impressed with the look of it, that was untill we stepped inside. Reception was up a flight of stairs and it took some time for the receptionist to get through all the arrivals and give them the keys to their rooms. The rooms are clean but not anything special, the views are fantastic from the veranda. We was told to use the top restaurant, obviously you are segregated to the package that you have with your agent, the lower restaurant was obviously better with smart waiters whilst we had staff that didn't really have anyone in overall charge and tables are left uncleared and on the first night we had to make up our own table. The dinner was abysmall, a lump of lamb with mashed patato and boiled cabbage, breakfast next morning confirmed that we wasn't going to get anything better, bacon rashers that curled up at the edges and scrambled eggs that had a crust to it, this was on offer every morning for the week, although we paid for half board we decided that we would eat out and have a decent meal. This hotel has the best position in Limone and with a good makeover and some sort of good management this hotel could be the best. Come on Chincherini, don't waste this hotel!!

As a small tour operater I put together a holiday through an agency with an office in Italy, they came up with this hotel at a very good price including flights. I led a party of 41 people this month fearing the worse after reading past reviews. I must ask which planet some of these people are from? Yes it is a steep climb upto the hotel but there is a minibus service, some of my clients are in there 80's and managed very well. The views are magnificent, the rooms are clean and quite spacious and the facilities are as good as I have experienced in higher rated hotels. The food was plentiful with a large range of dishes including pasta, soups, a superb salad bar, fish and meat dishes daily, excellent potato dishes and an extensive dessert buffet. All my clients returned saying it was a great holiday and commented that the hotel was very good value for money. Don't let the proffesional moaners put you off!

Poor security (see review 21). Food terrible (see other reviews). Reception staff obstructive and disinterested when we needed them to help with a theft from room. Large tea towels provided daily in bathroom. Limone is a fantastic setting - hotel very disappointing. Never again to this hotel. Pool and fitness centre good.