This hotel is officially 3 stars but is only worth 2 at best. The food is edible but poor quality, and the rooms are clean but very dated with paper thin walls and 70's decor. It is a 20 min walk to the square, so if you dont like walking, this is not the hotel for you. In fact the only people this hotel is for, is people doing Garda on a budget and dont mind roughing it a bit.

Stayed for 1 week, half board. Rooms clean and comfortable. Try to get a room at the front if you want a balcony with some sort of view. side rooms look on to next building.

Road at the front can be busy at certain times of the day.

Food was plentiful and included options every evening.

Breakfast selection limited (as expected).

We stayed at Hotel Primo for a week on HB basis - booked through [---------------]. Although the room size was average, it's clean and got all the basics we needed. The bathroom also clean and maintained well. The bathroom and the room were cleaned everyday we stayed there. The hotel is at the centre of the Riva Del Garda - all shops bars etc. only a couple of steps away. More importantly, the Lake Garda is only 200m away from the hotel - very nice. The ice cream bar, Flora, just opposite Hotel Primo, serves variety of lovely ice creams. They played loud music until 1am so sometimes it’s quiet difficult to get some sleep early even though the hotel room was double-glazed. The hotel staff were very friendly, polite and helpful. Although the food was good and served well, disappointed with lack of choices - same dish was served 3 consecutive days. And similar issue with breakfast – very limited choices. But we had a good time during the stay at Primo and I would stay in the hotel again.

The hotel is in a perfect area of the beautiful town of Riva, just a few hundred metres from the lake front (not visible from the hotel though) and a nice half hour lake walk into the town. There is no pool but the lake is great for swimming. If you are not too good at Italian or German you might struggle to explain things to some of the staff but a few can speak English well, so use your rep if you are struggling. The rooms are nice and very clean, as is the whole hotel. The food in general was very good but was better some days than others, although the restaurant staff were very helpful and polite. In summary, great hotel, very helpful and polite staff and a perfect area....very highly recommended