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Very nice ambient, people are very friendly and you will be more than welcome.
Dishes are fabulous and absolutely not expensive.
Also a very nice place for a romantic dinner with your wife or girlfriend, or just a girl.
After dinner you can just walk in the park near the restaurant for a fantastic view of the lake and what's all around.
Risotto with Mushrooms
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If you want to eat pasta and you don't have the possibility or the time to go to the "Ristorante degli artisti" described above, you should try this place. It's in the center, between via Nassa and the Lakeshore, with a view on the lake.
There are some different specialities every day.
Everything you get here is good pasta. If you like seafood you definitely have to try the "spaghetti alla pescatore".
My other favorite dish is "spaghetti store special": spaghettis with porcini mushrooms, garlic, bacon, cream and tomatoes. Leave a Comment
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If you are in Ticino you definitely have to go to a Grotto, a typical rural restaurant you usually find in the woods and where you can enjoy local specialities. This one is the cheapest Grotto around Lugano, and it's also one of the best! In Summer you can stay outside and eat under the trees.
Try Polenta (special made corn) with Porcini (mushrooms) and Horsesteak! Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: US$21-30 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: Via dei Grotti, GentilinoPhone: +41 (0)91 994 64 97Directions: 5 -10 minutes by car outside the city center.
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If you like pasta you have to go there! The romantic setting in the middle of old typical houses makes it even more special.
Open from 19:00 to 02:00 it makes an ideal place to eat if you are hungry late in the evening.
Pasta, pasta, pasta!!
Try the ones with seafood! Leave a Comment Theme: ItalianPrice: US$21-30 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: Piazza s.Giovanni, ViglioPhone: +41 (0)91 994 38 50Directions: It's about 5-10 minutes by car outside the city center direction Agno.
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The food is very good, but the main reason that makes this place special is the party ambience in the evening, when people start dancing with maracas and sombreros, and the marqueritas and tequilas never stop flowing.
Patate olé (potatoes with sourcream and guacamole)
Fonduta latina (fonded cheese over tortillas) Leave a Comment Theme: MexicanPrice: US$31-40 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: Via Canonica 5, LuganoPhone: +41 (0)91 923 37 66Directions: Between Palazzo dei Congressi and the UniversityWebsite: www.alegriaslugano.com
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LAKE LUGANO
The cuisine of Ticino speaks in a rugged northern Italian dialect: soulful risottos, coarse polenta, braised meats, and busecca, a bracing tripe soup, are among the many specialties the canton shares with neighboring Lombardy. Uniquely Ticinese, though, are the grotti, village taverns whose prototypes were actual grottoes used for storing wines and salumi (cured air-dried meats).
Reached by a lulling boat ride from Lugano, Grotto dei Pescatori is completely besieged by regulars. You'll see why as you lounge in the shade of a linden tree, swooning over the setting (granite picnic tables on a terrace that nearly floats on the lake), the wine (vivacious local Merlot poured into dainty ceramic cups), and the food.
The salumi here are the gold standard of rustic charcuterie: dense, musky coppa, pancetta, and wild-boar salami, served with five-grain bread. From a small blackboard menu we order the lightly fried perch with a golden squirt of sage-flavored butter and tiny potatoes, and a dense grainy buckwheat polenta with brasato di manzo (braised beef). Afterward, the exhausted proprietor plies us with his famous walnut liqueur and torta di pane, a moist chocolate crumb cake studded with pine nuts.
We contemplate abandoning the car and hiking back to the airport. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Antica Osteria Italian Around Town
Grotto dei Pescatori Italian Around Town
La Tinera German/Austrian/Swiss Around Town
Locanda del Boschetto German/Austrian/Swiss Around Town
Mövenpick Ristorante Parco Ciani Mediterranean Around Town
Motto del Gallo Mediterranean Nearby Dining
Osteria Ticinese da Raffaele German/Austrian/Swiss Around Town
Principe Leopoldo International Around Town
Ristorante Orologio Italian Around Town
Ristorante Santabbondio Mediterranean Around Town
Ristorante al Portone German/Austrian/Swiss Around Town
MOTTO DEL GALLO
For a visual treat, visit this baroque house practically bursting with atmosphere. There's a collection of antiques and the tables are covered with lace. The restaurant is in a 15th-century hamlet that alone is worth the trip--8 miles (13km) from Lugano on the road to Bellinzona. The excellent menu features a selection of homemade pastas, including green tagliolini with scampi. Two types of risotto are offered, one of them cooked delectably in champagne. Fresh fish looms large on the menu, including a selection of "fruits of the sea" gratinée with zabaglione. Main meat dishes are likely to include a veal mignon, veal kidneys cooked with sherry, a mixed medley of meats, or perhaps alpine-style lamb roasted aromatically with fresh herbs. Instead of dessert, such as one of the cold soufflés, many diners prefer to end their meal with a regional cheese of the Ticino. The wine list includes some 500 wines from all over the world.
If you're looking for a romantic place to spend the night, there are three well-maintained suites here, which cost 235SF ($129.25) for two, including breakfast.
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Hours Mon-Sat noon-2pm and 7-10pm
Location CH-6807 Taverne, Nearby Dining
Transportation Take the unnumbered bus or local train marked Taverne
Reservations Reservations required
Phone 091/945-28-71
Fax 091/945-27-23
Prices Main courses 29SF-49SF ($15.95-$26.95); business lunch 55SF-65SF ($30.25-$35.75); menu degustazione 108SF ($59.40); menu gastronomico 135SF ($74.25) Leave a Comment Theme: OtherPrice: US$41 and up » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: MOTTO DEL GALLO
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Gasthaus Obermatt Obermatt, Ennetbürgen; 41-41/620-1323; dinner for two $50.
Park Hotel Vitznau Vitznau, Lucerne; 41-41/397-0101; dinner for two $100.
Old Swiss House 4 Löwenplatz, Lucerne; 41-41/410-6171; lunch for two $50.
L'Auberge de l'Onde St.-Saphorin; 41-21/921-3083; lunch for two $100.
Le Chalet Château-d'Oex; 41-26/924-6677; lunch for two $53.
Jöhri's Talvo 15 Via Gunels, St. Moritz-Champfèr; 41-81/833-4455; dinner for two $225.
Grotto dei Pescatori Caprino; 41-91/923-9867; dinner for two $47.
The following are also recommended:
Veltlinerkeller 11 Via del Bagn, St. Moritz; 41-80/833-4009; dinner for two $73. Authentic atmosphere and good regional food, such as pizzoccheri (gnocchi-like dumplings).
L'Etivaz Cheese Cooperative L'Etivaz; 41-26/924-6281. Take the $6 guided tour, and try the aged cheese called Rebibes.
Osteria Calprino 28 Via Carona, Lugano-Paradiso; 41-91/994-1480; dinner for two $66. A simple spot with wonderful antipasti, risotto al Merlot, and roast goat.
Don't miss the Festival of Wine Growers, a rare spectacular (it's happened only 11 times since 1727) taking place this year in Vevey (July 29-August 15; call 41-21/922-2020 for information). Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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This restaurant is in the woods in Montagnola.It is opened from March to October and opened every day June, July and August. I believe it is closed on Tuesdays the other months. There is seating inside and outside. During the warm summer months it's nice to sit outside under the chestnut trees. They have a huge canopy to cover the outdoor area when it's raining, so you won't get wet! In the evening the bugs come out, so if having bugs buzzing about you bothers you, eat inside.
If you know who Hermann Hesse is, this is a grotto he patronized. His museum is in Montagnola.
Everytime I go I get the guancia di maiale (I think that's how you spell it). It's pork cheeks, okay, I know it sounds gross, but it is so tender and flavorful. It is served with polenta and topped off with a delish sauce. It is a big portion, just look at the picture.
My husband likes the filetto di cervo (deer). I have never tasted it, but if he keeps ordering it, it must be good, right? He has commented that it is very tender and cooked just right. I know they serve puledro (baby horse), my husband's co-worker has ordered it. No, I don't eat puledro, but it is a popular meat in Ticino.
Next time I eat here, I'll order something different, maybe! Leave a Comment Theme: OtherPrice: US$21-30 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: via Canvetti, 6926 MontagnolaPhone: 0919947995Directions: Just check the website.Website: www.grottocavicc.ch
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This is a good value and it is open every day of the year in the city center.
If you order Salmon, it is their habit to give you 2 small pieces of salmon, which for me & a friend, is quite enough since you can scoop as many vegetables & rice or potatoes with the order.
My suggestion is to only order one lunch of salmon for two people. A salmon dinner is approximately CH15. So if 2 shared, it is half the price. Of course this won't work if you need large portions.
They have salads, soups, hot lunches, sandwiches, pizza, vegetables, pasta, fruit salads and dessert.
Everything is "very good" and superior to the food you will find in New York restaurants.
I like the grilled salmon and often they make two pieces, so one dinner was enough for me and my husband, as was a salad or Minestrone Soup.
They have a very good selection of fresh fruits, pastries, and good expresso. Leave a Comment Theme: BuffetPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: Lugano City Center at Manor Department StoreDirections: It is on the 3rd floor of the store. The store has a directory on each floor in Italitan. Cose?Dove? (Cosa=What?) (Dove=Where) Trust me, you will find this place even if you do not speak Italian.Website: http://www.manor.ch/it/food/ristorante/pomodorifreschi.cfm
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