Location: Lugano
Top Restaurants in Lugano
Top 10 Seafood food in Lugano, Swiss Alps, Switzerland
Reviews on Seafood food in Lugano, Swiss Alps, Switzerland. Perfectly positioned on a lake with the Alps at its back, lucky Lugano has a little bit of everything. Ride a cable car up Monte San Salvatore or Monte Bre for sunny panoramas of lake, rivers, mountains and red-roofed buildings. Explore the town's churches, cathedrals and the expressive and colorful Piazza della Riforma. Sample some slow-cooked Ticinese cuisine, explore the lake on a boat or spend the day at the lido with its Olympic-sized pool.
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10. Grotto della Salute
Overall Ratings
4 based on 367 reviews
Reviewed By Pietro_U
Despite the name "grotto" it is a fine restaurant with fine food and great location, you will also enjoy summer lunches and dinners under the trees outside. The food is simple and tasty, Italian kitchen, every dish is perfect and the most part of them are real milestones like Casoncelli or grilled baby squids, tagliolini with white truffle or beef brasato with polenta. The service is good and the guys are also friendly and funny. Wine list is good, prices are correct compared to other Swiss overrated retaurants...
9. Botero
Overall Ratings
4 based on 111 reviews
Reviewed By Hedin
I enjoyed a cheerful dinner at Botero. The very corner where it lays is not particularly fancy, but the restaurant's interiors are nice. They mixed some sort of old french style with Botero's paintings. Fine food, reasonable price.
8. Orologio
Overall Ratings
4 based on 224 reviews
Frequented by loyal traditionalists and experimenters of new tastes, is now a must even for some of the most famous contemporary artists and international musicians. Pasta, risotto, meat and fish: the common denominator is the focus on the prime quality r
Reviewed By lalolo74
Delicious italian food made with high quality and fresh products. Everything is amazing : fishes, veggies and pastas... Lovely place. What a gem !
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7. Ristorante Antico
Overall Ratings
4 based on 121 reviews
Reviewed By Legal_itinerant
We took the walk along the lake to Gandria and came upon this little cafe by the lake that was the only one open on Boxing Day. To our delight we were warmly received and had a very pleasant lunch. The food was simple but well cooked and reasonably priced.
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6. Ristorante Le Relais - Grand Hotel Villa Castagnola
Overall Ratings
4 based on 145 reviews
Tempting tastes in majestic surroundings In an elegant and refined setting, our Kitchen Chef Alessandro Bolesooffers a light and innovative Mediterranean cuisine â an irresistible balance of colours and delicate flavours. During the warm season breakfast
Reviewed By 980les59
Service , food, location, ideal, superb standards from all departments, Idealy located within the hotel, combining all the good features of the hotel
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5. Al Faro
Overall Ratings
4 based on 215 reviews
Reviewed By ChrisH3040
We visited this restaurant based on a recommendation by our hotel concierge. The interior is decorated in a nautical style with salt water fish tanks, fresh lobster and oyster tanks. This is your first hint that their specialty is fresh fish. We were seated upstairs in the initially quieter part of the restaurant. The place was really busy on a Saturday night and the volume increased with the quests, including several families with very small children. The menu has many options including shellfish, local fish that changes daily and specialties. Our meal began with aperitifs along with a delicious amuse bouche of smoked salmon on a croissant. A variety of breads filled the time during the short wait for our meal. We started with a shared dish of the salt cod ravioli, which was separated on two plates and presented to each of us. Our waiter recommended the special turbot and we LOVED it! It is rare to find this fish in the states and when it is prepared as well as Al Faroâs does, what a treat! Paired with a lovely Sauvignon blanc (another recommendation of our server) the fish was delightful. Not only was meal perfect but the service was amazing - personal and attentive!Unfortunately, we were too full for dessert but they all sounded tempting! We are so glad we visited this restaurant in Lugano we only wish we had gone there both nights of our stay!
4. Metamorphosis
Overall Ratings
4 based on 188 reviews
Restaurant Metamorphosis is located in a modern and confortable location inside the impressive Palazzo Mantegazza, right on the shore of the lake, just few minutes from the centre of Lugano. The location has been opened in March 2009 and still astonishes
Reviewed By SergeG527
New restaurant in the palazzo Mantegazzi. Interior is contemporary: Hi tech lifts, glass, transparent plastic chairs and white walls.Vitello tonnato was tasty and tender but the steak was a little bit overdone (surely not medium).I think it's a good place to have a lunch with bossiness part not a family dinner.Dear Serge G,thanks a lot for your beautiful review.We hope to see you soon in our Restaurant!
3. Ristorante Trattoria Galleria
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1072 reviews
Reviewed By mpu8
Not so touristic, an extensive menu with meat, fish and pizza. All very fresh and cookedperfect. Certainly worth a visit.
2. Elementi
Overall Ratings
4 based on 228 reviews
Con i suoi 45 coperti per cene à la carte, la cucina del ristorante è aperta fino all'una nel weekend. Il ristorante Elementi del Casinò di Lugano offre una cucina mediterranea rivisitata dal nostro Chef Moreno Manzini all'insegna della scoperta di nuovi
Reviewed By Tim V
I had very good expirience with this establishment. Absolutely amaizing dinner with respect to food, its serving, service and overall atmosphere. Deliciouis food with impeccable souses, and fresh ingridiends. Portions were not too big not too small, just right. Good wine list and the wine itself was great. I would reccomend any one for an upscale dinner with not exessive spending. Well done!Dear friend,thank you very much for your review. We are really proud to have given to you a good time in Lugano!See you next time!
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1. Ristorante Galleria Arte al Lago
Overall Ratings
4 based on 396 reviews
Restaurant Gallery Arté is the only 1 Michelin Starred Restaurant in Lugano. A theme restaurant inside an art gallery, it offers a magnificent and unique view over the gulf of Lugano as well as a dainty cuisine. Signature dishes of our Executive Chef Fran
Reviewed By gourmetwashington
First, this restaurant is needlessly pretentious. Second, the two other guests at my table ordered the tasting menu. I did not like all the options on the tasting menu, so I told the waiter, that I would order the same amount of courses and if he could please pair wine as well. He agreed. That is not what happened. While I was the only female at the table, I was given one glass of wine and treated with an air of snotty contempt. The food was just ho hum. It was not creative. It was mathematical in its presentation. Safe but what you can get at a multitude of other restaurants. I will say that the view is wonderful. But for almost $700 for 3 people, save your money. It is totally not worth it. They are very sadly resting on their one michelin star.Dear Guest, We would like to thank you for taking the time and effort to write this review.We are sincerely sorry to read that you were disappointed about your experience with us and that we did not meet your expectations on this night and we would like to apologise for that. We are sincerely sorry to read that you felt treated with an air of snotty contempt. Kindly note that it was not the waiters intention to make you feel that way and that they were sincerely sorry to read, in your review, that your experienced some discomfort during your dinner with us.We will discuss your comment about the Mathematical prensentation of the food and the non creativity of it with the Chef and his staff to improve.Sincerely
