Beautiful patio tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the other restaurants on the water. You…read moreneed to book at least a couple of days out as they are full every night and only have one seating per table. The food was good, but not great. Definitely worth trying.

MAKE RESERVATIONS!!! Get help from your hotel/airbnb accommodation to get reservations! It's one of…read moremy dinner highlights for my trip! My lamb chop was SO JUICY AND MELT in my mouth! It was so good! Please get the tiramisu if they have it on their menu!

Best meal I have ever had in my life. Ask the other reviews said the same. The food is still on…read moremy mind from one year ago. I hope anyone traveling within 100 miles makes a point to add this to their trip. Incredible. Plus Chef Moreno and his wife are charming and warm, kind and very funny. Other tip - let someone else do the driving. The winding hairpin turns were just like those mountain roads in all the best movies in Italy. Do yourself this one favor - go!

I read a review where the reviewer wrote he was still thinking about this meal 4 years later and…read morethese words couldn't be truer! Absolutely incredible! The tasting menu delicious, the veal was incredible, and the risotto with mushrooms and apple, wow! Such a warm cozy place and great overall experience. Book ahead of time, they turned 10 people away just tonight!

Fabulous experience!! Small place, with only like 6 or 7…read moretables indoors and a few on the street. We were just lucky and didn't have to wait for a table although I'm aware may need to do so in a busy day. We sat indoors and had one of the most pleasant dinner experiences i've had abroad. Menu is short and clean. Unpretentious but delicious Italian food. Dinner was just exceptional! accompanied with a nice bottle of wine recommended by the owner. Indoor ambiance (would strongly recommend) is charming with personalized polite service. Just a gem!

The very best restaurant in Varenna. Their pasta is amazing and their beef dishes are some of the…read morebest outside of Florence. Their servers are amazing and will take great care of you. This restaurant is a must go!

This was a standout lunch for us in Varenna! We walked in with no reservation which was risky, and…read morethe owner said he only had 2 tables to choose from since the others were reserved, and showed us to make sure we were fine with either of those options (which was thoughtful). We opted for the one on the terrace, and our view was INCREDIBLE. one of the best lunch views we had the entire trip. The service was fast and attentive. My husband ordered the duck which was amazing and so flavorful in a yummy sauce, and I ordered the homemade pumpkin ravioli with cheese fondue sauce. MY PASTA WAS INCREDIBLE. Top 3 of my entire trip and I raved about it to the owner. It had pomegranates to top it and something else (I think mushrooms?)-- it was so flavorful and I wanted to savor every single bite. It just wasn't enough. The portions were a little smaller for the pasta, but that is to be expected at most places since it is meant to be a secondary accompaniment to the main meal. I just ordered that for my meal and it was the perfect portion for me since I wasn't starving. Overall, this was a very memorable lunch for us and you can tell the owner cares a lot about this restaurant, its customers, and its cuisine. I highly recommend a visit here!!! And you truly can't beat the view. Wish we could return!

La Vista was the restaurant that ran in our hotel, and we were able to get a balcony seat right off…read morethe water for our romantic honeymoon dinner. The views were spectacular and the service was exceptional, the food was good just like all other food we had in Lake Como. You are paying for the view and a decent meal to go with it, and that's what the food was: decent with a heavy price tag. I would go back just because I love the hotel so much, but I will not be expecting a culinary masterpiece to die for here.

Previously, I was taken here by locals and the cuisine lived up to the hype. When I had some spare…read moretime in Lugano, I could not think of a better venue for lunch. Dine outside, if the weather permits, and enjoy the view of lovely Lake Lugano and the rolling house-speckled hills in between occasional interruptions by the armored G-wagons and super cars that the residents use to put around this picturesque town.

I loved this place didn't felt authentic and not touristy...the food was delicious though and not…read morefar from the train station right along the water...

This was my favorite restaurant out of my entire trip to Milan/Lake Como. The pasta was so fresh,…read moreand the dish I ordered came with these crispy eggplant slices that were SO GOOD. The service was amazing, and every item we ordered was just so unique and delicious. Highly recommend!

Great service, cute place, food was great but very limited menu. Make sure to look ahead and see if…read moreyou like it, didn't realize it was so different. But our waiter was amazing! We loved the filette de manzo and potatoes au gratin, menu changes so look for most updated (sorry didn't take photos of this time).

Great meal. Everything delicious. Enjoyed sitting outside, people watching, trying everything…read morehere and all 3 of us loved what we had. Not going to recommend anything above another.... Just try something that sounds good to you...it will probably be delicious.

This quaint restaurant was very small and on one of the side streets away from all the hustle and…read morebustle of the touristy waterfront places. We had four people and had to split up 2 and 2 to fit, which was not a problem at all. The wait staff was very attentive and helpful despite there being a very small room to operate. I got the house special, which was white pasta with pork served in a cabbage leaf and it was excellent. My girlfriend got the mushroom risotto and it was a little undercooked but still delicious. Everything was reasonably priced and overall we were very happy with the experience

This was the best restaurant we went to in our trip to Italy! The staff were kind and…read moreunderstanding. They also have amazing olive oil that you can buy at the hotel. I would come here again anytime!

The food was ok, nothing great. Expensive for what it was but we are just next to Varenna. The…read moreservice was friendly. For me, the quaint dinner atmosphere would have been helped greatly if AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Ozzy Osbourne weren't blasting. "Highway to Hell" ruined the charm of the setting. I asked the waiter if we couldn't get some calmer music, he turned it off for 2 minutes and then right back on again. Did not have the willpower to continue for dessert.

Mimmo was the best server!! Service was good & lobster…read morepasta was 10/10 Easy walk from Hotel Cornova

The pizza was incredible!! Servers were so kind and welcoming…read more The only reason this isn't 5 stars: We arrived close to their closing time and asked to make sure it was okay for us to dine. We didn't want to have the kitchen open back up for us if they were already wrapping up. They assured us the kitchen wouldn't be closed for another 15 minutes so to come on in. We ordered the pizza, and the pizza guy had a meltdown. Apparently he had already started cleaning up for the night. We felt bad but also a little off putting that he would make such a scene in front of all the guests. Other than that we had a wonderful meal.

We had reservations for the restaurant and unfortunately were late, but they still accommodated us…read more The location was at the end of a very narrow street. The steamed mussels were fantastic! The wine selection and service were great. The prices were great compared to the other places around the lake. Definitely would go back!

Great food , fantastic atmosphere , exceeded expectations. It was nice to eat where the locals eat…read moreand experience great hospitality.