Best enoteca for high end wines. Nice Service.read more

Staff is very helpful with the many wines and local favors. Would definitely recommend if you're…read moreeven remotely near it.

Como bday! Si! Came…read morehere for midnight drinks for my birthday! Super cute. Live music!! Food!! Tiny spot, full of people. Didn't know Como have this many people!!! The bar was super cute. Small, dark, roomy and dog friendly!!! Yey italia!! Saw a few tiny little pups way past their bedtime :) And! Doesn't make this place less romantic or speak easy ish. The cocktail menu was short and sweet. Jazz! Spritz!! Gin cocktail was what I went for mainly for the ingredients. I do love a good herb in my drink! And the spritz!!! All the spritz!! Flowers, rosemary! And of course,a dry martini with extra olives! Olives stuffed with cheese!! Yummmm! Best part about Italy is prices. Even the most expensive in Como isn't crazy expensive. It was super reasonable! This was a second stop for my midnight bday drinks! Left a year older! :D Super warm, laid back!! Just a perfect way to ring in the new year!! Walked right back to my hotel! Love that its right in the middle of como!

Great Bar in Como.... small, few tables and jazz on Sunday's…read more The Aperitivo is great, the prices are reasonable and the staff is helpful, welcoming and speaks English ! Reserve in advance.. specially for the Sunday evening Jazz which starts at 730pm.

We had a late lunch and it was spectacular. I had the lasagna and my son had the beef and potatoes…read more Fresh bread and great service. They have outdoor and indoor with air conditioning which help the ambiance

The food was good. Antipasti was just ok verses what it cost. Prices were high but most places in…read moreLugano have high prices. Service was good. Ambiance could have been better except for all of the cigarette smoke. Sat outside but still.

We had about an hour to kill in Lake Como before we had to meet our tour group. Lucky for us,…read moreL'Ambrosiano happened to be across the street from our meeting point. It also couldn't have looked more inviting. We chose to sit outside and enjoy the fresh air. It wasn't a sunny day but the outdoor seating did provide shelter from the misty rain. The waiter took our order (one Valtellinese pizza) and shortly our food arrived. I found it a nice touch that the kitchen split the pizza in half so we could share it easily. We were also given plates and silverware. L'Ambrosiano is no ordinary cafe. It's a bit classier. The pizza was delicious and covered amply in braseola and mushrooms. The sauce was slightly sweet and brought the whole pizza together. I did enjoy eating my pizza with a fork and knife, a far cry from folding it in half and eating with hands New York style. What a great way to enjoy Como. It topped off our morning of silk scarves, cloud bread, gardens, and farmers markets.

The food here is great. Pizza was more expensive here than other places and tasted fantastic, but…read morenot more so than any of the other pizza places I ate at. The spicy salami was actually spicy and was extra crisped which is actually how I prefer it. The bruschetta was very good and big portion. I give it three stars because it's more expensive than any other pizza I ate in Italy and there was nothing to justify that - the food was simple nothing fancy, it was not memorable, and I wouldn't go back.

Castiglione is a City of Como Staple. They started as a salumeria serving the best deli meats and…read morecheeses in town, and subsequently expanded to a small restaurant and wine bar.... try their lunch, you won't be disappointed!

As good as it gets!! Not sure whether to start with how professional and kind the staff was, the…read moreamazing location and view of the lake of Lugano, or perhaps most importantly the food. But overall my wife and I had a great time, recommend it and would go back this summer to enjoy a meal on their terrasse. We started with the capacolla dried tomato starter, essentially dried ham on tomato and basil bruchetta. We then got the argentinean beef filet complemented with spicy potatoes and the corn sealed tuna served with potatoes and spinach. Both impeccable, good quality beef, tuna slightly grilled on both side while preserving the flavors. The staff recommended the Malbec barricas del plata, which is apparently a wine produced by the in-laws of a staff member. As you can expect from Malbec, impressions of dark fruits on the nose - light tannins..not bad at all - for the anecdote i was going to take a bottle home (you can buy it to go for 35chf).We finished with a scoop each of their home made gelato.. honestly we were not hungry anymore - this was purely out of self indulgence - and to wrap up a great meal the right way. Dont hesitate - try it!

From the owner: Italian & Argentine cuisine. Exceptionally tasty but simple food. Our ingredients are fresh and we…read morerespect their seasonality. Hope you enjoy.

Very nice restaurant. Very nice view and the service is very nice! Good food and you don't have to…read morewait longtime!

I came here with a friend for some lunch during a shopping trip. We were tired and hungry and as is…read morethe usual for between 12:00 and 14:00 everything was closed. We picked L'oca Ubriaca over the restaurant opposite and we weren't disappointed! Behind the reasonably small frontage lies a little spot of heaven. I adored the decor; a mixture of exposed brickwork, beautiful (if not a little random) paintings of parrots and then cold industrial ventilation, strip lighting and metalwork. We chose a table upstairs on the balcony and were quickly attended to by the waiter. Unfortunately we don't speak Italian and he didn't speak English so I can't really comment too much on the standard of service but he was friendly about it rather than annoyed. After a quick translation of a menu with a phrase book we plumped for a panini each. I couldn't really decipher the rest of the menu but of the few other customers also eating their dishes looked amazing! The food was prepared at the bar, it arrived quickly and was reasonably delicious. Hard to be blown away by a sandwich but the ingredients were fresh and I was happy. The only gripe would be that the bathroom seemed a little weird. There was a small window at floor level without any glass in. Obviously bit odd that anyone could walk past and catch a glimpse of you at your business, also pretty chilly in mid January. My hope is that it was a result of some renovations. There were also some exposed pipes and dodgy tiling, so hopefully this won't be problem in the future. It was located in a little frosted glass house though so the novelty was enough to gloss over the down bits. This is somewhere I would really like to come back to for an evening. The wine selection looked really good and it seemed like the perfect place for an intimate evening out.

Cozy, quiet wine bar in busy Como! I enjoyed a few visits to Cornobobo during a recent long weekend…read morein Lake Como. It was walkable from our Airbnb and the perfect start to a night out. Their beer selection is surprisingly decent (a few on draft, including an IPA for my hop-head husband) and delicious wine by the glass or the bottle. My favorite part about this spot are the delicious snacks served complimentary with every drink. Most bars will give you a bowl of chips or peanuts, but Cornobobo pulls out all the stops with a board full of salami, cheese, focaccia, gherkins, and peanuts. Yes, please! We also loved their music selection. The bartender's playlist had the likes of Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, REM and other classics.