Such a delicious and beautiful spot for lunch. 2 of us had…read morepizzas which were very generous servings and 2 had carbonara which was delicious and a favorite for sure! Made our trip to Ascona even more memorable.

Great food with a beautiful view!…read more Ascona is absolutely beautiful and this restaurant sits on one of the prettiest streets I've seen that overlooks the entire lake and mountains and it's a beautiful sight to see. During the day you can sit outside in the mornings or afternoons and share a cup of coffee or nice glass of wine and just enjoy the sun shining over the lake and the peace and tranquility and beauty of Switzerland from this great restaurant. At night the restaurant lights are dimmed low and the dinner is enjoyed by glow of candlelight. It makes for a wonderfully romantic evening. The wine list is pretty extensive and they also have a nice selection of Ticinese wines that you cannot find outside of Switzerland. The staff is very friendly and welcoming and our server was happy to go over the wine list with us and made some excellent recommendations for local wines to try. They have a pretty good extensive menu for food as well, they have everything from pizza to salads to pasta and grilled shrimp and everything is pretty affordable especially for being in Switzerland. One of the best dishes I had was the mushroom risotto it was very very good and full of flavor. It was also nice that you could order the smaller or larger portion size which is always a great option for groups who like to share and try several plates. I highly recommend trying some of their deserts they are all very good as well. They had some deserts on the menu that I've never had anywhere else before and some I've never even heard of so we decided to try them since our server recommended them so highly and said they were some of the restaurants specialties and they were all very unique and very very good. Overall it's a great place, if you're in the area and looking for a nice place to enjoy the view and get some great food I highly recommend checking this place out morning or night you will not be disappointed!

Thin crust pizza that's so good you'll want to eat all your crust. But really. It's manages to be…read moresoft and pillowy and crunchy at the same time. With just the right amount of saltiness and semolina and air bubbles. But I've zoomed in on the crust too enthusiastically. The menu is extensive, and has any Italian pizza lovers favorite combination (all languages available--at least English, French, German, Italian). The ingredients were perfectly farm-fresh. The cherry tomatoes on my buffalina pizza had a sweet sugary flavor profile. And the Buffalo mozzarella was thin skinned with a soft milky interior, just the way it should be. The sauce was simple--fresh tomatoes puréed. And it's like they knew me, because the condiment they brought to thr table was pimento oil, because I love being emotional when I eat. Clearly it worked because I'm in love. The amoré kind of love. FYI There's public parking just beyond the restaurant, so the time between parking and pizza is efficient. And service was very professional and kind.

For Festa della Mama (Mother's Day) 2018 we had one of the best meals of our lives at Osteria da…read moreKetty & Tommy. All of the components of the fixed price meal were seasonal, extremely fresh, and put together with skill and imagination. The service was very good. The other guests were Italian-speaking multi-generational families and we enjoyed watching the children. It was a bit expensive, but we would recommend it to anyone who loves good food.

Both dishes are very tasty. My husband and I enjoyed this wonderful dinner. Will definitely come…read moreback to try out what they have to offer. Service is very good, waitress is very attentive and food came within 10 minutes.

This is a long overdue review from August 2018. Solid choice for Italian food in Locarno. Prices…read moreare as steep as anywhere else in town even though this is near the end of the drag so you can walk to easily from downtown. They don't accept credit cards so make sure you have plenty of cash. Pizzas are over CHF 20 a piece. It was fun watching all of the tourists navigate the menu and ordering process. We had a sausage pizza and a tasty penne pasta as well. They both tasted good.

Cool but casual place on the lake at Ascona. The food and service were both excellent. I would…read morerecommend the braised pork cheek (Maiale), with a Ticino Merlot of course!

We have been customers for a few years, but the last few times it was so disappointing that we will…read moreavoid it in the future. Who waits for a simple pizza for 1 hour? For the price asked you should expect a better food and service. Last Saturday lunch after New Years we had a reservation and got seated next to another couple, although most of the other tables were still without guests. No privacy at all! We asked for other seats and got reseated, but pity we were then sitting under the cold blowing AC and that in January! Brrr! Other guests were also complaining that it was too cold so we asked to switch off the AC and they did. No wonder the staff is wearing thermo jackets in the restaurant! When the restaurant door opens, it opens very wide and lot's of cold air gets into the resto. The best is, when they wait in the open door and shout back at the counter to ask something or new arriving groups can't decide to wait either in or outside. Let's continue with our experience that day. The very good salad "stagionale" came very fast and was delicious. For the following pizza we waited for an hour, seeing all later arrived guests finishing up their pizza. We got so angry that we asked for the bill in the end and payed for the 2 drinks and the salad (24.-). No free drinks offered! About the food: What we really liked was the pumpkin soup. What we didn't like at all was the "salmerino" (poached char). It was so strongly flavored with herbs that you couldn't taste the fish anymore and it was slightly undercooked. The tagliolini pasta with white truffle came one day perfect but a month later first undercooked and when it came back the second time with clots in the sauce and very salty. The very expensive Angus burger (37.-!!!) had a nice beef patty, but the coppa and mozzarella don't fit in my eyes. Horrible were the potatoe wedges and snow-white mayo that were served beside! Pizzas are good but pricey. The pizza of the week was 27.-!

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