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1 & 1/2...This was surely the overall and most disappointing and infuriating meal of our entire Italian excursion. Led here by a positive if rather perfunctory mention in an over decade-old NYTimes article after catching the local bus ride up the lake to Bellagio, it initially looked pretty promising in advance, owing to it's location removed from the touristy town center, which allowed us to take a lovely (paid) stroll through a gorgeous private historic lakeside villa while taking in a gorgeous sunset. Unfortunately once we landed at dinner things took a turn for the worse. The non functional half star is for the fact that I at least got some Instagram story material out of the overall lousy meal due to the fact that some of the food at least looked better than it tasted. The most eye popping food pic material was surely a caviar topped spaghetti with lemon and butter, which unfortunately wound up being shockingly bland to the point of being almost tasteless. Also quite pretty were some brilliant colored and extremely fresh zucchini flowers stuffed ricotta and served on top of a bright tomato sauce in the traditional fashion, but here steamed rather that fried as is typical. Unfortunately the consistency worked against it and blandness was somehow the dominant flavor profile again. More often than not though, the dishes were total duds both in taste and appearance, like a gummy, grayish beef tartare, shriveled looking and extremely dry "black rooster" raviolis, and a dry and tasteless fish over likewise bland sauce. Service, starting with the rude hostess, who I believe has been called out on other reviews, to the slow and aloof waitstaff and sommelier was heavy on obnoxious pomposity. I know Americans are used to super sized wine pouring's compared to Europe but the glasses that I was served here were so light that I initially thought the full pour was merely the taste I was being given for initial approval. It probably should have been an indication of what type of establishment we were dealing with when they required an obnoxiously expensive deposit in advance of our meal which would have been charged if we decided to cancel as we made the reservation less than 24 hours in advance. It's worth emphasizing that this was the most expensive meal we had it Italy hence my initial declaration.
Worst experience of our 10 day stay in Italy and honestly worst experience we've ever had in Europe. There was no parking near the restaurant so we had to park a half kilometer away. It was down-pouring during our walk to the restaurant and the streets were backing up with sewage. After walking through sewage and torrential rain (only way to access the restaurant) we arrived soaked (despite having rain coats and umbrellas) and smelling of feces from the shin down. Our 7 month old baby was soaked and crying from the wet/cold since it was only 50 degrees F. I told the staff I was going to need to cancel the reservation due to our circumstances to which they responded "it's not possible to cancel". We informed them we were not comfortable staying with human waste in our shoes and a shivering baby from their restaurant being inaccessible. After I left to retrieve the car my wife attempted to stand under their outdoor awning, but the wait staff came and kicked her out saying she had to stand in the rain next to the building in order to wait for me. She attempted to deny them but they had nearly the entire staff come out to kick her out despite having a crying/shivering baby. Added pictures of the sewage stuck to my shoes/pants to show how gross it was and what they expected us to bring into their restaurant. Obviously they cannot control the weather but this was the only way into their establishment, and despite the restaurant being 1/2 full, they still charged us 240usd for the "deposit" and could not have been more rude about the situation. I emailed management to attempt to rectify the situation but they ignored my email and instead processed the charge as a response. While I'm sure the food is good, it's Italy, all food is good, don't waste your time coming to this money grabbing restaurant with rude staff.
AVOID. Worst restaurant experience ever! After visiting some of the top restaurants in the world I can say this was the absolute worst. The owner here is incredibly rude after not fulfilling the total number of people in our reservation. I had a short, calm conversation saying no worries we will take the table for the number of people she had noted us for. Instead, for some reason as we were sitting down, she told us to get out, that she wouldn't service us and even threatened to call the police. The servers, patrons, and even the chef who witnessed the whole thing were shocked as she completely lost it and started yelling as loud as she could. It was so bad the chef had to calm her down. Clearly this wasn't the first time she was obnoxious. Don't go unless you want to meet the craziest lady in the restaurant business. I'm actually glad this happened to us because I do not want to support a business this terrible to its customers.
We are visiting Como for a wedding and had made reservations for a group of 11, but the restaurant seems to have us down for 8 only. As we are trying to ask for extra seating because we did get phone confirmation for 11, Asking for extra table or extra chairs . The hostesses (pictured below) shouted "sit down or get out!" from the front desk and then walked over to rest of the group at the table and said get out! As we are exiting, she said she called the cops. Also she asked another Asian person who is entering the bathroom not in our group to leave as well. Our group is a mostly asian with one non Asian person. Honestly i think the hostess is racist, as that is the only logical explanation in this case considering our own behavior and her reaction.
This place is absolutely phenomenal. One of the best meals I've had in awhile! Reservations needed if you want to eat outside. Not sure how far ahead of time you'd need to book but there was a gentleman booking six weeks out... The beef tartare with burrata and truffle is one of the best things I've ever eaten in my life. The shrimp appetizer with greens was cooked beautifully but the greens were very salty. There is a tasting menu which is a great deal - no substitutions allowed. But not everyone at the table needs to get the tasting menu either. Service was stellar. Overall excellent meal
We were recommended to try this place from a local. If weather permits, sit outside and enjoy the fresh air and lake. I had the cheese platter, which is meant for dessert, as an appetizer. Great assortment of local cheeses from sort to hard accompanied by house made jams. The ravioli was a must have as well. Fresh pasta stuffed with delicately seasoned veal with a cream and truffle sauce. Could have ordered 4 servings of this and called it a day. We tried the lake fish appetizer but truthfully it's an acquired taste. Lake Como fish has a distinct flavour- one that is too strong for my liking. The roasted lamb main was beautifully done paired well with a chianti. For dessert, I opted for a cannoli which was made of fresh ricotta served with glazed strawberries and a scoop of chocolate gelato. Service was amazing and prompt. Very helpful staff particularly around picking appropriate wines for each course.
What a great restaurant. Lovely outdoor space, extraordinary friendly and attentive servers and great food. The apps and mains were all great. The spaghetti with onions, sour cream and caviar was the dish of the day. Everything was cooked perfectly. Nice wine list too. And a beautiful walk through the Villa Melzi gardens to get there. Highly recommended.
Fantastic food, fantastic service, and fantastic vibes. I was a bit nervous dining here upon reading some reviews--especially about the lady that runs this place. But this place lived beyond its expectations. We sat outside in their beautiful courtyard, we didn't order a wine pairing, but the sommelier was there to help some people in my group order glasses to pair with their dishes, and the service was fantastic. They also had some of the best bread that I had throughout our 2 weeks in Italy. We ordered the shrimp risotto, the tagliolini, the pigeon, the lobster, and the peach and berry dessert. The shrimp risotto was absolutely fantastic--this is a MUST order. The tagliolini was great, but the olives they used were quite bitter. Nevertheless, my fiancée loved it. The lobster was the same way--delicious. The pigeon was also lovely--reminded me of duck. The highlight was definitely the dessert though. I don't remember the name, but came with a berry sauce, cardamom ice cream, and a fruit medley. For something so seemingly simple, it was delicious, fresh, and the perfect ending to a meal. Overall, I hope I get to return to Lake Como one day so I can eat here again. read more
22 days ago
DO NOT COME HERE UNLESS YOU WANT TO MEET THE RUDEST MANAGER! The restaurant itself was cute, and our male server was ok.Unfortunately, our experience was overshadowed by what I believe was the manager, who was very unwelcoming and came across as rude and dismissive. Shoes not like children. We were a group of four adults and four children (ages 6-14) on our way to the beach. The kids were hungry, and since this was the closest restaurant, we decided to stop in for a quick bite before swimming, planning to have a larger meal afterward. From the moment we arrived, it felt like she was annoyed that we had children with us (Our children knows how to eat in a restaurant, they come from a family of fine dining chefs (their dad) they do not only eat chicken nuggets and fries) before we sat the waiter said we don't have kids food, or maybe that we weren't going to order a full meal. There was a whole menu but was told there's only a few items available. It even gave the impression that she assumed we couldn't afford the restaurant, which was uncomfortable, especially when she stands there and STARE at your table while you dine. What made the experience worse was watching her check on the other tables with a warm, friendly tone while treating us very differently and cold. The contrast was noticeable and made us feel unwelcome. As for the food, we ordered a bottle of water because we had our own personal water bottles and was told we're not allowed to drink it there, we ordered three buttered pasta dishes for the kids (which were actually the best items we had on the menu, ravioli, which was disappointing, and the salted cod. While I understand it's supposed to be salty, both the cod and the red sauce were overwhelmingly salty to the point that it affected the dish. Sadly, because of the poor hospitality, we would not return. Good service should make every guest feel welcome, regardless of whether they're ordering a light meal or a full dinner. Leaving me to NOT RECOMMEND such a rude place. There's lots of other friendlier restaurants and better food. read more
Service was on point; make sure you make a reservation if you plan on going. Ambiance is casual; the night we went all seating was outside in a covered area. The food was not that impressive - it could be what we ordered, could have been the food itself. The chef sent out a starter, something fried, tasty. We moved onto the stuffed zucchini flowers, nice. Mains: we ordered the ravioli filled with sausage & potato topped with veal sauce, & an order of the tagliolini with fresh tomato & basil. The ravioli was good, the tagliolini was barely fair; the sauce was very light & did not have much flavor. Given our mains we opted out of dessert. read more
2 years ago
1 & 1/2...This was surely the overall and most disappointing and infuriating meal of our entire Italian excursion. Led here by a positive if rather perfunctory mention in an over decade-old NYTimes article after catching the local bus ride up the lake to Bellagio, it initially looked pretty promising in advance, owing to it's location removed from the touristy town center, which allowed us to take a lovely (paid) stroll through a gorgeous private historic lakeside villa while taking in a gorgeous sunset. Unfortunately once we landed at dinner things took a turn for the worse. The non functional half star is for the fact that I at least got some Instagram story material out of the overall lousy meal due to the fact that some of the food at least looked better than it tasted. The most eye popping food pic material was surely a caviar topped spaghetti with lemon and butter, which unfortunately wound up being shockingly bland to the point of being almost tasteless. Also quite pretty were some brilliant colored and extremely fresh zucchini flowers stuffed ricotta and served on top of a bright tomato sauce in the traditional fashion, but here steamed rather that fried as is typical. Unfortunately the consistency worked against it and blandness was somehow the dominant flavor profile again. More often than not though, the dishes were total duds both in taste and appearance, like a gummy, grayish beef tartare, shriveled looking and extremely dry "black rooster" raviolis, and a dry and tasteless fish over likewise bland sauce. Service, starting with the rude hostess, who I believe has been called out on other reviews, to the slow and aloof waitstaff and sommelier was heavy on obnoxious pomposity. I know Americans are used to super sized wine pouring's compared to Europe but the glasses that I was served here were so light that I initially thought the full pour was merely the taste I was being given for initial approval. It probably should have been an indication of what type of establishment we were dealing with when they required an obnoxiously expensive deposit in advance of our meal which would have been charged if we decided to cancel as we made the reservation less than 24 hours in advance. It's worth emphasizing that this was the most expensive meal we had it Italy hence my initial declaration. read more
2 years ago
Worst experience of our 10 day stay in Italy and honestly worst experience we've ever had in Europe. There was no parking near the restaurant so we had to park a half kilometer away. It was down-pouring during our walk to the restaurant and the streets were backing up with sewage. After walking through sewage and torrential rain (only way to access the restaurant) we arrived soaked (despite having rain coats and umbrellas) and smelling of feces from the shin down. Our 7 month old baby was soaked and crying from the wet/cold since it was only 50 degrees F. I told the staff I was going to need to cancel the reservation due to our circumstances to which they responded "it's not possible to cancel". We informed them we were not comfortable staying with human waste in our shoes and a shivering baby from their restaurant being inaccessible. After I left to retrieve the car my wife attempted to stand under their outdoor awning, but the wait staff came and kicked her out saying she had to stand in the rain next to the building in order to wait for me. She attempted to deny them but they had nearly the entire staff come out to kick her out despite having a crying/shivering baby. Added pictures of the sewage stuck to my shoes/pants to show how gross it was and what they expected us to bring into their restaurant. Obviously they cannot control the weather but this was the only way into their establishment, and despite the restaurant being 1/2 full, they still charged us 240usd for the "deposit" and could not have been more rude about the situation. I emailed management to attempt to rectify the situation but they ignored my email and instead processed the charge as a response. While I'm sure the food is good, it's Italy, all food is good, don't waste your time coming to this money grabbing restaurant with rude staff. read more
4 years ago
AVOID. Worst restaurant experience ever! After visiting some of the top restaurants in the world I can say this was the absolute worst. The owner here is incredibly rude after not fulfilling the total number of people in our reservation. I had a short, calm conversation saying no worries we will take the table for the number of people she had noted us for. Instead, for some reason as we were sitting down, she told us to get out, that she wouldn't service us and even threatened to call the police. The servers, patrons, and even the chef who witnessed the whole thing were shocked as she completely lost it and started yelling as loud as she could. It was so bad the chef had to calm her down. Clearly this wasn't the first time she was obnoxious. Don't go unless you want to meet the craziest lady in the restaurant business. I'm actually glad this happened to us because I do not want to support a business this terrible to its customers. read more
4 years ago
We are visiting Como for a wedding and had made reservations for a group of 11, but the restaurant seems to have us down for 8 only. As we are trying to ask for extra seating because we did get phone confirmation for 11, Asking for extra table or extra chairs . The hostesses (pictured below) shouted "sit down or get out!" from the front desk and then walked over to rest of the group at the table and said get out! As we are exiting, she said she called the cops. Also she asked another Asian person who is entering the bathroom not in our group to leave as well. Our group is a mostly asian with one non Asian person. Honestly i think the hostess is racist, as that is the only logical explanation in this case considering our own behavior and her reaction. read more
5 years ago
This place is absolutely phenomenal. One of the best meals I've had in awhile! Reservations needed if you want to eat outside. Not sure how far ahead of time you'd need to book but there was a gentleman booking six weeks out... The beef tartare with burrata and truffle is one of the best things I've ever eaten in my life. The shrimp appetizer with greens was cooked beautifully but the greens were very salty. There is a tasting menu which is a great deal - no substitutions allowed. But not everyone at the table needs to get the tasting menu either. Service was stellar. Overall excellent meal read more
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This is without a doubt, the Finest restaurant we have enjoyed from start to finish!! An A+++ Creative, attentive and delightful read more
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We were recommended to try this place from a local. If weather permits, sit outside and enjoy the fresh air and lake. I had the cheese platter, which is meant for dessert, as an appetizer. Great assortment of local cheeses from sort to hard accompanied by house made jams. The ravioli was a must have as well. Fresh pasta stuffed with delicately seasoned veal with a cream and truffle sauce. Could have ordered 4 servings of this and called it a day. We tried the lake fish appetizer but truthfully it's an acquired taste. Lake Como fish has a distinct flavour- one that is too strong for my liking. The roasted lamb main was beautifully done paired well with a chianti. For dessert, I opted for a cannoli which was made of fresh ricotta served with glazed strawberries and a scoop of chocolate gelato. Service was amazing and prompt. Very helpful staff particularly around picking appropriate wines for each course. read more
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What a great restaurant. Lovely outdoor space, extraordinary friendly and attentive servers and great food. The apps and mains were all great. The spaghetti with onions, sour cream and caviar was the dish of the day. Everything was cooked perfectly. Nice wine list too. And a beautiful walk through the Villa Melzi gardens to get there. Highly recommended. read more
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This place was highly recommended by our hotel Filario, and it was a true gem. Great service, delicious wine and food! read more
I love this place! The owner of the apartment we had rented said this was her favorite restaurant in town and we are so glad she recommended it. I sent a last minute request for a reservation and almost immediately received a confirmation back. We started with the lake fish sampler and we loved each and every one. One of them tasted like bacon! I had the pumpkin gnocchi with lamb ragu as my entree and was so blown away. The gnocchi was so soft and pillowy and the ragu tasted amazing. It was definitely one of the best things I ate in Italy. And just when we thought it couldn't get any better, we ordered the white chocolate sphere for dessert and nearly died of happiness. They pour a warm raspberry sauce over and the liquorice-flavored cream inside was so mild and lovely. I highly recommend this place! We maybe went back for lunch the next day and the same crew was working and were so welcoming yet again. read more
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I was so happy to find this off the beaten path! We were led here by the NYT guide to Lake Como and were treated like royalty. The staff is amazing and I enjoyed the pasta with lake fish especially read more
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Best Italian food I've had! Just at the behind door of the Villa and free parking. Need try the beef tartar, I had veal, it's so perfect read more
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Excellent Italian food served at this restaurant a little out of town. The service is good. And most important, so is the food. The sword Fah pasta was excellent. We tried the pigeon and the Spanish pork. Both were very good. And finish off with the crepe. read more
11 years ago
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Went here the last day of our two week honeymoon throughout Italy & this was one of the best meals we had. Service was excellent, wine list was extensive, and we were very pleased with every dish. We had the cheese platter & suckling pig appetizer (this was one of the best dishes my wife had ever had), white truffle pasta (excellent!), and Spanish pork. For dessert we had the hot chocolate cake & the house speciality, the white chocolate sphere. Everything was fantastic. Could not recommend more! read more
11 years ago
Situated not in central Bellagio, so a bit of walking is required through the Botanical Garden by the Melzi family (need to pay). The garden is quite nice though. Since it's not in the center of the town, it feels quite exclusive and private. The food is quite fine. For lunch, we ordered the swordfish salad with chicory, chestnut soup shrimp wrapped in bacon, and fried lake fish. All dishes are good and unique. A nice restaurant to visit if you don't mind a bit of walking. read more
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