What a Yelp GEM find especially finding out it was located behind the Palace Hotel, where we were…read morestaying. Based on reviews on Yelp, we decided to try the Piazza Roma. It was excellent. Owner, handed us each a glass of champagne while we waited for our outside table. Service was excellent, friendly and attentive. Food amazing. Fried calamari and shrimp, extra yummy. Birra reserve even better. Highly recommended. Outside and inside seating. Owners are very nice.

Amazing seafood pasta with incredible local wines & service!…read more Our waiter was incredibly knowledgeable & all recommendations were outstanding!

Food: 5 Value: 5 (arguably a 6/5)…read moreService: 5 Ambiance: 3.5 The single greatest Italian cuisine meal I've eaten to date. We found this restaurant through Google Reviews and generally had high hopes, but were blown away by the experience. We ordered salads to share, drinks, and pasta before a tiramisu - I went for a seafood pasta (see pictures) and negroni. We definitely could have avoided getting the two salads; portions were massive and we ended up not finishing either salad. My main course was delicious. The pasta had a zesty, fresh flavor between the lemon, olive oil, parsley and tomato, but the welcome surprise was seeing mounds of mussels, clams and shrimp inside the dish (I'm from New York and expected maybe 10 total) that took me almost 5 minutes to deshell before I went to town on it. Cocktails were excellent - hard to see from the photos but huge and delicious. Resulted in a great midday buzz. Limoncello spritz was also good but perhaps too strong for a lunchtime drink. Other courses ordered: - Lamb ravioli - Had 1-2 bites and tasted good, but probably a 3.5-4. Not really up to my palate and compared to my own entree, hard to beat :) - Carbonara - Solid. Incredibly rich and this was an entree where the large portions actually hurt more than helped - Salads - Hard to tell bc I was full of pasta Minor ding if anything is the ambiance. It's a block or so away from the crazy shore of Como but still was getting a bit loud by the time we left. Not a real complaint and didn't affect our experience, but if you're looking for a more quiet and relaxed experience you might want to go to a less touristy area. Thank you for a lovely meal!

Horrible service and food. Served us rotten food and didn't not exchange our food. Do not recommend.read more

Wanted to eat Mexican and this came up it wasn't but we enjoyed it and they were very…read moreaccommodating. Unlike a lot of restaurants in Italy this place was ready to make what we wanted and made sure it was spicy and to our liking. Would recommend for sure.

Prob 3 and a half. Anti pasta great. Dinner - risotto…read moredelicious tho' simple. Duck in gravy good but nothing better than at home. Service very good and local wine recommended was superb. Reasonably priced choices

Great food and in the center of town. Very reasonable prices. Great friendly staff. Delicious…read morehummus and falafel

If you need a change from Italian food, then this is the place for you. Great food, nice staff…read more We've eaten here three out of four days so far.

This was my favorite place to eat in Como. The Diablo pizza was amazing and I can't wait to visit…read moreagain!

The pizza is tremendous. We debated on many different options but it was always going to be the…read morepizza. We had about six different flavors at our huge table and everyone was pleased. There are no menus so bring a phone, drinks are reasonably priced and despite the heat outside, the upstairs was a pleasant place to enjoy our meal. Service is uneven but still efficient and two standouts were the vegetarian option and the tuna. Tuna on a pizza might sound odd but our friend was pleasantly surprised and pleased he went outside his comfort zone.

Walking distance from the main town area, we had a pleasant meal at La Colombetta. Sitting outside…read moreat the front is nice. Expect service to be slower during the high season but if you like seafood, this is a great spot. Prices are reasonable. We had the different fish soups - it had a great broth with different seafood such as monk fish, clams, mussels and shrimps. Another highlight is the shrimp tartare, fresh and sweet!

I can never have another plate of pasta, because I'm afraid I'll forget this flavor…read more I'm so glad the receptionist at my hotel recommended this place! I walked around and recognized it from the list I was given, so I decided to try it. Normally, hotels don't always give the best recommendations and I wasn't expecting much. Luckily, i was wrong. The service was great and welcoming. The food was so delicious and can easily say, this was definitely one of the best meals from my trip to Lake Como. 12/10 #leslieapproved

Don't miss this restaurant if you love Thai food! The chef is from Thailand so the food is…read moreauthentic and really delish! Go early or make reservations as this place gets busy!! You won't be disappointed!

Authentic Thai food! One of a kind in the area. A must try, for thai food lovers.read more

As the previous Yelper did, I think this place deserves 3.5+ but I'll err on rounding up as opposed…read moreto down. We found Orologio while visiting Lugano for the day. Being so close to Italy, you can tell Lugano has a heavy Italian influence both in the culture, language and food. So it was no surprise that although in Switzerland, we still found good Italian food. The atmosphere has a bit of an upscale feel which just seemed to fit in well with the rest of how Lugano feels. We didn't have reservations but we had no problem getting in. For starters, they brought us out some cold cut meats and bread to try to try. It was a nice touch and though one person in our party was vegan and couldn't eat the meat, the rest of us devoured it all and enjoyed the offering. For my dish, I ordered the spaghetti alla gricia, which is essentially spaghetti, cheese and ham. It was delicious and I suggest you order it. The menu changes, I believe, daily so be sure you were given the right menu. At first we were given the wrong one which made for some confusion when the dishes ordered weren't available. Thankfully, it was remedied quickly. The restaurant does tout having vegetarian and vegan options which wasn't really true when we go there. Though they have symbols for both options, nothing on their menu had these symbols on it...how odd. The waitress and chef were accommodating and made a special meal for my friend but I think in the future if you're going to say you have a separate menu for these dishes, at least include a couple of dishes in the main menu. The price was fairly spot on to how expensive Switzerland is. About 22 chf for my meal and same for the others.

Score: 3.5+ This…read morerestaurant was recommended to us by the guy at the reception in our hotel in Como. We were seated in a very busy room, rather close to one another, but no problem. The service was very friendly, correct and informal. We were very much pleased with the contact with our waiter. The dishes followed at a correct pace. We got a freebie dish before our main course ("focaccia", but it was rather a blind baked pizza dough cut in pieces), not bad. The food itself was ok, but nothing more. Simple, and tasty. PS, this is an update to the very short draft I wrote earlier on.

We stopped here for lunch after hiking. We had some very refreshing spritz's and fondue to start,…read moreand delicious main courses including their lasagna and chicken. It's exactly what we wanted after hiking all morning. The service was a bit slow, but it wasn't a problem since we were in no rush. The waterfront seating was very relaxing and enjoyable.

We ate lunch here during our trip to Morcote and had a wonderful experience. We sat outside by the…read morelake and despite being a hot day, it felt very breezy under the shade. We got their seafood spaghetti and lasagne. Both were absolutely delicious and I would order them again. They have plenty of seating indoor as well but definitely sit outside if the weather permits.