Restaurants
For Italians, eating a beautifully cooked meal, made with local ingredients, and drinking a glass of their region’s own wine, are two of life’s greatest pleasures, to be enjoyed at a leisurely pace.
Dinner, in particular, is not a meal to be served too early, or to be consumed in a hurry. The classic structure of half a dozen courses, allows everyone around the table the time to enjoy the company of friends and family as well as the prescribed sequence of different dishes.
But the best restaurants still share a commitment to meals made with fresh, seasonal ingredients, sourced locally from the land or the Lake and for a selection of wines that includes some produced in limited quantities in the region.
They also maintain the tradition of unhurried dining in service so courteous that they won’t bring you the bill unless you make a point of asking for it.
Nowhere is the tempo of Italian meal times more in harmony with the natural rhythm of other daily activities than at Lake Como. In a location where stately ferry boat rides and gentle walking are both still important ways of getting around, and where you never tire of just looking, it seems natural to extend the gentle pace of everyday life to meal times.
With that in mind, here are some of the most highly recommended places to eat around the Lake. To view restaurants by specific location, select a town from the drop down menu, then click on ‘Filter’
