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Italian cuisine:

• Mamaioa (downtown, lake): Restaurant specializing in seafood and pasta, with recommendations on fresh fish of the day. Outdoor space with lake view.
• 🌟✅ Filet (Castle area): High-quality restaurant specializing in meat. They also have one next door butcher shop to buy great meat, cheese and other local products. They make our favorite tartar here!
• Trattoria Corte Fiorina (downtown): Excellent restaurant located in a beautiful old courtyard.
• 🌟Usteria(downtown): Quality restaurant with Italian cuisine and excellent pizza.
• ✅ Pizzeria Santa Lucia (downtown): Historic pizzeria tucked away in the narrow streets of the historic center.
• ✅ Soqquadro (Pescarenico): Quality seafood restaurant and pizza. A bit pricey and always full. Has outdoor space with a lake view; book in advance.
• Ceko il Pescatore (Pescarenico): Gastronomy with the freshest fish. They offer seating and take-out fried fish cones. Reservations required.
• Pizza 2001 (Turati Street): Simple, inexpensive restaurant with excellent pizza.

Breakfast:

• Pasticceria Pontiggia (downtown): Historic pastry shop with tables overlooking the lake.
• Santa Marta Cafeteria (downtown): Local café offering Italian breakfast.
• Silvia’s Sweets (Castle): Takeaway pastries.
• ✅Imbarcadero (lake): Lakefront bar with tasty breakfasts and great views.

International Cuisine:

• Shabu Sushi (Castle): “All you can eat” fixed-price menu. More affordable at lunch.
• ✅Curcuma (downtown, lake): Indian restaurant with good value and lake view.
• ✅Shamrock (downtown): Irish pub with surprisingly good beers and food at low prices.
• Surreal (downtown): Spanish-style tapas bar! An interesting and high quality choice. Great for both an aperitif and dinner.
  Mexicali (lake): Restaurant with Mexican cuisine and cocktails.
• Garage Pub (Lecco Maggianico): The best burgers, made with local ingredients and accompanied by great beer. Far from the city center, you need a car to get there.

Where to have aperitif:

• Imbarcadero (lake, downtown): Lakefront venue with hearty buffet.
• XX September Square (downtown): Area with numerous places for aperitifs.
• Malgrate lakeside (other side of the lake): Bars with stunning views of the lake, reachable from downtown.

Ice cream:

• ✅Toldo: Our favorite ice cream in Lecco! Wide selection, including vegan ice cream. Great orange granita, made with fresh squeezed juice in front of you.
• Gelateria D’Autore: Another great place with quality homemade ice cream.

Restaurants:

• Mamma Ciccia (lake): Small bistro near the lake, with great food.
• ✅Riva Granda (lake): Restaurant specializing in seafood, simple but very good dishes.
• ✅Cocks and Owls: Along the main road, a restaurant with excellent seafood.
• ✅Osteria Colombo (Lake): Cozy osteria with high-quality local dishes. Little choice, but all good, and the managers are very nice.
• 🌟 Il Giardinetto (lake): Restaurant with terrace overlooking the lake. Top quality!
• Al Verde (Upper Mandello): Typical mountain restaurant surrounded by greenery.
• Da Piero (Abbadia Lariana): Restaurant specializing in seafood with hearty, high-quality dishes.
• 🌟 La Selvaggia (Upper Mandello): Excellent farmhouse on the way to the mountains, with local food and large portions. Reservations required!
• ✅Il Vicolo (Abbadia Lariana): A hidden gem in the narrow streets of Abbadia Lariana, with typical cuisine.
• Pizzeria Grigna: Excellent Neapolitan pizza

Aperitif:

• Gelateria Costantin (lake): The oldest historic ice cream shop in the Lecco branch, overlooking the lake.
• The Pink Elephant (central square): Simple bar frequented by locals, with many other bars nearby.

Ice cream:

• Gelateria Dulcis in Fundo: Small lakeside establishment with excellent ice cream.
• Gelateria Rolly (Olcio): Ice cream shop outside the village, on the road to Lierna, with small park and outdoor area to enjoy ice cream.

Breakfasts:

• Pastry Shop Meria: Great take-out desserts.
• Bar San Lorenzo: Small local bar for breakfasts and aperitifs.
• Gilardoni: Confectionery and bakery.

Restaurants:

• ✅ Ristorante Sottovento: Excellent restaurant with wonderful lake view.
• The Crotto: Local cuisine, family atmosphere.
• La Porta Verde: Simple, good quality local cuisine near Lierna beach.

Breakfasts:

• Alice Bar: Cute little bar, somewhat hidden.
• Sacks Bakery Confectionery

Ice cream:

• Artisan Ice Cream Shop at the Wharf

Restaurants:

• ✅ Al Prato: Historic restaurant in the center of Varenna. One of the few places in Varenna that maintains authenticity!
• Il Cavatappi: A small place hidden in the narrow streets of Varenna. Excellent quality!
• Osteria Quattro Pass: Osteria with good local food.
• Crotto di Pino (Pino hamlet of Varenna): Tucked away above Varenna, it offers incredible views at sunset and great food.
• La Veranda dei Pescatori: Excellent restaurant specializing in seafood.
• La Fonte Bistrò (Perledo): A good local restaurant in Perledo, a town above Varenna.
• Crott del Meo (Perledo): Mountain house atmosphere with local cuisine.

Aperitifs:

• lakefront bars: There are many lakeside bars in Varenna, although they are rather touristy. However, although the quality is not always top notch, the view makes up for it! Choose the bar that appeals to you most to enjoy the atmosphere and beauty of Varenna.
• In Vinis Veritas: Vinoteca with an excellent selection of wines.

Breakfasts:

• Al Barilott: Small cafe with good coffee and brioche. They also offer savory breakfast options.

Restaurants:

• ✅ White Horse: A historic lakefront restaurant in the 1970s style. Despite the retro style, the quality is excellent and they also make great pizzas.
• ✅ Che pasta!: A small bistro specializing in fresh pasta and pizza. Space is limited and tables along the wall can be uncomfortable for large groups. They also offer take-out service.
• Malanotte Tavern: A small, family-run tavern. The menu is small, but the quality is very good. The family atmosphere will make you feel at home!
• La Darsena: A good restaurant with local cuisine.
• Crotto di Biosio (above Bellano): Restaurant tucked away in the hamlet of Biosio, above Bellano, with a beautiful view of the lake. The food is good, though not excellent, but the atmosphere and breathtaking view make up for it.

Aperitif:

• Bellanasco: A wine shop in the historic center, with a good selection of wines and appetizers.
• Saint Vincent – Beer & Spirits: Pub in downtown Bellano with lake views and a good selection of beers.
• Bar Truth: A small bar tucked away in the narrow streets of the historic center. Excellent cocktails and aperitifs. Not recommended for eating as the portions are rather small.

Breakfast:

• Lorla Patisserie: Excellent pastries and a pleasant atmosphere. You can have breakfast on site or get take-out pastries.
• Wonder Cafe: Located near the station, it offers good breakfasts and is also a good choice for a quick lunch or an aperitif.
• Bar Roma: Artisanal pastry shop with breakfasts and aperitifs.

Restaurants:

• ✅Urban Fish: A lakeside restaurant with surprisingly high quality! They offer Italian cuisine and also serve great pizzas.
• ✅Ristorante Crotto Cech: Restaurant in a rustic building, with excellent quality local food!
• Alla Sostra: Small lakefront place with simple seafood food. Very fair prices and good quality. You only eat outdoors and there is no table service; plates and cutlery are plastic, but the outdoor area is nice.
• Trattoria Da Alberto: Traditional trattoria with local food.

Aperitifs:

• Breva and Tivàn: A small kiosk by the lake perfect for aperitifs.
• Bar Il Pontile: Simple bar with a lake view.
• Bar L’Angolo: Local bar with good appetizers and breakfasts.

Ice cream:

• La Bottega del Gelato: Handmade ice cream of the highest quality, made with fresh local milk!

Restaurants:

• ✅ La Briciola: Excellent lakefront restaurant with excellent quality. Absolutely must try the perch risotto!
• Portovino: Restaurant with a menu featuring local dishes, excellent quality and good wine selection.
• Locanda Capolago: High-quality restaurant, slightly expensive, but the quality of the food justifies it.
• El Logasc Restaurant (in the direction of Piona): Good restaurant with local dishes and relaxed atmosphere.
• ✅Old Osteria Robustello (upper part of Colico): Traditional restaurant specializing in meat. Portions are very large, so watch out!

• 🌟✅ Snipe (at the northern tip of the lake): High-quality seafood restaurant, reservations recommended.

• Al Boschetto (at the northern tip of the lake): A restaurant in the green with seafood dishes. Good quality and large portions.

Aperitifs:

• Garibaldi Square: There are many bars in this square, with a fantastic atmosphere and a nice view. The area is touristy, so the quality is average, but the location is beautiful.
• The Alder: Lakefront bar, located in a green area.
• Gourmet – Drink&Food: Quality wine bar offering typical products.
• La Rosa Tea: Great cocktails!

Breakfast:

• Farris Patisserie: Delicious desserts.
• Dolcemania: Great desserts and coffee.