Ristorante le bucce di Gandria : Via Cantonale, 6978 Lugano

We had the 'taster lunch' here, comprising five courses of sublime food. I highly recommend this wonderful establishment for a meal if you visit Gandria. Oh, and you get magnificent views of Lake Lugano thrown in for free!

Excellent food, stunning location, lovely people - highly recommended!

What a find in this remote location! The atmosphere in the small dining room is cosy and homey, but the food is elevated and intricate. The concept of selecting individual dishes as part of a 5 course meal works incredibly well, and we tasted our way across the menu - not one dish let us down! They all combined unique flavours with excellent quality products of the region: my highlight was the capelletti, closely followed by the pork rib that was so succulent and rich I would have loved to eat a whole rack. The gnocchi were pure comfort food, as was the polpo. Rognons de vitello surprised in combination with gin-marinated cucumbers, and the scialatelli came with a wonderful Asian twist. To boot, the homemade bread with olive oil was excellent, the service a delight, and the cantucci at the end a perfect exclamation point to a stellar meal. I would love to come back and will treasure this memory as one of my favourite dining experiences: just great food and outstanding hospitality.