Bistrot della Piazza : Piazza Gramsci, 8, 21037 Lavena Ponte Tresa VA, Italy

You should think about it. Toilets unclean. Food scarce, pasta stuck together, not Italian style. Should be recognized by the kitchen. Taste ok. Service is friendly, but it doesn't help when the kitchen partially fails

Very warm Italian and professional service. Good portions that also allow for a starter and a dessert. Pasta was perfect and the meat was cooked to perfection. The recommended wine went very well with the dishes ordered Always my pleasure. Thank you very much

We have been warned by other people, but unfortunately, we ignored the warnings. We found out the hard way that this is one of the worst options in Ponte Tresa. The waitress was very friendly. We ordered a salad to share, as other people on Google recommended the salads. Well, it was... nothing special. Just a bowl filled with salad leaves , about fives olives, four pieces of feta cheese, and a bit of canned tuna. No sauce, just a bottle of olive oil and vinegar. I could have prepared that salad myself. It would most likely have been better. And I'm not a gifted cook. At least it was fresh. Then we had to wait half an hour for our main course. The restaurant was otherwise empty, there was just one local guy reading the newspaper, but no other dining guests. After the wait, my main course came, and it was - well, at least it looked okay. I won't describe the meat / fish on it , but I can say that the sautéed vegetables were more like a slime. There was no real taste to them, so I used a lot of salt and tried to eat them anyway. And I thought "sautéing" is a short form of cooking? Well, I cannot say with certainty that the following has anything to do with this restaurant, but I have to mention it anyway. That night, about 8 hours after our dinner at this restaurant, I became sick. Yes, really sick. The next morning, after some very, very restless and uncomfortable hours, I was exhausted, but at least was not sick anymore. And since then, I cannot think about slimy overcooked vegetables, or I'm getting sick again just from the thought. The other people in my group were fine. If I can recommend anything to you, then it is quite short: do not go there.