Il Barcaiolo — Restaurant in Lecco

Good peaceful location… that’s all that could be said on the positive side… We bumped into the place and, therefore spontaneously, stepped in without reservation. Although more than half of the tables weren’t occupied, the staff had a huge problem to place us (2 people). Shocked because of the guests??? Table not properly clean with crumbs and leftovers (from previous visitors?), napkins dirty and greasy. Not even one soul of the young staff spoke English, so we had to translate the menu card with the help of our electronic devices. Questions about the menu options caused anxiety and total confusion with young unexperienced service people. Three staff members were slowly cruising around, more pretending to be busy as being busy indeed. Not even looking at the customers, completely avoiding eye contact. To get their attention, you had to almost get up and go fetch them by hand. Drinks: because nobody could decently explain anything about the beers, we decided to go for wine. Wrong choice. The white wine was extremely watery, no taste at all. They simply overdid it with diluting. Food vegetarian: lasagna… so we thought… on the plate it was a piece of something of grey color. Most probably, used and reused, cooled and warmed up again and again. The worst lasagna ever seen (was left untouched). After 15 minutes, came pizza… dough with a touch of tomato water and melted cheese over it. Huge disappointment… We know Italian cuisine differently. The waitress was told the food was really bad, she smiled in return… No point to mention the communication problem again. To wrap it up: untrained staff, disaster service, awful food. Price / quality rating is not available, as there was the price...

Better with reservation if the terrace not open at colder evenings or out of high season time. Otherwise is not so very nice the inside without the view to the lake. Nice location for a drink but unfortunately food wasn't as good as described in these reviews since overpriced... A peace of fish for 20€ with nothing but herbs.. Side dish extra was 5€ on the menu but they charged us 9€ :-(, ... The worst risotto I've ever had, bad served... fish was fresh though but half of it full taste the other half no taste at all... White wine and bread wine very good though ... But other than that not enjoyable... . Side dish extra for each plate :-( Panna cotta is very good with chocolate, extremely sweet with caramel (too much caramel).... Resuming: 70€ for one glass of wine and a bad dinner, a table on the corner, and a glass of good white wine and good pieces of bread... Your choice!... Maybe all reviewers were lucky... Not coming back, not even for a drink... There are more beautiful terraces all around Como lake 😜 Next evening we spent same amount of money for three course menu, awesome terrasse underneath the olive trees, full view of the lake and Bellagio.. Look for options and invest your money for one of the best things Italian has to share,...

Great location right by the lake so we stopped on a long journey as the spring sun was out. The owner (I think) advised us (my wife is Italian) there would be a 30 min delay on food which we were fine with, but... I received my food after 20 mins. The table next to is that ordered after us received what I believe was the remainder of our order 10 mins later, and after 2 requests my wife finally received the same order 25 mins later (20 mins after I'd finished eating!). Oh, and the other table of 9 were still receiving bits of their lunch!)

When going to pay the same owner was telling us it was impossible to put food out at the same time and we had been warned of delays. It was busy but given busy was a maximum 50 covers that's pretty poor behaviour. (The lady taking the payment apologised which says it all).

Sad because the food was...