Gelateria Pasticceria La Pliniana Caffetteria — Restaurant in Torno

Wonderful ice-cream, reasonable prices and a very polite lady who served us. I explained, in Italian, “Io parlo poco Italiano”, to which the lovely lady responded, “I can speak a little English”. And from that moment everything was great. Torno is the perfect antidote to other touristy towns with its quiet charm, narrow alleyways, beautiful lakefront and …… tasty gelato which beats some of the offerings from Como (we have an apartment in Como, so we can speak with confidence!). Take the little boat from Como pier No.5 and sidestep the army of tourists who head for the boats heading up to Bellagio. You’ll get the boat, lake and pretty Italian town experience without the stress, crowds and...

Nice bar with homemade sweets and ice cream. Great refueling stop for cyclists, I often stopped for coffee and cake as well as focaccia and coke towards the end of long training rides.

Usually friendly and helpful staff but last time on 28th June when I paid at the counter the lady was so annoyed about my low Italian language skills she started complaining to other people in the bar about me being stupid as there was a short misunderstanding about cash or card payment. What an unpleasant experience this was. For sure the last time I spent...

We have just been there with our kids. Ice cream is ok, nothing really special. Small choice of bakery stuff. We would not go there again because of service. The lady , ice cream lady, like my 6 year old called her, is very unfriendly. She has not even smiled once while we were there. Please put more smile on your face and ice cream will taste 1000...