Trattoria Santo Stefano - Lenno (co) — Restaurant in Tremezzina

This is by far one of the best restaurants in the area with a great wine selection too . The dishes are delicious and always plated elegantly. On my last visit, I enjoyed an arancino, spaghetti alle vongole, and a fantastic ricciola fish. Unlike most Italian restaurants, the second courses here are served with vegetables. The staff, Niccolò and Laura, are attentive, knowledgeable , and very polite. Giovanni, the owner and chef who is originally from Sicily, has combined some of the best dishes from the lake with some of his native island. He too is incredibly polite and takes the time to greet his guests and give his personal advice . He occasionally also has some outstanding olive oils from Sicily. At this restaurant you can enjoy the best of the north and the south all while overlooking a beautiful piazza...

Worth trying if you value the quiet ambience alone, but we much preferred the food in other places in Lenno.

Maybe we were unlucky, but we (a 2) ordered 2 main courses and each was not great. The ingredients didn’t seem fresh at all and they hadn’t been cooked or presented very nicely. I don’t normally add salt in restaurants but I had to add a lot to make it tasty, and it’s not like there had been lots of delicate flavour to begin with.

The food wasn’t bad enough to complain about or send back - occasionally you go somewhere and the food isn’t great and we just wanted to eat dinner - but it was the worst we ate on our 7 day trip. If you are a good cook or know your food, i’d probably eat elsewhere. The wine by the glass was okay, but seemed like an unusually...

STAY AWAY!!! We had the most unpleasent restaurant experience ever! The shrimp pasta tasted like genuine canned food which shouldn't happen, especially for the price. We only had one bite and told the waiter we will just pay for the bit eaten and would like to leave. Immediatelly the manager appeared, he was very rude and aggressive, wanted to call the police and sudenly wanted to hit one of the ladies with his hand!! We were calm and polite till the very end, spoke to some other staff member and were allowed to leave. Honestly, BETTER STARVE THAN GO TO...