Canvetto Federale — Restaurant in Circolo di Vezia

I was a fan of this place as we already ate here last year (Oct.2023). The fine lady who served us was very professional, courteous, and gave us quite good selection of wine and desserts to try. Exquisite food, beautiful place, and superb service were the reasons why we decided to dine here once again. Unfortunately, this year we weren’t quite pleased. My boyfriend and I decided to have here our anniversary dinner. He called 2 days prior for dinner reservation and ordered in advance the Sella di Capriolo con contorni. We arrived on time (18:30) and we were the first guests/customers in the resto. My bf reminded the waiter about our reserved order, and ordered his costine con Patatine together w/1 can of soda and a glass of one of the best red wines they could offer. As soon as the waiter arrived, the wine’s already on the glass without even showing or telling us what that was, and was even rushing to serve us (almost spilled the coke, yet no customers were still present that time). We waited for ALMOST AN HOUR, there were already 4 tables w/their dinner being served (we heard some of them were ordering on the spot and no actual reserved orders beforehand), and still our food hasn’t arrived yet. We have to call for another waiter, and that’s the only time they served our food. The food was not so warm anymore, only states that it’s in the kitchen for quite some time already waiting to be served. The Sella tasted good as ever the first time I tried it, but the costine con Patatine was kinda salty. We decided to shrug it all off so as to enjoy our anniv dinner but the old waiter (even though he’s polite & professional as compared to the first waiter) came back twice BLAMESHIFTING us and justifying why our dinner was served LATE, instead of apologizing for making us wait to almost an hour. To cap off the night, we paid the bill where our change nor even the receipt weren’t even given back. quite a disappointing experience this time. Canvetto Federale’s one of my top fave restaurants in Lugano. I hope they improve their...

Very local grotto a short drive from the centre of Lugano. We enjoyed our meal and found it fairly priced - we had the antipasti platter, T-bone steak to share, the panna cotta and the chocolate torte.

Note everything here is in Italian, so if you don't speak the language you will have trouble here. Luckily, my dining partner spoke Italian. However, I felt the service lacked warmth - perhaps it was because I was clearly not local?

Either way, a good place to go especially for...

Triste dover dare un 2 stelle ma oggi son rimasto abbastanza deluso dopo aver mangiato una sella di capriolo. In breve: se volete la sella di capriolo andate da un altra parte se volete altro tipo di carne allora può essere un buon posto. Di seguito la motivazione divisa in punti chiave per quanto riguarda la sella di capriolo: la carne buona, non strepitosa, non malvagia, insomma qualità ok. stesso per i contorni, una buona nota per le castagne che erano veramente buone. decisamente poca carne, veramente poca. 5 medaglioni primi giro, 4 il secondo. Diametro MASSIMO 4-5cm. Mai visto così poca carne in un piatto di sella di capriolo. di norma viene presentata prima e poi impiattata. A noi è arrivata direttamente sui piatti. contorni farciti da un sacco di spatzli e barbabietole. 2 broccoli di Bruxelles (di numero) che avrebbero potuto essere pure un po’ di più. costo leggermente sopra alla media (almeno per quanto mi risulta ma controllate)

Mia moglie ha preso altro tipo di carne che invece è risultata molto buona. A tornare in dietro farei la stessa scelta o meglio andrei a mangiare la sella da un altra parte. Mi son sentito quasi fregato perché dubito che servano a tutti così poca carne altrimenti nessuno la prenderebbe più. Per noi, dispiace, ma eviteremo di tornarci...