Al Portone - Lugano

This is a wonderful fine dining establishment in Lugano. It serves contemporary French cuisine with additional influences from around the world in a warm, relaxed but classy atmosphere. We were made to feel extremely welcome by Patricia and her husband the chef Francis. Patricia helped us select delicious while wine for dinner and suggested a beautiful dessert wine which we all loved. We had a party of three and one of us got the tasting menu which was absolutely superb but quite a lot of food and we ended up sharing while the other two of us ordered ala carte (which they allow.) While everything from the tasting menu was good, I especially enjoyed the truffle foie gras (foie gras rolled into balls to resemble chocolate truffles) and the black truffle (not chocolate) hand rolled pastas. I enjoyed my lobster pasta and caesar salad immensely. We would definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys fine cuisine and service at a very reasonable price.

There is no word everything was perfect from the welcome to the dishes at the absolutely top service!!! not to miss especially in case of passage to lugano

You feel at home right away. the food and the recommended wein were excellent! highly recommended.

A dirty addition for a mediocre meal. the price we paid is not at all at the height of the benefit that is based solely on the framework

We had an absolutely beautiful meal here when we visited. We had the entire restaurant to ourselves and the service was the best we've ever experienced. The food was wonderfully presented and tasted absolutely incredible. The wines were all perfectly paired with the food we had ordered and were so lovely. We'd love to return in the not too distant future. An amazing experience from start to finish!