Grotto San Salvatore - Lugano

Found it by chance and spent a very nice evening here. The food was freshly prepared and very good. Especially the chicken in sauce and of course the polenta. Reasonably priced with friendly service.

Grotto just outside Paradiso. Easily accessible with bus 434 from Lugano (or 30 minutes on foot outward from Paradiso, 20 minutes downhill on the return). Friendly welcome. Traditional menu (including 3 types of Polenta). Small slate of seasonal suggestions. Excellent selection of craft beers. Several wines by the glass at reasonable prices. We started with a crosta di Panne which we shared. Very pretty and very good. Then a boletus polenta and a polenta with osso bucco. Perfectly prepared polenta with dark wholemeal polenta. Melting boletus. Osso bucco tender as can be. Pear mousse and Crostadina delle Grotto for dessert. Nothing to say. Beautiful achievements. Local digestive (among others: Amaro from San Salvatore. A very non-Amaro with local herbs). We will come back with pleasure.

Very warm and welcoming staff. Top food! To do again!!

Sehr nette Bedienung! Das Essen ist nach typischer Tessiner Art zubereitet und schmeckt sehr lecker. Einzig die Wartezeit war, vor allem für unsere Kinder, etwas lang. Das Grotto ist auf jeden Fall einen Besuch wert.

We wanted to go out to supper and our favorite place Pepe (folks know) was full.so we called and they graciously put a table for 11 inside for us. Very nice and friendly folks who welcomed us all and even got a baby seat right away. Spoke English and had English language menu. Local cuisine but, grandsons disappointed no cornelio aka rabbit. They got their ribs. They were full and happy. Pasta was done well. Apetisers were presented with local goat milk cheese that would melt in your mouth. I would go again.