Lake Como's dining scene is Italian and Mediterranean with lakefront settings, with Como city offering the widest selection and the most accessible prices - about a third of its restaurants sit at budget level. The lakeside villages from Bellagio to Varenna concentrate higher-end options, with Varenna showing notably strong food quality for a village of its size. Modern Italian, Asian, and Japanese options are best represented in Como itself. Inland towns like Lecco offer more affordable everyday Italian cooking.
Lake Como has 190 analyzed restaurants. Some of the strongest areas for dining are Como. Top cuisines include Italian, Pizza, Japanese.
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274 restaurants · 29 top-rated · Known for Modern Italian
Como has the richest and most varied dining scene on the lake, with over 400 restaurants led by Italian, Mediterranean, and European cooking, plus Asian and Japanese options that go well beyond what...
64 restaurants · 8 top-rated · Known for Northern Italian
Bellagio has about 90 restaurants concentrated along the Salita Serbelloni and the lakefront, with Italian, European, and Mediterranean cooking including some Northern Italian specialities. Prices...
165 restaurants · 7 top-rated · Known for North Indian
Lecco has a solid dining scene relative to the lakefront villages, with Italian and Mediterranean restaurants alongside Asian and Indian options that add range. Over 40% of restaurants sit at budget...
22 restaurants · 5 top-rated · Known for Lombard Italian
Varenna has an above-average share of top-rated restaurants for a lakeside village, with Italian, Mediterranean, and European cooking in its medieval eastern-shore setting. The food quality here is...
62 restaurants · 2 top-rated · Known for Neapolitan-style pizza
Erba is an inland town in the Brianza hills with a good selection of affordable Italian restaurants, less oriented toward lake tourism than the lakefront villages.
39 restaurants · 2 top-rated · Known for Lombard Italian
Cernobbio has a compact but well-regarded restaurant scene, with Italian restaurants well positioned near Villa d'Este and the lakefront. The setting is quieter than the more tourist-heavy villages,...
34 restaurants · 2 top-rated · Known for Pizza
Mandello del Lario, home of Moto Guzzi, has a small set of lakefront restaurants serving traditional Italian cooking for a mostly local clientele.
28 restaurants · 2 top-rated · Known for Lakeside Italian seafood
Porlezza sits near the Swiss border on Lago di Piano with an accessible and genuine set of Italian restaurants, with good availability without booking.
39 restaurants · 1 top-rated · Known for Valtellina mountain cuisine
Colico at the northern end of the lake has a modest restaurant selection oriented toward the local and camping clientele, with straightforward Italian cooking at accessible prices.
33 restaurants · 1 top-rated · Known for Lombard alpine cuisine
Menaggio is a ferry town on the western shore with a pleasant lakefront piazza and Italian restaurants serving visitors and the local population.
29 restaurants · 1 top-rated · Known for Modern Italian
Valmadrera sits at the southern end of the eastern arm near Lecco, with Italian restaurants at moderate prices serving a mostly local clientele.
28 restaurants · 1 top-rated · Known for Wine bar and Lombard small plates
Domaso is a village on the upper lake with a small selection of restaurants and a quieter atmosphere than the central lake towns.
27 restaurants · 1 top-rated · Known for Modern Italian
Tremezzina covers several villages along the central western shore, including Tremezzo and Lenno, with a handful of restaurants in some of the lake's most scenic positions. The cooking at the best...
21 restaurants · 1 top-rated · Known for Italian
Carlazzo is a small valley town near Porlezza with a handful of Italian restaurants at moderate prices.
16 restaurants · 1 top-rated · Known for Banquet cuisine
Canzo is an inland town in the Valassina with Italian restaurants serving locals and hikers heading into the Triangolo Lariano hills.
15 restaurants · 1 top-rated · Known for Lombard
Lezzeno stretches along the eastern shore between Bellagio and Como, with a few restaurants in the quietest section of the central lake.
12 restaurants · 1 top-rated · Known for Lombard
Barzio is a mountain village in the Valsassina above Lecco, with Italian restaurants oriented toward hikers and the skiing community.
12 restaurants · 1 top-rated · Known for Italian bistro
Argegno is a tiny western shore village with a couple of lakefront restaurants at the mouth of the Val d'Intelvi. A pleasant ferry stop.
12 restaurants · 1 top-rated · Known for Lombard
Moltrasio is a western shore village between Como and Cernobbio with a few lakefront restaurants in a residential setting favoured by Milanese weekenders.
24 restaurants · Known for Burgers
Bellano is an eastern shore town with a compact set of Italian restaurants at moderate prices, known for its dramatic gorge (Orrido) and less tourist traffic than the central lake towns.
19 restaurants · Known for Modern Italian
Oggiono is a small Brianza town south of Lecco with a handful of Italian restaurants at moderate prices.
19 restaurants · Known for Italian
Abbadia Lariana is a lakefront village between Lecco and Mandello with a few Italian restaurants along the waterfront promenade.
17 restaurants · Known for Burgers
Galbiate sits in the hills between Lecco and Como with a small selection of Italian restaurants at moderate prices.
15 restaurants · Known for Italian
Brunate is the hilltop village above Como, reached by funicular, with restaurants offering panoramic views over the lake and the city below.
13 restaurants · Known for Lombard
Dervio is a lakefront town on the eastern shore with a couple of Italian restaurants and a local atmosphere.
13 restaurants · Known for Neapolitan pizza
Gravedona is a quiet upper lake town with a handful of lakefront restaurants at moderate prices. Less visited than the central lake, with a more relaxed pace.
13 restaurants · Known for Modern Italian bistro
Dongo is a small upper lake town with a handful of restaurants at affordable prices. Quieter than the central lake villages.
10 restaurants · Known for Lombard Italian
Lierna is a lakefront village between Varenna and Mandello with a small selection of Italian restaurants and one of the prettiest beaches on the lake.
Outstanding food without the experimental edge