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Restaurant and wine bar in Lugano

Via Magatti 3, a stone’s throw from Piazza della Riforma

Closed now · we reopen tomorrow at 11.30am

Beef fillet with a herb crust, potato gratin, carrots, green beans and a red-wine reduction, on a white plate on a linen tablecloth; beside it, a glass of red drawn freehand

Rodolfo Introzzi, a sommelier with the Swiss federal diploma, has been recommending the wine here since 2011.: the list is on the board, and there’s wine by the glass too.

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The daily menu and the wines

2 boards.

The board in our dining room, with prices, to read before you come.

An example of our board

Prices in Swiss francs

Starter

Scampi carpaccio, red cabbage marinated in rice vinegar and crème fraîche28.–

First courses

Potato gnocchi, clams and black kale26.–
Agnolotti del plin, small pinched ravioli with a meatless filling, Blu Ticinese blue cheese foam and their own brown jus26.–

Main course

Oil-poached amberjack, black polenta chips, coral sauce and vegetable pearls38.–

Dessert

Chocolate and raspberry millefeuille12.–

A board of cheeses and cured meats with bread, and a glass of red wine — Cheeses and cured meats, with a glass of red.Alongside the board, the Bottegone’s classics: beef tartare, tomino (a small soft cheese), cheeses and cured meats.

Kitchenuntil 10pm.

Dishes from the Bottegone’s kitchen. The daily menu is on the board.

Grilled red prawns around a timbale of rice and vegetables, in an orange bisque — Prawns with a rice timbale and bisque

In the kitchen: the sauce around the fish, before it goes out to the dining room.

A glass of red wine on the Bottegone’s bar, the room and its lights soft behind — This is the glass in the drawing: ours, on the bar.

Here since 2011.

Rodolfo Introzzi, sommelier with the Swiss federal diploma.

On the other board, wines from Ticino alongside wines from abroad, by the glass too. Ask Rodolfo to help you choose.

Some labels we’ve had at the Bottegone:

Castello Luigi Belvedere
Marani from Georgia
Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque
Château Latour 1990

“The choice of wines, by the glass too, always well thought out”
Google review, 2026Translated ·

Guests mention the wines by the glass and the service:

4.4on Google, from 732 reviews.

“…the atmosphere of a genteel Lugano drawing room…”
Google review, 2026Translated ·

Browned lamb cutlets and medallions on a green cream of peas, with vegetables — Lamb cutlets with cream of peas

“The lamb cutlets with cream of peas were excellent”
Google review, 2026Translated ·

Risotto,Ticinochampions2023.

On 25 August 2023, in Locarno, our beetroot risotto, finished with Blenio cheese and coffee powder, won the Trofeo Réservé Magazine in a field of 12 chefs at the 8th Ticino Risotto Championship.

Orange pumpkin risotto spread across the plate, with a line of black pepper — Pumpkin risotto with Buscion, a fresh Ticino cheese

A plate of white Castelmagno risotto with a line of toasted crumbs and herbs, seen from above — Risotto with Castelmagno cheese

A plate of yellow saffron risotto with ragù in the centre, seen from above — Saffron risotto alla milanese with ragù

From the Bottegone’s kitchen.

The winter garden laid as one long table with white cloths, golden lamps, the street beyond the glass — The long table

The winter garden by day: the tree growing up through the glass roof, brass lamps, tables, the building opposite in the sun — Daytime

The winter garden

A long table beneath the winter garden’s glass, for a group dinner or a wedding.

In the warmer months you can also eat outside, on the terrace under the tree.

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On ViaMagatti,a stone’s throw from Piazza della Riforma.

Hours: Monday to Saturday,11.30am–midnightClosed on Sundays
Kitchen: until 10pm

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The Bottegone del vino sign: gold lettering and a bottle on dark marble, above the two lit shop windows