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07/04/2024: Easter Monday, I had the brilliant idea of ​​going to Arona with the family after lunch in an attempt to avoid the return traffic by stopping for dinner at the lake. After 20 minutes of uninterrupted hail we arrive and..... surprise there is no one. We book this restaurant while walking cold in the pedestrian area, consulting the menu outside. We sit down at 7.30pm, a small, rustic but well-kept place, wooden and straw chairs, checked tablecloths and menus written on blackboards hanging on the wall. We choose 2 risottos with thyme and creamed Arneis in the form of Toma di Sant'Andrea, a beer-baked cockerel on potato rosti and a lamb shank with potato pie. To drink water, a coke and a bottle of Barbera offered by the house, opened at the table, a discreet product. Risotto served at the table in the form of toma, there is a lot of thyme, perhaps a little of the toma, but overall an excellent dish. Cockerel served whole, good perhaps a little dry, shank I think is the dish of the evening, soft and delicate, cooked to perfection, pie that accompanies perfectly, one of the best I have eaten in recent years. Grappa to conclude and final bill of 113 euros, admittedly not very low, but for the place, the service and the raw materials used, all deserved. Compliments

09/03/2024: We had dinner at this beautiful place last night. All perfect. Wonderful thyme risotto, as are the artichoke tagliolini with bacon and the plin ravioli. As a second course we chose the Iberian pluma with potatoes from the blackboard outside the menu, sublime. The meat melted in your mouth, delicious. The veal with tuna sauce and desserts are also good. Wine recommended by them very well! The service was impeccable, everyone was very kind! Perfect atmosphere, jazz/swing music, very particular place. Everything really perfect.