Il Cantuccio Lake Como

Il Cantuccio is on Via Dante Alighieri in Albavilla, a twenty-five-minute walk from Villa Erba. The restaurant holds a Michelin star.

The kitchen serves contemporary Italian cooking, but the real draw is the isolation from the high-traffic lakefront. While most diners gravitate toward the busy hubs near the Lido di Cernobbio, this dining room remains quieter and more restrained. The room runs smart, and it is dressier than the casual trattorias found at the water’s edge. If you prefer precision over the tourist-heavy patterns of the lakeside, this is the choice.