Osteria del Gallo

Top choice in Como


An ageless osteria (casual tavern) that looks exactly the part. In the wood-lined checker-clothed dining room, wine bottles and other goodies fill the shelves, and diners sit at small timber tables to tuck into traditional local food. The menu is chalked up daily and might include a first course of zuppa di ceci (chickpea soup), followed by lightly fried lake fish.

Book ahead at weekends – it's popular.