La Cucina Di Stella - COMO

Great service and good presentation. The restaurant is hidden away from the main hustling tourist squares. After reading the reviews we were excited to visit the place. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The food however is average at best. The presentation of the food is outstanding but sadly the flavors are average. The pasta was handmade and fresh, however the other other ingredients were stale and flavorless. My lasagne was cold and had to be reheated and the seafood with pasta was made from day old seafood. The prices are average for the Como town centre. Go for the atmosphere and the staff.

We were not impressed by the food to say the least. The swordfish was gross and I honestly shouldn’t have eaten it, because one hour later I don’t feel so good ! Futhermore the waiter tries to con you into ordering more with some cheap tricks and in such a rude way it’s unsetlling. I’ve fallen to an overpriced 6€ salad side dish that was so sad it looked like right out of a supermaket mix bag. My worst restaurant experience in italy so far.

I don‘t understand where the good reviews came from. The razor clams were full of sand, some of the seafood was not fresh and my son had a piece of plastic in his squid! The reaction was, oh, ok. The Sicilian owner is very nice but other than that, food was overpriced and disappointing.

I'm going back, but I wouldn't go back. The fossil was too salty.

Excellent restaurant in the centre with Sicilian specialties. Family management, very kind owner we were really good. excellent the first and absolutely to try the Sicilian cannolo.