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The dining room at Borgovecchio with the lamps lit, white tablecloths, red curtains and old photographs on the walls

Restaurant, pizzeria, wine bar and rooms in Balerna

Wood-fired oven, Ticino, Spanish and Portuguese cooking

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Open every day

Stay the night: rooms upstairs

An evening at Borgovecchio

From 18:30, when the dining room opens, to 10:30 the next morning, when you leave your room.

Evenings start at 18:30, on Saturdays at 17:00, and you can stay until 24:00. White tablecloths, red curtains, the lamps lit and, on the walls, photographs of how it used to be.

A pizza with cherry tomatoes going into the lit wood oven, under its brick arch

The wood oven

The heart of Borgo Vecchio is the wood oven.

The pizza bakes right there, over the fire. A classic dough with 00 flour from the Mulino di Maroggia, or a 7-grain one with sesame and sunflower seeds: your choice.

  • Borgovecchio19.50tomato, mozzarella, luganiga (Ticino pork sausage), formaggella (soft local cheese), onion
  • Lusitana18.50mozzarella, olives, cherry tomatoes, salt cod
  • Oliveira19.50tomato, mozzarella, porcini, olives, luganiga (Ticino pork sausage)
  • Margherita12.50tomato, mozzarella, basil
  • Diavola17.50tomato, mozzarella, spicy salami, olives
All the pizzas
Grilled meat with grilled vegetables and potatoes, served at the table

Ticino and the grill

The Swiss dishes of the region: Merlot risotto with luganighetta, the 350-gram cordon bleu, meat from the grill.

  • Merlot risotto with luganighetta (Ticino pork sausage)20.50
  • Cordon bleu 350 g29.50
  • Entrecôte with Café de Paris butter38.50
The great classics
A seafood paella on the table, with langoustines, clams and a glass of white wine

From the sea and the land, from Spain and Portugal

The house’s Spanish and Portuguese dishes: paella valenciana, Galician-style octopus, bacalhau (salt cod), a board of pata negra.

  • Iberian board26.50
  • Picanha (rump cap), minimum 2 people38.00per person
  • Octopus salad with potatoes and Taggiasca olives28.50
The whole menu

A wall of wines

Fumagalli’s Merlot from Balerna, Ortelli from Corteglia, Trapletti and Mezzana from Coldrerio, then sparkling wines and wines from further afield. Drink them at the communal table or take them home from the wine shop.

The wine room: the wall of wines, the glass chandelier and the long communal wooden table

Prices per bottle, in Swiss francs

  • San Rocco, Merlot del Ticino DOC34Fumagalli, Balerna
  • Ronco d’Arzo, Ticino DOC49Fumagalli, Balerna
  • San Giorgio rosato, Merlot del Ticino DOC32Fumagalli, Balerna
  • Piccola vigna, Merlot del Ticino DOC33Ortelli, Corteglia
  • I trii pin, Ticino DOC38Ortelli, Corteglia
  • Gaio, Svizzera italiana IGT36Trapletti, Coldrerio
  • Colli del Mendrisiotto, Bianco del Ticino DOC30Mezzana, Coldrerio
  • Aurora, Bianco del Ticino DOC50Fumagalli, Balerna
  • Berlucchi 61 brut, Franciacorta DOCG64Berlucchi, Corte Franca
  • Bonnaire brut tradition, Champagne AOC90Maison Bonnaire
The wines and their prices
An attic room: the wooden ceiling, the skylight, the padded headboard and a photograph of the mountains on the wallThe Il Grappolo room: two wooden beds, the lamps lit and a large photograph of a vineyard on the wall

Upstairs, the rooms

After dinner, you go upstairs. Every room has a private bathroom with a shower, air conditioning, Wi-Fi and a TV; private parking is free. Check-in from 17:30 to 22:00.

3 km from Chiasso, 4 from Como and the border, 25 from Lugano.

Book a roomon Booking.comThe rooms
  • The room called Jolie

    Jolie1 guest

  • The room called Au Lac

    Au Lac2 guests

  • The room called Chateaux

    Chateaux2 guests

  • The room called Family Room

    Family Room4 guests

  • The room called Il Grappolo

    Il Grappolo2 guests

  • The room called Contrada

    Contrada1 guest

  • The room called Girasola

    Girasola2 guests

  • The room called Mini Suite

    Mini Suite2 guests

The corridor to the rooms at night, with lamps hanging from red cables and photographs on the walls

Good night

At midnight the dining room closes, every day. Upstairs, the corridor to the rooms and its lamps.

The covered terrace: white sofas, tables, a terracotta floor and lights hung beneath the beams

Good morning

At 07:00 we open again, every day except Saturday. If you slept here, there is breakfast; check-out is by 10:30. The terrace is set up summer and winter.

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Tell us the day, the time and how many of you there are, and we’ll confirm your table. If you prefer, call.

A birthday, a high chair, an intolerance, a big group.

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