Grotto Sassello in Cugnasco-Gerra

A beautiful, charming, delicious restaurant with beautiful views and extremely friendly service!

tasty dishes, exquisite desserts, very nice, rustic environment, they are very kind with parking.

Great grotto, great view, very attentive service. Food Fantastic, everything is right. We'd love to come back.

Beautifully located grotto with great food at top prices 👍 Super attentive host and fast service!

What a gem!! Slightly elevated, away from the road, you are welcomed by an extremely friendly and innovative host ❤️ What he conjures up shortly afterwards on the stone table created from nature was prepared with a lot of love. You can relax and enjoy yourself in the middle of nature, surrounded by plants and flowers! The leftover cheese rind for my little four-legged friend was then lovingly wrapped in aluminum foil shaped into a swan to take with me... 🥰 After an obviously successful start, we wish the committed young man continued success and many guests who appreciate his commitment and charm.

Nothing special and at midday the terrace still needed to be prepared. Hot cuisine only from 12.30. Meh

Grotto very friendly, food good and very enough

Recommended for both an aperitif and a dinner!

The best place to eat in all the region!!! Amazing food, drinks and service 💯💯💯 The ossobuco with polenta is to die for!! And the view is breathtaking!!

Very good 0km charcuterie and cheese platters surrounded by nature and the tranquility of the Maggia valley

Highly recommend. Most delicious food and beyond great service. Amazing experience!

Very friendly, speaks French very well,

Focused menu, great quality. Friendly service and beautiful location. We had the mixed salad and it was great.

Simply wonderful food! The owner is a sweetheart and his service is 1,000! Congratulations and thank you for this divine experience!

Delicious & healthy food, prepared and served with lots of attention.

Amazing real Grotto experience!!!

Nice evening, with nice service, fine food, large portions. New host for 1.5 months.

We ate great. Small but nice card. It was very comfortable inside and outside. The new landlord is super personable and extremely friendly. The portions are very generous. We'd love to come back!

Nice host and super delicious food. The polenta with pork cheeks was very good. We'd love to come by again.

Warm welcome and the food was great, Rarely have I had such good polenta. The food came extremely quickly so no waiting time. The nice operator even spoke German for us. We thank you very much.

A beautiful place with a loving ambience and the best gnocci with sage butter in the world!!! We will come back and recommend! No problem with Jund either and the owner is a very warm and lovable all-rounder (cook and waitress in one) a great experience!

Wonderful place to unwind with great service!!!

Extremely good food! The tartare is particularly recommended! Great owner.

A nice place to take a break. The operator, a young man, helps with recommendations and takes care of his guests. The ambience is right and our food could be described as strong and hearty. A grotto to see again.

Beautiful and well-kept grotto. The polenta is recommended and the service is friendly. Everything works for us. Top. We would like to remember this address.

New tenant - super friendly, great food. Asked what the daily recommendations were - very responsive to our wishes. Come again.

The new management is top! The place is amazing and the food is amazing, simple and genuine cuisine! The waiter was very kind!

Please forget all the reports before June 2023! A new team is on this Grotto Sassello with a lot of enthusiasm and love. The menu is small and delicious and cooked with heart. We've never had such fine gnoggies before. The tiramisu dessert from the house is also delicious. Dog lovers are welcome here. Greetings from Silvia and Heinz with their dog Bo June 20, 2023 in the evening

The new owners are doing a really good and friendly job - keep it up!

Impeccable service, with Ticino specialties, all homemade. The people are very kind, speak Italian, French and German. A beautiful terrace. Highly recommended.

Under new management... very friendly, very clean, everything delicious... Highly recommended...

Super nice grotto, friendly host. Delicious handmade gnocchi! Highly recommended

The funniest and loveliest waiter we've had in a long time. Kind regards from our two boys 👍 Thank you very much!

Recently under new management. Very friendly, very hard working and above all very tasty. Everything was perfect from A to Z. Only recommended!

We had a very nice evening with delicious, typical food. The new owner is very accommodating and recommends a good wine 🍷

Attentive service, simple, tasty & honest food, great view and conveniently located along the hiking trails. Would visit again!

Both the service and the food were exceptional. There were four of us and we were very surprised. Highly recommended!. We will come back for sure.

Beautiful quaint restaurant. Simple, good home-style food. Always take the meal of the day. Map is small. Snack plate great and plentiful. Just right for divers.

Rarely have I been treated so arrogantly and rudely!

The risotto was a bit boring but the polenta with beef was very tasty. Therefore only 4 stars. Price/performance a bit excessive.

Don't let the surrounding beauty confuse you, because that's the only good thing about the place. We went there specifically based on a recommendation we read, and to say we were disappointed would not even describe half of what went on there. Let's start with the drinks - we ordered Aperol Spritz and Campari Spritz cocktails. Calling it a cocktail is just a joke. It was a soda with a splash of Aperol/Campri, a medicinal taste. When we asked for a lemon (and a normal Aperol should come with an orange/lemon), we claimed that we had run out. Main dishes - we ordered a roast meat dish and a fish dish. The meat came completely from the inside! The waitress said that this is how it should be and that everything is fine and just took the dish. She didn't even put it back on the fire for a few more minutes (of course we were charged for a whole dish that we barely touched). The raw meat was accompanied by a block of polenta that looked like a brick, handled and did not go down the throat. Regarding the fish - we received a tasteless fish schnitzel, with bones in it! Not a fillet. The dishes are very expensive (a total bill of 3 dishes and drinks cost us 124 francs) and in retrospect we would not have eaten here even if they had paid us. The worst part of the meal was not the food itself, but the awkward and repulsive behavior of the staff. When we claimed that the expensive price did not justify the quality of the dishes, they spoke to us in a very aggressive manner, shoved the bill into our hands while threatening to call the police and shouted again that everything is fine and everything is delicious and perfect (serving raw meat, in addition to being "not tasty" is simply dangerous). There was no attempt to take responsibility, apologize or resolve the matter. To say that the place is not recommended is to be too gentle, we would recommend staying away from the place like fire, before you catch salmonella 🤮🤮

Wasted money, bad food, rude service All this happened in the restaurant "Grotto Sassello" in the town of Brione in Val Verzasca. The meat was cooked only at the edges and raw in the middle, the fish (trout according to the menu) was rolled in a thick layer of breadcrumbs, dry and without salt, the salad consisted of only lettuce leaves, the cocktails included no more than 10% Aperol and tasted like regular pop, without lemon or orange. When we showed raw meat, we heard that it was a typical roast and everything was ok. At the same time, they simply took the plate away without offering to finish frying it. When we asked for compensation for half the portion, the chef and waitress began to snatch the receipt and shout that if we did not immediately pay the full amount, they would call the police. By the way, the prices in the restaurant are not cheap - the main course is 34 francs. We went to this restaurant specifically, hoping for good reviews. Today this is not the case. Wasted money, bad food and most importantly rude staff. We advise you not to go near this place

The cheeseburger doesn't taste good and is not recommended. Apparently unsuitable cheese (processed cheese?) is used for this. >> Update from August 3, 2022: In response to my review, the owner wrote: "We don't make cheeseburgers, we make beef burgers." That's really interesting. A cheeseburger isn't a beefburger?! In my Twint I find a booking from July 25th, 2022 in Grotto Sassello. So apparently I was there. Attached is a picture of the "Cheeseburger", perhaps the chef will recognize his work. The burger looks good, but as we all know, you can't argue with the taste. Unfortunately, this answer from the owner is not enough for more than one star.

Mega nice service and extremely delicious food. Plus a wonderful atmosphere outside at the granite table. Definitely again!

Very nice grotto, with outdoor terrace. Perfect for a lunch break after a walk in the mountains. Very good braised beef (tender meat, melts in the mouth, excellent sauce, very strong flavour, the polenta didn't satisfy us very much, we preferred a more rustic polenta), good grilled trout (salad as a fresh and nice crunchy side dish). As an appetizer, both the cheeses and the cold cuts were excellent. Very good quality/price ratio. Super friendly and helpful staff.

Site surrounded by nature and total tranquility. Unfortunately the quality of the food and the location are overrated compared to the prices. I recommend having Swiss Francs and not Euros😉

Typical Ticino grotto. Quiet, relaxed atmosphere with loving decoration. Service was attentive, friendly and quick. The food was delicious. Vegetarian dishes on the menu for both starters and main courses. Price-performance ratio fits! Grace ☀️

We asked if we could have a sandwich. “There isn’t” we were told. And just like that, the menu card was gone from the table. Couldn't look in anymore.😡 Unfriendly young waitress....and the coffee....never had anything like that before, terrible... We were the first guests. Maybe you should rinse the coffee machine first... We definitely won't come here anymore 😡

Wonderful attentive service. Excellent food. Prices appropriate to the quality. Very nice, relaxed atmosphere 🥰 We'd love to come back.

Incredibly nice service. Pleasant location (we sat outside). Very fine food (Greek salad, polenta, panna cotta) and good drinks advice. Our dog was given dog treats and, like us, was made very welcome 🤩👍🏻 We will definitely come back during our vacation. 🙏🏻 Grazie!

Good service and good qualities!

I didn’t like my food at all. Meat was barely warm and cube of polenta was dry and tasteless. I could guess that it was cooked yesterday. The salad was fresh but sauce are not “home made” (just from supermarket). Prices are hight for that quality of food. The waitress was really nice by the way.

Quiet, friendly place and charming welcome...the wait was a little long, but very good, original and well-prepared cuisine.

Friendly service. Food was good, portions a bit small. Overall, a bit too expensive.

We discovered the small restaurant as we drove past and were incredibly impressed by the very fine dishes. We had starters and desserts and everything was of excellent quality, fresh and very tasty. The service was very friendly and accommodating. We can give an unreserved recommendation for spring.

The only positive point is that the food you get is actually really tasty. Unfortunately, you only get very little of it. And then not even on preheated plates. For just under 32.- you don't get 100g of braised meat, a cube of polenta with an edge length of about 4cm and a dollop of sauce. That's it. You don't even get a vegetable side dish and the filling side dish wasn't filling enough. Very unfortunate. In addition, children don't really seem to be wanted. There are apparently no child seats and no children's menus. When we took the order, the service person didn't ask for an order for our child or bring a plate so that we could share portions with the little one. Although, as mentioned, these weren't large enough to be shared anyway. We weren't asked for wine and even forewent dessert. Simply out of fear of having to pay too much for it. All in all, for the prices asked, we imagined larger portions and a little more Amore for Bambini for a grotto in Italian-speaking Switzerland In any case, we won't be coming back.

Very nice atmosphere, small and very fine

Cozy grotto in a beautiful location. That's it. Quality of the food so-so, price for 1/2L Merlot over 30.-! As adults, we ordered a children's plate of polenta (which wasn't a problem when we asked), but we suddenly had to pay 18.50 for the handful of polenta instead of 15.50 as on the menu. This way you only get the guests once!👍

Good friendly service and a fine small Ticino plate! Thanks

Despite a reserved place in the evening, we had to eat our meal in our jackets. The grotto was unheated and cold despite the request to start the heating. The food was good and the service was good too...

Sorry it was a mistake, of course 6 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Very good, modern interpretation of the well-known Grotto dishes! Perfect bruschetta with a hint of garlic, wonderful affetato misto with cheese, refined with good olive oil and coarse black pepper, a colorful risotto prepared to perfection, tiramisu fato in casa, Gazzosa, Merlot Nostrano and finally the Corretto Grappa. From the super friendly service and warm welcome at the entrance to the grotto and great seating allocation, to the price-performance ratio with this quality of the products processed, there was nothing to complain about. We'll definitely be back!

We had a nice lunch here and enjoyed the view.

Restaurant overrated in terms of quality and price, the only positive note was the kindness of the waiter Braised meat is tough and barely two slices Polenta with tasteless melted cheeses The goat's cheese with honey, hazelnuts and taxaco pesto is very good

The waiter and waitress were both very courteous and nice. 💁‍♀️The restaurant is nice and the price (see map attached). The food was good. A little bit of spice on the potatoes and a little bit on the bruschetta. The beef wasn't my thing, but my wife liked it - tastes are different 🤗 I really liked the music, I wish you much success 🍀

Beautiful, good food, very friendly welcome.

Beautifully located, very nice staff.

The risotto and tuna salad were no longer available at 1 p.m. Service was ok

very friendly young staff and good food 👍🏻☺️ we would be happy to come back

Very good food and nice service

The young service staff have to ask questions themselves about almost every question. The situation is particularly “funny” when you want to order dessert before the main course. :-) The wine selection is limited to two bottles of red wine, which is a bit small. The menu itself is small but fine - the dishes taste good and are well proportioned. The bottom line is that the address isn't worth a detour, but it's okay for a stopover.

Nobody wanted to serve us in Sognono, so we (my daughter and I) stopped at Grotto Sassello and really enjoyed our lunch! Very friendly service!

Owner makes each guest wait up to an hour, even though there are over ten tables available. Apparently these are reserved, but no one who has reserved comes. Never again! After a long wait with other guests we moved on.

My wife, some friends and I spent a lovely day in the Val Verzasca with a stop at this quaint little place for lunch. We experienced very friendly service and the food was simple but very tasty and just what we wanted. We discovered a superb goats cheese there which we later purchased from the producer, Azienda Patà, in Sonogno further up the valley in the picturesque village of Sonogno. This Grotto is definitely worth a stop.

Polenta aus der Friteuse uns Salameti mit 50% Fett Bitte seien Sie ehrlich in Ihrem Kommentar. 1: Ich wollte 3x bezahlen und durfte nicht. Für das habe ich Zeugen. 2: Ich habe im innenbereich vom Restaurant reklamiert und es waren keine Gäste anwesend da gemäss Covid keine Gäste im innenbereich zugelassen sind. Zeigen Sie grösse und seien Sie ehrlich. Schließlich haben Sie sehr viele schlechte Bewertungen und dies kommt nicht von nirgends..... Entschuldigen Sie, fritiert ist nicht gebacken. Ihr Servicepersonal hat selbst gesagt, dass die Polenta frittiert ist und dies in den Tessinergrotten so zubereitet wird. Entschuldigen Sie, ihre schlechte Bewertungen betrifft auch das Essen. Lesen Sie die Bewertung über die Lasagne..... Ihre Werbung für Grotten ist nicht fördernd für die vielen guten Grottos im Tessin. Zusätzlich könnten wir auch über die sauberen Gläser mit Finger und Lippenabdrücke noch schreiben die von unseren Vorgängern noch auf den Gläser waren. Und das alles noch in Zeiten von Corona......

Una location molto accogliente e caratteristica, con un personale molto preparato e dotato di una non indifferente gentilezza e disponibilità! Piatti ben presentati con un certo tocco quasi artistico, e soprattutto il cibo è veramente delizioso, con giuste porzioni. Il Grotto Sassello è un connubio tra raffinatezza e bontà, questo ristorante è stato una grande scoperta, da provare assolutamente!

Posto stupendo, Stefania e Chef Gianmarco professionali e gentili. I piatti opere d'arte e deliziosi. Fantastik ! Consigliato

Supper freundlicher und schneller sevice. Das essen war spitze

Sehr feine Küche, nette Bedienung und grosse Portionen. Alles in allem top.

Sehr nette Bedienung. Super Weinempfehlung. Essen war gut.

Eccellente! Pranzo molto buono. Servizio ottimo. Location fantastica. Veramente un bel grotto dove trascorrere una bella giornata

Essen gut. Bedienung freuntlich aber viel zulange Wartezeit. 30 Min. bis man bestellen konnte und 1Std. bis das essen kam. (Essen nur kalte Speise)

Essen gut Bedienung viel zu langsam und kompliziert 1.5 Std. gewartet

High price for miserably little food. Salad was tasteless and Risotto was at best "average".

Polenta frittiert ?!ist das normal im Tessin das man die Polenta frittiert und dann noch fast 30.- Zahlt?! Der Geschmack war nur fett

Wir haben Polenta bestellt und frittierte Maispizza erhalten. Salametti war mit 70% Fett bestückt. Die Bedienung war auch sehr unfreundlich. Diese Grotto können wir gar nicht empfehlen.

Wärend Corona hier das Beste Schnitzelbrot der Welt gegessen. (natürlich Coronakonform als Takeaway)

Essen ok, Bedienung unfreundlich, Preise z.T. zu hoch, 1 Bier 33cl zum mitnehmen 6 CHF

Pace e tranquillità Le maldive della svizzera

Sono stato qui un mese fa circa, un tocco di nuovo, piatti deliziosi, ambiente confortevole e personale gentile. Molto consigliato!

Bedienung unwillig und unfreundlich, Wassergläser angelaufen mit Kondenswasser, Lasagne alt und trocken, Risotto zu stark al dente und Miniportion.Das alles zu überteuertem Preis.

Ottimo luogo per rilassarsi, godersi il paesaggio, sorseggiare un buon drink.

Siamo stati qui oggi in 2 e abbiamo ordinato un risotto al merlot e un brasato di manzo cotto a bassa temperatura. Risotto molto buono e carne tenera. Il servizio è cordiale. Prezzi elevati ma consigliato.

Polenta war extrem versalzen und Lasagne war alt und trocken. Zudem hat es Schimmel an dem Fenster.

Nous avons été a un endroit qu'on a adoré en 2018....La qualité est toujours là, mais les assiettes étaient mieux présentés... le fromage de chèvre toujours un régale, le moelleux au chocolat coulant a souhait mais le biscuit je l'ai laissé car pas terrible

Ho mangiato qui oggi ed ho pagato per un risotto stracotto ai funghi (NON porcini) fr. 28.50.- proposta fuori carta. Ho fatto notare che non si trattasse di funghi porcini e che ilPrezzo fosse quindi troppo alto. Lacameriera ha risposto “è così, siamo in Svizzera,Nessuno si è mai lamentato”

Personale gentile....per noi italiani molto caro.....ma negli standard svizzeri

Très bon accueil, repas servi bien chaud et très bon. Nous avons pris le bœuf braisé cuit à basse température avec la polenta on s’est régalé. Parking accessible et carte en français.

Sehr fein ubd nette Bedienung. Auswahl beschränkt, dafür frisch ( Nebensaison)

(Traducido por Google) No muy bien recibido ... Menú muy limitado. Sin Merlot ... reemplazado por un vino español 😕 Es una pena y todo era caro ... ¡Demasiado caro! (Original) Pas très bien accueilli... Carte hyper limitée. Pas de merlot...remplacé par un vin espagnol 😕 C est un comble et tout était cher... Trop cher !