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The View, at Via Guidino 29 in Lugano, is a modern Italian restaurant that earned one Michelin star in 2026. Its indoor dining room sits inside the THE VIEW Lugano hotel, and the lakeside terrace opens from April to September.
Executive chef Diego Della Schiava draws on his Italian roots and his grandmother's cooking. He also uses plants from the hills above the bay of Lugano, nettles included. Asian flavours appear on the menu as well, since he cooks with a strong taste for umami. Gault&Millau gave the kitchen 16 points in 2026.
Guests choose from three menus, and the most demanding, called Mente, pushes the kitchen hardest. The meal opens with five small starters, four of them eaten by hand on the terrace. A Gragnano spaghetto is coloured with fermented blueberries and topped with scallop tartare and katsuobushi.
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