Monday, August 31, 2026

The Top 100 Restaurants Near Il Faggio

  1. Rank 1. Il Faggio

    Modern Mediterranean

    The dining room sits inside a building that once housed a Workers' Mutual Aid Society, and it still carries that civic dignity, with tall windows, classic furnishings, and an atmosphere that feels pleasantly unstuck from the present. The cooking runs modern and Mediterranean, moving between seafood and meat with quiet confidence. The wine list leans Piedmontese but roams freely through Italy, France, and beyond, which is a good problem to have.


  2. Rank 2. Il Patio

    Contemporary Italian



  3. A family spent a lifetime collecting the fabrics and furnishings that fill this restaurant, and it shows: the room feels curated rather than decorated, all soft lighting and genuine warmth in a restored hamlet tucked into the Valle Cervo. The cooking is rooted in Piedmontese ingredients with a careful modern hand. Beef Wellington turns up as a statement of precision in a place that otherwise feels like someone's very well-traveled home.


  4. Rank 5. Le Miniere

    Piedmontese

    On the main square of a tiny Val Chiusella village, ringed by birch trees and cyclamen, this family-run hotel-restaurant holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for its deeply traditional Piedmontese cooking. Tripe alla campagnola with polenta taragna is the kind of dish that reminds you what the region actually eats when nobody's performing. The surrounding village takes about ten minutes to explore, which is just enough time to justify dessert.


  5. Rank 6. Al Sorriso

    Piedmontese

    A self-taught cook and her husband, a dining room maître in the old European sense, have been running this Michelin-starred Piedmontese restaurant together long enough to be considered an institution. She builds the classics from seasonal ingredients and deep regional tradition; he handles wine, cheese, and the room with the kind of unhurried precision that hospitality schools try to teach and mostly fail to. Soriso is a small village, which means you are making a deliberate trip.


  6. Rank 7. Villa Crespi

    Creative, Mediterranean Cuisine

    A Moorish-style villa on the shores of Lake Orta, with elaborate ceilings and parquet floors that make you feel slightly underdressed no matter what you wore. This is Antonino Cannavacciuolo's flagship fine dining restaurant, holding three Michelin stars, where the kitchen fuses Campanian brightness with Piedmontese tradition. The menu runs à la carte or two tasting menus, and the wine list is the kind that requires a quiet moment to navigate properly.


  7. Rank 8. Italia

    Piedmontese


  8. Rank 9. Laghetto

    Aosta Valley Italian



  9. Rank 11. Darmagi

    Piedmontese

    The name is dialect for "what a shame," which the restaurant leans into as a gentle dare to stop driving past. It's a secluded little villa outside Mercenasco, the dining room anchored by a fireplace, serving the kind of traditional Piedmontese cooking that makes the Canavese countryside worth the detour. In winter, fritto misto and bagna caoda fill the tables; in warmer months, a terrace pulls the meal outdoors into the green.


  10. Three terraces hang over the water at this Michelin-starred restaurant in one of Piedmont's prettiest lake villages, so book ahead or you'll be watching someone else enjoy the view. The kitchen plays creative and precise, pairing Piedmontese meat with fish and seafood in dishes built around contrasting flavours and textures. The sommelier knows the wine list cold and seems to genuinely enjoy talking you through it.


  11. Rank 13. Impero

    Piedmontese

    The paniscia, a Novarese risotto with beans and salami, is reason enough to find this old-school trattoria in the small town of Sizzano. The Naggi sisters have run it forever, keeping the menu firmly Piedmontese: fresh homemade pasta, stuffed boiled chicken carved tableside from a trolley, an impressive cellar of local labels. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the kind of room where regulars never need to check what's in season.


  12. Set inside the Cantine Nervi winery, this contemporary restaurant wraps you around an open kitchen with a long counter for eating alongside the cooks or proper tables if you prefer. The menu leans creative, and while Piedmontese meat is no surprise, the kitchen keeps slipping in seafood, including a raw tuna plate built for dipping into sauces with a lean toward the East. House wines dominate the list, many poured by the glass.


  13. Rank 15. Rosselli 77

    Piedmontese



  14. Rank 17. Gardenia

    Piedmontese

    A nineteenth-century building with a balcony running the inner courtyard sets the tone for this Piedmontese restaurant in the small town of Caluso. The menu is a fairly faithful portrait of the region: lots of meat, some fish, vegetables that sometimes come from the kitchen garden out back. It feels like someone's grandmother's house if grandmother had a strong opinion about local sourcing and a cellar worth investigating.


  15. Rank 18. Cannavacciuolo by the Lake

    Contemporary Mediterranean

    The terrace here, hovering over Lake Orta on a warm evening, does a lot of the kitchen's work before a plate arrives. This is a fine dining room inside a boutique hotel, holding a Michelin star, where the chef runs a Mediterranean-leaning menu with two tasting routes, one pulling toward the lake, one toward Naples. À la carte is available for anyone not in the mood to be guided. Petit fours close the meal, which feels about right.


  16. Rank 19. Le Grenier

    Aosta Valley Italian

    Sheaves of wheat hang from the ceiling and old farming tools line the walls, so the name, which means granary in the local dialect, earns its keep. This is a sit-down restaurant in the center of Saint-Vincent where the kitchen leans into Aosta Valley tradition while quietly modernizing it, home-baked bread included. An open fireplace does the atmospheric heavy lifting, and the regional wine list is long enough to slow any decision-making considerably.



  17. A young chef shaped by home cooking and a stretch in French kitchens runs this intimate contemporary restaurant in the middle of town. Lunch keeps things relaxed and affordable; evenings open into a more personal à la carte where land and sea dishes show off what the training was actually for. A carefully chosen natural wine list runs alongside, coherent rather than showy.


  18. Rank 22. Capuccina

    Piedmontese

    A 16th-century farmhouse amid open countryside, with a kitchen garden out back supplying the dining room within. This is a contemporary Piedmontese restaurant where the chef keeps the ingredient list short and the flavors recognizably old-school, pulling modern technique into the background rather than the foreground. The wine list leans deep into the lesser-known appellations of Upper Piedmont, Ghemme, Gattinara, Boca, and Sizzano, plus bottles from the estate itself.


  19. Rank 23. Pinocchio

    Piedmontese

    A family-run Piedmontese restaurant in Borgomanero where the dining room has quietly ignored every décor trend of the last several decades and is better for it. The cooking is classic, with the occasional modern adjustment, like their paniscia, the local bean-and-salami risotto, finished with a swoosh of vegetable cream on top. A few fish dishes round out a menu that otherwise stays firmly in the region.


  20. A vintage petrol pump in the dining room sets the tone for a modern restaurant that's comfortable being a little unexpected. The kitchen works from Piedmontese tradition but doesn't stay there, reworking regional ideas with enough imagination that the results feel like the chef's own. The room is calm and minimalist, the service sharp, and the menu moves easily between meat, fish, and vegetarian without any of those feeling like an afterthought.



  21. A beach club on Lake Orta pulls the first look, but the dining room at this fine-dining restaurant inside a boutique hotel is what keeps people talking. The kitchen runs under Antonino Cannavacciuolo's direction, and the menu moves between à la carte and tasting options, with pasta and secondi that lean into Campanian instincts filtered through northern Italian restraint. The crowd arrived for a weekend and quietly rebooked.


  22. Rank 27. Giardinetto

    Modern Mediterranean

    The dining room sits right on the edge of Lake Orta, with views that stretch out to the Island of San Giulio, which is the kind of backdrop that makes it hard to focus on the menu. This is a hotel restaurant with Mediterranean cooking that occasionally takes a detour into more inventive territory. The roof terrace bar upstairs handles aperitifs and after-dinner drinks, and the wine cellar is well stocked for the serious-minded.


  23. Rank 28. Castagneto

    Piedmontese

    The terrace here looks out over the green hills above Lake Maggiore, and on a clear day it's hard to concentrate on the menu. This old-school Piedmontese trattoria has been around forever, and the room feels it, in the best way: homey, unhurried, and run with obvious conviction. The kitchen roams the whole Italian peninsula, seafood included, but the local and regional dishes are where it settles. A Michelin Bib Gourmand.




  24. Rank 31. Strattoria

    Contemporary Italian

    A bonet that arrives as a dark chocolate-draped traditional cake base with a crispy sphere of custard cream on top tells you something about the chef here: Piedmont is the foundation, but the plating has ideas. This contemporary Italian restaurant sits in the foothills near Lake Maggiore with a relaxed, come-as-you-are feel. The menu moves easily between meat and fish, and lunch runs a little lighter for those who have an afternoon to protect.





  25. A small bistrot a few steps from Lake Maggiore's promenade, where the chef builds a seasonal menu around local Piedmontese produce with the kind of care that makes you slow down. The name comes from the opening antipasto, a sequence of small shared bites designed for the table to pick at together. The Michelin Guide has given it a Bib Gourmand, and the front of house runs with enough warmth that you notice it.


  26. Rank 36. San Genesio

    Piedmontese

    On a clear day the terrace here looks out over the kind of Piedmontese panorama that makes you forget you ordered two hours ago. This is a traditional village trattoria with contemporary instincts, the kitchen leaning on regional classics while updating the plating and finding pairings that feel thought-through rather than dutiful. The wine list covers Piedmont thoroughly and then keeps going, which is fitting given that the sommelier runs the room.


  27. Rank 37. La Credenza

    Piedmontese

    A Michelin-starred restaurant in a quiet Piedmontese town, where the chef will walk the table through every dish with the kind of focused enthusiasm that makes you glad you asked. The cooking stays close to regional tradition, then takes occasional detours toward something more inventive or subtly Asian. Three tables in the garden fill fast in summer, so book ahead. The wine list runs to 1,700 labels, collected across two actual volumes like a library that happens to pair with dinner.


  28. Rank 38. La Luge

    Aosta Valley Italian


  29. Rank 39. Le Petit Bellevue

    Contemporary Italian

    Five tables in a fine dining room inside the Bellevue Hotel, two of them facing the Gran Paradiso massif, which does some heavy lifting as a backdrop. The chef, a Tuscan, cooks the Aosta Valley with unusual fidelity, pulling char and roe deer from the mountains rather than his roots. A cheese cart arrives between courses like a polite ambush, and the wine list has quietly wandered into Georgia, Turkey, and Japan.


  30. Rank 40. Blu

    Italian Contemporary Mediterranean

    The shaded terrace faces Lake Maggiore and the Rocca d'Angera, which is either a medieval fortress or proof that Arona has always known its angles. This is a lakeside Italian restaurant where the chef calls herself a home-style cook, and the menu backs her up with unfussy, flavour-forward dishes built around local freshwater fish. Carlo runs the front of house and takes the wine pairings seriously, so let him.


  31. Rank 41. Rosso di Sera

    Modern New American


  32. Rank 42. Casa Celesia

    Contemporary Italian

    Tucked under the portico on Oleggio's main piazza, this contemporary Italian restaurant feels like a well-kept local secret that locals keep poorly. The room is warm and quietly elegant, with intimate tables and service that's polished without being stiff. The kitchen leans into Piedmontese seasons, letting produce lead while the chef's seasoning does the quiet, convincing work in the background.


  33. A six-course surprise menu, no à la carte, and tables packed close enough that you'll learn your neighbor's name whether you planned to or not. This Michelin-starred contemporary restaurant in Zermatt runs on regional ingredients and strict seasonality, with both chefs visible in an open kitchen. Clear your evening: the meal takes around three and a half hours. A vegetarian menu is available with advance notice.



  34. Fine wood panelling, a church spire framing the window, and a Michelin-starred tasting menu that takes the Alps seriously: this is formal fine dining inside the Grand Hotel Zermatterhof, with the quiet efficiency of a room that has done this many times. Two set menus run side by side, one leaning international with regional nods, the other vegetarian and rooted in local produce. The sommelier handles pairings, alcoholic or not, without fuss.


  35. Rank 46. Capri

    Italian

    The team behind Capri Palace in Italy sets up shop in Zermatt each winter on the fourth floor of Le Petit Cervin, bringing a Michelin-starred Italian restaurant to the shadow of the Matterhorn. Warm wood and premium finishes keep things elegant without going cold. Go à la carte or pick from two set menus, one of them vegetarian. A window table gives you the Alps; the bar with an open fireplace gives you the aperitif you wanted anyway.


  36. A chandelier made of musical instruments sets the tone for this Michelin-starred fine dining room on the third floor of a hotel in central Zermatt, where the art-packed interior is the work of the artist-owner. The kitchen runs a creative five or six course surprise menu, and someone bakes the bread right at your table, which sounds like a gimmick until it isn't. Wine pairings go either regional Valais or international.


  37. Rank 48. La RiMa

    Contemporary Italian


  38. Rank 49. Il Sole di Ranco

    Modern Italian


  39. Rank 50. Lou Ressignon

    Aosta Valley Italian

    A family trattoria in Cogne with a name that translates, in local dialect, as "the night snack," which tells you something about the spirit of the place. The cooking is rooted in Aosta Valley tradition: hearty soups, tripe with borlotti beans, polenta, the kind of food that makes sense after a day in the mountains. A historic taverna sits downstairs, a dining room above, and a handful of guestrooms for those who'd rather not leave.


  40. Rank 51. Bar à Fromage

    Aosta Valley Italian


  41. Rank 52. Coeur de Bois

    Aosta Valley Italian


  42. A ski-slope chalet at 2,100 metres with a straight-on view of the Matterhorn, reached by a 20-minute walk from the Sunnegga funicular through the village of Findeln. Inside, the wood-heavy alpine interior does exactly what it promises, and the terrace tables go fast for obvious reasons. The cooking is rooted in the Valais, leaning on regional cheeses, dried meats, and mountain produce. Dress warm enough for the walk up; dress however you want once you arrive.



  43. Perched right on the ski slope next to the gondola lift station, this mountain restaurant earns its terrace views honestly. Inside, the chalet decor is warm enough that you'll forgive yourself for ordering the cheese fondue before the snow has even left your boots. The kitchen runs on modern Alpine cooking, with a wine list that punches above the altitude. Lunch in summer, daily service in winter, and evening events that the locals seem to take quite seriously.


  44. Rank 56. Battipalo

    Modern Italian


  45. Perched at the end of a ski slope inside the CERVO Mountain Resort, this casual international restaurant earns a Michelin Bib Gourmand for a menu that zigzags from baba ganoush to dim sum to Tibetan momos without losing its footing. The kitchen skews vegetarian, the conservatory looks straight at the Matterhorn, and the eclectic decor is, per the name, for sale. Apres-ski, but make it global.



  46. Rank 59. Wood

    Swedish Italian

    A creative restaurant perched at 2,000 meters in the middle of a ski town, Wood is where a Swedish chef makes the case that elk tartare in beetroot ravioli belongs on an Italian menu, and is hard to argue with. Amanda Eriksson weaves northern Swedish ingredients into Italian technique in ways that shouldn't work as well as they do. One Michelin star. The wine list, curated by her business partner, leans toward rare vintages with solid by-the-glass options.


  47. Paolo Griffa holds a Michelin star in a grand old café on Aosta's main piazza, where the dining room shifts from morning espresso to tasting menus of three, five, or seven courses depending on your appetite. The chef's contemporary Italian cooking leans heavily on vegetables, arranged with the kind of chromatic precision that makes you pause before eating. A pastry counter and serious coffee mean there's a reason to stop in at almost any hour.



  48. The terrace seats face the Matterhorn, which is either the most romantic thing imaginable or an absurd amount of pressure to put on a meal. Inside, walnut paneling and a partly glass-vaulted ceiling make the brasserie setting feel properly grand without tipping into stuffy. The French menu wanders into Wiener schnitzel and flammkuchen without apology, and the "Lusi Classics" section keeps calf's head quietly on offer for the committed.


  49. A private lift from Zermatt's pedestrian zone carries you up to this hotel restaurant, which earns its keep with views that make the Matterhorn feel like table decor. The modern dining room runs to clean lines and granite-topped tables, the wine list leans heavily into Burgundy and Bordeaux, and the menu covers both à la carte and a five-course chef's choice. Start with something by the fireplace in the lounge; the aperitif hour here has clearly been thought through.


  50. A terrace facing the Matterhorn is a hard opening act to follow, but the cooking at this compact restaurant inside Hotel Welschen makes a credible case for looking inward. A family team runs a seasonal, classically rooted tasting menu, five courses with room to adjust, in a sleek room with large windows over the village. The wine pairings come from the proprietress, who steers the floor with the kind of ease that makes you trust her.


  51. Rank 65. Vecchio Ristoro

    Aosta Valley Italian

    An old mill wheel and millstone still sit in the dining room of this fine dining restaurant in central Aosta, which somehow reads less "museum piece" and more mountain refuge. The kitchen holds a Michelin star and leans into Aosta Valley tradition with a quietly modern hand, pulling in a few Alpine French ideas along the way. The wine cellar runs to around 300 labels, with a considered spread of famous houses and small producers.


  52. Rank 66. La Muña

    Asian Fusion Peruvian

    A Peruvian-Japanese fusion restaurant inside Zermatt's Schweizerhof hotel, open only on winter evenings, which already tells you something about the clientele. The menu runs through raw fish, gyoza, and warm plates, with an omakase option of four or six courses if you'd rather let the kitchen decide. The room is contemporary and calm, the service warm, and the name comes from an Andean herb said to ward off altitude sickness, which is either charming or practical depending on your afternoon on the slopes.



  53. Rank 68. Osteria Mercato

    Contemporary Italian

    A terrace just off the tourist drag in Stresa's historic center sets the tone for this contemporary Italian restaurant: relaxed but considered, and clearly not here to sell you a postcard. The kitchen moves between land and sea with some ease, pulling from local producers and letting the ingredients do the talking. Ravioli stuffed with farmyard meats sits comfortably beside octopus in saffron broth, and neither dish feels out of place.



  54. Rank 70. Lo Stornello

    Modern Mediterranean


  55. Rank 71. LeBolle

    Modern Italian

    Five private dining pods tucked into the greenery give the restaurant its name, though the garden terrace and contemporary indoor room at this hotel restaurant are just as good a reason to show up. The kitchen draws on the lake, the surrounding Alps, Campania, and Puglia in equal measure, with house-made breads quietly making the regional argument. Tasting menus and à la carte both available.



  56. Rank 73. Verbano

    Mediterranean Italian


  57. The lift opens on the fourth floor of a Savoy hunting palace, where 1950s dining rooms give way to a terrace over the formal gardens of the Reggia di Venaria. This is a Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant built around Piedmontese produce, with vegetables doing more of the heavy lifting than you might expect. Lunch runs à la carte; evenings add tasting menus at the chef's call.


  58. Rank 75. La Fugascina Ristorante

    Contemporary Italian



  59. Rank 77. Osteria del Borgo

    Contemporary Italian


  60. Rank 78. Condividere

    Contemporary Italian

    Dessert moves to a lounge veranda, which tells you something about how seriously the room takes the full arc of a meal. This Michelin-starred creative Italian restaurant lives inside Lavazza's Nuvola complex, with a colorful, music-forward dining room shaped in part by Ferran Adrià's consultancy. Two tasting menus lean on few ingredients and a lot of intention, pulling at the threads of Italian culinary tradition. Book well ahead.


  61. Rank 79. Osteria da Nando

    Valdostan Italian

    Rothia, a white wine custard dusted with cinnamon and spiced bread, is as good a reason as any to end a meal here. This old-school osteria in the historic center has been turning out Valdostan classics forever: cured meats with fontina, polenta, fondue in its various forms. The wine list leans heavily local, with well over a hundred Aosta Valley labels, many poured by the glass.




  62. Rank 82. Stefenelli Desk

    Modern Italian


  63. Rank 83. Anto e Robi

    Mediterranean



  64. Rank 85. Milano

    Modern Italian



  65. Rank 87. Unforgettable

    Contemporary Italian

    A savory potato crème caramel tells you everything about what's happening at this ten-seat counter restaurant near the Santuario della Consolata. The blind tasting menu plays dessert techniques against savory courses and back again, so the kitchen can keep you genuinely off-balance from start to finish. Guests are welcomed in a small lounge before taking their places at the counter. It holds a Michelin star.


  66. Rank 88. Del Cambio

    Piedmontese

    The parquet has been creaking under the same dining room for centuries, and the view across to Palazzo Carignano hasn't changed much either. Del Cambio is a formal Piedmontese restaurant with a Michelin star, the kind of place where the room itself carries historical weight and the kitchen leans into that with classic vitello tonnato and agnolotti del Plin. The wine list runs deep into regional bottles and German Rieslings.


  67. Rank 89. Cannavacciuolo Bistrot

    Modern Mediterranean

    Antonino Cannavacciuolo is the name on the door, the celebrity chef behind Villa Crespi, and the kitchen here is run by a chef who pulls Southern Italian tradition through a decidedly modern filter. It's a Michelin-starred restaurant tucked into Borgo Po, one of Turin's quieter, more residential corners. The last dining room looks straight into the kitchen, which is either thrilling or nerve-racking depending on your relationship with eye contact. Book ahead, including for lunch.


  68. Rank 90. Consorzio

    Piedmontese

    The wine list at this Piedmontese trattoria runs deep enough to occupy you before you've touched the menu. Chef Valentina Chiaramonte's kitchen leans into the region's more challenging cuts, offal and marrow alongside gentler seasonal vegetable dishes, so the table tends to split along predictable but happy lines. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the room fills early with locals who know not to leave it to chance.


  69. Vitello tonnato here arrives roasted, without the mayonnaise the rest of Turin reaches for, which tells you something about this Michelin-starred fine dining room on Piazza Solferino. The room has the deliberate, unhurried air of an old-school institution, and the maître d' runs the floor with the kind of personality that makes you feel the evening has been arranged personally for you. The wine list leans deep into Langhe verticals.


  70. A converted monastery in the Monferrato hills, where the old lemon-tree house doubles as a dining room and Enrico Bartolini's two Michelin stars hang over the kitchen. The chef running the stoves day-to-day grew up on Piedmontese cooking and it shows, from a deeply traditional agnolotti del plin to dishes that push the region somewhere more inventive. The bread and focaccia alone set an early standard the kitchen then has to meet.


  71. Rank 93. Piano35

    Piedmontese

    The elevator banks inside Renzo Piano's Intesa Sanpaolo tower deliver you, at some speed, to a Michelin-starred restaurant 150 metres above Turin. Step onto the panoramic terrace first, before the room pulls you in. Contemporary Piedmontese tasting menus run from regional to pan-Italian to a nod toward the Piccolo Lago mothership. At lunch the whole operation shifts into a more relaxed bistro gear, which is its own reason to come up here.


  72. Rank 94. Atelier

    Contemporary Italian

    A Michelin-starred restaurant in the middle of Domodossola where the kitchen reworks Ossola mountain tradition rather than abandoning it, folding local veal and alpine herbs into plates that occasionally pair meat and fish with enough confidence to make you forget that usually goes badly. The family runs the room warmly, and a serious wine list is available by the glass. Lunch shifts to bistrot mode, a little looser, a little cheaper.



  73. The vitello tonnato here has a near-mythic reputation in Turin, which tells you something about the regulars. This is a trattoria in San Salvario, the neighborhood where artists and students share tables, and the menu moves from Piedmontese classics like tajarin and plin to the occasional taco with chimichurri without anyone raising an eyebrow. The wine list is considered and the lunch deal is gentle on the wallet. A Michelin Bib Gourmand.


  74. Rank 97. Andrea Larossa

    Contemporary Italian

    Across the Po from the city center, this Michelin-starred dining room still carries the easy warmth of the social club it once was. Andrea Larossa weaves Piedmontese tradition with Southern Italian roots picked up from his family, and the two tasting menus open with a long, playful run of small bites before things get serious. The room smiles at you, which helps.




  75. Rank 100. Trattoria di Campagna

    Aosta Valley Italian


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