Menu
From homegrown cured meats and cheeses handcrafted by our trusted suppliers, to fresh homemade pasta, to meats selected and matured according to the Dry-Aged process in the special maturation cabinet, to lake fish, not to mention our delicious desserts: you’re sure to find your new favorite dish!
Starters
| CHF | |
|---|---|
| Grotto starter to share
Roe deer terrine – head salami – Tomino cheese in oil |
39.- |
| Sciatt and Slinzega with Cicorino salad | 21.- / 25.- |
| Baked onion with tuna sauce | 14.- / 18.- |
| Crostino with creamy porcini mushrooms | 19.- |
| Marinated venison carpaccio
with chestnuts, porcini mushrooms in oil and Alpine cheese shavings |
26.- / 34.- |
Salads
| CHF | |
|---|---|
| Lamb’s lettuce Mimosa salad with croutons | 13.- / 16.- |
| Cicorino salad | 11.- / 14.- |
| Cicorino and tomato salad | 11.- / 14.- |
| Grotto mixed salad | 13.- / 16.- |
First Dishes
| CHF | |
|---|---|
| Valtellina-style Pizzoccheri | 26.- |
| Ravioli stuffed with ossobuco
with saffron cream |
24.- |
| Pappardelle with wild boar ragù | 26.- |
| Risotto with Luganighetta and porcini mushrooms (min. 2 persons)
with saffron and Ticino Merlot |
24.- p.p. |
| Pumpkin gnocchi with truffle | 24.- |
| Tagliolini with sautéed porcini mushrooms | 26.- |
Main courses
| CHF | |
|---|---|
| Fried Alborelle
with French fries |
28.- |
| Perch fillets with butter and sage | 38.- |
| Braised beef shoulder
with polenta |
36.- |
| Braised local rooster
with polenta |
36.- |
| Venetian-style veal liver | 34.- |
| Veal escalopes
with creamy porcini mushrooms |
44.- |
Rassegna del Cuore
| CHF | |
|---|---|
| Our triple-cooked roast suckling pig
with rosemary potatoes and Cicorino salad with cherry tomatoes |
38.- |
| Ticino-style Cazzöeula
pork ribs – pork tail – pig’s trotter – local Verzini sausages – Codegotto – Musetto – braised Savoy cabbage and traditional polenta |
34.- |
| Game duo
sliced venison fillet with herbs and wild boar salmì |
41.- |
| While you wait, we suggest a small starter
roe deer terrine, wild boar salami, fresh fig, baked onion with tuna sauce and crostino with porcini mushrooms |
18.- |
From the Grid
(subject to availability)
| CHF | |
|---|---|
| Swiss beef – Costata
rib steak, approx. 800–1000 g |
12.50 / 100 g |
| Swiss beef – Fiorentina
Florentine steak, approx. 800–1000 g |
13.50 / 100 g |
| Grilled beef Picanha (min. 2 persons)
approx. 350 g p.p. |
44.- p.p. |
| Sliced beef entrecôte
approx. 200 g |
42.- |
| Grilled Ticino pork Luganighetta
approx. 250 g |
26.- |
Specialties
| CHF | |
|---|---|
| Grilled beef picanha
minimum 2 persons – approx. 350 gr. per person |
44.- |
| Sliced beef entrecôte approx. 200 gr.
with Maldon salt and balsamic cream |
42.- |
| Local grilled pork luganighetta sausage approx. 250 gr. | 26.- |
Polenta
| CHF | |
|---|---|
| Polenta with milk | 12.- |
| Polenta with fried eggs “in Cereghin” | 18.- |
| Polenta with creamy Gorgonzola | 18.- |
| Polenta Concia
with cheese, garlic, butter and sage |
28.- |
| Polenta with sautéed porcini mushrooms | 34.- |
Desserts & Ice Creams
| CHF | |
|---|---|
| Chestnut cake
with chestnut ice cream |
12.- |
| Tarte Tatin
with vanilla ice cream |
12.- |
| Glazed chestnuts
with grappa cream |
12.- |
| Panna Cotta
with strawberries |
12.- |
| Crème Caramel | 10.- |
| Tiramisù
with mascarpone cream |
12.- |
| Fresh strawberries | 10.- |
| Semi-frozen meringue cake
with chocolate sauce |
11.- |
| Semi-frozen Sicilian Cassata | 11.- |
| Marrons glacés ice cream
with rum |
12.- / 15.- |
| Walnut ice cream
with Nocino |
10.- / 13.- |
| CHF | |
|---|---|
| Grape sorbet
with Grappa |
10.- / 13.- |
| Lemon sorbet
with Vodka |
10.- / 13.- |
| Apple sorbet
with Calvados |
10.- / 13.- |
| Whipped cream supplement | 3.- |
| Ice cream supplement | 3.- |
| Ice cream flavours
Vanilla – Walnut – Marrons Glacés – Lemon – Apple – Grape |
Cheeses
| CHF | |
|---|---|
| Büscion from the Muggio Valley | 8.50 |
| Alpine cheese | 12.- / 16.- |
| Full-fat Formagella cheese | 9.- / 12.- |
| Creamy Gorgonzola | 9.- / 12.- |
| Mixed cheese selection | 16.- / 22.- |
Iva 8,1% inclusa.

