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!

The Appetizers

CHF
Grotto autumn starter

Game terrine – Head salami with green sauce
Deer salami – Zucchini flower stuffed with fondue, fried
Crostone with porcini mushrooms – Sciatt and slinzega with chicory

23.-
Chopping board of local cured meats,

with homemade giardiniera

19.-
Garnished game terrine 16.-
CHF
Bruschetta with tomato and basil 12.-
Artichoke salad with parmesan shavings and pomegranate 19.-
Nostrano pork sausages 11.-
Sciatt and slinzega with chicory 23.-
Zucchini flowers stuffed with fondue, fried 19.-

Salads

CHF
Chicory salad 12.50
Chicory and tomato salad 12.50
Grotto Mixed Salad 12.50
CHF
Formentino salad with boiled egg, croutons and crispy bacon 15.-
Salad of auburn tomatoes 12.50
Assortment of grilled vegetables 18.-

First Dishes

CHF
Porcini mushroom and chestnut soup 18.-
Pumpkin flan with fondue and black truffle 18.-
Taglierini with porcini mushrooms 22.-
Risotto with luganighetta, porcini mushrooms, saffron and Merlot del Ticino 22.-
  CHF
Ravioli della Nonna with tomato sauce, butter, macaroons and raisins 22.-
Pizzoccheri Valtellinesi 23.-
Truffled pumpkin gnocchi 23.-

Main courses

  CHF

Alborelle with fries

24.-

Perch fillet with butter and sage

32.-

Pikeperch escalopes with potatoes, cherry tomatoes, capers and olives

34.-

Veal escalopes with creamy porcini mushrooms

38.-
CHF

Braised beef tenderloin, with porcini mushrooms and polenta

34.-
Veal liver Veneta style 32.-

Trifoliated porcini mushrooms, with polenta

32.-

Sliced venison fillet with porcini mushrooms

38.-

From the Grid

(subject to availability)

SWISS ANGUS BEEF CHF
Rib approx. 800/1000 gr. hg. 12.50
Fiorentina steak approx. 800/1000 gr. hg. 13.50

Specialties

CHF
Beef picaña Min. 2 pers. p.p. 42.-
Sliced beef entrecôte with Maldon salt and balsamic cream 39.-
Pork Luganighetta, homemade 24.-
Beef tenderloin 48.-
Beef chinoise Min. 2 per.
with homemade sauces, various side dishes, white rice and fries
served at a flat rate
p.p. 48.-

Polenta

CHF
Polenta and milk 10.-
Trifoliated porcini mushrooms with polenta 32.-
Polenta and creamy gorgonzola cheese 16.-

Desserts & Ice Creams

  CHF
Warm apple strudel with vanilla cream 12.-
Creme Caramel 10.-
Panna Cotta with marrons glacés 12.-
Strawberry Panna Cotta 10.-
Chestnuts glazed with cream and grappa 12.-
Semi-frozen cassata 9.-
CHF
Mascarpone cream tiramisu 11.-
Walnut ice cream with Nocino 12.-
Marrons glacés ice cream with rum 13.-
Fresh strawberries 9.-
Selection of sorbets 12.-
Semi-frozen meringue cake with chocolate sauce 9.-

Cheeses

CHF
Muggio Valley Büsciun 8.50
Piora Alpine Pasture Cheese 16.-
Formagella Grassa Crenga 12.-
CHF
Creamy Gorgonzola 12.-
Mixed cheese 22.-

Iva 7,7%  inclusa.