Grand Café al Porto

This place looks like a bakery from a fairy tale. The baked goods are so beautiful and delicious. We ordered a round fruit cake and enjoyed it while strolling around piazza riforma.

Homemade Pasta and desserts that make it a must for anyone living in or visiting Lugano on a day trip. Always busy but worth the wait for any of the lunch items as well as any of the pastries and desserts. When working in Lugano went several times with colleagues during lunch.

Charming, beautiful little coffee shop. It’s a bit pricy but the food is excellent and the service is also great. For diner you can go inside. For pastries, order inside and sit outside — which is what we did. Try their specialties!

Perfect place to stop by for a pause after exploring Lugano. We came in and saw all the beautiful pastries and just started picking them out before we sat down to order drinks. A list of the things we ordered:
Tronchetto — this looked like a small chocolate roll. It was delicious… hints of passion fruit and mango wrapped in chocolate on top of a crispy cookie/​wafer. It was the most priciest of the bunch but really worth the try.
Cannoncino — resembled a cream filled lobster tail
Torta Ricotta Panna — ricotta cake
Stellina St. Honore — puff pastry star with pastry cream (there was also a hint of alcohol)
Stellina Natalizia — puff pastry star with pastry cream and berries
Torta Castagne — chestnut cake
Toast Salmone — salmon topped toast with a sweet glaze on top
Between 5 of us, the bill came out to 61.4 franc, including a cappuccino, green tea, and a caffe latte. Definitely try to take a break in between exploring in this café!

beautiful little café in the center for a charming little city. best place in town to have a nice hot chocolate and cake.
looks nice! like from the movies :)
p. s. its on a walking street in the middle of town so don’t ask about parking places!