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The board on the long wooden table, up close: cheese, grapes, cured ham, mortadella, cut figs and crisp flatbread

Restaurant and lounge bar in Manno

From 6in the morningto oneat night.

Every day; weekends from 8am. And the kitchen doesn’t close.

Open now, until 1am

Centro Galleria 1 · Lugano Nord exit

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A whole day at La Bella Vita.

Two cappuccinos with hearts in the foam and a chocolate croissant, with La Bella Vita sugar sachets beside them
A cappuccino and a croissant on a terrace table, with a pot of lavender and flowers behind

Breakfast

from 6amSaturday and Sunday from 8am

Cappuccino and a croissant to start; in the warm months, on the terrace too.

Lunch

At lunch there are 6 options: 2 change every day, and every week there’s a Fit, a Gourmet, a Vegetarian and a Pinsa.

Spaghetti in tomato sauce twirled on a grey plate, with two caper berries on top

Lunch menu

The lunch options

The 2 that change every day

  • Option 1CHF 21

    Seasonal side salad · Fusilli with pumpkin cream, crispy sausage and Pecorino Romano · Dessert of the day

  • Option 2CHF 23

    Seasonal side salad · Burger served without a bun, fried egg, bacon, Grana Padano fondue and fries · Dessert of the day

All week

  • Gourmet optionCHF 23

    Swiss beef tartare with melting tomino cheese, glazed pear and Merlot reduction

  • Vegetarian optionCHF 21

    Crispy buffalo mozzarella stuffed with friarielli greens, olive powder, on a pool of San Marzano tomato sauce

  • Fit optionCHF 23

    Thai prawns, curried coconut milk, coloured rice, pak choi and vegetables

  • Pinsa of the weekCHF 23

    White base · Prague ham, tomato concassé and basil

Prices from the lunch menu. They may change.

All the lunch options

“…top lunch break. Fast service (nearly all of us are on our lunch break from work…)”

from a Google review, 2026Translated ·

Aperitivo

Aperitivo in Manno, at La Bella Vita: your glass comes with the house nibbles.

The long wooden table covered from end to end: cured meats, pinsa on boards, crates of bread, spoons of nibbles
The long table at aperitivo time: cured meats, pinsa on boards, crates of nibbles.

Aperitivo is what we do best.

“…the copious nibbles that accompanied my prosecco.”

from a Google review, 2025Translated ·
  • An amber cocktail with ice and orange peel among the wooden trays of nibbles
  • Small bowls of nibbles in rows on the bar: olives, nuts, crisps, taralli
  • Sparkling wine poured into a glass at a terrace table in the sun
  • The board up close: a cut fig, grapes, cured ham, cheese, a bowl of pickles and the crisp flatbread standing upright
  • Two glasses of rosé and a board of cheese and salami beside the window

Cocktails mixed to order, and to your taste.

On Fridays the aperitivo comes with a DJ set, and after dinner there’s dancing.

The bartender’s hands strain a red cocktail into a coupe
A round of cocktails lined up on the bar, no two alike, with bottles on ice behind
The long table laid for dinner: wine glasses, red runners and lit candles

Dinner

Dinner is à la carte.

  • Carbonara our way
  • Slow-cooked pork ribs
  • Salmon tartare
  • Spaghetti with clams
The full menu
A gratinated beef fillet on a blue plate, with a glass of red wine in the foreground

After dinner

until 1am

A cocktail after dinner, without going down to Lugano.

A red cocktail in a coupe on the dark bar, with the lights of the room behind
The long table laid, seen from its head: it runs to the far end of the room, under the black lamp

A single table, up to20seats.

For birthdays and group dinners.

Ask for the long table

4.4 on Google, 695 reviews.

A table at La Bella Vita

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The terrace in the sun: dark parasols, oleanders, wicker chairs and a barrel lettered La Bella Vita, palms and bamboo behind

From 6 in the morning to one at night.

Open now, until 1am

Hours
  • Monday–Friday 6am–1am
  • Saturday and Sunday 8am–1am

Open seven days a week.

Kitchen
Doesn’t close between lunch and dinner.
Address

Via Cantonale 6, 6928 Manno
Centro Galleria 1, ground floor

Directions
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Parking and bus
Parking at Centro Galleria 1 · “Manno, La Monda” bus stop 250 metres away