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A raw langoustine and a red prawn on a white plate, between two lemon wedges

Choose it

at the counter in Maghetti.

Seafood restaurant and fishmonger’s in Lugano

You point to a fish on the ice, we weigh it, and the kitchen grills it, bakes it, fries it or serves it raw.

Monday to Saturday, lunch and dinner · closed on Sundays

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The counter

At the counter, you pay for what it weighs.

  1. A whole amberjack lifted by the head from the counter’s ice

    You choose

  2. A red prawn in a cook’s palm, head off, tail peeled

    We weigh

  3. A fish fillet laid in the pan of acqua pazza, among cherry tomatoes and potatoes

    We cook

  4. Evening plates at the table: the tartares served, a fillet set in a bowl, oil poured over the fish, the risotto

    At the table

The fish lies whole behind the counter’s glass.

Wild sea fish
13.50 per 100 g
Sea-farmed fish
9.50 per 100 g

Crustaceans are priced per 100 g too:

lobster and langoustines
16.50
king prawns
11.50
red prawns
19.50
carabinero prawns
29.50

Crustaceans come raw or grilled Catalan-style; the fish, the way you asked for it at the counter.

  • grilled
  • baked
  • fried
  • raw

Sides, 5.50 each:

  • salad
  • grilled vegetables
  • chips
  • sautéed potatoes

“You choose, we cook.”

All the counter prices
The fisherman’s fried seafood in blue-printed paper, with fried carrot and a sauce

From the menu

Fisherman’s fried seafood

34.50

It comes in a paper cone. Inside are squid, prawns, red mullet and vegetables.

Red prawns and open oysters on crushed ice with lemon, in the plateau’s steel bowl

Sailor’s seafood plateau

150.00

  • Fine de Claire oysters2
  • Gillardeau oysters2
  • red prawns2
  • langoustines2
  • king prawns2
  • tuna and salmon sashimi

Oysters by the piece

Fine de Claire
4.80
Gillardeau
6.50
See the menu
Linguine with clams on a blue-rimmed plate
Peppered mussels with a lemon wedge

The tasting menu

49.50per person, for 2 people or more

Starter
marinated anchovies, salt cod fritters, peppered mussels and a surprise from the chef
Pasta course
linguine with clams
Dessert
our home-made dessert

What guests say

4.6on Google, from 347 reviews

Travellers' Choice 2026 on Tripadvisor

Quartiere Maghetti, LuganoDirections

  • “light, non-greasy fried food, truly delicious”

    — from a Google review, 2026Translated ·

  • “They show you the different fresh catch of the day.”

    — from a Google review, 2026

  • “A special compliment goes to (…), who on every occasion has always been conscientious, professional, empathetic”

    — from a Tripadvisor review, 2026Translated ·
The fried seafood tipped from the basket onto paper: squid, fish and carrot threads
The fried seafood, straight out of the oil.
An old fisherman’s face painted across the whole dining-room wall; to the left, wicker lamps and a laid round table
The dining-room mural, retouched in April 2026.

The place

The counter was custom-designed by the Inarchi studio, which in 2021 turned “a completely empty shell” into a fishmonger’s with a kitchen.

Opened
May 2021
In the dining room
the “Lugano 2021” mural
The group
Spaghetti Gastro Group
Our story
The courtyard terrace by day: a blue-and-white striped umbrella under the big white parasols, a table laid with blue glasses, a plane tree and the buildings behind

The courtyard

You eat in the Quartiere Maghetti courtyard, among the buildings, 250 metres from Piazza della Riforma.

In summer under blue-striped umbrellas, in winter in the enclosed, heated veranda.

It is the Corte dei Sapori courtyard, shared with the Braceria Elvetica.

“…the restaurant is located in a quiet courtyard between the buildings”

— from a Google review, 2026
Directions
A cobalt-blue glass on a laid table on the terrace
A table on the terrace, with the blue glasses.

Book a table

The form reaches us even when we’re closed: the table is yours once we confirm it.

The veranda in the evening: the wicker lamps lit, blue glasses on the laid tables

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See you at Pesce Pazzo.