Orchidea - Menu

When we’re back in Varese we are coming to have dinner here fore sure. Great staf and great food, wine and coffee.

The pizze were very good, the restaurant is nice. The service was extremely slow. The waitors are very good in ignoring their guests.

Nice Restaurant in the heart of Varese. Very good selection and quality of meat, seafood, pasta and pizza. Fair prices and friendly staff.

gennaro è sempre.una garanzia di qualità, calore umano e atmosfera serena. un'ottima cena di pesce, deliziosa e basata su prodotti di alto livello. lo chef si conferma architetto del migliore catalano in tutta la provincia. un plausion anche a cristiano per la grande professionalità. Bene.

Ho pranzato con un amico ieri. Altre volte ho frequentato il locale di gennaro e signora (che ho conosciuto per dieci anni,) ha sempre mangiato bene, se si decide per pesce o carne. fantastico pasticcio napoletano alla fine, come dessert. Raccomando una visita a...rilascio lo spirito! Grazie.

The staff were very friendly and humorous, and the food we had were all quite good. One cockle in my vongole had sand in it, but that's common risk one has to take for shellfish I guess. They have tables outside which we liked a lot. They have a lot of options for pizza, but not many for pasta.

Varese is full of tourists and thats why I 've decided to write in English .... I am a regular costumer here to Gennaro at the Orchidea restaurant for the last 25 years or more......and every time eating here means relax and quality. Comfortable with a very nice outdoor garden. Really fantatic pizza and italian top cuisine is what you can find here. Have a nice holiday and be able to reserve you a relax moment of course for dinner or lunch with an italian bottle of wine..

Our maxim is always “step off the beaten track” and so it proved in Varese. Nestled up a side street behind the very imposing Ristorante Orchidea is the Orchidea Il Retro. Very unassuming, but packed with locals when you entered. Immediately met by the smiling Maitre d’ we were ushered to a table with quiet efficiency. Menus delivered, he left us to peruse in peace, while effortlessly pandering to the needs of about 20 locals. We had pizza, since we have not tried any this trip and we want to save ourselves for later. Just as well we did ! They were enormous and delicious, perfectly cooked with quality ingredients. We had a litre of the house white what a good choice. Only €9 for a litre of...

To be honest we walked into this place as the most known pizzeria's close by (Capri Bella Napoli were fully booked but oh boy were we pleasantly surprised with the food and the service! We decided to share some starters and all were great but the tuna tartare was absolutely sublime. Two of us then went for the Paccheri con Astice (large maccheroni type pasta with half a lobster and the other two for fish with a side order of grilled vegetables and oven potatoes. All of the above was washed down with a perfectly chilled Falanghina from the cellars of Mastroberardino. The aw's did not end there. We completed the meal with a home made dessert. I'm not one for dessert after dinner as frequently...