Hotel & Ristorante Croce Federale

Lovely, quaint restaurant tucked into the pedestrian area of Bellinzona. Perfectly situated amongst the shopping district, it offers delightful cuisine and luscious beverages at a reasonable price. The service was attentive, friendly and thoughtful; the food was piping hot, considerable portions of heavenly fare; and the ambiance was comfortable, relaxed and intimate. Would definitely recommend and travel again.

We stayed for one night as we had an appointment near to Bellinzona. Even though the hotel is very noisy (and we had the room directly on the kitchen side) we were still able to sleep well because the beds and the ambience were great. |We decided to book dinner directly in the hotel restaurant and that was a very good decision. The pizza and penne were delicious. Thanks and congratulations to the kitchen! The service was friendly and professional! And the breakfast was simple but sufficient and very good. Big thanks to Paola from the breakfast service and check out for her cordial manner! She is a real sunshine!||Conclusion: The hotel has somewhat thin walls but everything else, employees, owners, food, service, friendliness, etc. were perfect!!! It is honest and true friendliness and not fake. We would visit the hotel again! (But a different room)|Thank you for everything! - Nicoletta

This was one of me and my friend’s favorite restaurants we stopped at during a 10 day trip to Europe. I was able to get the best gluten-free pizza I’ve ever had in my life. I had the Olivia. It was so delicious. Additionally, the service was great.

The restaurant presented with a vivid Christmasy decoration!. This combined with good Italien food of highly quality rendered it impeccable ! All wrapped up in a good price package !

I loved this hotel my room looked out at a rock face and so I felt like I was in nature instead of in the city. The room was quiet and super clean no mold. I was able to sleep with my windows open in the middle of Sumer with no noise. The reception was super helpful and lent me an adapter so I could plug my phone charger in.

It is always a great pleasure for us to stay at this hotel and enjoy the excellent food. 🤩 Thank you for the great kindness; Olivia and Gabriele are always smiling and ready to help with everything ☺️

Very friendly waiters, amazing pizza. The "olivia" was delicious!

We stayed there for one night and it was fine. The location is very convenient, but the room was a bit small for the three of us. It was very limited or none at all in terms of accessories/amenities. No elevators to get to the rooms, so if you have problems using stairs; I would not recommend to stay there. It was fine for us. We enjoyed the restaurant and the view from the hotel. The staff was very friendly to us.

Happened by here for lunch and sat outside in a lovely garden. The place is Italian but with a dose of Swiss. We had pizzas and both were great and as good as amy place in Italy. The staff is attractive and very attentive. There seemed to be a nice mix of locals and tourists. Overall a very pleasant lunch.

Note: this review is ONLY for the restaurant. We stopped by here for dinner before taking our train back to Zurich. My friend was really craving pizza and this place had a nice selection of pizzas and was at walking distance from the station, so we decided to check it out. The decòr was a little cliché of places that are trying too hard to appear Italian (one look at the checkered red and white tablecloths and I joked that I felt like I had been thrown into Lady and The Trump) but the restaurant has an interesting placement as it's nestled against a wall of rock and big windows, and I liked that. The pizzaiolo was Italian, which is always a plus :-) Alas, one look at the menu and I knew that unlike in Italy, there would be very little for me to eat here, as in Switzerland Celiac awareness is so low as to be practically non-existent. Add to that the fact that I cannot have most nightshades either (peppers, eggplant, raw tomatoes) and it eliminated 95% of the menu. I opted for the seafood risotto; my friend ordered a salad and a pizza Napoli. The service was quick, efficient and friendly and for that I would give them 4 stars. The salad came in a bowl (nice portion) and had a nice mix of fresh and crisp veggies. The risotto and the pizza were brought out once the salad plate was taken away (once again, good service); very nice presentation. The rice was perfectly cooked and the risotto creamy; however it was sorely lacking both in salt and in seafood flavor. The seafood was rubbery, which means it had been overcooked, and not very flavorful. I understand that of course they'd have to use frozen seafood, and this was a nice mix; it just really showed poor skill in cooking seafood. At 27 francs a plate, I expected a bit better. I couldn't taste the pizza myself, however the crust looked great: fairly thin, crispy at the edges, well-cooked but not dry; plenty of mozzarella but not so much that it sagged heavily in the middle and overpowered everything else. My friend seemed pleased :-) This seems like a good place to go for a pizza night and I would definitely recommend it for that (assuming there were no Celiacs in the group); however as I have to rate everything, I can't go above 2, maybe 2 1/2 stars. Though I will say that I might return and give them a chance to make a better impression with one of the meat dishes :-)

All they had was pizza and salad during the day, the pizza was good but just average, nothing you can't get back on the states, I had hoped it would be as good as Italy but sadly not. Small portions of anything containing alcohol or even water was an upcharge. I would look elsewhere for Italian food unless you don't care.

The food was ok, but nothing special. We had mushroom risotto (pretty good), battered fish with rice (tastier than it looked) and pizzas (mediocre). The presentation was quite boring and overall the chef seems to be a bit uninspired. The restaurant was full, but that's probably due the good location rather than the quality of the food. On the plus side, the waitresses were friendly and attentive.