A charming Liberty-style terraced café dating to the early twentieth century surrounded by a lush private garden, Ceccato Garden Bar looks out over the old dock and the new lakeside promenade in Como, serving alfresco lunches, signature cocktails and live music to local and international clients.
A Villa d'Este project, after undergoing an entire restyling of the interior design and garden by Vincenzo Dascanio, the bar reopened in Spring 2024 with a concept inspired by the classic Italian cocktail bar.
Ceccato Garden Bar is a place to savour cosy daytime interludes and lively evenings centred on an idea in partnership with Giancarlo Mancino, one of the world’s best bartenders, which takes guests on a multisensory journey of colours and flavours.
The cocktail list is divided into four sections: Futurist, daring flavour fusions using unconventional spirits that explore the avant-garde essence of “polibibite”, as Tommaso Marinetti referred to cocktails in his 1932 book "La Cucina Futurista"; Classics, drinks that pay tribute to the past, in which every sip is a journey back in time and tradition; Signatures, with a dash of the contemporary in a blend of innovation and history; and the Aperitivo Collection, in homage to the timeless ritual of the aperitif.
An all-day menu designed by Michele Zambanini, Group Executive Chef of Villa d’Este and an ambassador of Italian food culture, accompanies the cocktail list. The food embodies the idea of “feeling at home”, based on memories and a celebration of Italian classics with international influences to expand the culinary offering and delight inquisitive taste buds.