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The kitchen at Bivio at work: mussels tossed in the pan, the pizzaiolo stretching and throwing the dough, a seafood salad dressed with oil, a pizza set down at the pass

Seafood restaurant and pizzeria in Manno

Sea or oven?At Bivio, both.

Seafood and pizza from the wood-⁠fired oven, in Manno.

Closed nowwe reopen tomorrow at 9.30am

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This way, the sea.

24 seafood dishes on the menu.

A seafood starter platter at the pass: salmon, shrimps and octopus in scallop shells, a king prawn, mussels and crisp bread; behind it, an octopus carpaccio

  • Bivio starter25.–

    The one that bears the house’s name.

  • Peppered mussels and clams18.–

  • Ligurian-style octopus21.–

  • Fisherman’s mixed fried seafood29.50

  • Spaghetti with lobster28.–

A plate of spaghetti with lobster, the lobster split in half, cherry tomatoes and basil, carried by one of Bivio’s waiters
Spaghetti with lobster

That way, the oven.

On Thursdays, every pizza on the menu is11.–

One of Bivio’s pizzas with tomato, mozzarella, anchovies and capers, just out of the oven, on a stack of plates at the pass

47 pizzas on the menu.

  • Margherita12.–

    Tomato and mozzarella, from the wood-fired oven.

  • Romana14.–

    Tomato, mozzarella, anchovies, capers.

  • Frutti di mare19.–

    Tomato, seafood.

A star of pizza dough with oregano, on a sheet of white paper
The focaccia stella

And where they meet: the pignattata.

A pignattata: a dome of pizza dough broken open over spaghetti with mussels, clams, a prawn and cherry tomatoes
A pignattata

Pignattata29.–

Giant trofie with lobster, mussels, clams, cuttlefish and prawns.

The whole menu, with prices
Seven seafood dishes with strawberries and passion fruit, on blue plates, lined up at the pass and ready to go out

At the table

‘The waiters make you laugh, and you always leave with a smile on your lips and a full belly’

Google, 2025Translated ·

‘Excellent food and generous portions. Very fair prices.’

Google, 2026Translated ·

‘Kind, playful and professional staff.’

Google, 2024Translated ·

4.3 on Google, from 723 reviews.

From October 2026 there is a new private room, the saletta.

‘To host your happiest moments’: birthdays, company lunches and dinners.

Request a date for the saletta
The renovated saletta: laid wooden tables, a lit lamp, grey woven chairs and the lettering on the white wall
The saletta
The glazed veranda by day, with its timber beams and the tables laid
And then three rooms, with the glazed veranda; outside, tables under the gazebos.

Hours, phone, parking

Address
Via Cantonale 37, MannoDirections
Phone
091 604 61 39Call
Hours
Monday–Saturday 9.30am⁠–⁠3pm and 5.30pm⁠–⁠midnightKitchen 11.45am⁠–⁠2pm and 6pm⁠–⁠10pmClosed on Sundays
Takeaway
To take away too: order by phone.Call
Groups and the saletta
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Parking and bus
Free parking · bus stop ‘Manno, Uovo di Manno’ 150 metres away
BivioVia CantonaleBus · Uovo di MannoA2 Lugano Nord© OpenStreetMap contributors