Restaurant in Livigno, Italy
Four tables, two menus, commit or skip.
Téa del Kosmo is Livigno's most ambitious dining address: a four-table, Michelin Plate-recognised gourmet room above the Kosmo Taste the Mountain restaurant, serving two fixed tasting menus built on creative Alpine cooking. At €€€€, it is the right choice if you want the most formally structured meal in the resort — but the tasting-menu-only format means it suits committed diners, not flexible ones.
At the €€€€ price point, Téa del Kosmo is the most ambitious dining commitment you can make in Livigno — and for the right diner, it earns that spend. This is a four-table gourmet room tucked above the Kosmo Taste the Mountain restaurant, accessed by lift and then guided by staff to a space that reads as a modern Alpine chalet: clean wood, close quarters, and a deliberately intimate scale. If you came once and ordered the shorter menu, the longer tasting menu is the reason to return. Both showcase Alpine ingredients interpreted with a creative edge, and both are the only choices on offer — this is not a place to order à la carte.
The Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 puts Téa del Kosmo in a specific tier: consistent enough to be flagged by Michelin's inspectors, not yet at star level. That distinction matters for how you calibrate expectations. You are paying top-of-market Livigno prices for cooking that is genuinely ambitious , creative, Alpine-rooted, tasting-menu format , but the experience sits below full Michelin-starred destinations like Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler in Brunico in terms of technical ceiling. Within Livigno itself, however, this is the most formally structured fine dining available, and nothing else in the village operates at quite this level of intention.
The room's four-table capacity is the defining logistical fact here. It means the experience is genuinely quiet and unhurried, but it also means availability is tight relative to larger fine dining rooms. Booking is listed as easy by current standards, which is a function of Livigno's relatively contained visitor volume outside peak ski season , but do not interpret that as permission to leave it until the last minute during February half-term or late December. The online booking system lets you select between the two tasting menus at the point of reservation, which is a practical convenience worth noting: you are not committing blind.
Editorial angle here matters because it changes the value calculation significantly. At a venue with only two tasting menus and four tables, the menu format is fixed regardless of when you sit down , but the experience of the room shifts considerably between a winter lunch and an evening service. A daytime sitting in a mountain resort context has a different rhythm: you arrive from the slopes, the light through the chalet-style windows has a quality that an evening visit cannot replicate, and the meal functions as the centrepiece of the afternoon rather than an endpoint to the day. If you are in Livigno specifically during ski season, a lunch sitting at Téa del Kosmo is arguably the stronger choice , it gives you the full tasting menu experience without the pressure of timing it around evening resort activity, and the Alpine ingredient focus reads more coherently against a daylight mountain context.
Evening service offers the more conventional fine dining atmosphere: candlelight, a quieter building (the Kosmo restaurant below winds down), and a pace that suits a longer menu progression. If you are travelling as a couple celebrating something specific, dinner is the more obvious frame. For a group of regulars who have already done the evening format, switching to lunch on a return visit is the most practical way to experience the room differently without the menu itself changing substantially.
The comparison table below positions Téa del Kosmo against its closest Livigno peers on the metrics that matter for booking decisions.
| Venue | Price | Format | Booking Difficulty | Michelin Recognition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Téa del Kosmo | €€€€ | Tasting menu only | Easy | Plate 2024, 2025 |
| Stua Noa Fine Dining | €€€ | Modern Cuisine | Easy | Not listed |
| Al Persef | €€€ | Modern Cuisine | Easy | Not listed |
| Camana Veglia | €€€ | Modern Cuisine | Easy | Not listed |
| Kosmo Taste the Mountain | €€ | Alpine | Easy | Not listed |
Book Téa del Kosmo if you want the most formally structured dining experience available in Livigno, are comfortable committing to a tasting menu format, and are visiting during ski season when the Alpine ingredient focus of the menu aligns with the setting. The Google rating of 4.2 across 13 reviews is a small sample, but it reflects a room that has not generated strong dissent , for a four-table venue in a mountain resort, that is a reasonable signal of consistency.
If you have been once and did the shorter menu, the return case is clear: try the longer format. If you are on a first visit and uncertain about the price commitment at €€€€, consider Al Persef or Camana Veglia at €€€ as a lower-stakes entry point to Livigno fine dining before committing to the top tier. If budget is not the constraint but you want broader comparison context for Alpine creative cuisine in the region, Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler in Brunico operates at a higher Michelin level and is worth benchmarking against before deciding whether to upgrade your expectations entirely.
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Yes, with conditions. The four-table room, guided arrival via lift, and Michelin Plate-recognised tasting menus make this a genuinely occasion-worthy format. It works leading for couples or small groups who are comfortable with a fixed tasting menu rather than choosing freely from a carte. The €€€€ pricing signals a celebration-tier spend, and the intimacy of the room delivers on that. If your occasion involves a larger group, the capacity constraints mean you should check availability carefully and book as far ahead as possible.
There is no à la carte ordering here , your decision at the point of booking is which of the two tasting menus to select. Both focus on Alpine ingredients with a creative interpretation. If you are returning and did the shorter menu on your first visit, the longer format is the natural next step. First-timers should know going in that the menu choice is made online at booking, not at the table, so come with a preference already formed.
There is no bar dining option indicated for Téa del Kosmo. The room operates at four tables in a dedicated gourmet space separate from the Kosmo Taste the Mountain restaurant below. If you want a more flexible or informal experience in the same building, the Kosmo Taste the Mountain restaurant on the floor below is the practical alternative at a lower price tier.
No dress code is published, but the context makes smart-casual the sensible baseline. This is a Michelin Plate-recognised tasting menu room at the leading of Livigno's price range , arriving in ski gear would be out of register. Think of it the way you would dress for a formal dinner at a good Alpine hotel: neat, considered, but not black-tie. In a mountain resort setting, well-dressed casual (clean knitwear, smart trousers or a dress) is both appropriate and comfortable for a multi-course tasting menu.
At €€€€ in a ski resort context, it is worth it if you specifically want the tasting menu format and the most formally ambitious cooking available in Livigno. It is not worth it if you prefer à la carte flexibility, want a shorter meal, or are primarily looking for value. Compared to €€€ alternatives like Stua Noa Fine Dining or Al Persef, you are paying a premium for the Michelin recognition, the four-table intimacy, and the tasting menu structure. The double Michelin Plate (2024 and 2025) confirms inspectors agree the cooking justifies attention at this price level.
At one tier down in price, Al Persef, Camana Veglia, and Stua Noa Fine Dining all operate at €€€ with modern cuisine formats and greater flexibility than Téa del Kosmo's fixed tasting menus. For a more casual meal in the same building, Kosmo Taste the Mountain sits one floor below at €€. For broader context on the wider Italian fine dining scene, the full Livigno restaurants guide covers all current options.
The tasting menu format is the only way to eat here, so the question is really whether this style of dining suits your group. For two people who want a focused, unhurried meal with Alpine creative cooking, yes. The Michelin Plate signal confirms the menus are technically credible at this price. If you are comparing against Italy's broader creative tasting menu scene, venues like Osteria Francescana in Modena or Uliassi in Senigallia set a higher benchmark , but Téa del Kosmo's value proposition is the combination of that format with a genuinely intimate Alpine setting, not a competition with Italy's starred elite.
No specific dietary policy is published. Given the fixed tasting menu format and the four-table capacity, the practical advice is to flag any dietary requirements clearly at the point of booking , the online reservation system for a room this small almost certainly accommodates a notes field. Do not assume flexibility will be available at the table: at a two-menu-only venue, the kitchen needs advance notice to adjust a tasting progression. If your dietary requirements are complex, contact the venue directly before booking to confirm whether they can be accommodated.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Téa del Kosmo | Creative | €€€€ | Once you’ve left your car in the car park, take the lift to the third floor of this building, where you’ll find the Kosmo Taste the Mountain restaurant – from here, staff will accompany you to the gourmet Téa del Kosmo. “Téa” means chalet in Valtellina dialect and the impression here is of exactly that – a modern chalet with just four tables. When you book online you’ll be given the choice of two tasting menus, both of which showcase Alpine ingredients interpreted with a creative twist.; Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | Easy | — |
| Stua Noa Fine Dining | Modern Cuisine | €€€ | Unknown | — | |
| Kosmo Taste the Mountain | Alpine | €€ | Unknown | — | |
| Al Persef | Modern Cuisine | €€€ | Unknown | — | |
| Camana Veglia | Modern Cuisine | €€€ | Unknown | — |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
Yes, and it is one of the few venues in Livigno genuinely built for it. Four tables, two dedicated tasting menus, and two consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024, 2025) mean the format is calibrated for a deliberate, occasion-worthy meal rather than a casual dinner. If you want the most formally structured experience Livigno offers, this is the booking to make.
The menu is tasting-only — when you book online you choose between two set menus, both built around Alpine ingredients with a creative interpretation. There is no à la carte option, so the decision is which menu length or style suits your appetite. Commit to whichever menu aligns with how long you want to sit; both routes are the full experience.
No. With only four tables and a tasting-menu-only format, there is no bar seating or counter dining at Téa del Kosmo. If a more flexible, drop-in format works better for your evening, Kosmo Taste the Mountain on the floor below is the logical alternative — same building, lower commitment.
The setting is described as a modern chalet, which suggests a relaxed alpine aesthetic rather than a formal city restaurant, but the €€€€ price point and Michelin Plate status place it firmly above resort-casual. Dress as you would for a serious tasting-menu dinner: put-together, not a suit. Ski gear at the table would be out of place.
At €€€€ in a ski resort context, the value case depends on what you are comparing against. Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 confirms the cooking is consistently notable, and four tables with two structured menus means the experience is genuinely considered rather than volume-driven. If you are already spending at that level in Livigno, this is the better-justified spend versus a generic resort restaurant; if tasting menus are not your format, it is not worth forcing.
Kosmo Taste the Mountain sits directly below Téa del Kosmo in the same building and offers a less structured format at a lower commitment level. Camana Veglia is the reference point for traditional Livigno dining in a historic setting. Al Persef is worth considering if you want creative cooking without the full tasting-menu lock-in. Stua Noa Fine Dining is the closest peer in terms of formality.
Yes, if tasting menus are how you prefer to eat. The format here — two menus focused on Alpine ingredients with a creative angle, served across four tables — is designed for the format to do its job properly. Michelin Plate recognition two years running confirms the kitchen is executing at a level that justifies the commitment. If you resist tasting menus on principle, this is not the place to make an exception at €€€€.
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