Restaurant in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Reliable Italian in a town of extremes.
Da Adriano holds two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024–2025) and a 4.9 on Google across 151 reviews, making it one of the most consistently rated Italian tables in St. Moritz. At €€€€ pricing it competes directly with Krone and sits just below Da Vittorio's starred Italian format. Booking is straightforward, and the seasonal menu shifts between winter and summer visits make a return trip genuinely worthwhile.
If you have already eaten at Da Adriano once, the question for a return visit is not whether the Italian cooking holds up — two consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024 and 2025) suggest it does — but whether the experience deepens on a second sitting. The answer is yes, particularly if you time your visit to match the season. Da Adriano is not a venue where a single meal exhausts the menu. It is a venue where the point of return is the point of the exercise.
Da Adriano sits at Via Mezdi 27 in St. Moritz, positioned in a town where Italian restaurants range from the hotel-polished formality of Da Vittorio - St. Moritz to the more relaxed register of Krone. Da Adriano occupies a specific mid-point: serious enough for a Michelin Plate two years running, grounded enough to score a 4.9 across 151 Google reviews, which is a high-volume positive signal rather than a curated handful. For a resort town that runs on short-stay visitors who rarely return the same evening, that consistency suggests a kitchen and front-of-house that are performing at a repeatable level, not coasting on scenery and altitude.
The atmosphere at Da Adriano reads warm rather than hushed. This is not the white-tablecloth silence of a three-star Swiss dining room , if you want that register, Ecco St. Moritz or Le Restaurant / Le Relais deliver it more deliberately. Da Adriano is conversational: the ambient energy allows you to hear the table beside you, and a full room carries a moderate hum. For a solo diner or a couple who want to talk through a meal without raising their voices, this is a workable noise level. For a group expecting a lively dinner, it suits. It does not suit guests seeking the controlled quiet of a tasting-menu-format room.
The €€€€ price tier places it at the leading of St. Moritz's pricing band, which is a high bar in a resort where CHF 50 pasta exists alongside CHF 400 tasting menus. At this tier, you are paying for Italian cooking with a Michelin-acknowledged standard of execution, in a town where the cost of doing business is reflected on every menu. The relevant comparison is not whether Da Adriano is expensive , it is , but whether it is expensive relative to its peers at the same price point. Against Da Vittorio - St. Moritz, which carries a Michelin Star and focuses on Italian seafood, Da Adriano likely represents a lower per-head spend for comparable Italian quality. Against Krone, also Italian at €€€€, the Michelin Plate and the review volume give Da Adriano a verifiable edge in documented quality.
St. Moritz operates on two distinct seasons , winter (December through March) and summer (July through August) , with shoulder periods that are genuinely quiet. The kitchen at Da Adriano, like any Italian operation in an Alpine resort town, will feel the pull of both. Italian cooking in the Alps tends to track seasonal produce shifts: winter menus lean into richer preparations suited to the cold, while summer cooking in the Engadin region draws on local dairy, herbs, and lighter preparations suited to the altitude and the warmth. A return visitor who ate at Da Adriano in January and returns in July will likely find a meaningfully different menu emphasis, even if the culinary framework is stable. This is the practical case for the return visit, and it is more grounded than novelty alone. If you are planning a trip specifically around dining, winter is the higher-energy season for St. Moritz overall, but summer offers a less crowded room and, typically, produce-driven menus that reward the visit on different terms. For an explorer travelling for food depth rather than resort atmosphere, the summer window is worth considering.
For context on where Da Adriano sits within Switzerland's broader Italian fine-dining picture: the Michelin Plate is a recognition of quality cooking below star level, consistent with venues like Maison Wenger in Le Noirmont in terms of tier positioning, and well below the three-star Swiss benchmark set by Hotel de Ville Crissier in Crissier or Schloss Schauenstein in Fürstenau. That framing matters for expectation-setting: Da Adriano is not a destination restaurant in the sense of warranting a special trip to St. Moritz on its own. It is, however, the kind of reliable, well-executed Italian that rewards you for being in St. Moritz, whichever season you arrive. For Italian at the same level outside Switzerland, 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana in Hong Kong or cenci in Kyoto show what the format can do when Italian cooking travels with serious intent , Da Adriano is operating in that same spirit, at resort scale.
Reservations: Booking difficulty is rated Easy , reservations are recommended, especially during the winter and summer peaks, but this is not a venue where you need to plan weeks in advance under normal circumstances. Address: Via Mezdi 27, 7500 St. Moritz, Switzerland. Budget: €€€€ , expect top-tier St. Moritz pricing. Awards: Michelin Plate 2024 and 2025. Rating: 4.9 / 5 (151 Google reviews). Dress: No formal dress code is listed, but the €€€€ tier and Michelin recognition suggest smart casual at a minimum; St. Moritz resort standards generally lean dressed-up rather than casual. Cuisine: Italian.
For the full picture of where to eat, drink, and stay around Da Adriano, see our full St. Moritz restaurants guide, St. Moritz hotels guide, St. Moritz bars guide, St. Moritz wineries guide, and St. Moritz experiences guide.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Da Adriano | €€€€ | Easy | — |
| Da Vittorio - St. Moritz | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Ecco St. Moritz | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Dal Mulin | €€€ | Unknown | — |
| Krone | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Le Restaurant / Le Relais | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide where to book.
Small to mid-size groups are feasible, but St. Moritz restaurants at the €€€€ price point tend to run compact dining rooms. For parties of six or more, call ahead — booking difficulty is rated Easy, so securing a table is not the obstacle; it's confirming they can seat your full group together. Larger private events are better suited to hotel-anchored venues like Da Vittorio.
St. Moritz sets an elevated baseline across its restaurant scene, and at €€€€ with two consecutive Michelin Plates, Da Adriano sits in that upper tier. Dress neatly — think dinner-ready rather than ski-resort casual. There's no documented strict dress code in the available data, but showing up underdressed in this market is a misstep.
Nothing in the venue data rules it out, and Italian restaurants at this level often have bar or counter seating that works well for solo diners. The Easy booking difficulty means you won't struggle to secure a single seat even during peak season. It's a more comfortable solo proposition than a formal omakase-style counter, but confirm seating options when reserving.
Specific menu formats are not documented in the available data, so it's not possible to give a direct verdict on a tasting menu here. What the two Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) do confirm is that the kitchen is executing at a consistent, recognised level. If Da Adriano offers a tasting format, the credentials support trying it — but verify the format and price when booking.
At €€€€ in St. Moritz, you are paying resort-market prices regardless of where you eat, so the comparison that matters is whether Da Adriano justifies its tier within the local field. Two consecutive Michelin Plates signal a kitchen that earns its position. For uncomplicated Italian cooking done to a recognised standard — without the added cost of a hotel dining room — it competes well against pricier alternatives in the same postcode.
Yes, with the right expectations. Two Michelin Plates and a €€€€ price point make it occasion-appropriate, and booking is Easy enough that you can actually secure a date you want. If you need a grander production — private rooms, full tasting menu theatre, sommelier tableside — Da Vittorio at the Carlton Hotel operates at a higher ceremony level. Da Adriano suits a celebratory dinner that doesn't require maximum formality.
Da Vittorio at the Carlton brings a brand-name Italian pedigree and higher ceremony, making it the obvious step up if budget is open. Ecco St. Moritz is the destination choice for contemporary European fine dining at the top of the local market. Dal Mulin offers a more grounded, local feel at a lower intensity. Krone and Le Restaurant / Le Relais fill out the mid-to-upper range with different formats. Da Adriano sits in the middle of this field: credentialled, accessible, and without the hotel premium.
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