Pizzoccheri della Valtellina
Buckwheat ribbons, savoy cabbage, potatoes and melting Valtellina cheese, baked the mountain way. The dish of the valley — and of the house.
Sondrio · Valtellina · Family run
A family table in the heart of the mountains
Albergo Il Gembro — restaurant & hotel on Via Gorizia, two minutes from Sondrio's station. Owner-chef Roberto's pizzoccheri, bresaola and Valtellina wines, and 11 simple, spotless rooms for the night.
3.8 · 95 Google reviews Owner-chef Roberto 11 rooms · garden · bar
Benvenuti a casa
Since day one, a family affair
Il Gembro is the Swiss stone pine, the tree of the Valtellina mountains — and a fitting name for the small hotel & restaurant a family has always run at number 14, Via Gorizia. In the kitchen, owner-chef Roberto cooks the valley's classics the way a host should: buckwheat pizzoccheri, air-dried bresaola, cheeses from the high pastures, wines from vineyards that cling to the mountainside.
Upstairs, eleven simple, cheerful rooms — clean beds, a warm garden to sit in, free WiFi, and a safe corner for motorbikes and bikes. Cyclists, walkers and travellers have been stopping here for years; most of them leave with a recipe and a story.
- Family-run restaurant & 1-star hotel, in the family for generations
- Local produce from Valtellina farmers & cheesemakers
- Two minutes from the station, near the hospital and the piazza
"Top. Roberto numero uno." — Michelangelo, a regular
- Rooms
- 11
- From station
- 500 m
- Google reviews
- 95+
- Kitchen
- Mon–Sat
I piatti della casa
What the valley eats, we cook
Roberto's kitchen is built on the Valtellina classics — the dishes guests quote back to us years later.
Bresaola & mountain cheeses
Air-dried Valtellina bresaola, Casera and Bitto from the alpine herds — antipasti that taste of the high pastures.
Tiramisù & orangecello
Coffee, cocoa and mascarpone — finished with a glass of our homemade orangecello. A guest from Scotland still talks about it.
Perché Il Gembro
Small comforts, honestly done
The owner at the stove
Roberto cooks, serves and chats — a host first, a chef always. Regulars simply say: "Top, Roberto numero uno."
Valtellina on the plate
Pizzoccheri, bresaola, Casera and Bitto — produce from the valley's farmers and cheesemakers, cooked fresh daily.
Motorbike & bike parking
A secured spot out the back for two wheels — a guest favourite on the classic Stelvio and Valtellina tours.
Private garden & bar
An aperitivo in the garden after the Castello Masegra and the old town — the best way to end a Sondrio day.
Free WiFi & luggage room
WiFi throughout, baggage storage and parking on site — arrive early, leave late, keep it easy.
Small pets welcome
The family dog agrees: small four-legged companions are welcome to stay and dine too.
Dicono di noi
Guests who come back
"Stayed here 2019. Owner chef was a fantastic host; motorcycle secured round the back. Carbonara, tiramisu and orangecello — one of my favourite places to stay on the trip."
Johnny McMaster
Greetings from Scotland · Google review
Orari
When the table is set
- Monday – Saturday 11:00 – 15:00 · 19:00 – 24:00
- Sunday Closed
- Hotel Check-in 10:00 – 21:30 · Check-out 08:00 – 10:00
Takeaway: call before 10:00 am and your dish will be ready for collection at your chosen time.
Come find us
Via Gorizia 14 · 23100 Sondrio (SO)
500 m from Sondrio station, a few steps from the hospital and on the bus line to Bormio and Mordegno · private parking & motorbike corner.
Prenota
A table, a room — one phone call
We're an old-fashioned place: booking is by phone, and it's answered by a real person — sometimes the chef himself. Tell Roberto what you're hungry for.
