The best restaurants Milan

Located on the edge of the Navigli, this restaurant welcomes you in a quiet and romantic atmosphere. The traditional cuisine is served with traditional dishes, such as the famous carbonara à or the della chocolate foam. A wide choice of Italian wines and a wide variety of breads for this establishment with warm welcome and design.

A historic two-star address, thanks to the Moroni family's passion for sourcing ingredients and developing recipes. Aimo and Nadia, having built up an empire, are no longer at the stove themselves, but two new toques continue the tradition, offering Italian dishes in modern fashion. The inventiveness of the dishes (such as the chestnut, almond and truffle tart with Jerusalem artichokes and egg yolk cream) is of the highest quality. The elegant, sober dining room is decorated with contemporary works of art.

Not far from the Stazione Centrale, in Isola's district, a Milanese osteria where local artists take place. You may find it difficult to understand them because they speak only in the dialect of the Milanese dialect, but fortunately, within the owners'couple who provide the service, Mrs French speaks. The atmosphere is simple, but the dishes are fine. It is a place where you can enjoy specialities from Milanese and Lombardia (risotto giallo con gli, cassoeula, bruschette, minestrone, trippa alla milanese, etc.), all with regional wines. The location is small, but a lovely terrace in the garden is set up for up to 50 people.

Traditional Milanese cuisine in this trattoria on the Navigli. The main asset of this restaurant is the atmosphere… very, very lively and cheerful. Every evening you can witness a small concert of meneghina music and breathe the mocking and lewd atmosphere of the former Milanese breweries.

Its situation is ideal because it is right behind the Duomo. A gourmet restaurant, very chic, very class (large white tablecloths, chandeliers, classical music, servers on their 31). An original card with a wide choice of home made fresh pasta (like bread), atypical dishes like the famous pepper crust or more typical, such as the Milanese taste menu. A good wine cellar. Il Rosa therefore offers you a perfect meal, framework and service. Very good value for money!

In a refined setting, restaurant Il Calvi wants to allow the gourmet to taste innovative cuisine but whose essence remains classical. The wine list which presents a very good selection of Italian wines complements a blank array of defects.

Recently opened, a restaurant on the Navigli that immediately enjoyed a great success among Milan intellectuals and young romantic couples. As its name indicates, it is a place where to talk calmly. The kitchen is a mixture of regional Italian and international dishes. Booking recommended.

This restaurant is located in an old post office agency dating back to the th century. A large winter garden surrounds it and hosts a terrace in summer. In winter, you can eat on old tables near three beautiful chimneys and light candles. Try the duck magret stuffed with foie gras, specialty of the Lomellina (region southwest of Milan, see heading "La Lomellina"). The wine list is very rich, with more than 200 Italian wines but also French.

Another renowned pizzeria in Milan. It's perhaps the one where there is the widest choice of pizzas, all very original and tasty.

If you've decided to eat only pasta, you'll find your happiness in this restaurant. An exceptionally varied choice and serving portions more than copious. Meat and fish are prepared for the wood fire.

Where are the Neapolitan eating in Milan? At Rino. This pizzeria scrupulously respects the Neapolitan tradition and, therefore, serves the best pizza, the most famous of the city, in short, the most fabulous. The secret? It is made by the most decorated pizzaioli in the country.

Exposed beams and some small coffee tables make the garden of this bar a little rustic, but the panini there are delicious and the almost infinite choice: 160 varieties, including panini to fruit!

Excellent cuisine in the Milanese tradition, prepared with great taste and imagination. The atmosphere is very friendly because this restaurant is attached to the Catholic University and therefore frequented by many students.

Close to the green spaces of the stadium and the racecourse of San Siro, Nearco is a true oasis of peace, in a villa surrounded by gardens and ideal for a romantic dinner. Entirely dedicated to Cavalier rider, this huge restaurant serves traditional Milanese cuisine and all varieties of pasta, fish or vegetarian dishes and offers a fine selection of wines from the country. Impeccable service, the lobby with its «Liberty» bar in the reading and relaxation room, the two thematic rooms of the restaurant and its private lounge with billiard room and cigar-house.

In the purest Neapolitan tradition! The atmosphere is very lively around the large wooden fire, where an army of pizzaioli hastens to manufacture and cook the pizza you chose on a very long list.

An address launched by two Milanese hipsters with a passion for New York street-food. In a very underground setting, we sit down to bite into burgers and American-style maxi-steaks. Among the cult dishes, the Deli Fried Chicken Burger with fried chicken and the Beyond Veggie Burger (based on "vegetable" meat for vegetarians), fries and mutton chops with barbecue sauce. Special mention for the potato and sesame bread buns. A gastronomic address made in Usa.

This is one of the most sensational addresses in the Milanese restaurant business. Not only is the Giacomo's team (famous gastronomic sign of Via Pasquale Sottocorno) in charge of the ovens, but its setting is certainly unbeatable: the terrace of the Museum del Novecento overlooking Piazza del Duomo. The meals are exquisite, the service impeccable and the view unobstructed. A small sitting room and the counter are available for those who would like an aperitif, served with small fried vegetables and fruits of the forest to peck at.

This is the oldest fishmonger's shop in Milan! Since 1935, a good part of the seafood has been arriving on the table of the Milanese, first through the Pescheria Spadari. It is now possible to enjoy shellfish and crustaceans, but also fried fish, lemon grills and risotto with prawns, on the go at noon, on the few tables or at the counter between the iced displays where the fish are displayed. The Fish Burger is a great success, replacing meat with a tuna, salmon or swordfish burger.

Almost hidden in the maze of alleys of the beautiful district of the 5 Vie, between Sant'Ambrogio and Piazza Cordusio, a tiny address with a very green attitude. Fruits, vegetables and cereals are exclusively organic, all very healthy, very fresh. Quick to order and to taste, with a very low environmental impact. Wide choice of soups, smoothies, sandwiches, but also pasta or quinoa salads, chicken, salmon or vegetable and cheese rolls... A fast-food restaurant where you can fill up on vitamins. Everything can be delivered to your home and sold to take away.

This large Milanese covered market is part of the project to redevelop the entire Darsus, at the mouth of the old Navigli. The market has become a real market, where you can find seasonal fruit and vegetables (from grapes to oranges), cheeses, sausages, eggs, hot bread, meat, rice, organic products, local wines, fresh pasta and honey. What's nice is that the merchants offer small snacks and even aperitifs at any time of the day. To pick up on the go: fish brochettes, burgers, or cheese with a good glass of wine.

Small bistro within walking distance of Porta Romana, where the pasta reign as a queen and is treated consequently. Rigorously fresh and produced on the spot, "its majesty" is used accompanied by stew as rabbit, cheek of pork, pesto sauce and prawns, octopus or of anchovies and tomatos cherries. Some enticing suggestions of meat and fish also, for portions which privilege quality with the quantity.

A few wooden tables a little too close together and pizzette al tegamino (small pizzas in their mould) baked in an electric oven, this is what you will find at Meucci, located one street away from Castello Sforzesco. The pizzettes are deliciously thin and crunchy, despite appearances, as evidenced by the fact that the address has been open to the public since the 1960s. And although the legendary owners have handed over to new managers, the flavours are still there. Kids will love it, grown-ups will love it!

Everything that arrives on the table of this bistro is steamed on the spot: meat, fish and vegetables are served in small wooden baskets that are very environmentally friendly. But there's no shortage of fresh offerings like the Life Bowls: bowls bursting with mango, goji berries, bananas, agave, maracuja, granola and other vitamin-rich freshness. Smoothies, macedonies and pressed fruit are also on the menu. About sixty seats distributed over two floors in a functional, linear facility, perfect for lunch break.

A deep-fried paradise with a very Trainspotting atmosphere. Everything is fried, everything is good and everything is cheap (from €5 for a fry). The secret is in the fried dough, which, with the right flour, is cooked in the right oil at the right temperature. On the menu: shrimp, cod, chicken nuggets, but also zucchini flowers, eggplant and cordon bleu. Fries are a logical accompaniment, to be dipped in a choice of over 50 different sauces. To drink, a selection of 16 craft beers.

Since the 1960s, the temple of the panino has been located in this small bar-bistro in the Porta Romana neighborhood. More than 150 varieties of sandwiches with extravagant fillings seduce office workers as well as spectators of the nearby Carcano theater. However, the change in management has robbed this charming address of its original authenticity. But the panini are epic, and at lunch or dinner, you'll leave satisfied and full. Try theAugusto, a panino that you eat with a spoon. To discover...

This brewery takes its name from the pesa, an old measuring system for goods, placed in front of the entrance. Three wooded rooms, where you can breathe the scent of Milan of yesteryear, welcome you to the same place where Ho Chi Minh was said to have liked to come and eat. The kitchen offers a Milanese meal according to the rules of the art: saffron risotto, breaded chop and nervetti salad (small veal nerves) that will leave you with excellent memories. In season mushroom recipes.

This brasserie has an air of France about it, yet it's in the best Milanese tradition. At the entrance, an old zinc counter welcomes you, while in the dining room, close-knit tables, wooden chairs and old posters on the walls set the tone for a very pleasant space. On the menu, an excellent breaded Milanese cutlet and exquisite homemade desserts such as gelato al forno. Also a pizzeria, the olive paste pizza is surely one of the tastiest and most original.

A Milan classic that never disappoints. Much frequented by journalists at the nearby Corriere della Sera headquarters, Rigolo offers tasty and careful Tuscan-inspired cuisine. In an elegantly classic setting, the "bourgeois" address is reminiscent of a Sunday meal. Very good fish dishes and legendary bolliti misti (meat and vegetables boiled in broth) served only on Thursdays (lunch and dinner) and only between October and February, with exquisite sauces as an accompaniment. Reservation recommended.

In the minimal and chic universe of Armani, a Japanese restaurant could not miss… In the heart of the Quadrilatera de la Mode, in the concept store of the Milanese designer, it is the ideal place for a sushi break (but also tempura, sashimi and bento) after a day of shopping. Stop on the ground floor and enjoy a drink at the «designissime» bar-lounge. 

This restaurant is an old railwaymen's canteen, a meeting place for employees of the nearby Stazione Centrale. Today, it serves tasty cuisine based on the culinary traditions of various Italian regions, such as spaghetti with sardines or goose in prune sauce. Special mention goes to the cheeses and charcuterie. The address is also famous for its Art Nouveau setting, in particular the Salle Liberty, a large function room that hosts monthly tango evenings.

A simple, unpretentious place, but in the space of a few years, has become very fashionable among the good Milanese society. Frequented by celebrities such as Miuccia Prada and Adriano Celentano, you can enjoy a healthy and tasty cuisine with a small touch of Tuscan specialities. Very good pizza too.

A pizzeria among the best known of the Navigli. Pizza, very fine and wide, is enough to satisfy the most ferocious appetites. Several types of pizzas are proposed, some adapted to various intolerances: white pizza (without tomato sauce), gluten free pizza, lactose-free, and even pizza flour.

In the fourns for twenty years, a sympathetic couple of Trieste, great collectors of cutters and small liqueur glasses whose copies adorn the rooms. Their cuisine vogue between Milanese tradition with a French touch and Italian regional specialties. The atmosphere is young and very friendly.

A little corner of Rome in the heart of Milan. This restaurant has already won over a loyal following of diners who can't get enough of its informal, dolce vita trattoria atmosphere. Two courses in the evening, under the supervision of the owner who arrived in Milan with the ambition of promoting Roman cuisine, in two small, discreetly lit rooms where every evening, recipes from the capital put on a show: bucatini all'amatriciana, spaghetti cacio e pepe, baked abbacchio, saltimbocca à la romaine, artichokes à la juive and many more...

A few steps from the Roman ruins of Via Moriggi, an ancient osteria dating back to the 1920 s with its original home. It sounds in a cellar, which is true because this place is mostly a oenothèque. There are also exceptional Italian sausage plates and a few hot dishes like the traditional maccheroni al.

A small room, once a dairy, now converted into a bistro and now the kingdom of Chef Arturo. A very busy place, especially for journalists from the neighbouring Corriere della Sera . A family run business that offers daily traditional dishes such as stewed pasta, bean soup, but also a lot of vegetables such as this cauliflower served with rice, and roast veal with zucchini juice. The organic wine can be drunk well; a reproach, its position in the heart of Brera has let the prices on the menu go up somewhat.

A tasteful decor, fast service and a tempting menu make this pizzeria a sure bet in Milan's Porta Venezia district. It always sells out, especially at weekends, so be sure to make a reservation. The Neapolitan dough pizzas, made with quality ingredients, are succulent and well worth discovering. We particularly like the giolina, a pizza with eggplant and parmesan. At the end of the meal, we recommend you indulge in a tiramisù, which is delicious here.

At Miscusi's, the pasta served is fresh, and you can admire the pastry chef at work! You will be asked to choose the type of pasta you want(trofie, tagliatelle, paccheri...) , and your sauce before adding any ingredients such as burrata or crushed nuts. And if you prefer to rely on the know-how of the cooks, take a look at the specialities of the day on the slate. A friendly atmosphere and very affordable prices, we can only recommend. Four other addresses in Milan, including one at the Stazione Centrale.

On the side of Cimitero Monumentale, a nice gourmet stop for those who would like to escape from the culinary world. The tradition of ramen (a soup of Japanese origin) is offered here in all its splendor. However, the ingredients are all Italian, sourced from small producers. Thus the fine and soft noodles of the ramen are prepared by hand with wheat of the Botte. Cooked in beef broth (or seaweed for vegetarians), the result is divine. Another specialty is gyoz (Japanese ravioli) with pork and fermented cabbage.

Here's a contemporary kebab with a vegan spirit, but not only. On site or to take away, it serves hearty wraps filled with seasonal salad, eggplant, pomegranate, tomato, hard-boiled egg and mayonnaise, accompanied by fries. This is followed by falafels, humus, babaganoush, salads and other carefully prepared specialties from the gastronomic lands of the Mediterranean. You can also personalize your sandwich by choosing the type of bread, sauce and filling. Place your order at the counter and wait for a call to collect your meal.

Zibo was born a few years ago as a food-truck, before becoming this charming little restaurant not far from Sant'Ambrogio. The menu changes according to the season, and features traditional Italian recipes, often revisited, and always prepared using traditional methods. On our visit, we particularly liked the squash, amaretti and mostarda ravioli. The setting is warm and inviting, with seating for around 30 and an open kitchen, and the service is friendly. An address to discover in the neighborhood.

In Milan, the panino is an institution. You'll find sandwich shops everywhere. Among them, Panini Durini. Here you can choose from a wide range of sandwiches made with fresh produce: speck, raw ham, cooked ham, aubergines in oil, burrata, mozzarella... Vegetarian sandwiches are also on the menu. A dessert offer with waffles and stuffed buns and a good cafeteria service, but also nice fresh fruit. Recommended for a lunch on the go. Several other addresses in Milan, check out the website

Just a stone's throw from the Navigli (a ten-minute walk), you'll find this genuine Milanese canteen, which welcomes local employees and regulars every lunchtime. A local address where prices are low but quality is high: what more could you ask for? On the other hand, it's best not to be in a hurry, as the queue can get pretty long. The atmosphere is friendly, almost family-like. The homemade desserts are particularly delicious. Make sure you're still hungry, as the portions are generous!

A historic pizzeria in the Chinatown district, on Via Paolo Sarpi. Here you'll be served the famous "pizza al trancio", a slice of pizza fresh from the oven. This pizza, very different from the well-known Neapolitan pizza, is so hearty that it's sold by the slice. The locals love it! At Giuliano's, the base is always a margherita. You can enjoy it as is, or add ham or olives, which are available as extras... To eat in or take away, it's a must in Milan!

In the heart of Chinatown, this Asian street food is all the rage. The premises are tiny and the queue is always very long. The choice is limited, the quality of the raw materials irreproachable, and the Chinese ravioli are to die for! Beef and leek, pork and cabbage or chopped vegetables: the choice is yours! We also recommend the crêpes, especially the spicy vegetarian one, which is delicious. Cooking classes to learn how to make Chinese ravioli are also offered by Agie Zhou (see website).

Without any doubt an address to remember, just in front of the Bosco Verticale. The kitchen, open non-stop from morning to night, mixes Spanish and French influences and honors quality Italian products. The menu changes every day according to the season. The trendy industrial decoration makes it a pleasant place for a break at any time of the day. And if you're around early in the morning, you can also have a sweet or savory breakfast.

Not far from the Duomo, in the heart of the historic centre, welcome to one of the Pascucci cafés. For some, it is one of the best cafés in the city and for good reason, they make and sell their own coffee. It is therefore an excellent address from sunrise for a caffeinated breakfast with pastries. During the day, you can also come and enjoy their excellent nougat or the famous panettone. We still recommend the inevitable cappuccino-cornetto combo! And if you prefer tea or chocolate, you won't be disappointed either

For a taste of Neapolitan savoir-faire in the Lombard capital, head for Starita with its succulent pizzas - starting with the margherita. The fritti, or appetizers, are also delicious: try the zucchini flowers, for example, or the fried mini-pizza with ragù sauce. Finally, there are a few desserts to end the meal on a sweet note: from traditional tiramisù to angioletti fritti, small pieces of fried pizza dough covered in chocolate! For a good, inexpensive pizza, Starita is a safe bet.