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There's a wide range of restaurants in Milan to suit all tastes, and budgets.
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Il Baretto has been running for over fifty years, delighting the great and the good of the city for half a century. The sophisticated, old English club house decor is host to a refined menu taking cues from Milanese and international cuisine.
Part of the Armani Hotel Milan, this Michelin-starred restaurant takes a modern approach to classic Italian wining and dining. The stylish decor has been designed to the smallest detail by Giorgio Armani himself.
The 2-Michelin-starred Seta restaurant located in the Mandarin Oriental Milan hotel is a new kid on the block for the Milanese restaurant scene. An open-plan kitchen gives guests a peak of how the stunning dishes are prepared and a more complete experience to their choices.
Located at the luxury Excelsior Gallia Hotel, this rooftop restaurant boasts a menu created under the consultancy of three-Michelin starred chefs Enrico and Roberto Cerea and the Lebano brothers. They serve modern Italian cuisine with a focus on the Lombardy region.
Michelin-starred experience that draws on the experimentation of the Venissa culinary approach. The enchanting decor completes the tone for dining in a very unique setting.
The elegant style and furnishings, the neoclassical pieces of art decorating the walls and the hand-painted high ceiling is a dramatic yet fitting setting for the fantastic food of the Palazzo Parigi restaurant. And when the weather is fine, the relaxed atmosphere of the private garden terrace provides an alternative atmosphere for visiting diners.
This elegant and sophisticated restaurant is located in a luxury hotel right in the heart of Milan and has been awarded a Michelin star. They serve traditional Italian dishes with innovative touches using local fresh ingredients.
Swiss-born chef, Pietro Leeman, runs this entirely vegetarian restaurant with an Asian twist. This is one of very few totally vegetarian restaurants to receive a Michelin star, and it offers extremely creative dishes made with fresh, local produce, some even grown at the restaurant's garden.
This gourmet restaurant is located on the top floor of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, with stunning views of the Duomo. Here, chef Felice Lo Basso serves sophisticated cuisine, anchored in Italian tradition.
This branch of the ancient Italian street food self-service restaurant offers cheap Sicilian food in the centre of Milan.
This restaurant has been furnished in a simple white, low-key fashion and serves great Italian food in an unpretentious environment.
Chef Wicky Priyan has travelled around the world, especially in Asia, and offers at his restaurant in Milan authentic Japanese cuisine "contaminated" with Mediterranean ingredients and regional Milanese touches.
If you are a fan of olive oils, this is the place to go. Translated as "Tano, pass me the oil" (Tano is the owner/chef), this restaurant uses about 40 different varieties of olive oil in their cooking, specially selected for each dish, producing simple and elegant modern Mediterranean cuisine.
This trendy bar and restaurant combines two of the most traditional yet innovative Italian brands: Dolce & Gabbana and Martini. This is a unique place where you can have lunch, aperitivo or dinner inspired by Sicilian cuisine.
A classic and art nouveau decor and a Japanese garden create a relaxing setting for "innocent escapes" at this fusion restaurant which offers tasting menus as well as a la carte.
Located near Milan's central station, this traditional 'osteria' serves classic Italian cuisine made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. It has been awarded three 'gamberi' by the Gambero Rosso restaurant guide (the highest qualification for traditional osterias).
Refined local cuisine at this very famous restaurant. Serving traditional, though mainly fish-based, fare to the Milanese heads of industry, it is worth the effort visiting this restaurant if you are able to book a table.
Run by the critically-acclaimed chef Claudio Sadler, this restaurant has a string of cute overlapping little dining rooms providing an intimate feel. It offers a distinguished dining experience and an ever-changing menu of the day.