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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This restaurant has been furnished in a simple white, low-key fashion and serves great Italian food in an unpretentious environment.
Created in 2007 by chef Viviana Varese and sommelier Sandra Ciciriello, this restaurant serves fish and meat prepared with spades of creativity but starting from Mediterranean tradition.
This well-known international food phenomenon has combined with Giorgio Armani and has a restaurant in its store in the Golden Rectangle district. It serves culinary art food with Japanese, South American and Peruvian influences and offers tasting boxes for those who simply cannot chose!
Located inside the Dondup flagship store, this restaurant boasts a wonderful bohemian decor with light whitewashed wood, vintage furniture, lots of candles and linen tablecloths. They serve seasonal dishes based on traditional Italian cuisine.
This restaurant, run by chef Carlo Cracco, was awarded two Michelin stars following its opening in 2001. Cracco examines and reinvents traditional Milanese dishes in a contemporary way, and whilst some of his ingredient combinations may seem a little unusual, take the risk, as they are often his finest dishes.
This branch of the ancient Italian street food self-service restaurant offers cheap Sicilian food in the centre of Milan.
Located in the Porta Nuova Varesine neighbourhood, this restaurant serves the elegant creations of chef Andrea Berton. The menu changes depending on the availability of ingredients proposing, next to the traditional list, a formula "Out to Lunch" that combines great quality with the guests timing requirements.
Meaning "The White Flower" this restaurant, in the heart of Brera, has existed for over 40 years, and has remained deliberately retro in feel. It is adorned with beautiful flowers and serves a culinary experience which mixes Italian flavours and floral aromas.
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.
Chef Eugenio Boer serves traditional Italian cuisine with modern touches and international flavours, especially northern European and from the Netherlands.