Find your perfect Milan restaurant, shortlisted by our local experts
There's a wide range of restaurants in Milan to suit all tastes, and budgets.
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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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).
The Orto Green Food & Mood Restaurant by Eataly, to give it it's full moniker, has created a menu that showcases the local produce from in and around Milan and Lombardy. In particular, it makes wide use of local vegetables in keeping with the green and eco theme of the Starhotels Echo hotel that contains the restaurant.
A perfect place to sample Lombardy traditional fare, in fine surroundings, particularly the risotto or polenta. It has a well laid out, wood-panelled interior which oozes tradition.
This family-run restaurant has been offering Tuscan cuisine for more than 50 years. Owners and chefs Aimo and Nadia show a great respect for the spectacular produce they serve, showcasing Italy's great culinary heritage in an innovative way.
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.
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.
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.
Located on the panoramic terrace of Milan's Triennale Design Museum, this restaurant serves the creations of chef Stefano Cerveni, who has a Michelin star.
At first glance, with its minimalist decor, this restaurant appears to be a sushi bar but is in fact based on the staple ingredient Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP. It is now a worldwide chain with three restaurants in Milan, including this one on the Piazza Duomo.
Multi-awarded chef Enrico Bartolini has created his contemporary-classic cuisine philosophy, in which the past and the present are respected, creating new and original flavours.