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Fine-dining Restaurants in Milan

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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Rubacuori Restaurant, Milan - Centre restaurant

Rubacuori Restaurant, Milan - Centre

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.

Il Baretto Restaurant, Milan - Centre restaurant

Il Baretto Restaurant, Milan - Centre

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.

VUN Restaurant, Milan - Centre style of cuisine

VUN Restaurant, Milan - Centre

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.

Palazzo Parigi Restaurant, Milan - Centre restaurant

Palazzo Parigi Restaurant, Milan - Centre

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.

Seta Restaurant, Milan - Centre restaurant

Seta Restaurant, Milan - Centre

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.

Terrazza Gallia Restaurant, Milan - Centre style of cuisine

Terrazza Gallia Restaurant, Milan - Centre

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.

Armani Restaurant, Milan - Centre restaurant

Armani Restaurant, Milan - Centre

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.

Wicky's Wicuisine Seafood Restaurant, Milan - Centre style of cuisine

Wicky's Wicuisine Seafood Restaurant, Milan - Centre

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.

Cracco Restaurant, Milan style of cuisine

Cracco Restaurant

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.

Tokuyoshi Restaurant, Milan - Centre style of cuisine

Tokuyoshi Restaurant, Milan - Centre

Chef Yoji Tokuyoshi arrived in Italy ten years ago and, after a trip around the world, he opened his restaurant in Milan in 2014 which has since then acquired a Michelin star. He serves the best Italian produce, following the country's traditional cuisine combined with Japanese touches.

Essenza Restaurant, Northeast Milan style of cuisine

Essenza Restaurant, Northeast Milan

Chef Eugenio Boer serves traditional Italian cuisine with modern touches and international flavours, especially northern European and from the Netherlands.

Nu Italian Restaurant, Milan - Centre restaurant

Nu Italian Restaurant, Milan - Centre

At a glance, the Nu Italian restaurant has a very traditional Italian menu, featuring dishes like asparagus risotto or simple filetto di manzo alla griglia. However, as you uncover the creativity of the use of fresh fish throughout the menu, it becomes clear that this is something special.

Derby Grill Restaurant, Monza interior

Derby Grill Restaurant, Monza

Located inside the Hotel de la Ville, right in front of Villa Reale, this restaurant serves local specialities in an elegant setting.

Tano passami l'Olio Restaurant, Milan style of cuisine

Tano passami l'Olio Restaurant

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.

Lume Restaurant, Southwest Milan interior

Lume Restaurant, Southwest Milan

Executive Chef Luigi Taglienti takes you on a culinary journey through his innovative cuisine, harmoniously combining elements of classic and contemporary cooking, with a strong connection to the Italian and Milanese territory and constant research of the raw materials.

Unico Milano Restaurant, Northwest Milan interior

Unico Milano Restaurant, Northwest Milan

Located in one of Milan's newest skyscrapers, this restaurant boasts stunning panoramic views of the city. They serve a cuisine inspired in the different regions of Italy created by chef Fabrizio Ferrari.

Iyo Restaurant, Milan - Centre style of cuisine

Iyo Restaurant, Milan - Centre

Owner Claudio Liu opened this restaurant in 2007, and they achieved a Michelin star in 2015 because of the innovation of their Asian menu, devised by chef Michele Biassoni, as well as the spectacular sushi created by master Haruo Ichikawa.

Joia Restaurant, Milan style of cuisine

Joia Restaurant

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.