Verso Capitaneo Restaurant
Tasting Menu Open Kitchen Chef Driven
Verso Capitaneo
Centro Storico e Duomo
$$$$
Two-Michelin-star tasting at a counter above Piazza Duomo
Best Restaurants in Milan
From Michelin-starred fine dining to authentic local cuisine, discover Milan's most distinguished restaurants. Curated, tested, and approved by our expert editors.
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Michelin Starred
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Fine Dining
By Mes Prestiges Editorial Team
Fine Dining Restaurants
Perfect choices for special occasions
Cracco in Galleria Restaurant
Chef Driven Fine Dining Design Led
Cracco in Galleria
Centro Storico e Duomo
$$$$
Carlo Cracco's Michelin-starred flagship in the Galleria
Ristorante Teatro alla Scala - Il Foyer Restaurant
Opera Adjacent Refined Classic
Ristorante Teatro alla Scala - Il Foyer
Centro Storico e Duomo
$$$$
The Marchesi-legacy restaurant beside La Scala
Casual Dining
Delicious food in relaxed settings
Andrea Aprea Restaurant
Design Led Open kitchen Tasting menu
Andrea Aprea
Porta Venezia
$$$$
Naples-born two-star chef, contemporary Italian on the Rovati rooftop
Seta by Antonio Guida Restaurant
Grand Hotel Design Led Courtyard
Seta by Antonio Guida
Quadrilatero della Moda
$$$$
Antonio Guida's two-star kitchen inside Mandarin Oriental
Il Ristorante - Niko Romito Restaurant
Grand Hotel Garden Design Led
Il Ristorante - Niko Romito
Brera
$$$$
Three-star chef's clean contemporary Italian at the Bulgari Hotel
Armani/Ristorante Restaurant
Grand Hotel Design Led Minimalist
Armani/Ristorante
Quadrilatero della Moda
$$$$
Seventh-floor Armani Hotel dining room, controlled and contemporary
10_11 at Portrait Milano Restaurant
Grand Hotel Courtyard All Day
10_11 at Portrait Milano
Quadrilatero della Moda
$$$
All-day Italian in a former seminary on the Quadrilatero's grand square
Iyo Restaurant
Japanese Design Led Sushi counter
Iyo
Sempione / Chinatown edge
$$$$
Italy's first Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant
Iyo Omakase Restaurant
Japanese Omakase Intimate
Iyo Omakase
Porta Nuova / Isola
$$$$
Seven-seat Edo-style omakase counter by master Masashi Suzuki
Sushi B Restaurant
Japanese Design Led Sushi counter
Sushi B
Brera
$$$$
Rigorous classical Japanese behind a vertical garden in Brera
Pacifico Restaurant
Peruvian Nikkei Ceviche bar
Pacifico
Brera / Moscova
$$$
Milan's first haute Peruvian-Nikkei kitchen, ceviche and tiradito
Dawali Milano Restaurant
Lebanese Meze Warm
Dawali Milano
Brera
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Lebanese meze in a warm Brera-edge room
Dry Milano Restaurant
Pizza Cocktails Design Led
Dry Milano
Brera
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Andrea Berton's cocktail-and-pizza idea, done seriously in Brera
Lievità Restaurant
Pizza Neapolitan Artisanal dough
Lievità
Magenta / Pagano
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Giorgio Caruso's soft, slow-risen Neapolitan-style pizza
Trattoria Trippa Restaurant
Trattoria Nose To Tail Lively
Trattoria Trippa
Porta Romana
$$
Diego Rossi's head-to-tail trattoria, the cult Milanese table
Ratanà Restaurant
Milanese tradition Osteria Garden
Ratanà
Isola / Porta Nuova
$$$
Cesare Battisti's modern-classic Milanese osteria
Trattoria del Nuovo Macello Restaurant
Trattoria Milanese tradition Family Run
Trattoria del Nuovo Macello
Calvairate / Città Studi edge
$$$
Family trattoria where Milanese tradition meets a starred touch
Cavoli a Merenda Restaurant
Patrician setting Hidden Winter garden
Cavoli a Merenda
Magenta
$$$
Chef Vanessa Viscardi's hidden 18th-century patrician dining room
Felicetta Cafè & Bistrot Restaurant
Bistrot All Day Milanese classics
Felicetta Cafè & Bistrot
Magenta / Conciliazione
$$
Refined all-day bistrot on patrician Via Vincenzo Monti
Enrico Bartolini al Mudec Restaurant
Fine Dining Design Led Chef Driven
Enrico Bartolini al Mudec
Porta Genova e Tortona
$$$$
Italy's most-decorated chef on the Mudec's top floor
Langosteria Restaurant
Seafood Glamorous See & Be Seen
Langosteria
Porta Genova e Tortona
$$$$
Milan's cult seafood room, glamour without compromise on the fish
Contraste Restaurant
Fine Dining Chef Driven Creative
Contraste
Porta Romana
$$$$
Matias Perdomo's playful one-star in an old Milanese palazzo
Trattoria Masuelli San Marco Restaurant
Trattoria Historic Family Run
Trattoria Masuelli San Marco
Porta Romana
$$$
Fourth-generation Milanese trattoria, since 1921
Dongiò Restaurant
Trattoria Regional Italian Family Run
Dongiò
Porta Romana
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Three generations of fierce Calabrian cooking off Porta Romana
Pastamadre Restaurant
Chef Driven Regional Italian Natural Wine
Pastamadre
Porta Romana
$$$
Reinvented Sicilian cooking with a deep natural-wine list
Un Posto a Milano Restaurant
Farm To Table Seasonal Courtyard
Un Posto a Milano
Porta Romana
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Farm-to-table in a restored 17th-century cascina
Trattoria del Pescatore Restaurant
Seafood Family Run Historic
Trattoria del Pescatore
Porta Romana
$$$
Sardinian seafood institution since 1976
Spore Restaurant
Chef Driven Fermentation Natural Wine
Spore
Porta Romana
$$$
Noma-trained fermentation kitchen with a natural-wine list
Osteria di Porta Cicca Restaurant
Osteria Canal Side Intimate
Osteria di Porta Cicca
Navigli
$$$
Intimate Provençal-tinged osteria on the Naviglio Grande
Osteria Conchetta Restaurant
Trattoria Milanese Classic Historic
Osteria Conchetta
Navigli
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Milanese classics on a site serving food since 1885
Latteria San Marco Restaurant
Intimate Old School Family Run
Latteria San Marco
Brera
$$$
Nine-table Brera institution, cash-only, no reservations
Al Baretto San Marco Restaurant
Classic Seafood Refined
Al Baretto San Marco
Brera
$$$
Refined classic seafood in the heart of Brera
Antico Ristorante Boeucc Restaurant
Historic Classic Formal
Antico Ristorante Boeucc
Centro Storico e Duomo
$$$$
Milan's oldest restaurant, founded in 1696
Trattoria Milanese dal 1933 Restaurant
Historic Milanese Family Run
Trattoria Milanese dal 1933
Sant'Ambrogio e Cinque Vie
$$$
Cinque Vie's risotto-alla-milanese benchmark since 1933
Ristorante La Brisa Restaurant
Refined Garden Romantic
Ristorante La Brisa
Sant'Ambrogio e Cinque Vie
$$$
Refined cooking by Roman ruins, with a secret garden
Hostaria Borromei Restaurant
Historic Courtyard Romantic
Hostaria Borromei
Sant'Ambrogio e Cinque Vie
$$$
Lombard cooking in a 15th-century Borromeo courtyard
Panini De Santis Restaurant
Cult Casual Artisanal
Panini De Santis
Sant'Ambrogio e Cinque Vie
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Milan's cult gourmet panino counter since 1964
Antica Trattoria della Pesa Restaurant
Historic Old Milano White Tablecloth
Antica Trattoria della Pesa
Isola
$$$
An 1880 Milanese trattoria and Historic Place of Italy
Da Berti Restaurant
Historic Courtyard Deep cellar
Da Berti
Isola
$$$
Isola's 1866 trattoria with a leafy courtyard and an 800-label cellar
Casa Ramen Super Restaurant
Chef Led Izakaya Counter
Casa Ramen Super
Isola
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Luca Catalfamo's izakaya-style ramen counter in Isola
Ristorante Berton Restaurant
Michelin star Chef Led Minimalist
Ristorante Berton
Porta Nuova
$$$$
Andrea Berton's Michelin-starred minimalism among the Porta Nuova towers
Loste Café Restaurant
Specialty coffee Noma alumni Pastry
Loste Café
Porta Nuova
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Noma alumni's Scandi-Italian specialty coffee and pastry under the Gae Aulenti towers
Joia Restaurant
Michelin star Vegetarian Zen
Joia
Porta Venezia
$$$$
Europe's first Michelin-starred vegetarian restaurant, founded by Pietro Leemann
Moebius Milano Restaurant
Michelin star Chef Led Cocktail program
Moebius Milano
Porta Venezia
$$$$
Enrico Croatti's gastronomic ecosystem: tapas bistro, cocktail bar, vinyl, and a starred room
Spica Restaurant
Chef Led Global Design Led room
Spica
Porta Venezia
$$$
Ritu Dalmia and Viviana Varese's well-travelled global kitchen on Via Melzo
Mitú - Spirit of Colombia Restaurant
Design Led room Regional Colombian Warehouse conversion
Mitú - Spirit of Colombia
Porta Venezia
$$$
A design-led Colombian kitchen in a converted Porta Venezia warehouse
Ristorante Asmara Restaurant
Eritrean Communal dining Injera
Ristorante Asmara
Porta Venezia
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Since 1984, the founding Eritrean table of Milan's 'Little Asmara'
Warsà Restaurant
Eritrean Communal dining Injera
Warsà
Porta Venezia
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Nearly 30 years of true Eritrean cooking on Via Melzo
Ristorante Injera Restaurant
Ethiopian Eritrean Coffee ceremony
Ristorante Injera
Porta Venezia
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Eritrean and Ethiopian cooking with a traditional coffee ceremony
Adulis Restaurant Restaurant
Eritrean Atmospheric Communal dining
Adulis Restaurant
Porta Venezia
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Eritrean dining staged like a desert tent on Via Melzo
Pasticceria Gelsomina Restaurant
Southern Italian pastry Sfogliatella Babà
Pasticceria Gelsomina
Porta Venezia
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Southern-Italian pastry and proper espresso between Repubblica and Porta Venezia
Where to Eat in Milan?
Milan reads less like a single cuisine and more like a layered map: a serious fine-dining tier, a hotel-and-fashion-house circuit, and a stubborn bench of Milanese trattorie that still cook saffron risotto and ossobuco the old way. The 2025 Michelin selection runs deep here, and the headline two-stars sit in plain view — Andrea Aprea on the top floor of the Fondazione Luigi Rovati, with a panoramic window over the Porta Venezia gardens, and Seta by Antonio Guida inside the Mandarin Oriental. The city also carries a quiet point of pride: Iyo, which opened in 2007 and in 2015 became the first Japanese restaurant in Italy to win a Michelin star.
Geography is everything here. The Quadrilatero della Moda is the fashion-house dining axis — Seta, Armani/Ristorante, the all-day terrace at 10_11 at Portrait Milano. Brera holds the design-crowd rotation, from Il Ristorante - Niko Romito to the Peruvian-Nikkei room at Pacifico and the pizza-and-cocktails of Dry Milano. Isola and Porta Nuova, in the shadow of the towers, is where Ratanà cooks the canonical Milanese repertoire. Porta Romana is the trattoria heartland, anchored by Trattoria Trippa.
The Two Registers
The split is clear. At the top, contemporary tasting menus at Andrea Aprea, Seta and Iyo run to the four-figure-for-two range and book like fine dining anywhere. The other Milan is cheaper and harder to get into: Trattoria Trippa, opened in 2015 by chef Diego Rossi, holds a Bib Gourmand and turns out tripe, vitello tonnato and risotto with grilled marrow. Ratanà, under Milanese chef Cesare Battisti, is the address for risotto alla milanese with bone marrow and ossobuco.
Reservation Tips
For the two-star rooms, book three to four weeks ahead, longer around the Salone del Mobile in April and the September fashion weeks, when the whole city is fully committed. Trippa is the genuinely hard one — reservations open online at midnight CET roughly a week before, dinner only, Monday to Saturday. August empties Milan out, so confirm the trattorie are open before you build a night around them.
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