The 'Happy Cod' is always packed to the gills, so book ahead. Sicilian favourites like arancini (fried rice balls) make for tasty first courses, but the speciality is...

Milan's Middle Eastern restaurants are thin on the ground, but this is good one: Ali Baba has some of the finest meze we have tasted. Its set selection for two will leave you...

Our top pick for sampling Milanese food, located in a 19th-century weigh station. It has friendly service, a cosy ambiance and some of the finest funghi porcini pastain the...

Raw fish just doesn't get more fashionable than the sushi at the Milan outpost of Nobuyuki Matsuhisa's restaurant empire. Purists will say the food isn't as good here as at his...

The slogan on the awning at Bar della Crocetta is 'dove il panino è arte' (where the sandwich is art). The menu lists over 100 panini, but you're welcome to peruse the list of...

A short walk from the Darsena, this art deco-ish pizzeria serves up large, thin-crusted pizzas and a devilishly good assortment of primi. Be Bop uses no genetically modified...

It would be easy to pigeonhole the Bistrot Triennale Bovisa as a haven designed exclusively for the city's art and fashion gang. But although the cooler-than-cool are...

A discreet, 'old money' establishment, a block away from the HQs of several of Italy's banks. The dark-suited financiers doing deals over a salver of fine de claire oysters,...

With an ambience that evokes dining in a pal's kitchen, the Cozzeria serves variations on just one basic dish: buckets of mussels, with a side of chips, proof that perfection...

The Triennale's old café has been given a total overhaul by architect Michele De Lucchi, to become the latest feather in chef Cracco's cap. Cracco Coffee Design was launched...

Cracco-Peck's creative menu is custom-made for Milan's expense account diners. The two Michelin stars and consistently high ratings in the Italian Gambero Rosso and Veronelli...

Da Claudio is a consummate fishmonger with a major sideline in fresh seafood. The weak nautical decor doesn't detract from the lovingly prepared platters of tuna tartare, diced...

It looks unremarkable on the outside: an anonymous trattoria in an anonymous street. But this is one of Milan's most exclusive (though by no means most expensive) restaurants....

Barely changed since 1963, Da Giannino L'Angolo d'Abruzzo is, as its name suggests, a typical Abruzzese diner: hot, busy, and redolent of grilled meat. Dishes from the central...