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...
Via Lazzaro Papi 6Milan'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...
Via Cadore 26
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...
Viale Pasubio 10Surprisingly un-Italian, Bar Magenta's wooden interior is more Edwardian London than modern Milan. Nevertheless, the place is an institution, and one much...
Via Carducci 13Go for a drink at this Indian lounge bar, and you could quite feasibly skip having dinner afterwards. The cocktails (€6 during happy hour, 6.30-9.30pm)...
Corso Sempione 1One of Milan's historic cafés, Biffi is set in the ritzy Magenta/Vercelli neighbourhood. The counter is cosy but never overcrowded, and the tearoom has a...
Corso Magenta 87It 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...
Via Lambruschini 31Known for its excellent wine list, this establishment caters to an assorted clientele throughout the day, with families and locals giving way to a younger...
Via De Amicis 22Frequented mainly by brokers from Milan's nearby stock exchange, this little hole in the wall is known for its divine pistachio ice-cream. At lunchtime,...
Via Meravigli 16With 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,...
Via Muratori 6Da 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...
Via Ponte Vetero 16Barely 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....
Via Rosolino Pilo 20Giuseppe Leo has been going to Milan's fish market at the crack of dawn for the past 30 years to select the freshest produce for his fish-only restaurant....
Via Trivulzio 26You'll smell this popular Calabrian trattoria from the corner: its slowly simmering pasta sauces, often flavoured with spicy 'nduja (Calabrian sausage),...
Via Corio 3A cute black and red Porta Venezia outpost with tons of outdoor seating. It's a raw seafood specialist: tuna tartare, seabass carpaccio and sesame-marinated...
Via Lecco 1