This Sicilian seafood specialist feels like a gentleman's club: past the golden doorbell and leather chesterfields lies an extremely elegant dining room...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The best feature in this elegant café inside the Hotel Baglioni is its private exit, which brings you out by Armani on via della Spiga. The place is laid...

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...

Surprisingly un-Italian, Bar Magenta's wooden interior is more Edwardian London than modern Milan. Nevertheless, the place is an institution, and one much...

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...

Go 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)...

One 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...

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...

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...

Known for its excellent wine list, this establishment caters to an assorted clientele throughout the day, with families and locals giving way to a younger...