Best Italian Restaurants in Italy

Contraste

$$$$ Via Giuseppe Meda, 2, 20136, Navigli, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

In the old taverns, you didn't have to look at a very long menu to choose what to eat. Instead, some welcomed you, listened to how you were, made suggestions and carefully accompanied you through dinner. At Contraste, the same happens: the human relationship, curiosity, and mystery are fundamental ingredients for those who choose to live our experience to the full; therefore, a physical menu at Contraste is not foreseen. Since 2015 Contraste has no menu. Contraste offers a unique experience: wide, varied and fun, where tradition intersects with innovation, and taste is always at the centre.

Primè

$$$$ Viale Francesco Crispi, 2, 20121, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Elegant & Chic

Il Primè is a restaurant in Milan that specializes in creative Mediterranean cuisine. At the base of the cooking is the encounter between local ingredients and flavours from the world, a gastronomic union with wide horizons made possible by the chefs. The pride and joy are the fish-based dishes. Every day the restaurant receives fresh fish for this, it is possible to create light and tasty crudités and tartare. There are also some traditional dishes such as ossobuco with risotto, Milanese cutlet and beef fillet tartare. In the restaurant, you can also find a tasty selection of vegetarian recipes and the possibility of making some simple gluten-free dishes.

Trattoria De La Trebia Milano

$$$$ Via Trebbia, 32, 20135, Porta Romana, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual Elegant & Chic

Tradition and simplicity: two keywords that perfectly describe the Trattoria De La Trebia, the ideal setting for special occasions, as a couple, with family or friends. There are three trump cards: Quality, Seriousness and Constancy. La Brace is the beating heart of the venue. Bavarian Scottona meat cooked on a wood and charcoal fireplace. The flagships are Fiorentina, tagliata and a golden and crunchy veal cutlet alla Milanese. Intense aromas, smokes and unique flavours. The first courses are prepared with fresh homemade pasta and risotto all'onda. The restaurant offers traditional Italian cuisine, with great attention to homegrown vegetables in many dishes. The particular attention to the seasonality of the products allows us to guarantee an always impeccable freshness.

Ristorante Sadler

$$$$ Via Ascanio Sforza, 77, 20141, Navigli, Milan

Italian European Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

"Modern cuisine in evolution" is the philosophy of the starred chef Claudio Sadler. The Sadler Restaurant, 1 Michelin star, reflects this interpretation and gives the environment and the culinary proposals elegance and modernity, accompanied by a welcome towards the customer typical of the best Italian tradition. The Sadler Restaurant comprises several rooms which, although intersected, guarantee total privacy for the customer. they are furnished in different styles. Still, the dominant note of each is elegance, ideally in line with Chef Sadler's style.

Ristorante Berton

$$$$ Via Mike Bongiorno, 13, 20124, Milan

Italian International European Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

The Berton Restaurant offers a diversified experience capable of satisfying any need. A table for two to experience the kitchen live and taste the free menu proposed by the Chef. A kitchen with a modern flavour served uniquely and elegantly. The location, which features modern, almost futuristic furnishings, invites diners to try a unique experience that they can only test with Chef Berton.

Seta

$$$$ Via Andegari, 9, 20121, Brera, Milan

Italian European Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

Led by acclaimed chef Antonio Guida, Seta is among Milan's most coveted restaurants. Chef Guida's menu presents a creative and contemporary approach to Italian cuisine by fusing traditional techniques with an innovative gastronomic edge that has earned him recognition. Nestled in the hotel's second courtyard, Seta's timeless design provides the perfect backdrop for Chef Guida's dishes. Evocative glass windows unite the internal and external spaces, allowing guests to dine al fresco during the warmer seasons. An open kitchen showcases the team at work, creating a culinary theatre.

Antica Osteria Del Mare

$$$$ Via Ascanio Sforza, 105, 20141, Chiesa Rossa, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining Family Style

The Antica Osteria del Mare restaurant in Milan delights its customers with typical Sardinian products such as Carasau bread, pecorino cheeses served with honey (particularly strawberry tree honey), 'racing' bluefin tuna from Carloforte and mullet roe. In the restaurant, the entire staff offers you the possibility to choose between the extensive fish courses with a typical preparation of the Sardinian region. The courses carefully prepared by the chefs are outlined between different fish dishes, including baby octopus with polenta, octopus with potatoes, grilled or au gratin scallops, sea truffles, oysters, sea urchins, spider crab in oil and lemon, mixed raw and seafood and shellfish, tartare and scampi with seasonal vegetables and house marinated anchovies. Every day you will find the recommended dishes of fresh products from trusted suppliers.

Trattoria Del Pescatore

$$$$ Via Atto Vannucci, 5, 20135, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining

At the Trattoria del Pescatore, the interpretation of fish cuisine is anchored in the great Italian tradition, with an influence from Sardinia, the land of origin of the owner and his family. Quality has always been the primary priority of the restaurant; enhancing the best raw materials with simple recipes, according to the catch of the day, is the owner's philosophy. Feeling at home, without too many conditionings, to enjoy good food and company in an informal, joyful and relaxed environment.

Bu:r Di Eugenio Boer

$$$$ Via Mercalli, 22, 20122, Guastalla, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

The brand [bu:r] was born from the collaboration between the starred Chef Eugenio Boer and the young designer Gianluca Carone, curator of the restaurant's identity. After an intense and extended search, a simple and elegant brand was born, the phonetic transcription of Chef's surname, which encompasses and simultaneously opens up his vision to the world. A menu of only Italian products expressed with the usual creativity, combined with the "family" warmth that characterizes the Milanese restaurant: a break from the culinary contaminations of the past and a hymn to Italian cuisine.

Maccheroni ~ La Vera Cucina Di Casa Italiana

$$$ Via Carlo Pisacane, 47, 20129, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining

Maccheroni stands in the heart of Milan. The name alone helps us understand the type of restaurant we will see. Pasta is king here. Strictly homemade, whether long or short, at Maccheroni, wheat is king. First courses of all kinds, land and sea, accompanied by one great constant: pasta. A purely Italian cuisine, based on a more Roman spirit but not only. The best dishes of the Italian tradition are re-proposed for you on Maccheroni's tables, ready to leave you speechless.

Deros Ristorante

$$$$ Via Romagnosi, 4, 20121, Guastalla, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Fine dining

The Deros restaurant stands a few steps from the Scala in Milan and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele. An elegant fine dining restaurant, perfect for romantic occasions, just a short walk from the centre of Milan. A restaurant that bases its rich menu mainly on fish, with daily fresh catches, guaranteeing the freshness of top-quality products certified by local producers and exporters.

Borgia - Milano

$$$$ Via Giorgio Washington, 56, 20146, Solari, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

An expression of Italian quality and hospitality. The story is the making of an Italy that dreams of past splendour, projecting it into the future. Psychology conjugated to taste. Trust. Contact. Dialogue. The goal is to stimulate you through a story about you and your desires through creativity, always putting people and their particularities first. “We are what we eat,” said Feuerbach. And this is what the restaurant tries to express through its gastronomic proposals: the ideas arise from the dominant thought according to which the relationship of each person with food is comparable to the relationships we build with the outside world and, in particular, with our identity. Thus was born the Psyche menu, a journey into your conscious and unconscious desires with which your mind is stimulated by establishing a relationship of trust to transform each dish into a journey of self-discovery.

Bice Milano

$$$$ Via Borgospesso, 12, 20121, Milano Centrale, Milan

Italian European Mediterranean Elegant & Chic

Since 1926, Bice Milano has been the symbol of historic Milanese catering in the fashion district. A reference point for traditional food lovers in a refined and elegant setting. Upon opening the door, guests are immediately welcomed into a welcoming atmosphere and invited to leave their overcoats in the cloakroom. The restaurant's main room develops on a passage that leads to the open kitchen, with the tables arranged in the various corners and the small spaces. Bice's cuisine offers dishes of Tuscan solid tradition. In honour of Milan, the city she loves so much, there are also Milanese dishes which have proudly remained on the list. The kinds of pasta are rigorously homemade. The most popular recipe remains the very famous Pappardelle on the phone. There is no shortage of risottos, proposed according to the seasonality of the ingredients.

Ristorante Vento Di Sardegna

$$$$ Via Edmondo De Amicis, 44, 20123, Porta Ticinese, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual

Vento di Sardegna is a restaurant of Sardinian origin that was born and raised in the heart of Milan, near Sant'Ambrogio. The restaurant, furnished soberly and elegantly, is characterized by a friendly atmosphere in which you will immediately feel at ease. The menu is almost entirely dedicated to fish cuisine, with Mediterranean-style proposals adding some traditional Sardinian recipes. Chef Angelo Cimino and the staff will accompany your unforgettable moments with delicious dishes with a unique taste and intense aroma.

Corallium Ristorante

$$$$ Via Fratelli Induno, 1, 20154, Isola, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Fine dining

The seafood delicacies of typical Italian cuisine can be found in Milan in the Corallium Restaurant, where the best products' quality and freshness meet the chef's and staff's culinary art. A special place where the dishes are prepared and presented in a workmanlike manner by attentive staff. The freshest fish, succulent shellfish, oysters nestled in beds of ice and the most colossal towers of seafood are here. A unique place where the quality and freshness of the best products meet the culinary art of the Chef and his staff. In the Sempione area, Corallium Ristorante Milano offers a unique food concept, with fresh market fish, exceptional seafood, and fine wines from the cellar, all in an exclusive and elegantly furnished setting. The reference point for those who want to savour the sea on the table.

Cruditè Milano

$$$$ Via Eugenio Villoresi, 10, 20143, Navigli, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual

In one of Milan's most renowned, popular and populated areas, we find Cruditè, one of the excellences of the Lombardy region. Located a stone's throw from the Navigli, Cruditè is a fish-based restaurant with a commendable culinary offer. The menu boasts an abundant wealth of resources, where obviously fish excels. Fresh, daily, quality fish, thanks to local producers and exporters. Sea cruditè is the queen and forerunner for a varied choice of molluscs, crustaceans, fish of various kinds and much more. A very casual, minimal place that offers a unique experience to all raw seafood lovers and more.

Ristorante Gli Orti Del Belvedere

$$$$ Via Orti, 10, 20122, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining

Since 2015 the Gli Orti del Belvedere restaurant has believed in cuisine in harmony with nature that supports small local producers. Fish and vegetables by vocation according to the rhythm marked by the seasons. Traditional recipes inspire it by choosing natural products, organic and biodynamic, whenever possible. The goal is to preserve the organoleptic and healthy properties of the ingredients, enhancing their flavours. Fresh fish, purchased daily, almost always comes from our seas. The catch is chosen based on origin and method of capture to promote sustainable fishing. Seasonal vegetables, grown in Italy and possibly organic. The fresh pasta is homemade, respecting the Italian tradition. The True Artisan Pasta that is offered comes from the award-winning Pastificio Vicidomini.

Ristorante Il Faro

$$$ Via Marco D'Oggiono, 6, 20123, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining Family Style

A few steps from Porta Genova, we find the Il Faro restaurant. A restaurant that re-proposes traditional cuisine, primarily oriented towards two regions, Sardinia and Puglia, boasting the most culinary tradition in the country. Much value is given to the raw material. The raw fish is the daily selection of the best that the Milanese fish market offers. The dishes cooked only the essence of the Apulian and Sardinian traditions. A journey through the flavours and traditions of two magnificent regions. This great little restaurant (40 seats) is like a big family. A house is always ready to welcome you and accompany you in the two regions' culinary experiences of the two areas.

Trattoria Masuelli San Marco

$$$ Viale Umbria, 80, 20135, Porta Romana, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining Family Style

Near Porta Romana, we find the Trattoria Masuelli San Marco. In full Lombard style, a rustic trattoria with a familiar, warm and welcoming air offers very traditional Nordic cuisine. The typical dishes of the Lombard tradition and not only served at the table to taste the flavours of the North. From the most classic risotto alla Milanese, with Ossobuco and Cassuola, to polenta with mushrooms accompanied by an excellent red wine selected from the family cellar.

Da Giacomo

$$$$ Via Pasquale Sottocorno, 6, 20129, Porta Venezia, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual

Tuscan by origin and Milanese by adoption, Giacomo Bulleri has created a real empire in the world of catering in over sixty years. Very young, he decided to leave his homeland to work "in the shop" in Turin and, at just over thirty, opened the historic Trattoria da Giacomo in Milan, next to the Camera del Lavoro via Donizetti (it was 1958). A courageous choice that marks the beginning of a success story, driven by a great passion for good food and the classic dishes of the Italian culinary tradition (roasts, boiled meats, risottos) so loved by the numerous Milanese families who used to frequent the restaurant. A point of reference for business lunches and dinners, in over 30 years of total activity, the Trattoria will give the gastronomic imprint to what will later become Giacomo's stylistic code: great attention to detail, high-quality raw materials, conviviality and friendly and welcoming atmosphere.

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