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💡 The Short Version: The places named by the most of the publishers counted are Ratanà (36 sources), Pasticceria Marchesi and Trippa (29 each), Cracco in Galleria (27), Pavé (25) and Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia (24). The Michelin Guide 2026 gives the city of Milan one three-star restaurant, three two-star and 14 one-star. Trippa is closed on Saturdays and Sundays, Ristorante Cracco on Sundays and Dry Milano on Mondays. For a cheap lunch, Luini sells panzerotti from 10:00 to 20:00 Monday to Saturday. Or book a tour: the street food walking tourad is from €49 for 2.5 hours (GetYourGuide).
📊 The evidence behind this guide. Nothing here is ranked on one visit. This pass read 654 list pages from 2022 on and counts the 152 pages from 103 English-language publishers and the 167 pages from 49 Italian-language publishers: newspapers, magazines, guidebooks and travel writers, among them Time Out, Eater, Condé Nast Traveller and The Infatuation in English, and MilanoToday, Gambero Rosso, Corriere della Sera, Scatti di Gusto and Vogue Italia in Italian. Milan-only guide sites without a named newsroom, tour operators, directories and the venues’ own sites are not counted. Counts are publishers, not pages, and the English and Italian counts are shown apart. How the guides are made
⚠️ Check the day. Trippa is closed on Saturdays and Sundays, Antica Trattoria della Pesa on Sundays, Ristorante Cracco on Sundays and Dry Milano on Mondays. Luini is closed on Sundays, and Joia serves lunch Tuesday to Friday only.
The places named by the most sources
The count is the number of publishers that name the place on a list of Milan restaurants, bars, bakeries, coffee or markets, with the split between English and Italian publishers. A place named by fewer than 13 is left out of this table.
| Place | Kind | Sources | English | Italian | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratanà | Traditional Milanese | 36 | 23 | 13 | Michelin Selected |
| Pasticceria Marchesi | Pasticceria | 29 | 21 | 8 | |
| Trippa | Trattoria | 29 | 18 | 11 | Michelin Bib Gourmand (2026) |
| Cracco in Galleria | Restaurant | 27 | 11 | 16 | Michelin one star (2026); L’Espresso five hats |
| Pavé | Pasticceria and gelato | 25 | 17 | 8 | Gambero Rosso: Tre Coni for gelato |
| Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia | Restaurant | 24 | 11 | 13 | Michelin one star (2026); L’Espresso four hats |
| Cova | Pasticceria | 22 | 13 | 9 | |
| Masuelli San Marco | Traditional Milanese | 22 | 13 | 9 | Slow Food Chiocciola (2026) |
| Enrico Bartolini al Mudec | Restaurant | 21 | 10 | 11 | Michelin three stars (2026); L’Espresso four hats |
| Bar Basso | Cocktail bar | 20 | 20 | 0 | |
| Camparino in Galleria | Aperitivo bar | 20 | 15 | 5 | |
| Luini | Panzerotti | 20 | 17 | 3 | |
| Pasticceria Cucchi | Pasticceria | 20 | 13 | 7 | |
| Seta by Antonio Guida | Restaurant | 20 | 8 | 12 | Michelin two stars (2026); L’Espresso four hats |
| Ceresio 7 | Rooftop restaurant and bar | 18 | 14 | 4 | Michelin Selected |
| Langosteria | Seafood | 18 | 9 | 9 | Michelin Selected |
| Cafezal | Coffee | 15 | 9 | 6 | |
| Davide Longoni | Bakery | 15 | 7 | 8 | |
| Gattullo | Pasticceria | 14 | 6 | 8 | |
| Joia | Vegetarian restaurant | 14 | 7 | 7 | Michelin one star (2026) |
| Trattoria del Nuovo Macello | Traditional Milanese | 14 | 6 | 8 | Michelin Selected; Slow Food Chiocciola (2026) |
| Antica Trattoria della Pesa | Traditional Milanese | 13 | 10 | 3 | |
| Ciacco | Gelato | 13 | 8 | 5 | Gambero Rosso: Tre Coni |
| Dry Milano | Pizza and cocktails | 13 | 7 | 6 | 50 Top Pizza 2026: no. 7 |
| Mercato Centrale Milano | Food hall | 13 | 10 | 3 | |
| Orsonero | Coffee | 13 | 9 | 4 | |
| Pasticceria Sissi | Pasticceria | 13 | 10 | 3 |
The English lists lean towards the tourist canon: Bar Basso (20 English, none in Italian), Luini (17 and 3), Ceresio 7 (14 and 4) and La Latteria in Via San Marco (10 and 1). The Italian lists name the restaurants and the neighbourhood bakers: Cracco in Galleria (16 Italian), Seta (12), Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia (13), Iginio Massari (8 Italian, 2 English), Antica Osteria il Ronchettino (7 and 1) and Osteria Conchetta (6 and 3).
These have their own guides: aperitivo in Milan, risotto alla milanese, panettone and Milan food tours.
Michelin and the other awards
The Michelin Guide Italia 2026 was presented on 19 November 2025. In the city of Milan it lists one three-star restaurant, three with two stars, 14 with one star and three Bib Gourmands, Michelin’s mark for good value, and Procaccini and Abba are new one-stars. The 2027 guide is presented on 12 November 2026 in Piacenza. Check the restaurant’s own site for the days and hours it opens.
| Restaurant | Stars | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Enrico Bartolini al Mudec | Three | Via Tortona 56, in the Mudec |
| Andrea Aprea | Two | Corso Venezia 52 |
| Seta by Antonio Guida | Two | Via Monte di Pietà 18, in the Mandarin Oriental |
| Verso Capitaneo | Two | Piazza del Duomo 21 |
| Abba | One | Via Varesina 177 |
| Anima | One | Via Gaspare Rosales 4 |
| Berton | One | Via Mike Bongiorno 13 |
| Contraste | One | Via Giuseppe Meda 2 |
| Cracco in Galleria | One | Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II |
| Horto | One | Via San Protaso 5 |
| IYO | One | Via Piero della Francesca 74 |
| IYO Kaiseki | One | Piazza Alvar Aalto 9N02 |
| Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia | One | Via Montecuccoli 6 |
| Joia | One | Via Panfilo Castaldi 18 |
| Moebius Sperimentale | One | Via Cappelini 25 |
| Procaccini | One | Via Giulio Cesare Procaccini 33 |
| Sadler | One | Via dell’Annunciata 14, in Casa Baglioni |
| Sine by Di Pinto | One | Viale Umbria 126 |
The three Bib Gourmands are Trippa, Dongiò, a Calabrian restaurant at Via Corio 3, and Da Giannino - L’Angolo d’Abruzzo, which cooks the food of Abruzzo, at Via Rosolino Pilo 20.
- Guide de L’Espresso 2026. Carlo Cracco’s restaurant holds five hats, the only one in Lombardy at 20 out of 20. Four hats go to Berton, Enrico Bartolini al Mudec, Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia, IYO and Seta.
- Slow Food, Osterie d’Italia 2026. The Chiocciola, the snail, goes in Milan to Trattoria del Nuovo Macello and Trattoria Masuelli San Marco.
- 50 Top Pizza Italia 2026. Confine was named the best pizzeria in Italy at a ceremony in Milan. Dry Milano came 7th and won the award for the best cocktail list, Modus the one for its pasta, Glory POP novelty of the year and Futura One to Watch.
- Gambero Rosso, Gelaterie d’Italia 2027. Five Milan shops hold the top mark of Tre Coni: Artico, Ciacco, Gnomo Gelato, Pavé Gelati e Granite and Terra Gelato.
- The 50 Best Bars 2026. Moebius Milano is no. 2 and was named the best bar in Europe, at a ceremony held in Milan on 7 October 2026: see aperitivo in Milan.
Traditional Milanese
Ratanà
Via Gaetano de Castillia 28 · open every day, lunch and dinner · kitchen 12:00 to 16:00 and 18:00 to 23:30 · Michelin Selected · Cited by 36 sources (23 English, 13 Italian) · ratana.it
Cesare Battisti’s Milanese and Lombard cooking, reworked, in Isola. The sources name it above any other for risotto alla milanese and for ossobuco. Commenters on Reddit’s r/milano say dinner is always full, so book. At lunch on weekdays the schiscëta is a single dish with a glass of wine, water and coffee for €24, and the tasting menu is €85 without drinks.
Masuelli San Marco
Viale Umbria 80 · Slow Food Chiocciola · Cited by 22 sources (13 English, 9 Italian)
A family trattoria in the south of the city that the lists name more than any other for cotoletta alla milanese, the breaded veal cutlet, and for risotto alla milanese. See risotto alla milanese.
Trattoria del Nuovo Macello
Via Cesare Lombroso 20 · Monday to Friday working lunch €23 · Michelin Selected · Slow Food Chiocciola · Cited by 14 sources (6 English, 8 Italian)
Named more often by the Italian lists than the English ones, and a pick of commenters on r/milano for cotoletta, along with Osteria Conchetta. The weekday working lunch is the cheap way in.
Antica Trattoria della Pesa
Viale Pasubio 10 · Monday to Saturday, lunch 12:30 to 14:30 and dinner 19:00 to 23:00, closed Sunday · Cited by 13 sources (10 English, 3 Italian) · anticatrattoriadellapesa.com
Open since 1880 and listed as a Locale Storico d’Italia, a historic venue, in the building where goods arriving through the old Porta Comasina, now Porta Garibaldi, were weighed for the toll. The room keeps its majolica stoves and cement-tile floor, and the cooking is Lombard.
The Antica Trattoria della Pesa on Viale Pasubio. Photo: LucaChp, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Osteria Conchetta
Via Conchetta 8, near the Naviglio Pavese · Tuesday to Friday dinner 19:00 to 23:00, Saturday and Sunday lunch 12:30 to 14:30 and dinner 19:30 to 23:00 · Cited by 9 sources (3 English, 6 Italian) · osteriaconchetta.it
Milanese cooking from risotto and ossobuco to cassoeula, the winter pork-and-cabbage stew, in a small room a few metres from the canal. It is the place Reddit commenters name most, in 11 comments across three threads.
La Latteria
Via San Marco 24, Brera · Cited by 11 sources (10 English, 1 Italian)
The Maggi family closed it on 22 December 2023 after almost 60 years, and it reopened on 5 November 2024 under Vittoria Loro Piana.
Trippa
Via Giorgio Vasari 1, Porta Romana · Monday to Thursday 19:15 to 23:30, Friday 12:30 to 14:30 and 19:15 to 23:30, closed Saturday and Sunday · Michelin Bib Gourmand · Cited by 29 sources (18 English, 11 Italian) · trippamilano.it
A trattoria whose menu changes daily with what the market supplies. It has been closed all weekend since October 2025, and the kitchen stops at 22:30 on weekday evenings.
Starred and destination dining
Cracco in Galleria
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II · Tuesday to Friday lunch and dinner, Monday and Saturday dinner only, closed Sunday · one Michelin star · Cited by 27 sources (11 English, 16 Italian) · ristorantecracco.it
Carlo Cracco’s restaurant in the Galleria has three dining rooms, a bar inspired by Paris bars, the Fumoir, and a cellar of more than 2,000 labels. The ground-floor Café Cracco is open from 08:00 to midnight every day and takes no reservations, for breakfast, an aperitivo or an informal meal that includes pizza.
Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia
Via Montecuccoli 6 · one Michelin star · Cited by 24 sources (11 English, 13 Italian) · aimoenadia.com
Aimo Moroni and Nadia Giuntoli opened a Tuscan trattoria on this street in 1962, and it grew into a restaurant that Michelin and L’Espresso both rank. The chefs are Alessandro Negrini and Fabio Pisani. The same group runs Voce at Piazza della Scala 6 and the BistRo at Via Matteo Bandello 14, both Michelin Selected.
Enrico Bartolini al Mudec
Via Tortona 56, in the Mudec · three Michelin stars · Cited by 21 sources (10 English, 11 Italian) · enricobartolini.net
The only three-star restaurant in the city, inside the Mudec museum building in Zona Tortona. See the Navigli for the district.
Seta by Antonio Guida
Via Monte di Pietà 18, in the Mandarin Oriental · two Michelin stars · Cited by 20 sources (8 English, 12 Italian)
The restaurant of the Mandarin Oriental in Brera, with the hotel’s garden as the other place to eat: see where to stay in Milan.
Joia
Via Panfilo Castaldi 18 · lunch Tuesday to Friday · one Michelin star · Cited by 14 sources (7 English, 7 Italian) · joia.it
A vegetarian restaurant now led by the chefs Sauro Ricci and Raffaele Minghini, who joined in 2012; Pietro Leemann ran the kitchen before them. Lunch comes as Tre Piatti a Mezzogiorno, three dishes, or the Piatto Quadro, a single composition of several preparations that changes daily. Altatto, a Michelin Selected vegetarian and vegan restaurant, is at Via Bonaventura Zumbini 39.
Ceresio 7
Via Ceresio 7 · Michelin Selected · Cited by 18 sources (14 English, 4 Italian) · ceresio7.com
A rooftop with an American bar, a signature restaurant and swimming pools above the skyline. A day by the pool is sold as an experience for two at €250, with lounger, towels and drinks and food included. See aperitivo in Milan.
Langosteria
Via Savona 10 · Michelin Selected · Cited by 18 sources (9 English, 9 Italian) · langosteria.com
The seafood restaurant the lists name for fish, with a Montenapoleone branch at Corso Giacomo Matteotti 9 and a bistro at Via Privata Bobbio 2. Ally’s Bar, on the sixth floor of the Montenapoleone branch, is open from 12:00 to 01:00.
Pasticcerie, bakeries and coffee
Pasticceria Marchesi
Via Santa Maria alla Porta 11/a · Cited by 29 sources (21 English, 8 Italian) · marchesi1824.com
The pasticceria, a pastry shop and café, founded in 1824. The Christmas selection, with its panettoni, can be pre-ordered online. See panettone in Milan.
Pavé
Via Felice Casati 27 · Cited by 25 sources (17 English, 8 Italian) · pavemilano.com
A bakery and pasticceria with four shops, one on Via Casati. The lists name it first for brunch and brioche. It makes the only Milan panettone among the 15 in Gambero Rosso’s December 2025 blind test, and its gelato shop holds Tre Coni.
Cova
Via Montenapoleone 8 · Cited by 22 sources (13 English, 9 Italian) · pasticceriacova.com
A pasticceria and café on the Quadrilatero’s main street, open since 1817 according to its own site, with a panettone it sells for Christmas.
Pasticceria Cucchi
Corso Genova 1 · open every day 07:30 to 21:30 · Cited by 20 sources (13 English, 7 Italian) · pasticceriacucchi.it
A pasticceria since 1936 that serves breakfast, lunch and an aperitivo.
Gattullo
Piazzale di Porta Lodovica 2 · Cited by 14 sources (6 English, 8 Italian) · gattullo.it
A historic pasticceria and café in Milan since 1961, with classic cakes such as the Primavera, the Carlina and the Fabiola.
Pasticceria Sissi
Piazza Risorgimento 6 · Cited by 13 sources (10 English, 3 Italian) · pasticceriasissi.it
A pasticceria on Piazza Risorgimento, named by 10 English and 3 Italian publishers.
Cafezal
Viale Premuda 14 (coffee hub), Via Solferino 27 (Brera), Via San Gregorio 29A (Porta Venezia) · Cited by 15 sources (9 English, 6 Italian) · cafezal.it
A coffee roaster with cafés in three districts and a Milano Coffee Academy that runs courses. Orsonero, named by 13 sources, has a second café at Via Lomazzo 20 in Chinatown.
Bars, street food and markets
Bar Basso
Via Plinio 39 · Cited by 20 sources (20 English, none Italian)
Where the Negroni Sbagliato was created in 1972, with sparkling wine in place of gin. The name is a trademark registered by the bar. See aperitivo in Milan.
Bar Basso at the foot of an apartment block on Via Plinio. Photo: Jwslubbock, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Camparino in Galleria
Piazza del Duomo 21 · Cited by 20 sources (15 English, 5 Italian) · camparino.com
The Campari bar in the Galleria, opened as Camparino in 1915 after the Caffè Campari of 1867. Its Bar di Passo menu has a Campari Seltz at €15 and aperitivo bites at €10 a dish. See aperitivo in Milan.
Luini
Via Santa Radegonda 16 · Monday to Saturday 10:00 to 20:00, closed Sunday · Cited by 20 sources (17 English, 3 Italian) · luini.it
A bakery since 1888, known for panzerotti, folded pockets of dough with a filling, sold fried or baked. They are made to order, so they come out hot. Its page lists extra openings for November and December.
Mercato Centrale Milano
Milano Centrale · open every day 6:30 to 23:00 · Cited by 13 sources (10 English, 3 Italian)
A food hall inside the station: you take food from the stalls, sit where you like and order drinks at the table, with no booking. Eataly Milano Smeraldo at Piazza XXV Aprile is open every day from 8:00 to 23:00. See hotels near Milano Centrale.
Pizza and gelato
Dry Milano
Via Solferino 33 · Tuesday to Sunday 18:00 to 02:00, closed Monday · 50 Top Pizza 2026: no. 7 · Cited by 13 sources (7 English, 6 Italian) · drymilano.it
Pizza served with a cocktail list built to go with it, which won the best-cocktail-list award at 50 Top Pizza in 2026. It opens for dinner and the late evening only.
Gelato
| Shop | Where | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Terra Gelato | Via Vitruvio 38, Via Losanna 46, Piazza XXV Aprile 10 and Corso San Gottardo 1 | Tre Coni |
| Ciacco | Via Spadari, near the Duomo | Tre Coni |
| Artico | Isola and near the Duomo | Tre Coni |
| Gnomo Gelato | Near Conciliazione metro | Tre Coni |
| Pavé Gelati e Granite | Via Felice Casati 27 | Tre Coni |
| Gelato Giusto | Workshop at Via San Gregorio 17 |
What to eat
| Dish | Where the lists send you | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Risotto alla milanese | Ratanà, Masuelli San Marco, Trippa | Rice cooked with saffron and bone marrow, called riso giallo in Milan |
| Cotoletta alla milanese | Masuelli San Marco, Trattoria del Nuovo Macello, Antica Osteria il Ronchettino | A veal chop, breaded and fried in butter |
| Ossobuco | Ratanà, Masuelli San Marco | Veal shank braised on the bone, served with risotto |
| Panettone | Marchesi, Pavé, Cova | The Christmas sourdough cake with raisins and candied peel |
| Panzerotti | Luini | Folded dough pockets, fried or baked |
| Negroni Sbagliato | Bar Basso | A Negroni with sparkling wine in place of gin |
A cotoletta alla milanese with chips and salad. Photo: pier, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Food tours
A food tour is a guided walk that stops to eat. GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices are per person:
| Tour | From | Length | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Street Food Walking Tour with Food Tastingad | €49 | 2.5 hours | 1,016 |
| Guided Food Tour with Tastingsad | €64 | 3 hours | 169 |
| Sunset Navigli Food and Drinks Tour with a Localad | €81.18 | 3 to 3.5 hours | 451 |
Milan food tours compares them and names the classes.
At the table
- Photo menus. Residents on r/milano call the bars and pizza counters with oversized photo menus facing the station and round Piazza del Duomo the worst of the tourist traps, with pizzas at €20 and more. A street or two away the menus are in Italian.
- August. Commenters on r/milano say many restaurants away from the tourist centre close in August, so call before you go. The centre stays open, and Isola, Chinatown, the Navigli and Porta Venezia are the districts they name.
- Tipping. Optional, about 10 per cent.
- Christmas. The dates are in Milan Christmas markets 2026, and for New Year’s Eve see Milan on New Year’s Eve 2026.
Plan the rest
3 days in Milan fits the meals to the sights, where to stay in Milan compares the areas, and what to book before you go to Milan lists the closed days. For other Italian cities, see Florence and Rome.
Common questions
Which places do the most food lists in Milan name?
Ratanà, a Milanese trattoria, with 36 of the publishers counted (23 English, 13 Italian), then Pasticceria Marchesi and Trippa with 29 each, Cracco in Galleria with 27, Pavé with 25, Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia with 24, and Cova and Masuelli San Marco with 22 each.
How many Michelin stars does Milan have?
In the Michelin Guide Italia 2026, presented on 19 November 2025, the city of Milan has one three-star restaurant, Enrico Bartolini al Mudec, three with two stars (Andrea Aprea, Seta by Antonio Guida and Verso Capitaneo), 14 with one star and three Bib Gourmands. The 2027 guide is presented on 12 November 2026 in Piacenza.
Which Milan restaurants are closed on Sundays or at weekends?
Trippa is closed on Saturdays and Sundays, Antica Trattoria della Pesa on Sundays, Ristorante Cracco on Sundays and Dry Milano on Mondays. Luini is open Monday to Saturday only.
Do I need to book a restaurant in Milan?
For the starred restaurants and for Ratanà at dinner, yes: commenters on Reddit's r/milano say Ratanà is always full. Café Cracco takes no reservations, and the Mercato Centrale food hall at Milano Centrale needs none.
Which is the best pizzeria in Milan?
Confine was named the best pizzeria in Italy by 50 Top Pizza Italia 2026, whose ceremony was in Milan, and Dry Milano came 7th and won the award for the best cocktail list.
Is there a food tour in Milan?
Yes. The street food walking tour with tastings has 1,016 reviews at 4.7 stars and is from €49 for 2.5 hours on GetYourGuide. Eating Europe's Navigli tour is €97 from the operator.
