Best food of our trip! Service was excellent! Highly recommend it. Wine list is very good.read more

We visited Osteria Via Pré after it was suggested to us by our host in Milano as one of the finest…read morerestaurants in the area. Even though we were pretty late (around 10pm when the Osteria is originally scheduled to close) we were kindly greeted and served. The restaurant is situated in a lovely street that branches right off Porta Genova. The street is filled with small restaurants and cafés and was teeming with people at the time. Also, there's the river promenade at Naviglio Grande just a mere couple 100 metres away. Osteria Via Pré itself fits right in there because it is a small, cozy restaurant with only a couple of tables and a bar inside, while most of its chairs and tables are located outside, facing the street. We had a very attentive, nice waiter who conversed with us in Italian, English and German and generally gave us the feeling that he was there for us whenever we wanted something. For appetizers we shared a Foccaccia which was filled with molten cheese. Absolutely delicious though the serving was a little small for two people. In any event, I think it's a positive thing that the appetizer actually left us craving more (food). For the main course both of us ate Lasagne alla Genovese. Frankly, I've never had Lasagne with pesto this green and refreshing. As far as pestos go, this one was absolutely amazing. Rich with herbal aromas, not to oily but just the perfect consistency. The lasagne was housemade and also perfectly al dente. The housewine we had (red one) was to our liking though by no means spectacular. Even after we had finished, the waiter kept an eye on us and our needs, served us a free bottle of water and chatted with us about this and that. In this regard, the mediterranean kind of mentality and atmosphere were really carried across positively. In terms of prices, Osteria Via Pré falls right into the Milano standard. Good restaurants in nice locations like this always demand prices like this in Milano, so I think if you're in Milano and you want to have a good meal, it's not reasonable to skip this one. It's as pricy as most others, offers great food, service and the location is probably more lovely and romantic than most of the crammed city center.

Would not go back. Had 2 glasses of Prosecco and an order of 6 tartines. Was charged 30 euro and no…read moreitemized receipt was given. Pretty sure I was over charged. This was the only time on my 3.5 week trip I wasn't given an itemized receipt. If I wasn't ripped off, the place is still a rip off. The tartines look pretty but barely have any toppings compared to the amount of bland bread they're put on. It's like sushi at an all you can eat place where they put the thinnest slice of fish possible on okay rice to make it look pretty, but there's barely any substance. The only customers there were tourists. Locals seem to know better.

With so many inviting locations and antipasti/apertivo to choose from in cosmopolitan Milan, La…read moreTartina is ok but not a destination. I'd try any of the more mainstreet locations; the food was fine but not memorable.

We stopped in for a late breakfast. Tracie had a small…read moreprosciutto and cheese sandwich. And coffee. I had a salami sandwich on an olive bread baguette. Awesome. The bread was so rich with huge green olives. And a tasty craft beer with chips. You order at the counter and they deliver to your table. + friendly staff - cheap, thin paper napkins. €12.90 for "breakfast"

This was our go to place for mini breakfast sandwiches, pastries and great coffee. The morning…read morestaff greeted us warmly and was very friendly. On weekdays, locals flood in on their way to work, and parents with kids on their way to school. We're gonna miss this local favorite.

The best of a night at several bars on the Navigli. Read my profile and my reviews, you'll find…read morethat I am a pretty experienced booze hound. Pinch is a total replica of American hipster craft cocktail bars, in Milan. The bartenders wear suspenders and do tricks with shakers. I'm waiting for an ironic mustache, preferably like the Moretti guy has. The drinks are exceptional. When I was there, they had one made of green tomatoes and mountain pine liqueur that was a taste party in my mouth. The aperitivo snacks are also really excellent, a small tray of various interesting crunchy things. No potato chips -- we're talking samosas in wonton wrappers with sweet chili sauce, Indian curry rice, a ham-arugula roll, and baba ghanoush. My second drink didn't quite match the first, but it was close. Also, the only bar in Milan that gave me *zero* grief about wanting a simple glass of tap water. In fact, they just give you one. Mega bonus points for that. I'm sick of paying for "aqua panna Toscana" that I neither need nor want. Been drinking Milan tap water in my hotel room for four days now. It's fine. Pour it on. Food offerings from the regular menu are a little hit or miss, but on the other hand, I had kind of stuffed myself with aperitivo. Had I been hungry, might've been a different story.

Another perfect cocktails bar in Navigli! And yet I thought this Milanese neighborhood was only…read morefilled with bars with bad & cheap drinks, loud music and greasy aperitivo food (well, there are plenty of bars like that but thankfully not all of them). Pinch is a new bar right in Ripa di Porta Ticinese, not in the pedestrian part of the Naviglio, which means they don't have outside seating - except for the tables at the windows. It has a retro vibe, as if you entered a 1920s bar, dim lights, soft 1920's music; elegant but not ostentatious atmosphere. The cocktails list has about 15 signature cocktails, all with an explanation of the alcoholic level (medium or high), taste (fresh, spicy, bitter, etc.) and of course the ingredients, classic cocktails with a twist, made extremely well, with good ingredients. They also have a food menu but I didn't check it out since we were there for the aperitivo - which then turned into after-dinner drinks. I had the "South of the Border" with tequila, chartreuse vert, lime juice, sugar syrup and fresh mint, it was fresh and delicious, then I had another one and another one... just to be sure they were made perfectly ;) For the aperitivo, our cocktails were 8 euro each and the waiter (who looked like Robert Pattinson) brough a small tray with some snacks: rice and salad in small glasses, chips, mini-sandwiches and a couple of vol-au-vents - not enough to fill our stomachs completely but also not the average greasy aperitivo food. Nice staff, a full bar with quality bottles and clean bathrooms complete the experience. Too bad it's far from my house, but worth the subway trip back!

This place is tidy, and nice, and welcoming and clean and... lots of adjectives, none related to…read morethe food. I think the decor is great, if you want to grab lunch or come by to read the paper while sipping coffee, this place has plenty of room and a great selection of sweet and savory items. The lunch menu is extensive, with great salad options, seafood dishes or make-your-own-sandwich type of options. The vibe is that of a place serving regional food, selected to give you more options than you can hope for. Even the chocolates are high-end, coming from a chocolatier in Piemonte, and still reasonably priced. My "dose" ran out unreasonably fast, though, but that's a different story. This is a new establishment, they're still ironing out the kinks, but I'm sure you'll have a great time for a quality snack or meal, and when in doubt, the personnel can suggest the best option. Enjoy.

One of the stops on our beer and food tasting tour, Il Panzerotto is where I learned about…read morepanzerotti. It's similar to a calzone but smaller and hand-held. Made to order, we met the owners and sat in the small joint for a while to enjoy our food. Neat little spot that is perfect for a break from a night of drinking. You know how we tend to hit up a Waffle House after a bunch of alcohol? Well, this is the Italian equivalent. No, it's not a waffle in case you're thinking. Fatty, greasy, cheesy delicious. A bunch of cheese and tomato sauce wrapped in dough and fried. They'll make it spicy, too. And if you need a beer to go with it, then they can help you with a few bottled beers and also some sodas/waters in their cooler. [Review 10679 overall, 447 of 2019.]

Maybe my expectations were too high because Milan isn't known for panzerotti and I've had them in…read morePuglia, but...it says on the sign out front that the panzerotti are fried when you order, but instead they are just heated up in a grill. The taste is pretty good, but nothing exceptional and I felt like the panzerotto was too small.