Awesome little restaurant in Milan! I would say the best cotoletta milanese I have ever eaten but…read moreto top it off the risotto I want more! I went on a short break with my girlfriend who is a bit of a fussy eater but when it comes to italian food she is happy. I booked this place hearing some of the reviews and seeing some of the photos and it was definitely worth it. The service was fantastic (even with my awful attempt at ordering in italian she let me have a go) and quick for the fact it was really busy! The atmosphere is nice and romantic but not over the top so allows for a relaxing date and warm feeling. The food was not cheap but nothing in Milan really is! The portions were great and the size of the milanese is as big as it looks - filling to say the least! However the risotto alla milanese, a specialty I tried in a couple of restaurants, was the benchmark that never got beaten during our trip! We fought over the last few bites and I was tempted to order another one but the rest of the food was so great we kind of just wanted it all! If I end up back in Milan this will be up there with places to go back to!

After so many years Traveling to Italy, I finally…read moreexperienced a traditional and typical Milanese meal...with the locals! Located in the Navigli neighborhood, we walked along the canals for about a hour in the freezing cold and worked up and appetite. This isn't one of those places along the canal with employees inviting you in for "happy hour" or aperitivo. As soon as you step foot inside this place, you'll feel cozy and welcome. We drank the house wine, shared an antipasto Misto (mixed appetizer plate of traditional Milanese items- fried bread, potato skins, pickled nerves... Totally strange item but worth a try, Salumi and cheese. The appetizer alone was a feast! For dinner, the Milanesa was a must! I ordered it extra thin with a side of mashed potatoes. Take note- the portions are enormous! I barely ate half. My man ordered the risotto Damm-atra. (Saffron risotto served with a sausage and bean stew) both dishes were awesome. Super rustic and totally traditional. The service as friendly, the atmosphere is humble and the food delicious. Anyone looking for an adventure outside the high trafficked Duomo area Will enjoy this spot.

Love this place! Feels like a locals tavern. Amazing gnocchi and the goulash was heavenly! The…read morefamily that runs it seems amazing even though my Italian is poor. Save space for the killer tiramisu!

Osteria della Lanterna in Milan is a charming restaurant with delicious Italian cuisine. The cozy…read moreatmosphere and friendly staff make for a wonderful dining experience. Dont miss their homemade pasta dishes! Grazie mille!

On a mission to find the perfect traditional Milanese trattoria, we decided to try La Pesa, one of…read morethe most sought after places for risotto con ossobuco and cotoletta. The menu is actually not strictly Milanese, they have items that belong to other regional traditions like sciatt or polenta taragna, fried cheese balls and cheese polenta from Valtellina. We didn't complain about this discrepancy, we actually enjoyed both dishes even if not traditional from Milan. Then we got risotto alla milanese con ossobuco, the symbol of Milanese cuisine, and it was really really good. The risotto was creamy, buttery and delicious, the ossobuco "melt in your mouth" tender and with a lot of delicious bone marrow in the bone. Fantastic. Risotto ai funghi porcini freschi was very good too. The tagliatelle al ragù di cinghiale (boar) were very good, but the tagliatelle were a bit too tough, which is very strange for fresh pasta. It felt like the fresh pasta was left to dry out and then it was not cooked enough to rehydrate it. Whatever, the ragù was delicious. Finally the mondeghili, typical Milanese fried meat balls, although delicious, were not authentic, at least according to the expert in the group. Anyway, we enjoyed the food, the cute ambiance and the service. Recommended.

Risotto with tender meat on bone was excellent with good recommendation of red wine. Service is…read moregood and quick. Ambiance is like at home trattoria but more sophisticated and modern. Good spot in the center of Milano! Grazie Mille!

For most of my dining experiences, I do a bit of research. The result is that most of my reviews…read moreare either good or very good. Testina was a delightful surprise. Our dinner on a Friday night was a simply outstanding amount experience: ambiance, service, food, and wine. Testina's menu is concise: 3 to 4 selections for each course: appetiser, pastas, Secundo, and desserts. There is also a prix fixe menu using these same selections. The all Italian wine list is extensive with red and white wines from all regions. I guess there over 50 bottles from which to choose. There all also 75cl bottles of craft beer available. We went in May, 2016. Having already had a pre-dinner Happy Hour, we had pasta, dessert, and a delightful Italian Red. Overall, we had a fantastic meal: food, ambiance, and service.

Lovely trattoria with a great kitchen based on local Milanese traditions; with a tiny modern touch…read more I went all in for the traditions with a superb Risotto Milanese beautifully flavored with an abundance of safran. The steak milanese was a poem! Thick, perfectly cooked rosa with a thin crust. Impeccable service!

We were looking for someplace not too far from Linate airport for dinner on our last night in Milan…read moreand found this through Yelp, about 12 minutes (€15) away by taxi. There doesn't seem to be much in the neighborhood for strolling around from what I could see so don't plan on spending time in the area beyond dining. It definitely seemed like a locals haunt, there were no other obvious tourists there that I could tell, at least not from U.S. They seated us with no reservation ahead of time so that was good (Friday night around 8:30 pm). The menu mentions "Milanese" food and I'm not sure what that entails very well but do know this isn't a place for what one thinks of as traditional Italian food, in terms of marinara/red sauce pastas, etc. we got an order of spaghetti and either they mixed it up as something else or Milanese spaghetti is way different than I imagined it as the sauce was a green pesto-base. It was fine but not what I imagined nor how I thought the menu described it. We also got the risotto and that was very good! I get it that dinner in Europe is often a slower affair than in the U.S. but the service was quite slow. We ordered a beer and it came quite a bit later (and in a room temperature bottle) and then later we asked for a 2nd bottle of water. It hadn't come after 5 or so minutes so when the waiter asked if we wanted desert we ordered tiramisu and reminded him we wanted more water. It never came even by the time dessert arrived some 10 minutes later so we again asked for that second bottle of water. It finally arrived after we were done eating the dessert! Then when we got our bill it had a charge for THREE bottles of water. The menu/type of food I can't fault, it just wasn't in my wheelhouse but I have to ding the rating on the fairly slow service.

Masuelli era nella mia lista da tempo e oggi finalmente lo abbiamo provato. Esperienza decisamente…read moremolto positiva, locale accogliente e tranquillo, contrariamente ad altre trattorie molto rumorose e con tavoli tutti attaccati l'uno all'altro. Abbiamo ordinato i classici milanesi, Mondeghili e risotto allo zafferano milanese con ossobuco. La cotoletta l'abbiamo vista passare e l'abbiamo "annusata", la proveremo la prossima volta. I Mondeghili molto buoni, accompagnati anche da un piatto di porcini fritti deliziosi. Il risotto alla milanese con ossobuco da manuale, risotto cotto alla perfezione e mantecato giusto, veramente molto buono. La carne tenerissima e saporita, con midollo abbondante. Buonissimo! Abbiamo chiuso con uno strepitoso tiramisù, forse uno dei più buoni mai mangiati al ristorante. Altamente consigliato!

Masuelli San Marco is a delightful old-style trattoria still managed by the elderly Pino Masuelli…read more Founded in 1921, this restaurant has been serving some of the best classical Milanese cuisine the city has to offer for close to a century. Their polenta - a beloved wintertime recipe - takes hours of continuous stirring to cook it to the point where it's fragrant and unctuous to perfection, and despite normally being just a side to a main meat course, here the polenta shines when prepared with raw egg yolk and Raschera cheese fondue. A must-try: the restaurant's terrific pasta and borlotti bean soup. It was a trek and a half to get there with 2 buses and a brisk walk but totally worth it the minute you walk in and greeted by their sweet Italian charm. Reservation needed! Reach out to them ahead of time if traveling from another country.

If you want to experience an authentic restaurant in Milan, flee the tourist traps near the Duomo…read moreand make your way to this fantastic restaurant! It's only a short ride on Tram #24 from the Duomo to the stop "Via Notto" and well worth the ride! The food is wonderful and the owner, Simone, is very welcoming, he speaks English and will be happy to help you with the menu and make recommendations. You can call ahead for a reservations!!