The Milanese hosted my daughter's baby shower...and they did a most wonderful, perfect job! We had a private area, 35? Guests family style dinner...bread, salad, pasta dishes, chicken parm, sausage & peppers... The food, atmosphere and service was perfect!! Thank you for making this day so special! Your food and service was amazing! read more

if i could give it no stars I would absolutely awful, lousy service and rude staff, my food wasn't made correctly had to send it back.

Not great. Sauce was watery and not anything special, "imported spaghetti" was like ronzoni from our local stop and shop. Meatballs were lukewarm and tasteless. 2 glasses of wine for me and my wife each was $65. Note, wine was cheap brands and portions small. The three stars are for my wife's lasagna which she said was good and the garlic bread that was tasty. Oh and for the waiter who was nice. Too many other good Italian restaurants around here to go back. read more

I haven't eaten at Milanese in probably 30 years and often ate there after our Wednesday night Tae Kwon Do class. My father ordered lasagna for us to eat for Thanksgiving and the food is absolutely amazing. Since we live in Oklahoma now, there isn't an Italian restaurant with lasagna that's this good. Thank to Aldo, Santino and the family for making an absolutely delicious meal for us to enjoy for Thanksgiving. read more

Milanese Italian Restaurant - The Michaelson's - Italian Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

My husband and I went here on Saturday night. The food was excellent. I had fillet of sole and my husband had penne a la vodka with chicken. Delicious. The service was unfortunately lacking. Our waitress wasn't very attentive and friendly. We had to ask to refill our water twice. She took my plate and napkin by accident and didn't seem to notice or care. The worst part was the wait. It took about 1 hour for our food to come out. For real. The food was good though, so I am not sure if we will be back. read more

Milanese Italian Restaurant - Penne alla Vodka with chicken - Italian Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

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For anyone looking at this place, do yourself a favor and look at their health and safety track record, the Poughkeepsie Journal website has a great tracker for this. Just to list some items from the most recent inspection: 1H: Food from unapproved source, spoiled, adulterated on premises 1D: Canned foods found in poor conditions (leakers, severe dents, rusty, swollen cans) 14A: Insects, rodents present 15C: Premises littered, unnecessary equipment and article present, living quarters not completely separated for food service operations, live animals, birds and pets not excluded At the end of 2024, they failed a re-inspection and an (informal) hearing was scheduled due to how poor the health and sanitation record for this place is historically. Under no circumstances should you ever eat here, it's unclear how they haven't even been shutdown yet. read more

There food is delicious and the decor old school Italian Have been there several times and never disappointed

I've come here a few times since my first review. Each time was consistently good. We went again on Saturday night to take my parents out for dinner just for fun. The Lobster Tail entree was so good! Highly recommend. The salmon is always good here too. read more

Milanese Italian Restaurant - Lobster Tail entree - Italian Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

While in Poughkeepsie with friends from around the country three of us decided to try Milanese. This reminds us of the family run Italian restaurants we grew up with. Simply stated...great food, wonderful service, and friendly, attentive staff. Right down to the older couple who went table to table to make you feel welcome and appreciated. The food was phenomenal! All this in a restaurant with classic "family owned" ambiance. read more

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Delicious meals Kind, quick, friendly service/Victor I think his name was. Someone kept calling him Raphael, not sure why. Quaint and Charming Italian decor sorta old world family feeling. Like you'd expect a grandma or mother to walk thru to check on you. Oh wait SHE DOES! Start of my husbands birthday weekend. read more

Milanese Italian Restaurant - Dinning Room Charm - Italian Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

great! place, great food!!!, great service! from a wonderful staff. when ever we are in pk this is the place we go for a fantastic meal.

Another great meal at Milanese! We got there at 430pm on a Sunday for dinner because I would be driving home that evening, but we were there over two hours. There were only a couple servers on the restaurant side and they ended up having a huge party going on in the other room which spilled over. We ordered the Baked Stuffed Clams for an appetizer. There were 5 and they were good but not as large as we would normally get from a seafood restaurant. We both love the fresh homemade garlic bread they serve in the bread basket! My son had Pollo Contadina which he loved. It's his new favorite! I had chicken parm with a side of penne. Tiramusu for dessert of course! The portion size for dinners are large so we each took home half of our meal! read more

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Food was delicious ambiance was nice beautiful place. The chicken parm was very good. And the lasagna was very good.

We were warmly welcomed when we walked in. We have no reservation but in less than 10 minutes we were seated by the owner himself. It was a busy Saturday night but the staff were working fast as they can be so they could sit people waiting but not rushing people still dining. Our waitress get our order right away and served our drinks, bread then salad in less than we were expecting. As I was looking on everyone, they all seemed enjoying their night. The place has family ambiance and it is a perfect place to spent time with the people you love. There were about four celebrations happening during our stay. Our food arrived, home cooked Italian food smells nicely and it tasted very good. I had linguine clam, and it was I am expecting, light and tasty. My husband had meatball spaghetti. He seemed liking it because he almost finished what's on his plate even the serving portion is large. We never had room for dessert. The owner came down us to say thank you for coming. It seems like the staff is all family members if not like family relationship. It is a nice place to come and dined , you will have a homey feeling during your stay. A recommended restaurant in town. read more

Milanese Italian Restaurant - Italian Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

Had an excellent meal at this classic Italian restaurant. The food and service couldn't be better. Our table of 6 were treated with such care, we felt like family. There was an event happening, yet we still felt like we were their top priority. We were even treated to a few sleight of hand tricks by the clever owner, a legend in the area. I believe somewhere during the meal I heard someone belt out a delightful version of 'Volare'. I feel like we were transported to Italy for the evening. Exceptional food- I had the burrata ravioli with ragu sauce. A 10 out of 10 and would order it again, except I'd love to try their other offerings. We also had the calamari and the antipasti platter- perfection!! If you're in the area or within 100 miles- come! You won't leave hungry or disappointed. read more

Have always heard great things about Milanese but I've only driven by. Today we stopped in and the service and the food were amazing. Can't believe we've never tried this gem before and we'll definitely be back soon. read more

This was an amazing lunch. The buffet was memorable. I had an eggplant dish but there were many choices. My husband had the penne a la vodka and also found it delicious. The sides like broccoli rabe and a zucchini and string bean dish was redolent of garlic, fresh herbs. It had a perfect bite to it which is difficult to achieve on a buffet. This was a 15.00 lunch but the quality of the meal and the kind service elevated the entire experience. read more

Great place was there for a bike New York 100 mile cycling event and the staff, food, ambiance was perfect. Staff went way out of their way for me, a solo diner and bread meal, dessert etc was great. Did great in the event as I had right food. Love Milanese read more

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We've ordered out from here with great results & finally decided to visit. Unexpectedly great vibe in the dining room with families and large tables enjoying loud dinners all around. Service was a little touch & go but overall reliable. Portions were generous, food was better than our take-home. A suggestion for ownership though, my Negroni should not have been served in a pint glass. That's a ton of booze. We sat at the bar for a cocktail before dinner and I was surprised to watch that cocktail be made in front of me. Regardless, we will return. Grazi! read more

What a friendly welcoming atmosphere place to have dinner. Believe me. You'll keep coming back.

Really enjoyed my time here. The restaurant had a nice environment with friendly staff. We were able to sit on the outer side of the restaurant, socially distanced away from other people. We got free bread for the table that was soft and fragrant. The appetizers were all amazing! If red wine could be an option for you, I would definitely recommend having it with the appetizers. The portions were very large, so we took most of our main dishes home. Nonetheless, the pasta all tasted very fresh and the cheeses were amazing. Would definitely recommend coming here! read more

Milanese Italian Restaurant - Fried Calamari, Stuffed Shells, Deli Meat and Cheese for Two (forgot the actual name) - Italian Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

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My goodness...what fun evening. A classic New York area Red Sauce Joint complete with the statues, period decorations, classic Italian food, fantastic friendly and professional service all delivered in an unhurried way. They really want you to enjoy your meal...and hey...what's the hurry. As a bonus, the patriarch wanders around and does magic tricks at the table. What is not to like. I will be back. The food is...a well executed red sauce joint! Don't expect more and you will be happy with the food and the value. I consider myself a connoisseur of eggplant parmigiana. This was the best I have had...maybe ever. read more

The food was fantastic. I feel like I went to Italy for dinner. We ordered Eggplant Rollatini which was cooked to perfection. We also got the Pollo Contadina which was a chicken breast stuffed with crab and shrimp with an amazing wine, mushroom sauce. The chicken was crispy on the outside. The sauce was awesome.The side of garlic and oil pasta had crispy savory bits of garlic. Just delicious. The service was terrific. We will definitely come back next time we are in town! read more

The food was AMAZING! Loved the mozzarella and calamari. Had a bottle of wine and good company. The owner came out and greeted us. AND provided us with a little bit of a magic show. The waitress and hostess were both very nice. The restaurant smelled amazing and looked beautiful inside. We enjoyed ourselves and look forward to going back read more

Visiting Poughkeepsie for a few days and discovered this family owned Italian gem. All three of us were impressed with the friendly, attentive service and awesome food at a very reasonable price. We had veal parmigiana, salmon, and manicotti. All were excellent. The owner/founder visited our table and was a pleasure to hear him recount the history of the family and restaurant. Would highly recommend for Italian dining in Poughkeepsie! read more

Milanese Italian Restaurant - Veal parmigiana and penne a la vodka. - Italian Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

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I haven't been here in a few years, but this was a restaurant my dad enjoyed. My dad hated eating out for the most part, and hated spending money on nice restaurants, but when I came home for my first visit after moving to California for school, I was surprised that he insisted on taking us out to dinner here and it was DELICIOUS Italian food (veal marsala, chicken piccata, and more) with amazing portions. Our family had a wonderful time. He passed away last year around this time, which made me think of this place and check to see how things are going. Glad to see it's still a well-loved restaurant in Poughkeepsie. All the best to this place for my 700th review on Yelp. read more

After hiking at Minnewaska state park preserve, me, my wife and a friend stayed for the night in Poughkeepsie, NY. It was late Saturday afternoon when we finished our hiking and the three of us were already famished, we went to a few breweries along Main Street but all of them have no available table, they were not taking reservations when I called them earlier. As we walked along Main Street we were lucky to stumble on this gem Italian restaurant. As soon as we went in we were nicely greeted by their staff and owner, we asked a table for three, and we were informed that there will be an available table momentarily, we did not have to wait too long and we were seated at a very nice table. We ordered immediately as we were already very hungry, they took our orders and immediately served us our drinks, complimentary garlic bread and sour bread. It was a nice family atmosphere restaurant, they were very busy, restaurant was full of costumers but they are very gracious in making sure that everyone was given attention. I had spaghetti con polpatte Bolognese, my wife had linguine clam and my friend had pollo parmigiano. They gave huge servings, my spaghetti tasted excellent, staff frequently checked on our needs, place is very clean, a very good homey and friendly place to eat dinner. I am not surprised that their business is still going ever since they started 1969. This is the kind of place where you will always feel comfortable going and eating at. I highly recommend this restaurant to anybody living, staying or visiting Poughkeepsie, NY. read more

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To start, Milanese is a Poughkeepsie landmark and should be treated as such! I have lived in Poughkeepsie my entire life, and one regret that I have is that I should have eaten here more. the outside of this restaurant with old school neon sign is exactly what you get on the inside and with the food. You immediately walk into the bar area where there is a table that most often has a few of the elderly female family members sitting there eating and speaking Italian. This place has been here for a long time, and it shows inside and out in a great way in my opinion! When you eat here you feel comfortable as if you were eating at your grandparents house for a family meal. The original owner still comes around and does a few slight of hand magic tricks table side which everyone always loves! The fried calamari is some of the best I have had, and the veal parmesan is on point! I would highly recommend Milanese to anyone living in or visiting Poughkeepsie! read more

Good & Bad Sharon & I both checked out the menu on-line so we knew what were would order. Plus we had a carafe of Montepulciano wine. The lasagne was excellent - the best or second best I've ever had. The ravioli con bolgnese tasted like marinara. The waiter listen to Sharon and brought a saucer of bologese sauce. We each tasted the sauce and detected some very small pieces of beef about 1/16th of an inch. The manager also listen to us but offered no solution. Regretably our solution was for me to share my excellent lasagne with Sharon. Besides us sharing my dinner I can think of four possible solution the restaurant could have offered. I think if I was a restant manager or a chef I could think of many more. Afterthought: I google bolognese. Without reading the recipes, but just looking at the photos of pasta with bolognese I could easily see the beef at least 1/4th of an inch. read more

The tasted great. Service impeccable. Older decor was pleasant. Eggplant parm wasn't fried and breaded.

Ordered Pasta Bolonaise, served marinara. When I asked where the meat was, I I was informed by the manager the meat was ground up really small. So while he was standing there, I used the fork to sift through the sauce, I did find one small piece of something white in color 1/4 the size if a pencil eraser. I asked hi. If that was it- he confirmed. I there with my wife and 2 direct Italian decendents. We couldn't believe it. MORE INFO After being sat 30 minutes after reservation 10 minutes b4 waiter came ove 10 minutes for 2 more menus. 10 more for drinks 1st round Finally able to order 15 minutes later 20 minutes later first half of apps came out 15 mins later 2nd half came after stopping waiter and asking. 4 requests before 2nd round of drinks( 30 mins) Food out 30 mins later. -----Almost 2 hours to get dinner I spent 20 years in managing restaurants(front and back). If wasn't for company I would have walked out. Missed 1/2 of comedy show already paid for !!! We really thought 2 hours would have been enough for a nice relaxing dinner. read more

Milanese Italian Restaurant - Italian Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

Nice restaurant. Been there several times. However, asked to substitute a vegetable instead of pasta. Server said fine. We received the bill & all four of us received an upcharge of $3.95 each.. Brought it to servers attention & he shrugged it off. Not fair. Don't think I we will be back! read more

SUPEr large portions. Nice staff. But the food is just typical american italian food that is over sauced, over oiled, over cheesed. Still fun and a fair price. read more

Had the best meal there a few months ago, the chicken parmigiana and the pasta was by far the best in the area. I was really surprised how much better it was than I expected it to be. It had been a while since I had eaten there, but it is definitely a place that I would go back to. The salad and bread was excellent to. read more

I ordered the Veal Saltimbocca which was absolutely delicious. The sauce was the best part and the meats were on par for the course. My girlfriend had the penne ala vodka with chicken. The pasta was perfectly cooked but the chicken was a bit dry. We both had a complimentary salad with an Italian dressing in addition to the meal (They had good table bread as well). The service was prompt and polite. In addition, there was not a single soul besides the staff at the rest but granted it was a Wednesday and I have no complaints when it comes to dining with fewer people around me. Overall, it was a beautiful little Italian restaurant that gives you an authentic dining experience. read more

Great meal tonight with friends at the Milanese. The bread was fresh and hot. The blue cheese on my salad dressing was light and delicious . My husband had chicken cordon blue. It was done differently then expected and really delicious. I forget the name of my dish but it was mussels, clams and crab over linguini. It was perfect. We finished the night with a great cappuccino. During the meal one of the family members came to our table and entertained us with fabulous magic tricks that left us wanting more. The slight of hand was amazing. It is an older restaurant so the Decor is classic old Italian but it's clean and comfortable. It was a great night. read more

Milanese Italian Restaurant - Not sure what it's cold but it's yummy. - Italian Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

We've been coming to the Milanese since 1969. Our kids were in town and requested this restaurant so we went - still a treasure. I lost my wife about 2 1/2 years ago and have been dining elsewhere. I recently returned with friends and it was like seeing an old lifelong friend... Everything was the same, especially the wonderful food. I hope to be back very soon! read more

Outstanding Italian food. My family has been eating here since they opened. Everything was great. Chicken parm, salad, bread service. Very friendly staff. After all of these years, I can't wait to go back. read more

I've lived in Dutchess County for over 25 years and have never eaten here despite always hearing good things. The loss was all mine. My family and I ate here today for the first time and it was terrific. The other reviews are correct about the decor. The place is nothing to look at from the outside although having their own parking lot makes it super convenient. While the inside looked like it was from another era it was familiar. The warm familiarity of being at my Italian grandparents house as a boy, right down to the curtains, the furniture and the pictures. Let's face it though - we weren't there for the decor. A look at the well worn menus let me know we'd be in for a treat. Any place still serving Tripe, Braciola and Broccoli Rape still knows old-school Italian. The food was great from beginning to end. Shrimp Cocktail and Fried Calamari were are starters. The Shrimp Cocktail was classic and good. The Calamari was perfect. Crispy, not greasy, a large portion and fantastic dipping sauce. The bread was served hot and fresh, both plain and garlic and the waitress was more than happy to bring us a second basket. The dishes we had were Chicken Parmasean, Chicken Marsala (Served with Penne in red sauce) and Penne A'la Vodka with Chicken. All the dishes came with a salad that was perfect! A nice mix of greens and cherry tomatoes with a delicious house dressing. Everything was great. I can't remember a time where I couldn't think of one thing to improve. The desserts were great too. My Tiramisu was the best I've ever had. My wife got the cheesecake. Pretty standard fare. My daughter got the chocolate lava something. Even though I think the basic center of those come frozen (like the cheesecake I suspect) it was surrounded by vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. Good stuff. The server was great as was the young man bussing our table. We were initially sat in the interior room and it seemed very dark. Spying a brightly lit room that had yet to have the tables set up, my wife asked if we could be seated there. Our server was more than happy to oblige, setting up a table just for us. If you live in Dutchess County and you've overlooked this place, do yourself a favor and try it out. I'm not an easy person to please but these guys hit it out of the park. Next time I'm getting the Tripe. I was too cowardly to try it, not knowing the restaurant. Now we can't wait to get back there. read more

Milanese Italian Restaurant - Excellent Fried Calamari & Classic Cold Shrimp Cocktail - Italian Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

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Very nice. Everything was great. Old style restaurant. Everything was delicous. I will return with more people.