Very nice brunch place! The atmosphere is cozy, the food is good and various (chicken curry,…read morequiches, rice, pastas, juices and free Nescafé refills) and the price is super honest (about 22 euros/person). A walk around Navigli after the hearty brunch is suggested.

While we were there my friend at the table fainted (unrelated to the food) and lost consciousness…read more A doctor at a table right beside us (thank you Paolo, wherever you are) tended to my unconscious friend and helped her, helped us call an ambulance talking or dispatch and mentioning my friend was in code red and with his actions probably saved my friend's life. As my friend had been taken away with the ambulance I wanted to buy dinner for the doctor's table who had spent over 20 minutes looking after my friend while the ambulance was coming. The owner told me rudely that he wouldn't let me because the doctor should not have helped as he (the owner of a restaurant???) was the only person that could help the customers (not that he did, he didn't even call an ambulance, and he ignored us all along). What a sorry excuse for a human being. This after he had refused to serve me anything to drink and eat the whole night because I had gotten to my friends table 15 minutes late, which mortified my friends as they had invited me there. I am sharing this because I think people ought to know about the owner's behavior and choose whether to patronize an establishment run by such an awful person. Appalling.

Very good place to eat! I prefer places like this, it is very hard to find good pizza in Milan but…read morethis was good, and the food was good for the price. The place is very old, but very classic. The food was tasty and the people are so great. I stopped at this place to eat with my girlfriend and we enjoy the food! Thank you.

Went on a slow Wednesday night but the food was great and the wait staff was patient with our…read morebroken Italian. The seafood risotto was amazing. :)

This neighborhood restaurant is a hidden gem in Milano. Hidden from most tourists as it is very…read morepopular with the local scene. You must try the Zucchini Flowers as an appetizer! The restaurant is nautical themed with a spiral staircase leading up to private seating, and down to the toilets. There was also live music the night we dined, and it looks setup to have music each night.

#52-2016: It pains…read moreme to be going against all my predecessors (including my fellow ethnic venturer @Fla R.). To be fair, I had chosen this location as part of an ongoing yelp dare within the Milan community. One chooses a location and then a "victim" that would most likely NOT have chosen said place to review. Being that my friend is a bit skeptical about ethnic (aka spicy) food, I thought it best to try an African-oriented cuisine (which lacked recent reviews). So, on a Friday night we made reservations for 5 and headed on out to Balafon. The Mami is ever so cheerful and nice and patient in explaining how things were supposed to play out. But she made things clear at the very beginning: "I don't like spicy". Call me stereotypical but, my eyes widened and my mouth dropped... How can anyone south of Milano NOT like spicy food??? Anywho.... on we went to order 2 out of the 3 appetizers options: - shrimp samosas (phillo dough filled with shrimp, baby peas, celery, carrots, onion and sweet paprika) 5€ - rosemary akra (arancini-shaped fried croquettes made with balck-eyed peas, rosemary, basil) 5€ Then... on to the main dish (17.5€) The options varied quite a bit (Mozambico, Mali, Eritrea, Egypt, Congo, Guinea and Senegal) as far as sauces, accompanied by either meat or fish, with a side dish of steamed veggies. One could choose to accompany everything with either couscous or perfumed rice (don't ask, no one at the table dared order it...) I chose Soupikandia (Guinea) which listed: okra (though I could neither taste nor spot in the sauce), zucchini, eggplant and baobab seeds. My friend opted for Mafe (Mali) which listed: peanuts, rosemary, tomato sauce and leek. We both opted for the meat (beef chunks) and couscous. Though it was seasoned quite nice, it lacked the zing and I was also looking for the zang!!! So, Mami brought this "really really spicy sauce" in a tiny bowl the size of a peanut. I jumped for it and... NOT the ÜBER - SPICY I was looking for (my friend, who isn't a huge spicy fan was gulping it down no problem). The little bowl was gone along with our appetizers and Mami promised she'd bring more (she never did). I felt weird to use fork and knife to eat... and I felt out of place NOT being able to burn my tongue with spiciness... At the end of the meal... opting for either ginger tea or a mix of ginger, rhum and forgot what else cuz I was too busy gulping it down... that was the highlight of my evening. .. along with burping my head out all through the ride home... I'll have to try the recipe at home next time I have digestive problems or I wanna get an alternative rhum-based ginger filled drink..