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!

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.

Servers were very sweet and accommodating when I walked in alone at 1:15pm and got me a table…read morewithin 10 minutes. Risotto con l'ossobuco was melt in your mouth and comforting. Tiramisu excellent. Casual but attentive service and atmosphere. So glad I found this place on my one day in Milan biking around. Make reservations!

Simply superb from start to finish!! Exquisite food, gracious hosts, every dish and glass of wine…read morewas perfection. Cannot recommend highly enough, A++

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.

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.

This place is criminally underrated imo because this was by far our favorite meal in all of Italy…read moreacross Rome, Florence, and Milan. We wandered over to this spot as an easy walk from our hotel without a reservation and were lucky to snag table. The back patio is gorgeous and the ambience is incredible. Cozy, green, bright, inviting. Foodwise we did a shared cheese plate, my husband had the osso bucco, and I had the eggplant gnocchi. The cheese plate was SO GOOD. Like each bite was delicious and we literally fought over the last few cheeses left on the plate. My husband demolished his osso bucco and I adored the eggplant gnocchi. So so so tasty and I would absolutely get it again. Service was friendly and drinks were delicious; the desserts definitely did not pale in comparison either. I had the chocolate cake which was delectable. I would put this on your "must try, must eat at" list and definitely swing by if you are in Milan. This will be our go to, never skip spot from here on out and we are absolutely planning on grabbing a reservation next time to make sure we can dine here.

I made our dinner reservation (a must!) at the recommendation by 2 different friends and I was so…read morehappy that I did. First of all, the waitstaff were very professional and courteous. They served us a basket of bread with pate. Then they served us from the chef a couple of slices of mortadella. My husband and I shared some salad. He then have a veal cutlet and I had osso buco with risotto Milanese. Both dishes were so delicious. While my husband then had ice cream with berries, they gave me a plate of assorted cookies with my coffee. What an experience!

The wine is outstanding and the steak is cooked into perfection. The tiramisu has a traditional…read moretaste and it's not too sweet. The service is excellent.

We looked up this restaurant in good reviews were listed…read more Unfortunately it was not what we expected and server was very impatient.

Perfect getaway from the city center of Milan. Easily reachable by taxi/uber. The place is very…read morecozy, but also super big at the same time (lots of tables). The food is local and comforting, highly recommend!

Not easy to reach Al Garghet: in fact, it is in Milan, but at it's limits, in the first fields and…read moreagricultural environment of the Lombardy countryside. Beside this, cars GPS normally suggests crazy ways to reach it, so Google Maps is much better! Several typical and different old fashion dining rooms, full of nice paintings and accessories, also with a piano, played during dinner. Great service and typical traditional Milan food: risotto, cotoletta, ossobuco, brasato, polenta and many, many others. Large wine list, with many excellent regional ones: Inferno, Sassella, Sfursat.... Very attractive prices. Even if is large, reservation is a must.