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Ristorante Enrico Bartolini Via Tortona 56 Museo delle Culture

Enrico Bartolini, who has received more Michelin stars than any other chef for his restaurants across Italy, continues to impress and surprise his guests. Having received three stars for this restaurant (its flagship address is in Milan). Located on the third floor of Milan’s cultural museum (Mudec), the restaurant has an elegant and modern lounge atmosphere.

www.enricobartolini.net

Da Vittorio Via Cantalupa 17, Brusaporto

Although a la carte dishes are available at this cosy, family-run restaurant. All dishes here are prepared with carefully selected ingredients of the highest quality and impress with their beautiful presentation and rich, intense and traditional flavours. Guests are carefully looked after from start to finish, and the unusual cheese and dessert trolleys serve as a fitting end.

www.davittorio.com

Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia Via Raimondo Montecuccoli 6

This long-established restaurant, celebrating its 60th anniversary, now offers three generous tasting menus featuring contemporary Italian cuisine. Make sure you have plenty of time to peruse the extensive wine selection, which is displayed on a tablet and includes rare varieties.

www.aimoenadia.com

Seta Via Andegari 9

This restaurant, popular with international travellers, serves dishes that reflect the cosmopolitan flavours of Milan. Three tasting menus are offered. In the spring, dishes of various types of fish take centre stage. The extensive wine selection includes a choice of wines by the glass as well as several excellent “magnum” varieties, including several vintage grapes.

www.mandarinoriental.com

Ristorante Berton Via Mike Bongiorno, 13

Located in the heart of Porta Nuova, this restaurant has one wall made entirely of glass, allowing plenty of daylight to flood into its elegant, contemporary-style dining room. The kitchen here is deliberately simple in style, but not minimalist. Creative and contemporary dishes are prepared with ingredients from all over Italy, with no particular emphasis on any one region: the same can be said for the excellent wine list.

www.ristoranteberton.com

Joia Via Panfilo Castaldi 18

This restaurant in one of Milan’s historic neighbourhoods is the spiritual home of the chef who first introduced the concept of natural vegetarian cuisine to the world of Italian fine dining. The restaurant is decorated in a minimalist and elegant style, and its Joia Academy aims to introduce participants to all aspects of the chef’s philosophy.

www.joia.it

L’Alchimia Ristorante & Lounge Bar Viale Premuda 34

Parquet flooring, a wood-beamed ceiling and exposed brickwork create a warm atmosphere in this restaurant, which is bright and airy by day and romantic in the evening thanks to soft lighting. The cuisine here will appeal perhaps not for its creativity, but for its quality dishes. Additional amenities include a small, beautiful brick-vaulted wine cellar (open to the public).

www.ristorantelalchimia.com

Iyo Via Piero Della Francesca 74

The cuisine served is heavily influenced by Japan, yet rooted in Italian flavours and traditions. The extensive menu includes dishes you would expect from a Japanese restaurant, along with more creative fusion recipes combining influences from Japan, Europe and beyond. There’s also an excellent selection of about 500 wines.

www.iyo.it

Contraste Via Giuseppe Meda, 2

When you order at this restaurant, you’re invited to choose from two tasting menus, which are described more inspirationally than in detail. The surprise continues at your table, which is set in a magnificent dining room with historic elements, and where the food is served without warning as a long succession of dishes made from ingredients that often mimic other ingredients – the result is a playful, surprising cuisine that is truly extraordinary.

www.contrastemilano.it

Ristorante Cracco Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

Bar Pasticceria in Milan is predominantly a café run by a Michelin-starred celebrity chef (his fine-dining restaurant is on the first floor of the same building).It also offers a nice selection of dishes, with a menu that easily ranges from Milanese specialities to international dishes, including pizza. The range of sweets with desserts is a feast for the eyes and palate. There are also outdoor tables in this unusual corner of Milan’s famous arcade.

www.ristorantecracco.it

VIVA Viviana Varese Ristorante Piazza 25 Aprile, 10

The most popular tables at this restaurant on the first floor of the complex are the large fossil wood tables facing the open-view kitchen and the tables against the glass wall overlooking the square. The desire to surprise, combined with the culinary skills of the chef, results in vibrant and original dishes that are always colourful and beautifully served. An interesting selection of cocktails completes the picture.

www.vivavivianavarese.it

Sadler Via Dell’Annunciata, 14

The restaurant is decorated in a modern style and has an elegant dining room with colourful armchairs. The cuisine is refined and distinctive, with a harmonious balance of traditional and innovative flavours. The wine list is also top of the range, with excellent Italian and imported wines, including some rare and interesting brands.

www.ristorantesadler.it

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