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Where to eat in Milan: my 14 favourite restaurants

Nobody eats well following the tour buses. These are the 14 restaurants in Milan I'd send a friend to: the cheap neighbourhood place, the one locals keep to themselves, the splurge that's genuinely worth it. No photo menus.

Bar Luce★ 4.1 · €5-12 pp · CaféWes Anderson designed this Fondazione Prada café like a 1950s Milanese set: Formica, pinball machines, pastel symmetry. Directions
Camparino in Galleria★ 4.4 · €15-30 · Aperitivo · Historic barThe birthplace of the Milanese aperitivo, open since 1915 under the Galleria's glass dome. Directions
Carlo e Camilla in Segheria€60-90 pp · Italian · ContemporaryChef Carlo Cracco's atmospheric restaurant set inside a former sawmill, where diners share long communal tables under chandeliers in a stripped-back industrial space. Directions
Cracco in Galleria★ 3.8 · €150+ pp · Fine diningCarlo Cracco's marble flagship inside the Galleria itself: contemporary Milanese fine dining above the mosaics. Directions
Dry Milano★ 4.2 · €20-40 · Pizza · CocktailsThe spot that made gourmet pizza-and-cocktails cool in Milan: thin, expertly topped pizzas paired with a serious cocktail list in a sleek, low-lit room. Directions
El Brellin★ 4.1 · €40-60 pp · Milanese · CanalsideA candle-lit 1700s washhouse on the Navigli serving the canal-side classics, risotto al salto, cassoeula in winter, with the prettiest courtyard on the water. Directions
Langosteria★ 4.6 · €100+ pp · Seafood · Fine diningMilan's see-and-be-seen seafood temple, beloved by the fashion crowd and notoriously hard to book. Directions
Luini Panzerotti★ 4.5 · €3-6 pp · Street food · PanzerottiThe 1949 institution behind the Duomo: pillowy fried panzerotti that fuel the entire city at lunch. Directions
Nerino Sette★ 4.6 · €25-40 pp · ItalianThe locals' answer to 'good and honest near the Duomo': generous Italian classics at prices that feel like a clerical error for the location. Directions
Pasticceria Marchesi 1824★ 4.2 · €8-20 · Café · PastriesA jewel-box pasticceria founded in 1824 and now owned by Prada: pistachio-green interiors, glossy pastries and proper Italian coffee. Directions
Pavé★ 4.4 · €8-15 pp · Bakery · BrunchMilan's cult bakery: laminated pastries worth crossing town for and a brunch crowd that proves it. Directions
Ratanà★ 4.4 · €45-65 pp · Milanese · ModernThe modern keeper of Milanese tradition, saffron risotto finished properly, ossobuco that falls apart, in a lovely railway-era house under the Porta Nuova towers. Directions
Spontini★ 4 · €5-12 · Pizza · Milanese sliceA Milan institution since 1953, famous for one thing: a thick, gooey, deep-pan slice of margherita served fast and hot. Directions
Trippa★ 4.6 · €40-60 pp · Italian · Modern trattoriaMilan's most loved (and hardest-booked) modern trattoria: chef Diego Rossi's offal-forward, market-driven cooking made nose-to-tail cool again. Directions