Mater Bistrot is a modern italian restaurant in Porta Venezia, Milan.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Private tour · 3h 30m
Eat and drink your way along Milan's Navigli canals on a private tour, from Ligurian classics to a saffron risotto finale, with a guide dedicated only to your group.
2 - 3 hours
Step inside a real Italian home in Milan with Cesarine, Italy’s top home cook community celebrated by the NYT. Make fresh pasta & tiramisù with wine, share laughs, and...
Guided tour · 3 hours
Taste the soul of Milan in the Navigli district: creamy risotto, Sicilian arancina, Milanese pizza, pasticciotto, gelato, wine & prosecco. Topped off with our very own...
Address: Via Stradivari 4, 20131 Milano
Dongio in Milan's Porta Romana has cooked Calabrian southern-Italian since 1980, the city's reference for 'nduja and Calabrian peppers. Priced at €€.
OrderThe 'nduja pasta, the beef carpaccio and the Calabrian peppers as antipasto.
TipBookings open one week ahead by phone. The Calabrian wine list runs deep on Magliocco and Gaglioppo producers.
Morelli in Milan's Sempione is chef Giancarlo Morelli's flagship dining room, opened 2010, with one Michelin star. Located in Centro Storico.
OrderThe Morelli tasting set; the veal tortelli and the lemon risotto are the signature plates.
TipBookings open three weeks ahead. The chef's counter at the open kitchen is the seat to ask for; vegetarian tasting available.
Locanda Perbellini in Milan is Giancarlo Perbellini's neighbourhood-format Venetian-modern carte, the satellite to his three-star Casa Perbellini in Verona.
OrderThe cuttlefish ink risotto, the bigoli with duck and the Verona-style tasting set.
TipBookings open two weeks ahead. Lunch carte at 35 euros is the cheaper way in; the wine list runs deep on Veneto producers.
Antica Osteria Il Ronchettino in Milan's southern suburbs has cooked the Lombard farming canon since the 1920s, in an 18th-century farmstead.
OrderThe risotto alla milanese, the cassoeula in winter and the ossobuco.
TipBookings open one week ahead. The garden tables are the destination in summer; closed Mondays and August.
Il Liberty in Milan's Porta Garibaldi is Andrea Provenzani's modern-Italian dining room since 2007, near Stazione Garibaldi. Located in Isola.
OrderThe risotto of the day, the tortelli and the seasonal tasting set.
TipBookings open one week ahead. Lunch carte at 30 euros is the cheaper way in; the dining room is small and intimate.
Il Cairoli in Milan's Brera district is the modern-Italian dining room of chef Marco Sacco's Milan project, opened 2019. Located in Centro Storico.
OrderThe seasonal tasting set; the risotto with bone marrow and the seasonal primo are the signatures.
TipBookings open two weeks ahead. The chef's counter is the spot to ask for; book the 19:30 sitting for a slower service.
