Contraste is a modern italian restaurant in Navigli, Milan.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Guided tour · 11 hours
Discover the producers of Parmigiano, Prosciutto di Parma, and Balsamic Vinegar on this full-day tour of Parma, the heart of Italian food
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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.
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 Giuseppe Meda 2, 20136 Milano
Sadler in Milan's Naviglio Pavese is Claudio Sadler's modern Italian dining room since 1995, a one-Michelin-star kitchen that codified the city's gold-leaf.
OrderThe Sadler tasting set, the saffron risotto with gold leaf and the beef tartare.
TipBookings open three weeks ahead. The chef's pass at the open kitchen is the seat to ask for; book the 19:30 sitting for a slower service.
Erba Brusca in Milan's Naviglio Pavese is Alice Delcourt's garden-set kitchen, opened 2010 in a 19th-century farmstead on the canal. Priced at €€€.
OrderThe seasonal vegetable plate, the tagliolini with garden herbs and the pigeon when on the carte.
TipBookings open two weeks ahead. The garden tables in summer are the destination; book the Sunday lunch sitting at 13:00.
Sadler in Milan's Naviglio Pavese is Claudio Sadler's modern Italian dining room since 1995, a one-Michelin-star kitchen that codified the city's gold-leaf.
OrderThe Sadler tasting set, the saffron risotto with gold leaf and the beef tartare.
TipBookings open three weeks ahead. The chef's pass at the open kitchen is the seat to ask for; book the 19:30 sitting for a slower service.
Don Giovanni in Milan's Porta Venezia is the Pugliese kitchen of the Quarta family, opened 1986 and a Milanese institution for southern Italian cooking.
OrderThe orecchiette con cime di rapa, the burrata pugliese and the tagliata di tonno.
TipBookings open one week ahead by phone. The Pugliese wine list runs deep on Primitivo and Negroamaro producers.
Boeucc in Milan dates from 1696 and is the city's oldest dining room, now at Corso Monforte near the Quadrilatero. Located in Centro Storico.
OrderRisotto alla milanese, the bone-in cotoletta, then tortelli di zucca from Mantua.
TipBookings open three weeks ahead. The dining room has the original Boeucc 18th-century vaulted ceiling; ask for a table in the main room.
Horto in Milan's Centro Storico is Norbert Niederkofler's rooftop kitchen atop The Medelan, a Michelin-star vegetable-led tasting room opened 2023.
OrderThe vegetable tasting set at 150 euros; the herb risotto and the smoked-celery main are the signatures.
TipBookings open three weeks ahead on the website. The chef's counter overlooks the open kitchen; book the 20:00 first sitting.
Ristorante Berton in Milan's Porta Nuova district is Andrea Berton's one-Michelin-star kitchen, opened 2013. Kitchen leans modern italian, fine dining.
OrderThe broth tasting set; the bone-marrow risotto is the signature primo.
TipBookings open three weeks ahead. The cellar tour with sommelier Tobia Sironi is the editor's pick add-on; book at booking time.
Erba Brusca in Milan's Naviglio Pavese is Alice Delcourt's garden-set kitchen, opened 2010 in a 19th-century farmstead on the canal. Priced at €€€.
OrderThe seasonal vegetable plate, the tagliolini with garden herbs and the pigeon when on the carte.
TipBookings open two weeks ahead. The garden tables in summer are the destination; book the Sunday lunch sitting at 13:00.
