Caffè Manzoni

Visited here twice in the 4 days we were in Milan! Both times we started with an oyster & glass of champagne (13 €) and then had various meats and cheeses with some very good wines. But what made it a truly wonderful experience was Junior. He was very helpful and made our dinners a very enjoyable experience.

American living in Italy, absolutely love the bistrot café. Great atmosphere. The interior is beautiful and the outside is great for warmer days. Love the food so much! I’ve had the pizza, vegetables, chicken salad, salmon toast, and meats and cheeses. All absolutely delicious.
The owner has a great selection of wine and great knowledge. The red he suggested for dinner was delicious and complimented the food.
My highest recommendation!

We’re in Milan for 31^st December but we’re not NYE celebrators. I give it a nod at most so all I want is food, just an ordinary meal, no added razmataz needed. Many restaurants were open as usual, as I’d expected but the main ‘downtown’ area was full of people letting off fireworks from their hands, amidst crowds, traffic etc. Once we got over the shock that this extremely unsafe behaviour was not illegal here (really?), we made our away from the city to the fashionista neighbourhood.
I know from trying to hunt down a meal in this hood on a Sunday a couple of years ago that 1. it’s very quiet and 2. it only has one or two (affordable) restaurants. Fearful that some may be closed, we happened upon this and as staff opened the door whilst we were studying the menu on the tables outside (even in December!) we went right on on.
Downstairs is busy so we are quickly lead upstairs where we have the place to ourselves. Perfect! We choose quickly and unusually, forget to take photos and can’t recall what we ate! I possibly had risotto as I hadn’t had that up to that point in Italy and it’s a fave. The wine list was extensive and rising to very expensive so I get the feeling the local fash pack wheel & deal over the good stuff here.
The service was quick and attentive and despite being on our own upstairs, wait staff came up several times to check we were OK. We only found out at 9.55 when we were finishing up that they were due to close at 10 and everyone downstairs had left. What luck!
I’d be happy to go there again for a return visit.