Da Giacomo

Milan is where I had the BEST dinner in my life at a place called Da Giacomo and I am 100% Sicilian Italian and live in NYC area where some of the greatest Italian restaurants in the world are like Esca my favorite in NYC

Food was just OK… I didn’t think it was amazing for what it should be in Italy… One thing I definitely know they sucked was service!!!

I’m not a fisheater in general so it’s unfair maybe to rate a place which specializes in seafood. Can’t say there was anything particularly wrong with the food, but I did seem to have chosen a not particularly flavourful pasta with redfish as the main course. As others have noted, the mini pizza complimentary entrée was delicious, with a very home made taste and thick oven crust. My companions all had similar seafood pasta none if which was much to my liking but the pasta itself, like most places in italy, was prepared perfectly. We had some risotto with funghi as a starter which was spectacular and a tuna carpaccio with salad which for me was too bland. The desserts were also ok, a tart with mini strawberries and some kind of chocolate pastry, but nothing to really wow you (wrong choice again?). All in all, a quality place, and I’m sure real fish lovers will orgasm over it. 60 euros per person btw, with a bottle of red and a few more glasses to top it off.

A TRADITIONAL iltalian food restaurant, quite good for seafood dishes.
it’s salad and Appetizer are very impressive.

This is arguably the best Italian restaurant that I have ever been to. It is as good as Italian goes, in my opinion.
The whole dinner was a blast, here’s the detail.
Started with a slice of welcome Pizza-​like dish from the chef.
Raw shrimps — 5 stars, it is just like eating candy from the ocean. Sweep and fresh and all the good stuff included from the head.
Sea Urchin pasta — oh god, just the best. normally it’s very hard to combine the two together, but it’s just umami here.
Lobster pasta — the pasta was perfect. it was filled with the flavor from the lobster and the tomato sauce, you get half of a lobster in this dish
Fish — any fish, whether cod, bass, salted or grilled, as good as it gets
Dessert cart — very cute, very good
The only downside was, I ordered a cup of soup with some small shrimp and squid, and it was 35 euro… while most of the main course were in the 25 euro range… I don’t understand… but everything else was divine.

Everything was fresh and delicious, but the pasta with sea urchin is to die for.
The dessert cart was divine; remember to leave some stomach for it !

Most delicious seafood ever. Service was spectacular. Every course outstanding. Highly recommend. A must if you visit Milan. Loved it so much we dined back to back evenings.

A very good fish restaurant in Milan. I did comment to my Milanese friend that Milan was quite a way from the sea but he assured me it was the best in Italy. Indeed it was fresh and the dessert trolley memorable too.
It’s a restaurant for a special occasion rather than day to day dining.

The seafood restaurant was recommended to us by several people and it did not disapoint.
Even the taxi driver told us the food was very good at Da Giacomo.
If you like seafood, make sure you book a table.

I have been dreaming of this restaurant for days! It’s unassuming and fantastic at the same time.
It’s loud, casual and the food is downright ridiculous!
They start you out with a piece of pizza. It’s covered in anchovies, so it wasn’t for me but the gesture was nice.
We ordered several things for the table. The highlights were the pasta with shrimp and zucchini flowers as well as the lobster spaghetti. The veal milanese was another winner.
I ordered an excellent super Tuscan by the glass.
The la bomba was one of the best desserts I’ve had in recent memories!

This restaurant is good, but the Giacomo bistro next door is much better! Better atmosphere and amazing food. When the black cod is in season and on the menu it is the best I have had in Milan.

The Giacomo restaurant is a beautiful restaurant in Milano. Next door to the bistro, this is a small, cozy, classical restaurant. The interior looks like an antique Milano residence. The restaurant is quite exclusive and you need to make reservations ahead. The menu is typical Italian with a focus on seafood. Most visitors were rather formally dressed.
We had nice seafood antipasti. The menu stated fish antipasti and although there was no real fish … the shellfish, crayfish and scallops were really nice.
The great pasta with scallops is one I would definitely come back for.
If you want to do the whole antipasti, prima and segundi menu, you better share some of the dishes with your partner because you really need to keep some appetite left for the dessert. The trolley with desserts is so nice you would just wish a bit of everything.

Da Giacomo is a charming upmarket restaurant, which apparently is impossible to get into but for some reason we managed a Saturday night at 8pm and got a great table. Unstuffy, welcoming, friendly, about ⁷⁰⁄₃₀ ratio Italians to tourists. Relaxed, informal atmosphere, every table full, gorgeous traditional trattoria décor. Service really friendly and efficient, with a smile. The food is simple, home cooking style. Before they even take your order, they run around with this trolley (probably breaking EU safety regulations) with a huge rectangular pizza, and place a small slice on your dish to chomp on while you ponder the menu. This was the best pizza slice I had ever tasted. Anywhere. The pasta is practically perfect — in fact heavenly. Lobster and crab dishes are very good indeed. One fish dish we had (John Dory) unfortunately was dry, overcooked and not quite fresh — a bit disappointing, frankly! The wine list very good, although a little pricey, but I suppose that’s Milan for you However, there are many good wines at excellent prices. Overall, a highly recommendable experience. Months later I keep thinking about it, in spite of the John Dory, so this must be a rather good place.