Restaurants in Milan

One of four Milan branches of this successful pizza chain, the emphasis at Anema e Cozze is on tasty Neapolitan pizzas topped with fresh seafood. Fishy toppings include the likes of clams, sardines, mackerel as well as the eponymous mussels. Fish-infused pasta dishes and seafood antipasti are also on the menu. It's a simple place where tasty food and reasonable prices ensure a steady flow of customers.

This first-floor restaurant above the designer ground-floor shop and café is situated in a Trussardi-owned palazzo, just to the left of the famous La Scala opera house, and has been recently completely revamped. Diners can sink into the comfy sofas and armchairs and enjoy the view of the Piazza della Scala. Fish and vegetable dishes predominate, and the restaurant received two Michelin stars in 2009. Closed Sunday.

Bold prints, brightly coloured sofas, gilt-edged tables, ornate busts, opulent drapes and chandeliers set the scene at this glamorous Milan restaurant. The menu is refreshingly innovative, merging tradition with creativity and featuring ingredients such as lobster and swordfish.

Don Carlos is up there with Cracco. In a restaurant that makes the most of Italian produce, it is hard to resist the six-course tasting menu. The traditional dining room, with its little shaded lamps illuminating original prints and sketches from early opera productions at La Scala, completes the scene and creates an ambience evoking the late 19th century when Verdi lived at the hotel.