A Santa Lucia

Had an average meal with paccheri al sugo di triglie. Was lacking in flavors. The maitre d’hôtel was very friendly and hospitable but my waiter less so. Wouldn’t go back.

For this restaurant, I struggled to give a 4-star. But for its ambience, yes, it is 4-star because of its location——on a small lane near Corso Vittoria Emmanuele II. Their food pricing is like any major city elsewhere. Spaghetti with clams €22, with prawns €30, wine €8, dessert €10. Do note that, while it is uncommon in smaller towns in Italy, this restaurant in Milan charges Coperto (cover charge) €4,50 per pax, which includes bread. We were given a basket of bread to share, but the bill showed €9 for 2 persons.

Been in Italy for about two months now. This restaurant had the worst food we have had here in that two months. On top of that, it was 30 euros for a small pizza, and a small boiled vegetable plate (see photo). I have to admit that the service was good and it has a convenient location, but for 30 euros in Italy you can find so much better than a wet floppy dough tiny pizza and a small boiled vegetable.

It is a tourist trap. For two people for a salads starter & pasta main dish & dessert & half bottle of red wine.150€. It was not bad but a mediocre food. To make the dining experience worse is the waiter rushed us to eat fast and order next, took the coffee away when we did not even finish. I do not recommend to anyone.

I have been coming to Santa Lucia for over 10 years, and the food has always been delicious. My visit a few days ago was no exception—the food and service were as excellent as ever. Special thanks to Giorgio for his amazing service and warm hospitality. Always a pleasure to dine here.

Don’t waste your money . We ordered 3 dishes and had to order pizza. They were impossible to eat . Beef carpaccio wasn’t fresh. Only pizza was good . Wasted over 100 euros. Water saw we were not happy at all but decided to ignore it

the ambience cant get more italian. cosy restaurant with the most italian flair. the waiters were very friendly and accomodating. We came with two dogs and 6 people and we got a table for 8 so our dogs had enough space under the tables. the food was delicious, the pasta was perfectly al dente and the liver (fegatto al burro) was delicious and very flavourfull.

Authentic Italian cuisine cooked to perfecto! Will be back when in Milan again!

Dinner was good. Service was good. Ambiance was good. Even if it's in the tourist zone, it didn't feel touristy. There was a line but it moves quickly.

ZERO stars, VERY BAD SERVICE - very, very rude staff. We had a reservation for lunch at 12 o'clock. Waited outside where the tables were but no one came. Other guests were also waiting. When I went inside shortly after 12, a waiter screamed over to me loudly in a rude tone "What do you want?". Explained that I had a table, he rudely answered that they are still close as he still wants to have his coffee first and waved with his pack of sugar in my face. Very arrogant, they merely get by due to their location close to the duomo. The service is not acceptable at all.

Awful, I ordered chicken that was dry and crunchy. They served my sister a plate of pasta with sauce that was straight out of the fridge cold. The ambience and scenery was nice and service was quick. However, I don't recommend this restaurant to anyone wanting to stop for a bite after shopping in downtown Milan

Food was amazing. Our waiter was a bit condescending when we asked questions. Good experience overall.

This is Italy you know! The food was excellent and the service was great. The wine selection was also nice. Of course I want to return here!

We were walking to our favorite restaurant (see my other review in Milan) and this restaurant was on the same street about 50 yards away. The next day for lunch we looked at the menu and it had my favorite veal dish, Saltimbocca alla Romana. Veal in a butter and wine sauce with sage and prosciutto ham. We decided to give it a try. We were not disappointed and it was a great rendition of this southern Italian dish. Wine was good. Bread excellent!

Happened upon this place for a late supper. Right off the tourist area but quiet. Food was good and came out crazy fast. Pretty reasonable prices. Staff spoke some English

Do not even think about entering. We were on Sunday 3/25/18. Very expensive, we were 4 ordered 1 risotto, 1 pizza margarita and two lasagna, they charged us 93 euros, a scam, and very normal food pulling bad. Coffee at 3 euros, the surprise we took when we saw that we were charged 18 euros per person and covered. If you can avoid it, do not go.

Very poor food and service. These people are only interested in the money and not in the food or there customers. when we were having our starters for two minute, they already served the some main courses. When I asked them to wait a little bit longer with it, they told us that our mains would become cold. The filte I ordered was highly overdon, although I asked for medium/ rare. The chicken was totally black and tasted lIke burned wood. They forgot about some dishes we ordered and they not even apologized, but it seemed they didn't care. When we walked out halfway, because we were so upset ( after paying the full price for this disaster) they not even spoke to us but were only interested in taking new customers in. We made the mistake by not inspecting this restaurant in advance, but for sure it was the biggest disappointment I ever had.

Had a great time. Got in before the dinner rush which was nice. The tortolini and bolognaise was amazing. Wife had Sicilian something eggplant with noodles and it was outstanding. Service was great and the house wine is better than Trader Joe's wine. No fuss no extra crap service. Would go again and bring mom. Also we had the motsorella with tomato thing, holy cow was that delish.

Very authentic Italian pasta and pizza for sure! I love all the people there, they are very nice and friendly. The price is reasonable as well. I wish we could go back try more dishes for dinner!

I don't agree with the other reviewers. We've been eating all week st great restaurants in Tuscany and this ranked up there for the piece. It's not going to get a Michelin star because it's not inventive. But it's really god. The spaghetti with sardines and the beef carpaccio were exceptional. And the lemon sorbet was clearly homemade.

The best little spot to eat in Milan. Out of this world!!! The simple pasta with tomato sauce that's in the photo on this sight.... Wow!

Amazing. Stumbled upon this place trying to avoid the crappy 'menu turistico' places that are ubiquitous around the area, and was transported to Napoli in this historic place that folks out for a night out at the opera have frequented since the 1920's. 2 words Rigatoni Strascicati. DIVINE

This place was recommended by a local person n we actually enjoyed the half chix n the eggplant parmesan. Both dishes has good flavors. However, they do charge sitting fee about $14 for two peep.

Came here for dinner during MFW. Experience was just Meh. I was disappointed with the overall experience. I had high expectations of this place before trying it. Ordered a traditional pasta dish, spaghetti, which I was craving and it was nothing special. Bread served before meal was hard and host was not really attentive.

Quaint out of the way place. Good food, quick wait staff. Prices were good given the proximity of the Duomo

Maybe we were just unlucky with the food, but it was terrible. Really uncooked (no, not al dente, we didn't have any problem with pasta anywhere else in Italy) and too salty. When we asked to return it there were condescending stares, and when it came back it was still in a terrible state. Mediocre food and terrible service. Worst experience in our whole trip in Italy.

I had a great experience, especially for a late night meal. I wandered in about 11:15pm. Friendly staff, an understanding waiter (with my lack of speaking Italian) who quickly provided me a menu in English. My meal was delicious. Spaghetti Sicilian style..

Don't be lured and fooled by the outdoor tents right off the Duomo. Walk an extra block for a better experience. Could've rated this a 5 but it might have been a bit of a stretch. I had the opportunity to eat here a few weeks back with the President of our company and I've been waiting for an opportunity to write the a great review ever since. This restaurant is old school and I loved every minute of my visit, starting with the pictures all over the walls of past guests. The extremely attentive wait staff joked with me in Italian because I tried to pronounce a few items really poorly. It was perfect and the joking welcome. But they were patient and helped make a couple fine selections. My boss and waiter talked me into the prosciutto (cut fresh) with cantaloupe and I honestly could've eaten four orders. Delicious. Who knew these went together? Not me. I had to try the pasta because I was hooked on the amazing sweetness of the pasta sauce in Italy and it was the best I had on my visit. A great experience if you're looking for an authentic meal in an authentic Italian atmosphere.

If you're not Italian don't come! We waited half an hour for a table for two and they let an Italian couple behind us take our table. Rude service! Don't come!

Bad service considering the high coperto price. Need to serve the plates, oil, vinaigrette, even the desserts ourselves. The food is ok, but the waiter's attitude really annoys me. I don't recommend this place.

This place had great great pizza and pasta. I'll never forget the simple dish of pasta in olive oil & garlic, and though so basic it was perfect for me. It's a little more al dente than usual but it was wonderful. We also ordered a simple pizza and that was great as well. What wasn't that great was the service, where the servers basically ignore you and and are super slow but I just took it as part of the experience.

Could be the Worst Italian food I ever had!!!!! Service wasn't good. The 2 pasta dishes we had were under cooked!!! Meat served without anything. The meat dish was ok though. Mixed Cooked vegetables is just simply boiled in water. No tastes at all.

Decent Italian food, I had many business lunches here and I never ate something bad. May be the only shortfall is the pricing which is a little bit expensive especially if you indulge in the starters and the non pasta dishes. If you like pasta i would suggest the maccheroni strascicati which might be trivial but at the same time very very good

bad experience there, for tourist who do not understand Italy, no English menu and bad service attitude.

Terrible service. The food was decent (focaccia, spaghetti with squid, and veal), but that couldn't make up for how rude our waiter (the one in the picture, actually!) was or the fact that the host rolled his eyes when we asked for the English menu. Our waiter refused to serve us tap water even though the table behind us had a carafe of it. From there on out, he was rude and didn't speak a word to us when he dropped off or picked up our plates. However, there was a large party of English-speaking American tourists behind us ordering bottle upon bottle of Pellegrino and wine, and he was more than happy to chit-chat with them and shake their hands when they finished the meal. Guess they looked like they were going to tip. Before going here, check out the reviews on TripAdvisor -- they're much more in line with what we experienced. If you do end up here, make sure you check for the coperto charge in the fine print on the menu -- we didn't see it. The service quite frankly ruined our night, which is a shame considering it was our only one in Milan this trip. I wish we'd checked TripAdvisor and saved ourselves 62 Euro.

Has become a staple in my Milanese diet. Love this place for its Neapolitan ambience, the service, the simplicity. Linguini vongole is superb!