Coraje — Restaurant in Milan

One more place in Milano centre waiting to gather income just by its location and looks. The restaurant sits in a lovely cobbled street next to a flea market and relatively close to Duomo. Nevertheless it feels calm and relaxed and a perfect spot to watch the crowd walk by. The staff is well dressed and behaves flawlessly. The only problem (and it's a major one) lies with the food itself. We ordered burrata with pomodorini and it was served on some lettuce leaves with fewer pomodorini than you'd expect tasting kind of stale altogether. Next we tried the risotto di Giorno (risotto of the day) which was based on spinach and shrimp. I don't know how you manage to make a risotto so tasteless. Not talking about texture here, which I know can be tricky and even high-end restaurants struggle to get right. I am talking about a complete lack of taste. I don't know how a dish containing salt, butter and parmigiano can result so indifferent. Obviously no one tried it before serving. Lastly we had the burger which was the most ok dish in comparison but still the bun quality was poor (it was stale, dry and crumbly) and the 22€ unjustified. Owners, I know that you know that your business will keep on running just because new people will always walk by and possibly give it go, but give it a try and provide some decent food as well in the meantime. Same thing goes for the chefs. Probably you are not aiming for Michelin star level quality but some more professionalism (if not passion) will...

I had been to this restaurant before for breakfast, and I very much liked it. However this time I went for lunch and I got the Caesar Salad which was /not/ what I expected. It was a sort of deconstructed Caesar Salad. The amount of iceberg salad was honestly minimal, there were so many olives and they were hidden under the iceberg and tomatoes?? which the Caesar does not have. No croutons anywhere and the chicken was cut in stripes and was SO CRISPY I think I could have lost a tooth if I had kept on eating it… Honestly I was so disappointed and embarrassed because my friend offered lunch and I didn’t even finish it all. From such a known place in Brera I didn’t expect such a disappointment on something so easy...

First visit in this elegant Milan restaurant and it was breakfast so maybe not adequate however I gotta evaluate how I felt. Coffee is very good, service is really ok. Interior looks posh and don’t judge me for picking this one as Italian breakfast :) Benedicts’ though. Dry bread with bit of crashed avocado over sprayed with lemon and partially cooked eggs instead of poached. Not good at all and I think photos show how poor this dish is. I understand that is not Italian breakfast however when you got it in menu you should...