Deseo — Restaurant in Milan

If you are in downtown Milan (near Arco della Pace) then this is an OK place for your to have a Milanese APERITIVO after 6PM. Just make sure you arrive at before 8PM during the weekend, otherwise you'll find yourself waiting for over 30 mins for a table, standing uncomfortably in the middle of the way, while the not-so-friendly staff run up and down the restaurant.

So for those of you who are new to Aperitivo, this is what you need to know: you order a drink (any drink for that matter), places charges you 12 or so euros and then you get free access to the buffet. Is the food good? No, it's not. Will you eat until you drop? If you don't mind the stink eye from the staff, then yes you will. Is the Aperol Spritz worth the 12 euros and food? It's not. While there's a cool chocolate fountain for you to dip fruit and all sorts of cake and pancakes in it, it's not super great.

I came to this place thanks to the Google Maps reviews, but I was nowhere near as impressed as I should have been. I had slightly higher expectations, especially coming from international reviews. I guess people here either have really low standards for food and quality, or it's really their first time leaving home.

All in all, it's not a bad place, but don't expect amazing food or...

Worst experience in whole milan. We were visiting Milan for the first time and didn't knew the concept of "you order a drink and get food". Which is weird, because normally I would order food if I want food and not a drink, but ok so far so fine. The issue is: If a person is not local and tells you that he only wants to enjoy a drink and suddenly your bill is higher than expected and you receive food (which you did not order) - that's not nice. But even worse: After asking why we received the food the staff told us it is our fault if we don't eat the food and was so rude like I never experienced in my entire life before. I don't know if it just because we seem to be "stupid" tourist or because the restaurant has an issue with foreigners but I would not...

Very disappointed with the aperitivos, was told when I first got there that they weren't doing a serve yourself buffet. Instead it was a buffet served to your table which I was happy with. Ordered two cocktail and waited for the food. When I got food I was treated to lukewarm dry food which would have been hard to eat without the cocktail.

As I was quite hungry and needed some more food I ordered another plate as it was a buffet I thought I'd get some different food that I might've enjoyed. The reality was quite the contrary, I was then told that I would have to pay for another plate of food which goes against it being a buffet as I was told it was. I left feeling dissatisfied and would certainly not recommended this place, there are far better places...