Manuela's cellar — Restaurant in Milan

I had higher hopes for this place. I booked it for my father’s 60th birthday (which I included in the reservation, so I was expecting some sort of better attention) - by all means it’s not bad, but not very good either.

Starters: the one with prawns was incredibly small Like, two tablespoons in total small - the favors very deep here and nicely served! Tartare: salmon - catch of the day: I was hoping a Mediterranean fish. Salmon is not native here….very, very bland :(

1st dish: excellent raviolo pasta: the only thing I really enjoyed. Mules: bland, overpowered by additions too.

Mains (we tried 4 different): the quality was definetely not the same in all the dishes. Squid we would recommend! The rest - not really. Rather boring flavors, lacks depth, lacks additions. Nothing stood out.

Desserts: usually, Italy’s best - here nothing special. Chocolate cake was the best.

Service : not super welcoming. Waiter was professional, but I had to ask him to told me about the wine, also another one was serving us in the meantime - who was much warmer btw.

Big wine selection - absolutely. Personally, I wouldn’t come back. The food has quite a long way to go, so I’m quite sad I chose this...

A place where you can leave hungry and disappointed by the staff.

A few days ago, I went to this restaurant for dinner. I chose it because I had already been there twice before and enjoyed it.

But this time was different. As always, I ordered the Fiorentina steak. It arrived already overcooked, and since it was served on a hot stone, it kept cooking even more. The result? Completely inedible — it was like chewing the sole of a shoe.

I mentioned this to one of the waiters. He apologized and said he would speak to the owner. He even agreed that the steak looked overcooked and that even with the hot stone, it shouldn’t have ended up like that.

After some time passed with no follow-up, I spoke to a second waiter. He told me, “I’ll pass this info to the owner.”

Then, after waiting 20–25 minutes, the owner finally came over — but didn’t say a single word. He simply brought over the card machine, processed the payment, and left — as if nothing had happened.

I’ve never experienced such indifference from a restaurant owner. They ruined the steak and my dinner, and no one even had the decency...

This is the most honest review ever. Milan has been the most disappointing city I have ever visited, it is not the Italy I know and love. This place has been recommended by a bypass who notice we were looking for a place on a tourist map. In regards to the restaurant, the lady which looked after us was really lovely and friendly, even trying to understand me due to the language barrier. The wine and the selection of cheese, bread and cold cuts of meat were ok too. However, we have ordered as our main course the Milanese cutlet and a weird risotto, Woah, shocked to see what we get on the plates. The meat was smelly as hell,tasty-wise 0, this was served with some hard rock-boiled potatoes without a single flavour, not even salt and pepper, and the risotto had nothing to do with risotto, it is a shame because they had an Italian “chef”. I don’t...