Non Solo Lesso — Restaurant in Milan

Happiness made real at a restaurant 😋 And no, that's not hyperbole - this place is one of those gems that, once you find, you treasure, and keep coming back to. The staff is friendly (limited english, but that's ok. they'll make the translation work!) and ever helpful, willing to discuss the plates at any length that you wish. The food is simply stellar. Anila (and her son Bruno) work wonders in the kitchen, and everything that comes out is exactly that awesome. In particular The pasta. Oh the pasta. I have a particularly soft spot for the pizzocheri and the caramelle, but everything else works too! The house antipasti contains some particularly excellent salumelle (think salumi tartare) which is hard to find and wonderful to savor Saturday and sunday brunch spread. They put out a spread of veggies, salumi, and stuff on the weekend for brunch, that is easily some of the best tasting verdure that you'll get. Enjoy! The wine list is really really good. Just ask the host to suggest something, and be happy 😍

The bottom line - this is one of those places that you should go, and keep going back to. I know I have for a long long time now...

(BTW, the place used to be pretty tiny - they've opened up some extra space downstairs in the wine-cellar that is nicely...

Happiness made real at a restaurant 😋 And no, that's not hyperbole - this place is one of those gems that, once you find, you treasure, and keep coming back to. The staff is friendly (limited english, but that's ok. they'll make the translation work!) and ever helpful, willing to discuss the plates at any length that you wish. The food is simply stellar. Anila (and her son Bruno) work wonders in the kitchen, and everything that comes out is exactly that awesome. In particular The pasta. Oh the pasta. I have a particularly soft spot for the pizzocheri and the caramelle, but everything else works too! The house antipasti contains some particularly excellent salumelle (think salumi tartare) which is hard to find and wonderful to savor Saturday and sunday brunch spread. They put out a spread of veggies, salumi, and stuff on the weekend for brunch, that is easily some of the best tasting verdure that you'll get. Enjoy! The wine list is really really good. Just ask the host to suggest something, and be happy 😍

The bottom line - this is one of those places that you should go, and keep going back to. I know I have for a long long time now...

(BTW, the place used to be pretty tiny - they've opened up some extra space downstairs in the wine-cellar that is nicely...

What a unique little place! Eccentric, buzzing, unusual, with delicious food. We wanted a restaurant with some traditional local food. At first we were put off by the concept of 'boiled meat' but that was just one particular dish. We ate perfectly cooked, perfectly seasoned, hearty lombardian food - which is nothing like the international view of Italian food as all olive oil, tomatoes and Mediterranean herbs! A relief after the substandard tourist fare we'd had in the city centre. We ended up eating 3 courses, with wine, finishing off with a local 'amaro' digestif, just because we wanted to stay longer and make the most of it!

Service is efficient and friendly. There is an extensive wine list, with some very expensive bottles on it. We just wanted something light, and I was impressed that the waiter recommended a bottle from the cheaper end, rather than trying to upsell.

The place is crowded, with an idiosyncratic decor - lots of mismatched tables and weird decorative objects - we ate at an old carpenters workbench, complete with clamp!

This is not an elegant fine-dining experience. It was noisy, and seems a bit ramshackle - but in fact it is run like a well oiled machine. It was one of the highlights of our...