Osteria La Bistecca — Restaurant in Milan

We arrived about 7 minutes prior to the restaurant opening. Someone working at the restaurant asked if we could wait 5 more minutes as they cleaned. We did. In that time others also arrived. My party consisted of two. I waited at the door, however, when the restaurant opened another worker (maybe owner) opened the door and greeted only the other party. I let it go yet I thought it was strange. We were placed in a separate corner from the other party and given a menu. Nobody came to ask us if we wanted anything to drink or brought us any bread. We waited patiently assuming they were giving us time to settle. However, others came in after us and were served. We were about to get up at this point, however, a waiter came by and dropped off bread right before we were about to get up. We decided to stay and order something small. Another waiter came to take our order but first asked where we were from. The owner/manager never made much of any eye contact with us but only to give us our bill. He barely spoke while he checked us out.

The only thing different with my party and the others was my race.

I'm disappointed and disturbed by the treatment given. Everything else on my trip has been amazing except for this. I want to ensure that others do not have to experience what I experience so I advise you to go somewhere else. Especially if you're a tourist and want to avoid any racist...

Two of us have dinner in this place on a weekday night. We haven’t booked the restaurant in advance but by the time we arrived the restaurant is 70% full already(mostly italian people). Please make sure you book before coming. Ordered the antipasti recommended by the waiter (meatballs, Parma ham, flatbread, fried zucchini). All I have to say are perfect portions (maybe not all the flatbread). After the antipasti, we had the T bone steak for sharing. If you come here alone, I think the t bone steak itself is good enough (better not to have the antipasti) because the t bone is about 700g. We also had a bottle of wine here to pair up with the steak. It is really nice atmosphere. One thing to note: the waiters are not very good in English and you should use google translate if you need to order food from the menu. For wine menu, you will need to ask the waiter for the...

Online reservation system was easy, they carefully check your covid papers so be ready. We had a corner table for four at 8:30 pm, restaurant was about 85% full. The appetizer of zucc was not done, a couple of them were still doughy and had not been correctly fried. Two of us ordered the steak for two, and the other two pasta. The pasta dishes were stellar, and the steak very good; however, was a bit surprised to receive supermarket potato chips poured on top of the steak, not even homemade, and the beans needed another 25 minutes to cook :(. We shared a dessert of Sacher cake, very good although a bit of orange flavoring does not make it a Sacher cake. Waiter was hardworking and jovial. Price/quality ratio is OK, maybe. Am on the fence if I am going back with...