Photo via Google, Al GarghetAl Garghet
- Hours
- Today: 7:00 PM – 12:00 AM
- Getting there
- On Milan's rural southern edge, in the Parco Agricolo Sud, best reached by car or taxi
Why it’s in the log
Al Garghet is built on stilts over one of the irrigation canals in the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano, the belt of working farmland still inside the city limits — a genuine surprise for a restaurant a car ride from the Duomo. The building dates to the 1950s and looks it, lanterns and all, closer to a countryside trattoria than anything urban.
The menu sticks to Milanese standards — risotto, ossobuco, the usual — cooked at a scale that's kept the place going for decades and pulled in over seven thousand reviews without turning it into a tourist stop.
It's a dinner-as-destination kind of place: go for the setting as much as the food, and go by car, since it's well outside the city's walkable center.
“Milan doesn't feel like a city with farmland five minutes away until you're sitting over a canal at Al Garghet.”
What people said recently
From Google reviews · see all 7,213 ↗
“This is a very special restaurant located near milan suburb. They offer authentic milan style cuisine. I love the landscaping garden and service here. Food quality was also really good too. The steak portion is huge basically two people…”
“WOW!!! WOW!!! If you’re in Milan, you simply have to make the trip to Al Garghet. The venue is absolutely remarkable. I promise you, you’ll have never seen anything like it. The staff were very friendly and accommodating. We were guided…”
“One of my favorites in Milan Very authentic. Great food. Great staff. Cozy for winters and a beautiful garden for summer. The veal milanese is fantastic, but must be ordered in advance. So order when you book. Everything on the menu is…”
