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Ratana
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What it is
A Lombard restaurant in a converted railway building with a garden in Porta Nuova, Milan, cooking traditional Milanese dishes alongside a tasting menu and a daily set lunch.
Why travelers eat here
For Milanese cooking taken seriously, and for a 24 euro lunch in a district where that price normally buys a sandwich.
What is genuinely good
Proper risotto giallo, mondeghili and cotoletta, a daily schiscetta lunch at 24 euros with wine included, and a garden under the Porta Nuova towers.
Downsides
The evening tasting menu plus pairings is a real bill. Books out, especially the garden. A business-district setting.
Best for
Anyone who wants to eat Milanese food rather than international fine dining, and anyone in the city on business at lunchtime.
Consider eating elsewhere if
You are staying near the Duomo and do not want to travel. It is a metro ride north.
Practical advice
Take the schiscetta at lunch if the evening prices are too much: it is the same kitchen for a quarter of the money. Book the garden in advance in warm weather. The dish changes daily, so do not go with a fixed idea.
Prices and reservations
Tasting menu 85 euros without drinks, three-glass wine pairing 25 euros. The schiscetta lunch is 24 euros including a glass of wine, water and coffee. A la carte also available. Reservations online.
Getting there
Metro line 5 to Isola, or line 2 and 5 to Garibaldi, both about five minutes on foot.
Where it sits
Via Gaetano de Castillia in Porta Nuova, beside the Biblioteca degli Alberi park and under the Bosco Verticale towers, with the Isola district behind.
How long to allow
An hour at lunch, two and a half for the tasting menu.
The RuinMyTrip verdict
Go at lunch for the schiscetta, which is the same kitchen at a quarter of the price. Book the garden if the weather is on your side.
Sources
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The tasting menu is 85 euros without drinks. source
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A three-glass wine pairing is 25 euros. source
From the RuinMyTrip team
Written by RuinMyTrip Editorial from published research and official sources, not from a personal trip. It is not a traveler review and is never counted in the community rating. How we research.
Ratana charges 85 euros for the tasting menu without drinks, with a three-glass wine pairing at 25 euros. At lunch it serves the schiscetta: a single dish with a glass of wine, water and coffee for 24 euros, changing daily. Schiscetta is the Milanese word for the packed lunch factory workers carried, and using it for a 24 euro set lunch in a restaurant of this standing is a deliberate joke that also happens to be…
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