Best Pubs in Milan

Birrificio Lambrate was the first pub in Milan to have its own in-house brewery. The idea has been a great success; all the different types of beer served here are first rate. A friendly atmosphere with wooden furnishings to match gives the place a homely, unpretentious feel. Snacks such as sandwiches and delicious Seasoned Ham Toast are served.

Get a bit of England as you head to The English Football Pub, right in the heart of the city. The pub welcomes patrons into a beautifully laid out space with walls screaming with English memorabilia, pictures, and English Football artwork. Their burgers and sausages are a must try. Grab a beer to wash down your meals as you watch a live game here and cheer for your home team! A lively place, perfect for a game night or weekend hangout, this pub is open till wee hours, attracting a young and trendy crowd.

It is not true that in Milan the majority of night clubs, bars or pubs are concentrated in the zone called the 'Città Studi' where the largest Universities and student housing is located. In the evening, this area, swarming with people, offers very little and one is obliged to move towards Brera or Ticinese. The only light, in the desert of the zone, is the Bar Matricola appreciated by students, and professors during the lunch break for a snack, a brunch or just for coffee. The Matricola is a bar in perfect classical style of an English pub in which excellent beer is served of a thousand qualities. The furnishings and surroundings in dark wood are very elegant and in the evening create a relaxing atmosphere which permits one to turn one's attention to thoughts that are unbearably light.

This is the prince of bars and pubs. It is, according to its own right, the mother of all aperitifs. An historical bar of Milan, the Bar Magenta has truly seen all of the fashion modes pass without ever suffering any repercussions and has shown the way to ten years of Milanese passion for the aperitif. The tram drivers and motorists that pass in front of the bar know that they must endure the exhausting lines and weave, somehow or other, between the parked cars of the bar customers. Inside the Bar, which has recently been restored and expanded, there is a typical Bohemian air with early 1900s Art Deco style furnishings. In addition, it is spacious and always full. Initially opened as the Italian version of English Pubs, it offers cocktails of every kind, as well as many speciality beers. Not to be missed.

For more than ten years, this bar in Porta Romana has been a bar crowded at all hours even though it has passed through different management by more and less trendy types. Palo Alto Café offers an excellent meeting place for all young people looking for a place in which they can have a chat whether inside or in the vast space on the street. As per tradition, beers and cocktails give company to who, whether at aperitif or before the disco, allows himself to be fascinated by the lively atmosphere of the Palo Alto Cafè.