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Cafe Milano

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Cafe Milano Review

By night you're likely to rub shoulders with local socialites, professional sports stars, visiting celebrities, and the Euro-trendy crowd at Cafe Milano's cheek-by-jowl bar. Expect authentic, sophisticated Italian cooking and a pricey wine list. Specialties are fried stuffed olives and smelts, thin-crust pizzas, sumptuous pasta dishes such as lobster with linguine and braised veal ravioli, air-dried ricotta, and the type of beautifully composed and dressed salads favored by ladies who lunch.

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  • Mab85, from NYC
    7/29/08

    I really enjoyed Cafe Milano, despite the noisy bar scene. The food was excellent and the service great. The prices are high but I got a very large portion so I wasn't complaining too much.

    Ratings details: Food: 5 | Atmosphere: 5 | Service: 5 | Value: 4
  • Girlspytravel, from DC
    9/21/07

    I go to Cafe Milano frequently-for good reason-their chef, who is from Sorrento is excellent, I DO feel that this food is almost as good as what I get in Italy, EVERYTHING we've had here was good-my friend believes the veal is the best he's had anywhere, the bruschetta, excellent, the sea scallops I had, also excellent, the fried calamari-batter light and squid texture just right-not chewy. The food plus the atmosphere-this is the place to go for a night on the town in DC

    Ratings details: Food: 5 | Atmosphere: 4 | Service: 4 | Value: 5
  • elihuhawk, from Iowa City, IA
    8/29/07

    Cafe Milano can be a pleasant dining experience if you want to be in "the" glitterati restaurant and don't mind the bustle and average Italian fare. Authentic, no; horrible, neither; popular,yes; why? ....... There are better eateries in Washington, D.C..

    Ratings details: Food: 2 | Atmosphere: 3 | Service: 2 | Value: 2
  • rsakita, from Allentown, Pennsylvania
    8/22/07

    The food at Cafe Milano is sub-par. We have better Italian restaurants here in the boondocks of Pennsylvania. How this establishment thrives in D.C. is beyond me. I recently stopped by with a party of 4 - none of us enjoyed our meal. We had pastas, appetizers, risotto and swordfish - all ill prepared. I know there are better restaurants in D.C. Don't waste your time or money!

    Ratings details: Food: 1 | Atmosphere: 2 | Service: 3 | Value: 1
  • heinzelj001, from Washington DC
    2/18/07

    If you think this is a good restaurant you don't know DC, and there are MUCH better places to people watch/ spot in DC.
    Service was bad. Food was only edible, for the little you got.

    Ratings details: Food: 1 | Atmosphere: 2 | Service: 1 | Value: 1
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