28/07/2025: A table of about 15 people, an incredible dinner, excellent fish, a delicious seafood spaghetti for the starter, shrimp cocktail, sweet sea bass, and so on. I think one of the best seafood restaurants here in Milan! Highly recommended, excellent waiters!
28/07/2025: A happy accident finding Al Puerto, nearly a year ago my father and I had the most amazing dining experience! Turns out, there was a really interesting area near our hotel that had loads of great restaurants called Darsena del Naviglio, the gateway to Naviglio Grande & Naviglio Pavese - two of the five canals of Milan.
I set our sites on one destination as we spontaneously chose the first restaurant we encountered: Al Puerto! This was a wonderful chance for dad and I to enjoy some amazing seafood in a creative and traditional fashion. Everything was meticulous, and I’ve never seen waiters work so, so, so hard! We were on a second story mezzanine of the restaurant and every turn of food was brought up and down those stairs. One of the most impressive displays of service I’ve ever seen, hands down! This restaurant puts every waiter in Vegas, NYC, Paris and Rome to shame.
This phenomenal dinner is owed mainly in part to our server Luigi (in the photo with my father and I) as he ensured the best service, quality, and flavors in all of Italy. He went above and beyond what I would ask any waiter for, and yet, his service kept surprising my father and I as he also brought out fun treats and special flavors that we wouldn’t even know to ask for. In addition to this, the aesthetic of the restaurant was beautiful, rustic, and thematic from all angles. I wish we didn't eat so quickly so I could've taken better photos, so we will have to return soon! In addition, Signore Cico and Signore Lorenzi were incredible gentlemen of class and passion, both elevating our experience and encapsulating the memories with incredible service, history, information, insight, amicability and quality. This experience is worth passing on to others, even a year later, this was the most memorable dining experience of all Italy and in all my travels. Please keep up the impeccable quality that you bring to the world, it's an honor to dine here!
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