I migliori ristoranti di cucina italiana in Monza e della brianza

25/07/2025: Excellent meal and warm welcome. Looking forward to returning! 😉

16/06/2025: A beautiful pizza restaurant. Good pizza, good quality fish. Fairly well-stocked cellar

29/07/2025: Enjoy a nice dinner on an evening in the company of friends.

23/07/2025: Everything was excellent for a relaxing and delicious lunch break!!! Congratulations Friendly staff

03/07/2025: Excellent service and very good dishes, very welcoming atmosphere

06/05/2025: I always have a doubt. Do the 5 stars relate to the best restaurants you've experienced? That is, only one has 5 stars and the others must necessarily be lower? For me it's very simple: 5 stars is where I've had a great time and would return, so "Il Pollino" deserves them all. I was about to go to McDonald's since my usual lunch break restaurant was closed. Then I see "il Pollino" and I say to myself "I'm a big belly, I would say to stop eating rubbish, today let's eat healthy". The place is small and intimate. It is run by an energetic lady who is always smiling and very professional. At lunch they don't show the menu, she tells you how it used to be. I had an excellent amatriciana, a second course of grilled chicken with a drizzle of lemon and a mix of grilled vegetables and potatoes. All very good and homemade. A beautiful discovery. And the service was extremely fast. I will definitely come back when I'm in the area... to try again in the evening for a dinner with friends or with your current partner/wife/girlfriend. Maybe I wouldn't use it for a first date... but who knows! Nice work!

10/07/2025: Tried it several times at lunchtime and always had a good experience, the food quality was above average considering the price, there were also tables outside and the staff were friendly... Since I can't drink, I don't know what the wines are like but you'll tell me 🤣🤣🤣... Highly recommended

21/06/2025: An excellent restaurant, very welcoming, with a menu that changes every day. A pleasant surprise not to be missed in Monza!! Thanks Paolo and see you soon! Support young talents on votavinci

02/08/2025: Nice place and excellent service

27/07/2025: Nice place, the pizza is delicious 😋😋😋

18/07/2025: I've been going to Griller Hop for several months now. Starting from the choice of beers, to the wine cellar, there is a refined and selected choice that can truly satisfy anyone. The midday menu always reserves a special dish as well as 2 choices of first course and two second courses and the quality is always excellent. The same love for the research of drinking is clearly seen in the choice of raw materials. Last but not least, but to better underline that here you will find a smoke house that can give you a journey among the best American barbecue specialties! Super recommended!

17/07/2025: A well-maintained and welcoming venue, with friendly and competent staff. High-quality, well-prepared, and delicious dishes.

29/07/2025: Tried it for Sunday lunch for the first time, after having passed it many times, being local. Built in the time of Ludovico il Moro, the restaurant is ancient and features characteristic interiors and a shaded and well-kept garden. Three waiters in house uniform. The welcome was "brief," with tables available only outside, but it made an excellent initial impression that generated great anticipation. The menu offered a limited selection, with some local specialties. The table setting was set on a white tablecloth with silver cutlery (and some details could be improved: a chipped handle, different sizes for serving knives and appetizer forks). The metal table and chairs made it difficult to position our legs properly (due to a metal ring at knee height), making them uncomfortable. We had to wait a bit before being served, but we felt that more attention was paid to regular customers/reserved guests, who arrived later and were served first. After perusing the menu and some dishes served at other tables, two of us sampled: 1 appetizer of cold cuts (a few slices of prosciutto, two slices of pancetta, and three types of salami, two slices of each) and cheeses with polenta (one piece of zola and one piece of perhaps goat ricotta; we weren't told what cheese it was), 1 appetizer of Russian salad, 1 sliced beef with arugula and parmesan, 1 Milanese-style cutlet with baked potatoes, 1 sparkling water (house-made), 2 homemade tiramisu (served "on the plate," one of which was plated in two slices/spoonfuls, rather than a full portion). Cover charge for two (€4 each): 5 slices of "michetta" (about 1 sandwich) and 6 breadsticks (packaged). We sold out by the time we started the appetizer and replenished practically by the end of the main course. The portions were carefully "exact" (though to our acquaintances, they seemed larger), and the food and flavor were average, but we weren't thrilled. Bill: €107. Overall, our impressions: - the feeling that everything is carefully measured (perhaps even too much); - the strong point is the very special location; - the range, presentation, and emphasis on Brianza's specialties could be improved; - the service and value for money could be improved. In conclusion: a nice place, which didn't meet our expectations, has potential for improvement, and is worth a visit for its historic and unique character (which doesn't justify the price). You can eat traditional food, better and for less, at other nearby places (there are historic ones in Besana and Casatenovo). For now, we won't be returning, waiting for the owners to capitalize on the many reviews like ours.

28/07/2025: L'ambientazione è meravigliosa, il cibo è sufficiente, ma non eccezionale e i prezzi sono totalmente sproporzionati rispetto al cibo servito: anche piatti poveri come l'insalata russa e la torta paesana costano rispettivamente 10€ e 8€ (per una piccolissima fetta). Solitamente pago volentieri così tanto se c'è una cura nell'impiattamento, qualche abbinamento o salsa particolari, o ingredienti con una qualità o provenienza specifica. Qui invece, il minimalismo assoluto, che fa storcere il naso una volta appreso il conto. Ho trovato una clientela formale e pettinata, dei camerieri gentili e una signora in cassa non adatta all'interazione con il pubblico. Il posto avrebbe un enorme potenziale e potrebbe rendere maggiore giustizia alla tradizione lombarda. Ecco i consigli che do al locale per migliorare: - se volete mantenere l'attuale qualità del cibo, dimezzate i prezzi - se volete mantenere i prezzi attuali, migliorate la ricerca delle materie prime, la tecnica, l'inventiva in cucina e la cura nell'impiattamento - nel menù descrivete meglio i vostri piatti, la provenienza delle materie prime e sottolineate i piatti che vi riescono meglio - se dichiarate qualcosa nel menù, come la presenza di rucola nella tagliata, poi mettetela per davvero - tenetevi stretti i camerieri e assumete del personale più estroverso in cassa.

07/09/2025: An evening to forget, I hope it's not like this every night. Very long waits, starting with the appetizers, disorganized dining room, with errors even in the waiters' communication (we were told the risotto was a minimum of two portions, and then it was served from a single tray that was taken away, and that there were no cakes for dessert, only to see them passed directly to other tables). The appetizers were decent, the mushroom risotto lacking the flavor of the mushrooms, the tordelli spoiled by too much pepper, the main courses were average except for the lemon scallops, which perhaps had too much lemon. The dining room was definitely noisy. The high bill, probably also due to the mushrooms, but considered excessive for tonight's experience. Hopefully it was just a bad night; for us, certainly, and unfortunately, we won't be returning.

01/09/2025: Amazing home cooking! Very cozy family atmosphere. They put food on your plate until you say "enough", and you can ask for more! Wine is not served by the glass - only the whole bottle (as I understand it, this is a house wine with no name). Very reasonable prices for such authenticity and coziness. I highly recommend this place. We go there ourselves with the whole family. Thank you!

12/07/2025: Today we had the brilliant idea of ​​going to eat at this restaurant, if we can call it that. The first courses had horrible pasta. I ate it but left it halfway. My daughter left the whole plate. It was simply pasta and ragù, reporting that it was raw pasta. A second plate arrived with pasta and ragù worse than the first. I paid 80 euros, a gift. I will never go back.

07/07/2025: Great pizza with a somewhat unusual location

03/08/2025: It's not a place I frequent often because it's not in my area, but it's always a pleasure to return. The staff is friendly and accommodating. Reservations are definitely recommended, despite the availability, as it's very popular with families with children, young groups, and adults. I always order sweets, and I must say the ice cream is delicious. It's definitely a worthwhile place.

01/06/2025: In a new bar near the Carate oratory. Neat, clean and with good service.

27/05/2025: Un posto meraviglioso, con gente meravigliosa e uno Chef divino. Grazie veramente di tutto. Raccomando questo locale a tutti quelli che non si accontentano.

20/05/2025: Bread, pizza and desserts are very good. The ready meals are also not bad, maybe a little expensive.

17/04/2025: Top food, environment and service. Enzo Maria and Mirko, exquisite people. Advised.

29/01/2025: Kindness, excellent coffee and breakfast Welcoming and warm environment in a quiet place typical of this area.

11/05/2025: Delicious round and sliced ​​pizza. Customer care. Emanuele the owner is very nice and very courteous. Also worth trying are the truly top fish first courses.

08/04/2025: Historic family-run pizzeria, very welcoming restaurant in the center of Muggiò. Top staff very helpful and kind. The food was very good and varied and at a good price 😉

08/09/2025: Excellent aperitif, very friendly staff.

05/07/2025: We had been missing for a long time, but the welcome, the professionalism and the good drink have not changed at all. Bravissimi

27/07/2025: Hi, I've been ordering pizza for over a year now and I have nothing to say, the staff is very kind and they even recognize me by my voice and the food is delicious, I highly recommend it.

26/07/2025: The pizza by the slice was delicious, rich, and filling. The staff was very kind and accommodating to my requests. :) There are several outdoor tables for comfortable dining.