"Milan's most photographed rooftop — book Ceresio 7 to impress a client or a date over Elio Sironi's pasta and the skyline at dusk."
Ceresio 7 sits on the terrace of the former Enel building, now the headquarters of the fashion house Dsquared2, on Via Ceresio in Milan's Porta Garibaldi. The kitchen is run by chef Elio Sironi, once of the Bulgari Hotel Milano, who cooks a restrained contemporary Italian menu. Two outdoor pools, a 1930s rationalist building and a 360-degree view of the Porta Nuova skyline make it as much a design destination as a restaurant.
Sironi is a pasta obsessive, and his signature spaghetto with goat cheese and lemon zest is the dish to order — precise, light and finished al dente. The menu runs from crudo and risotto to grilled fish and meat, with a tasting menu around €105 and an à la carte that lands a full dinner in the €100–180 range ($$$$). Sunday brunch on the terrace, around €85, is the other draw. The cooking is clean rather than showy, built to share the stage with the view.
The room is the reason to come. By day the two pools and planting make the terrace feel like a private club; by night the bar fills and the skyline lights up across Porta Nuova. Service is polished and the crowd is fashion, finance and visitors in equal measure. It is glamorous and busy rather than hushed, so come for the setting and the cocktails as much as the plates, and book the terrace edge for the view.
For impressing a client, a celebratory dinner or a date with a view, Ceresio 7 is Milan's rooftop default: a design-world setting, two pools and a skyline that does the talking. A natural client-impressing and first-date table.
Not for a quiet, intimate or budget dinner — Ceresio 7 is a glamorous, busy rooftop scene where the view and the bar drive prices to the top of the range.
Ceresio 7 is at Via Ceresio 7 in Porta Garibaldi, on the rooftop terrace of the former Enel building, now the Dsquared2 headquarters, with two outdoor pools.
The kitchen is led by chef Elio Sironi, formerly of the Bulgari Hotel Milano, who cooks a contemporary Italian menu and is known for his pasta.
Order Elio Sironi's signature spaghetto with goat cheese and lemon zest, alongside crudo, risotto and grilled fish; the tasting menu runs around €105.
À la carte, a full dinner lands around €100–180 a head ($$$$); the tasting menu is roughly €105 and Sunday brunch on the terrace is about €85.
The two rooftop pools are part of the setting rather than for public swimming during service; the terrace dining and bar are the draw, with a skyline view.
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