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The 8 Best Bars in Milan

Milan hosted The 50 Best Bars 2026 ceremony on 7 October, and its own bars came out of it well. The best bars in Milan sit by the Duomo and in Brera, in the Navigli, near Centrale and Porta Volta, and by Porta Venezia, in a city where the aperitivo is part of daily life. Moebius Milano, a former textile warehouse centered on a 700-year-old olive tree, is second on The 50 Best Bars 2026 and The Best Bar in Europe. 1930, on the world list every year since 2019, is No. 94 on the 51-100 list in 2026. Camparino in Galleria has served Campari Seltz at its standing counter since 1915, and at Nottingham Forest, open since 1970, the bar chefs wear toques. Rita, in the Navigli since 2002, was an early champion of fresh, seasonal ingredients, Ceresio 7 puts two pools on a 1930s rooftop, and Dry Milano pairs pizza with lighter cocktails. Nottingham Forest takes no reservations, so keep your group to four. These are the eight we would start with.

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  1. Moebius Milano
    50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Moebius Milano

    Lorenzo Querci's gastronomic-cultural complex in a former textile warehouse: Tapa Bistrot below, the Michelin-starred Sperimentale above, live music, a record store, and a cocktail bar built around a three-meter concrete wall of 300+ spirits with seven seats facing 'the cinema of mixology'. A 700-year-old Andalusian olive tree grows through two floors. Gio Allario leads the bar; Enrico Croatti the kitchens. No. 2 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, where it was named The Best Bar in Europe, after No. 7 in 2025. It was a Top 4 finalist for Best International Bar Team at the 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.

    Order thisPesto MartiniAltamura vodka, vermouth, homemade pesto, white balsamic vinegar
    Via Alfredo Cappellini 25, 20124 MilanoSun-Thu 18:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 18:00-02:00
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  2. 1930
    50 BESTSpeakeasy

    1930

    Milan's most famous speakeasy, founded 2013 by the Farmily group, location and phone number deliberately unknown to most; if you know where to go, you know how to book, usually by introduction through a sister venue like Mag. Part chic hideaway, part Wonka-esque drinks laboratory: rotary evaporators and fermenters behind a candlelit marble bar, a 1960s jukebox spinning vinyl. No.22 in Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026 and a World's 50 Best fixture since 2019. It currently stands at No. 94 on The 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026, after No. 43 in 2025.

    Secret location, Milano (by introduction)Tue-Sun evenings (booking by introduction)
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  3. Camparino in Galleria
    EUROPE'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Camparino in Galleria

    The Milanese aperitivo since 1915: Gaspare Campari opened his caffè in the Galleria in 1867, and his son Davide, the first citizen born inside the Galleria, opened Camparino in 1915 with a pioneering chilled seltz system. Art Nouveau interiors by Quarti, Mazzucotelli and d'Andrea survive across three spaces: the stand-up Bar di Passo, the signature Sala Spiritello, and the reservation-only Sala Gaspare Campari. A World's 50 Best regular facing the Duomo. It currently stands at No. 18 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026.

    Order thisCampari SeltzCampari, seltz, the original serve
    Piazza Duomo 21, Milano MI 20121Bar di Passo: Mon-Fri 09:30-23:00, Sat 10:00-23:00, Sun 09:30-21:00
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  4. Rita
    EUROPE'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Rita

    A veteran of the Milan cocktail scene: Edoardo Nono's Navigli original, open since 2002, pioneered fresh seasonal ingredients and in-house preparations over artificial syrups, with associate partner Chiara Buzzi aboard since 2018. The list splits into Restoring, Refreshing and Relaxing, with barrel-aged options and proper food from vegetable croquettes to steak. No.49 in Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026.

    Via Angelo Fumagalli 1, 20143 MilanoMon-Sat (closed Sun)
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  5. Officina Milano
    50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Officina Milano

    An all-day bar in the Ticinese area of Milan, decorated with motorcycles and vintage 1950s Milanese cars alongside leather seating and a Prohibition-styled bar counter. The cocktail program is run on sustainability principles. The venue also serves food, including Sunday brunch with a rotating menu.

    Via Giovenale 7, 20136
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  1. Nottingham Forest
    50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Nottingham Forest

    Dario Comini's legendary fusion bar at Porta Monforte, operating since 1970 and a self-described pioneer of barchef mixology in Milan, clarifications, fermentations and scientific technique long before they were fashionable, served in a charmingly chaotic room of travel artefacts, hammocks, masks and endless spirits. A former regular of the World's 50 Best Bars list.

    Viale Piave 1, 20129 MilanoTue-Sun evenings (closed Mon)
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  2. Ceresio 7
    PINNACLERooftop Bar

    Ceresio 7

    Dean and Dan Caten's (Dsquared2) rooftop trinity: two pools, Elio Sironi's fine-dining restaurant, and an American Bar where classic mixology gets an Italian rereading. The day arcs from poolside mornings through terrace lunches and tapas to aperitivo and after-dinner, every day of the year; the pools run June to September against the Milan skyline.

    Order thisTomaccoPatrón tequila, Del Maguey Vida mezcal, mango, roasted pepper, lime, agave
    Via Ceresio 7, 20154 MilanBar daily 12:30-01:00; pools 10:00-17:30 (Jun-Sep)
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  3. Dry Milano
    PINNACLECocktail Bar

    Dry Milano

    The pioneer of Milan's cocktails-and-pizza pairing, founded 2013 in Brera: Neapolitan pies by Lorenzo Sirabella (trained under Enzo Coccia) beside signature mixology from bar manager Edris Al Malat, in a warm, deliberately bare retro room. Eat, mix, experiment, share, recognized by 50 Top Pizza, Gambero Rosso and Forbes.

    Order thisSpritz in BreraAperol, St-Germain, Mancino vermouth mix, peach & jasmine tea, CO2
    Via Solferino 33, 20121 MilanoTue-Sun 18:00-02:00 (closed Mon)
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