cafe milano - four seasons hotel abu dhabi

visited cafe milano a couple of weeks ago  for the saturday brunch.

the restaurant is really nice, the terrace completely opens up and created the impression that the whole restaurant is outdoor. the weather was nice that day so we really enjoyed that feature...

food was very good.  the saturday brunch concept consists of sharing antipasti and starters and pasta, and choosing 1 main course per person. desserts where also to share, at which point we were completely full after the enormous amount offoodserved.

service was attentive and quick.

good value for money also...

before visiting café milano at four seasons in abu dhabi i was convinced that one could not have a authentic italian experience outside of italy. this quickly changed right after i devoured the starter with the mind-blowing burrata with beautiful wild tomatoes and asparagus’s. i believe what i’ve had so far at any place hasn’t been burrata, except for the one today!

the starter was accompanied by the chefs special pasta dish with seafood. the main was very authentic in its character and the flavors were completely autonomous, almost getting hungry while describing this dish again.

to finish of this beautiful culinary experience, and once you think it can’t get any better, it just gets better. we were served with tiramisu, probably the most extraordinary tiramisu i’ve had in my life too, and i’ve had many :). words can not even describe the explosion of flavors which occurred putting the first spoon and sensing the flavors. everything was rounded of with an italian cup of cappuccino with almond milk.

i can now go back on my conviction and say that i have experienced the best italianfoodoutside of italy!

i am happy with their service. they accepted us even we don't have reservations. we are so lucky that we tried this place. we ordered prosciutto de cecina and spaghetti gucci and by far, the best italianfoodi've tried here in uae. thank you team for great service.

terrible dinner with very rude staff except for editha & her one colleague they were delightful. all our requests were ignored & they did not even offer bread or even the menu until we asked for it. definitely would not recommend.foodis average.

cafe milano has a great italianfoodand superb service. we had the tomato soup, pizza and the lamb chops, which was well-prepared. the team was very nice and helpful. highly recommend for the fine dining.

went there for a business lunch ...nice view and good selection of italianfood...delicious food, great service and friendly atmosphere..classy italian restaurant

from the entrance cafe milano took our breath with the beautiful view! patrizio da roma was out host for the evening and he really took great care of us with top notch service! fromfoodto desserts everything was just delicious and amazing! patrizio also ensured our request to celebrate our friends birthday was done perfectly with customized pastry with our friends name on the plate! we all really had an awesome time! thank you!

absolutely delicious!

we went there the last saturday and surprisingly the has this amazing friuli venezia-giulia brunch.

there are so many good things about this venue that y really do not know from where start.
the selection of cold starters was just enough to start the meal, delicate flavor, high quality of charcuterie and cold cuts; the panini and the pizza fritta were so light and tasty that after we ate them our appetite was more than ready for the next course: "hot starters'' the frittata with parmesan cheese is definitely something to highlight from the hot starter section, there were spinach and leeks tortino which has a perfect cloudy texture and really balanced flavor, the fagioli soup is a must if you go there! it really made me feel like if i was at home.
and finally; la pasta!! i no want to exaggerate but the home pasta was perfectly cooked, it is for much the best pasta i have ever tried in the uae so far... the thinness of the ravioli will make you understand the truly italian skills of the chef and his team, i will not describe how wonderful the flavor was because i do believe this one of those dishes that people must go to taste because any description of any ''blogger'' will have the right words to explain it. the ravioli came along with a long pasta with beef ragu, the shape of the pasta was a kind of ''bugattini'' perfectly cooked as well, i will just say i'll be back soon to the brunch only to repeat at least 5 times that pasta.
if you think that is enough, well when we talk about italian gastronomy never is enough: we got both main courses, the goulash with polenta and the black code, again the cooking method of the stew in the goulash, the flavor of the seasoning and the texture in the polenta take me back to home again. as a seafood lover, i was really excited waiting for the black code so as the rest of thefoodwas just extremely delicious i got really high expectation from the fish, so after the first bite, i confirmed the marvelous chef the have at cafe milano - four seasons abu dhabi. no more comments... unfortunately we could not finish the main courses as it was too muchfoodfor only two of us.

i've talked too much about the place already but it will be unfair if i finish this review without mentioning how good, professional and engaging staff they have at cafe milano, mr. patrizion was the head waiter on charge of our table, the service was smooth and we definitely felt we were served by a professional. overall the staff was smiling and well-groomed. i saw the sommelier serving a glass of chianti in one of the nearest tables and i could appreciate his skills and professionalism, i think we made as well our aperol spritz so well done!! our table was approached by a gentleman who i think must be the gm or the maitre, i made the quality check twice and even helped me with an issue a was having (lost my mobile in the taxi) so overall the experience was beyond the expectation.

i'd like to highlight that even though the saturday brunch was amazing, this is a restaurant that has more to offer to the public in general, is the right place to go for dinner and enjoy a lovely bottle of franciacorta

i had great time with my friend she was the one invite me to this restaurant the staff was friendly and the thefoodvery authentic try there pizza its very delicious thank you for that experience

went to four season hotel and in my expectation that the service and treatment for the restaurant as the hotel name , unfortunately the service was bad , the waitress treat us very bad specially when we used the entertainer coupon and when we paid the amount the waitress returned the card in bad way without thank you, the waitress tried to force us to order drinks and we don’t want , and we was waiting for thefoodlong time .

went for the business lunch and was very impressed. first of all, the service was the best i have experienced anywhere in abu dhabi - absolutely spot on, very attentive. thefoodwas outstanding and the setting was wonderful. i will definitely be back.

came here for a team celebration meal. the staff was very attentive, the decor and ambience is lovely and you get a great view of the water if you sit outside. thefoodhowever needs to step up a notch to match up to everything else. considering the price you are paying, you would expect much more from the food.

to start, they offer complimentary bread and an olive bowl, which was great. drinks were also very good, i had an ice coffee and the passionfruit mocktail mojito. as an entree, i had the argula with pear and goats cheese salad, only ate half because you can only eat so much argula! my team ordered various antipasties, the mozerella with eggplant and the beef prosciutto looked like it tasted best. i would recommend sharing.

as for pasta we chose the risotto and the staff was kind enough to plate it into sharing portions for us. the sauce was amazing but the risotto was a little hard. i like my risottos to be soft and melt your mouth. most of us had the duck confit as a main. sadly, it was a bit dry. we had to ask for more sauce which made it a little better. they accommodated to my colleagues request of adding chicken to their vegetarian pizza but they said the pizza was bland and they looked miserable eating it. another colleague ordered the crispy skin sea bass and he seemed to really enjoy it.

dessert is a little bit expensive, 45aed for 2 small scoops of icecream! thankfully because i'm pregnant, we asked for an extra scoop and they happily obliged. the gelato was a great finish, best thing i had at the restaurant!

they also gave us a complimentary biscuit tray after dessert. drinkers got a free lemon alcohol shot.

overall lovely dining experience but definitely needs to step up with the food.

valentine night dinner review:
value for price 3
food: 3.8
service: 3
i took the set menue, 5 coursefoodwas good. main dish we tried both options but the fish was way better than the lamp.
the service were not great, taking too much time to serve the tables and long wait time between courses.
i understand that it was a busy night but the place was not 100% full.

thefoodwas delicious. we tried the pastas and it melted in our mouths like fresh pasta is suppose to. i would recommend cafe milano to anyone staying on al maryah island if they really are looking for amazing food. they service was very attentive and we left very happy with the experience.

very goodfoodand service. the dishes were cooked to perfection and the presentation was excellent. was very quite allowing us some some fun time with the group. very pricey though but worth a try.....