Milan Navigli Food & Drinks Tour

When visit a new city I always like to take a food tour. I find them to be so much more than food and learn about the area and the culture. This tour did not disappoint. We learned so much, ate some terrific food and really enjoyed our guide, Claire. If you only have one tour to book, this is the one.

Last year I did a tour in Rome with Eating Europe that was amazing. We had so much food with drinks at every stop. We were so full at the end. This tour was so disappointing in comparison. Most of the stops were not food from the area. Then we didn't get any spritz, which seemed quintessential for Navigli, and instead we had wine that wasn't from the area in two spots, and we didn't get drinks at every stop. We had Milanese risotto, which came with a tiny chunk of Osso Bucco that was so inedible. On my tour in Rome we had free refills of wine and multiple courses of food at the last stop. On this tour they never refilled wine glasses at any stop and there was just the one course at the last stop. We kept saying "at the next stop I'm sure there will be more food and drink to make this feel worth what we spent" but it never came. Our tour guide was very nice, but she couldn't make up for the food.

Dear Eating Europe, Thank you for the Navigli tour this evening. We want to say that our guide Chiara was very good and we had no issues with her performance this evening. However, we were very disappointed with the food on the tour. The polenta at one restaurant was poor. We eat polenta at restaurants in the US three or four times per year and it has been always far better in the US. I cannot believe that that polenta this evening was representative of at least "good" polenta in Milan. We thought similarly about the risotto on the tour. I like risotto very much and I eat it at home usually three times every two years. We have even made mushroom risotto at home a couple of times and the results have always been much better. One of the things that we noticed about three of the restaurants that we went to on the tour was that our tour group was the only customers in the restaurants even though surrounding restaurants which we passed had plenty of local guests within them. So, we think you need to seek better restaurants for your tour. Regards, Thomas McCroskey PS - Also, you should include a statement to meet the guide under the arch at the plaza. The Google Map link included in the instructions actually points to a location about 100 meters from the arch where we met.

Such a fun experience. Loved the local food and wine too!

The guide was terrific and smart Her name is mc and we did a private tour which was the way to go. The places were great and the experience was so worth the trip. Book with her.