Cafes in Milan

129 venues
  1. 1
    5.0 (8)
    Galleria Unione, 1, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  2. 2
    5.0 (4)
    Ripa di Porta Ticinese, 77, 20143 Milano MI, Italy
  3. 3
    4.8 (3597)
    Corso Garibaldi, 22, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  4. 4
    4.8 (1594)
    Via Vitruvio, 38, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
  5. 5
    4.8 (508)
    Via Rembrandt, 12, 20148 Milano MI, Italy
  6. 6
    4.8 (254)
    Via Luigi Settembrini, 15, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
  7. 7
    4.8 (143)
    Via Termopili, 29, 20127 Milano MI, Italy
  8. 8
    4.8 (134)
    Viale Piero e Alberto Pirelli, 10, 20126 Milano MI, Italy
  9. 9
    4.8 (117)
    Via Ambrogio Campiglio, 13, 20133 Milano MI, Italy
  10. 10
    4.8 (24)
    Via Pinturicchio, 19, 20133 Milano MI, Italy
  11. 11
    4.8 (11)
    Central Station area, 20124 Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
  12. 12
    4.7 (2511) €€
    Via Giuseppe Broggi, 15, 20129 Milano MI, Italy
  13. 13
    4.7 (2421) €€
    P.za Sigmund Freud, 1, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
  14. 14
    4.7 (1273) €€
    Via Solferino, 27, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  15. 15
    4.7 (851) €€
    V. Piero della Francesca, 8, 20154 Milano MI, Italy
  16. 16
    4.7 (291)
    Corso Magenta, 96, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  17. 17
    4.7 (198)
    Via Daniele Manin, 17, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  18. 18
    4.7 (171)
    Via Sant'Orsola, 5, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  19. 19
    4.7 (157)
    Via Privata del Don, 1, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  20. 20
    4.7 (157)
    Via Giuseppe Pozzone, 5, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  21. 21
    4.7 (80)
    Viale Sabotino, ingresso su, Via Giuseppe Ripamonti, 2, 20135 Milano MI, Italy
  22. 22
    4.6 (796)
    Via Enrico Nöe, 24, 20133 Milano MI, Italy
  23. 23
    4.6 (430) €€
    Via Giuseppe Meda, 38, 20141 Milano MI, Italy
  24. 24
    4.6 (401)
    Via Ascanio Sforza, 7, 20136 Milano MI, Italy
  25. 25
    4.6 (393)
    Via S. Gregorio, 29A, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
  26. 26
    4.6 (268) €€
    Alzaia Naviglio Pavese, 20, 20143 Milano MI, Italy
  27. 27
    4.6 (248)
    Viale don Luigi Orione, 21, 20132 Milano MI, Italy
  28. 28
    4.6 (32)
    Via Victor Hugo, 4, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  29. 29
    4.6 (23)
    Piazzetta M. Bossi, 4, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  30. 30
    4.5 (1225)
    Via Savona, 101, 20144 Milano MI, Italy
  31. 31
    4.5 (878)
    Largo Augusto, 8, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  32. 32
    4.5 (774)
    Via Gaetano Giardino, 1, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  33. 33
    4.5 (700) €€
    Via Filippo Argelati, 1, 20143 Milano MI, Italy
  34. 34
    4.5 (318)
    Viale Piave, 20, 20129 Milano MI, Italy
  35. 35
    4.5 (289)
    Via S. Maurilio, 1, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  36. 36
    4.5 (281) €€
    Corso di Porta Romana, 128, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  37. 37
    4.5 (266)
    Via Giulio Romano, 31, 20135 Milano MI, Italy
  38. 38
    4.5 (128)
    Corso Italia, 14-16, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  39. 39
    4.5 (126)
    Via Melzo, 3, 20129 Milano MI, Italy
  40. 40
    4.5 (109)
    Via Luigi Sacco, 7, 20149 Milano MI, Italy
  41. 41
    4.5 (68)
    Via Giuseppe Mazzini, 9, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  42. 42
    4.5 (17)
    Via Andrea Solari, 3, 20144 Milano MI, Italy
  43. 43
    4.4 (29466) €€
    P.za Cordusio, 1, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  44. 44
    4.4 (9130) €€
    Via S. Raffaele, 6, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  45. 45
    4.4 (7562) €€
    Via Napo Torriani, 5, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
  46. 46
    4.4 (2898) €€
    Via Felice Casati, 27, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
  47. 47
    4.4 (2519) €€€
    Via Monte Napoleone, 8, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  48. 48
    4.4 (1853) €€
    Via Francesco Guicciardini, 3, 20129 Milano MI, Italy
  49. 49
    4.4 (1776)
    Via Vetere, 14, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  50. 50
    4.4 (730) €€
    Via Paolo Sarpi, 1, 20154 Milano MI, Italy
  51. 51
    4.4 (657)
    Corso Magenta, 31, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  52. 52
    4.4 (632) €€
    Viale Tunisia, 15, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
  53. 53
    4.4 (532)
    Corso di Porta Ticinese, 14, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  54. 54
    4.4 (419) €€
    Corso Italia, 34, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  55. 55
    4.4 (266) €€
    Via Aldo Manuzio, 6, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
  56. 56
    4.4 (224)
    Corso di Porta Romana, 80, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  57. 57
    4.4 (221) €€
    Via Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, 25, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
  58. 58
    4.4 (204)
    Corso Monforte, 30, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  59. 59
    4.4 (137)
    Via Pantano, 15, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  60. 60
    4.4 (122)
    Via Agnello, 19, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  61. 61
    4.4 (59)
    Via Giulio Romano, 5, 20135 Milano MI, Italy
  62. 62
    4.4 (57)
    Via Annibale Grasselli, 19, 20137 Milano MI, Italy
  63. 63
    4.3 (2189) €€
    Viale Monte Nero, 51, 20135 Milano MI, Italy
  64. 64
    4.3 (2055)
    Ripa di Porta Ticinese, 83, 20143 Milano MI, Italy
  65. 65
    4.3 (1226)
    Largo la Foppa, 1, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  66. 66
    4.3 (965)
    Via Panfilo Castaldi, 39, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
  67. 67
    4.3 (883)
    Viale Monte Nero, 6, 20135 Milano MI, Italy
  68. 68
    4.3 (870) €€
    P.le Medaglie D'Oro, 3, 20135 Milano MI, Italy
  69. 69
    4.3 (708) €€
    Piazza Filippo Meda, 5, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  70. 70
    4.3 (678)
    Viale Premuda, 14, 20129 Milano MI, Italy
  71. 71
    4.3 (334) €€
    Corso di Porta Romana, 2, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  72. 72
    4.3 (212) €€
    Rinascente, P.za del Duomo, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  73. 73
    4.3 (156)
    Via Santa Sofia, 1, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  74. 74
    4.3 (140)
    Via Giuseppe Mazzini, 22, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  75. 75
    4.3 (14)
    compasso D'oro, 1, 20154 Milano MI, Italy
  76. 76
    4.3 (3)
    Via Monte Napoleone, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  77. 77
    4.2 (7689) €€
    Via Fiori Chiari, 13, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  78. 78
    4.2 (5520) €€
    Via Dante, 5, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  79. 79
    4.2 (3663) €€
    Piazza S. Fedele, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  80. 80
    4.2 (2941) €€€
    Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  81. 81
    4.2 (2109) €€
    Via Andrea Maria Ampère, 59, 20131 Milano MI, Italy
  82. 82
    4.2 (1744) €€
    Corso Magenta, 9, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  83. 83
    4.2 (1710) €€
    Via Quadronno, 34, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  84. 84
    4.2 (1592) €€
    Piazza Tito Minniti, 5, 20159 Milano MI, Italy
  85. 85
    4.2 (917) €€
    Via della Commenda, 25, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  86. 86
    4.2 (853) €€
    Via Emilio Morosini, 4, 20135 Milano MI, Italy
  87. 87
    4.2 (682) €€
    Via Ferdinando Bocconi, 4, 20136 Milano MI, Italy
  88. 88
    4.2 (383)
    Via Leone Tolstoi, 9, 20146 Milano MI, Italy
  89. 89
    4.2 (382)
    Via Monte Napoleone, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  90. 90
    4.2 (369) €€
    Piazza Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli, 4, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  91. 91
    4.2 (147)
    Via Francesco Sforza, 2, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  92. 92
    4.1 (3680) €€€
    V. Filippo Turati, 30, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  93. 93
    4.1 (2649) €€
    Via Melzo, 22, 20129 Milano MI, Italy
  94. 94
    4.1 (2335) €€
    Via Giovanni Battista Torti, 2, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  95. 95
    4.1 (1820) €€
    Via Larga, 2, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  96. 96
    4.1 (1237) €€
    Via Monte Napoleone, 19, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  97. 97
    4.1 (1208) €€
    Via Vittor Pisani, 31, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
  98. 98
    4.1 (899) €€
    P.za del Duomo, 12, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  99. 99
    4.1 (705) €€
    Via Emilio Broglio, 3, 20158 Milano MI, Italy
  100. 100
    4.1 (382)
    Via San Vittore, 2, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  101. 101
    4.1 (91)
    Viale Monte Nero, 78, 20135 Milano MI, Italy
  102. 102
    4.0 (3489) €€
    Via Paolo Sarpi, 8, 20154 Milano MI, Italy
  103. 103
    4.0 (1272) €€
    Viale Vittorio Veneto, 2, 20146 Milano MI, Italy
  104. 104
    4.0 (170)
    V. Tommaso Grossi, 9, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  105. 105
    4.0 (38)
    Piazza Giuseppe Missori, 3, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  106. 106
    4.0 (32)
    Via San Vittore, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  107. 107
    4.0 (15)
    Via Luigi Galvani, 23 c/o Palazzo Regione, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
  108. 108
    3.9 (2885) €€
    Corso Garibaldi, 118, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  109. 109
    3.9 (2114) €€
    Via Giuseppe Mazzini, 20, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  110. 110
    3.9 (672) €€
    Via Speronari, 3, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  111. 111
    3.9 (275)
    Viale Tibaldi, 22, 20136 Milano MI, Italy
  112. 112
    3.9 (140)
    20137 Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
  113. 113
    3.8 (1700) €€
    Piazza Gae Aulenti, 20154 Milano MI, Italy
  114. 114
    3.8 (1008) €€
    P.za del Duomo, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  115. 115
    3.8 (959)
    Via Giorgio Jan, 5A, 20129 Milano MI, Italy
  116. 116
    3.8 (202)
    Via S. Giovanni sul Muro, 18, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  117. 117
    3.8 (66)
    Via Morigi, 15, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  118. 118
    3.7 (1094)
    Via Mercato, 24, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  119. 119
    3.7 (410) €€
    Piazza Cavour, 3, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  120. 120
    3.7 (364)
    Via Dante, 13, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  121. 121
    3.5 (287)
    P.za Cordusio, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
  122. 122
    3.5 (155)
    Piazza Santo Stefano, Via Festa del Perdono, 10, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  123. 123
    3.4 (2440) €€
    Piazza Armando Diaz, 5, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  124. 124
    3.4 (85)
    Via Achille Mauri, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  125. 125
    3.4 (84)
    Passaggio degli Osii, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  126. 126
    3.0 (555)
    Via Dante, 15, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  127. 127
    2.9 (1024)
    Via Orefici, 2, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
  128. 128
    2.8 (263)
    Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 4, 20122 Milano MI, Italy
  129. 129
    2.5 (701)
    Via Orefici, 10, 20123 Milano MI, Italy

Guide to Cafes in Milan

Milan's cafe culture is a highlight for digital nomads, freelancers, writers, and travelers who need a reliable spot to work, reflect, or simply enjoy a great coffee. The city's cafes range from specialty third-wave coffee shops with precision-brewed single origins to neighborhood spots with free WiFi, generous opening hours, and a welcoming attitude toward laptop workers.

Traveler Tips for Cafes in Milan

  • WiFi etiquette: In popular Milan cafes, it's courteous to buy something every couple of hours if you're working for extended periods. Most cafes appreciate the business.
  • Power outlets: Check whether your chosen cafe has accessible power outlets before settling in — this varies widely in Milan.
  • Peak vs off-peak hours: Mornings (7–10am) and late afternoons (3–6pm) tend to be the best times to find good seating in busy Milan cafes.
  • Specialty coffee scene: Milan has several world-class specialty coffee roasters with cafes. Look for those using local or single-origin beans for the best cup.
  • Neighborhood gems: Some of the best cafes in Milan are tucked away in residential neighborhoods, away from tourist zones. Explore beyond the center.

A cafe in Milan is often where the best conversations happen. Solo travelers, writers, programmers, and entrepreneurs all share these spaces. Use Nomax to find other travelers who are also working from cafes in Milan — you might find a coworking companion, share cafe recommendations, or discover a new favorite spot together.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best cafes in Milan?

Milan has 129+ cafes tracked by Nomax. The top-rated options are listed on this page, sorted by rating and traveler reviews. Use the interactive map to explore venues by neighborhood.

How do I find cafes in Milan on a map?

Use the interactive map on this page to see all cafes in Milan as numbered markers. Click any marker to see ratings, opening hours, address, and contact details. You can also search and filter venues in the left panel.

Are there any tips for solo travelers visiting cafes in Milan?

Yes. Solo travelers in Milan recommend arriving at cafes during peak social hours to meet other travelers. Download Nomax to connect with fellow travelers before you arrive — many users coordinate meetups at specific venues.

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