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Italian, Seafood, Mediterranean, European
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Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
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Situated within the Mandarin Oriental hotel, a popular choice for international travellers, this restaurant serves cuisine that reflects the cosmopolit...
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Two MICHELIN Stars: Excellent cooking, worth a detour!
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Reviewed 28 October 2023 via mobile

A unique dining experience at Chef's table in Sete. Been the only table in the kitchen, it was really fun to watch and hear the team in action. Everything is in such good order, no shouting, very clam, just like sitting in your own home....It is an open space however you have enough privacy, no one stares at you, only you there to watch. Chef Antonio greeted us, and the services from the team were excellent. When I say team, yes, we have been talking to three or four of them who were looking after us very well, they are super friendly and attentive. Highly recommended for couple or solo.More

Date of visit: October 2023
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Management response:Responded 6 November 2023

Dear Guest, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and for rating us with the highest possible score. We are delighted you thoroughly enjoyed your experience at the Chef's Table and I will be more than glad to share your very nice...More

Reviewed 13 October 2023

This was by far one of my worst experiences ever at a Michelin star restaurant. The staff was not very kind, not at all welcoming and the food left much to be desired. Furthermore, the wines were excellent- the pours were just about a sip...each. For the price, we could have bought a couple bottles of very fine wine. I am sorry but cannot recommend this restaurant.More

Date of visit: October 2023
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Management response:Responded 16 October 2023

Dear Guest, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We apologize for not being able to meet your rightful expectations and we will certainly keep your feedback in consideration. We work hard to ensure the best possible experience for those who choose...More

Reviewed 9 October 2023 via mobile

Stellar experience at Seta! While visiting Italy I knew I wanted to try one of the many Michelin star restaurants it has to offer, and I’m glad I chose Seta. From beginning to end, the experience was magical! Every bite was both interesting and delicious....The staff executed our meal flawlessly and even provided a special treat to celebrate my wife’s birthday! Although expensive it was well worth it!More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Management response:Responded 16 October 2023

Dear Guest, Thank you for sharing your very kind feedback and for rating Seta with the highest possible score. We are delighted you thoroughly enjoyed your experience with us! We hope to welcome you back to our Restaurant soon. With my very best regards, Antonio...More

Reviewed 20 June 2023

This a Fantastic Restaurant and should have 3 stars not 2 a Michelin Travesty .Also very good for Vegetarians and the Apple Desert an absolute must!More

Date of visit: June 2023
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Management response:Responded 21 June 2023

Dear Guest, thank you for taking the time to share your experience and for rating us with the highest possible score. I am delighted to learn that the effort we make in taking care of every detail and in focusing on the service contributed to...More

Reviewed 17 June 2023 via mobile

It was an amazing experience! Tried the tasting menu and every piece was delightful. We loved the wine pairings as well, but it could be better i suppose. Definetely worth trying.More

Date of visit: June 2023
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Management response:Responded 19 June 2023

Dear Guest, thank you for taking the time to share your experience and for rating us with the highest possible score. I am delighted to learn that the effort we make in taking care of every detail and in focusing on the service contributed to...More

Reviewed 2 May 2023 via mobile

We haven’t really had the chance to try local traditional Italian food in Milan "yet" .🤷🏻‍♀️ Our first day was a memorable lunch at 2 michelin-starred restaurant Seta at Mandarin Oriental. It was great, lots of complimentary amuse bouche which, made sense in preparing us...for the main lunch. Service was excellent, however, we came in around 2ish and by 3:30ish, the restaurant was empty, including our original servers. Everyone dissappeared after the cheese course without saying anything to us (which usually most fine dine place would do especially our main server going for a break). So we just find that the journey dining at Seta was somewhat incomplete. Overall Chef Antonio Guida did an magnificent job in creating each plate, not only was his presentation was like piece of art but it was delicate and savoury. Again, it made sense. Many chefs tried so hard to make their own cooking "fusion" but being overly creative can make their customers tastebuds into the journey of “confusion”. 😂🤣 Luckily, that wasn’t the case here with Chef Antonio Guida.More

Date of visit: April 2023
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Management response:Responded 5 May 2023

Dear Guest, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feedback and for rating us with the highest possible score. I am delighted to know that you had a memorable lunch at Seta. Also, I thank you very much for your comments,...More

Reviewed 8 April 2023

The title of this review is pretty conclusive! We absolutely loved our evening at the Chef's Table. I won't spoil the surprise of the food, but each course was exceptional, some simple yet delicious and others more complex & well thought out. Service was fantastic,...we were made to feel welcome, our glasses were never empty & staff were all knowledgeable about what they were serving. We wouldn't hesitate to return here.More

Date of visit: March 2023
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Mandarin Orient... M, Chef at Seta, responded to this reviewResponded 12 April 2023

Dear Guest, thank you for taking the time to share your experience and for rating us with the highest possible score. I am delighted to learn that the effort we make in taking care of every detail and in focusing on the service contributed to...More

Reviewed 19 March 2023 via mobile

What a delightful meal at the table’s chef. Exquisite flavors! A 3 stars michelin in the making. Bravo chef Antonio and team!More

Date of visit: March 2023
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Mandarin Orient... M, Chef at Seta, responded to this reviewResponded 20 March 2023

Dear Guest, thank you for taking the time to share your experience and for rating us with the highest possible score. I am delighted to learn that the effort we make in taking care of every detail and in focusing on the service contributed to...More

Reviewed 6 December 2022 via mobile

This 2-Michelin-star restaurant is located inside the Mandarin Oriental Milan with modern, romantic ambiance. I went for the Seta’s tasting menu which was a bit too creative for my taste. Being said, every dish was carefully crafted with the highest attention. If I am back,...I would go for à la carte with the below 2 dishes (pictured), which were impressive. Blue Lobster: this Brittany gem was slightly undercooked to expose the slight crunch and sweetness of the meat while still preserving expected lobster flesh texture. Well done. Risotto: who can do risotto better than the Italians? However, the raspberry cream was the star for providing an interesting kick to the dish.More

Date of visit: November 2022
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Mandarin Orient... M, Chef at Seta, responded to this reviewResponded 6 December 2022

Dear Guest, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience at Seta. Your comments are extremely important for us to continue improving our service in order to deliver an exceptional culinary experience. We really hope to welcome you again at Seta. Sincerely, Antonio...More

Reviewed 13 November 2022 via mobile

Lovely restaurant and pleasant staff! I went alone for my birthday and my bill was a little under €200 just to manage your expectations. I had starters, main course and desert. You must try the blue lobster to complete the experience! It was soo good....I love the atmosphere and would definitely go back!More

Date of visit: September 2022
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Mandarin Orient... M, Chef at Seta, responded to this reviewResponded 14 November 2022

Dear Guest, thank you for taking the time to share your experience and for rating us with the highest possible score. I am delighted to learn that the effort we make in taking care of every detail and in focusing on the service contributed to...More

Reviewed 28 October 2022

Unquestionably the most disappointing dinner of our entire 25th anniversary trip to Italy was at 2* Seta (Italian for Silk) at the Mandarin Oriental Milan on our first night. It’s a beautiful courtyard setting, but the service was downright unworthy of even a single Michelin...star. After getting water, it was about 45 minutes before we saw our first food. I had to ask for and complain to the manager, but all I got were empty platitudes. Apparently, while I was in the restroom later during the meal, the manager apologized to my husband and indicated they were short staffed — but still offered no service recovery whatsoever. Most unimpressive. We might have been able to overlook the service faux paux had the meal been better — but way too many courses had the same off-putting briny flavor profile. And I normally love briny. It seemed that the kitchen was as short staffed as the service team. Presentations were nice, but it all was more pomp than circumstance. There was no course that really impressed us. Two stars? I think not. I haven’t been this negative toward a 2* restaurant since 2* Commis in Oakland — but even that had at least nice food and great service. We would never return.More

Date of visit: September 2022
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Mandarin Orient... M, Chef at Seta, responded to this reviewResponded 8 November 2022

Dear Guest, Thank you for taking the time to share your evaluation. While we wish you had a better experience, it is feedback like this that we learn from and use to improve. We truly apologize for not being able to meet your rightful expectations...More

Reviewed 11 September 2022

I am a regular customer at Mandarin Oriental not only in Milan. The Staff is excellent as always, but this review is about Seta Restaurant Chef Antonio Guida. We chose via della Seta degustation menu, which is an amazing journey trough perfectly matched flavors. Chef...Guida came to welcome us and I expressed my deep appreciation for his cuisine with just one comment about the lobster plate, which, according to my personal taste had a too uniform flavor. Chef Guida surprised me with the next plate which was prepared just for me: a surprise. I cannot describe in words how that plate was amazing: the pungent taste of the sea urchin ice cream, combined with other ingredients like fish tartare and sea cream. The opposite but complementary flavors were creative and lively notes in my mouth, as if the sea itself were speaking to me. I have never tried anything so artistic and perfect. For me there are no doubts that Chef Guida deserves the third star Michelin, he has perfect mastery of ingredients and know how to create a masterpiece. Thank you Chef Guida for this unexpected surprise and for your humble personality. Stefano MagniMore

Date of visit: September 2022
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Mandarin Orient... M, Chef at Seta, responded to this reviewResponded 15 September 2022

Dear Mr. Magni, Thank you so much for your very kind words and for rating us with the highest possible score. Your comments are extremely important to us and we are delighted you thoroughly enjoyed your experience. We hope to welcome you back to Seta...More

Reviewed 6 September 2022

We had dinner there and tried the seta tasting menu. Every dish was very balanced and cooked to perfection. We especially loved the red prawn spaghetti with the radish cream. The staff were lovely and their wine pairing suggestion was excellent. A tad expensive compared...to others in town but well worth the money!More

Date of visit: September 2022
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Mandarin Orient... M, Chef at Seta, responded to this reviewResponded 8 September 2022

Dear Guest, Thank you very much for your kind words and for rating us with the highest possible score. We are delighted you thoroughly enjoyed your experience with us! We hope to welcome you back to Seta very soon. With my very best regards, Antonio...More

Reviewed 4 September 2022

My husband and I had a really lovely meal here. We often do tasting menus as we like trying new things and Seta didn't disappoint! We arrived early and had n aperitif in the bar. The bar is gorgeous and drinks and snacks were really...tasty, a good taste of what was to come. Our waiters and sommelier were simply wonderful and clearly very passionate about what they do! Their English was absolutely fantastic. We do speak some Italian but not enough to explain a tasting menu and we had some great conversations with them about the food and wine. The food was divine! Every plate was so well balanced, and honestly I would have loved to have the whole menu again if I wasn't completely stuffed! The wine pairing was brilliant as well and really added to the dishes. This was the first night on our gastronomic road trip of Emilia Romagna and we couldn't have made a better start. Thank you all the chefs and staff at Seta!More

Date of visit: October 2021
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Mandarin Orient... M, Chef at Seta, responded to this reviewResponded 5 September 2022

Dear Guest, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your very kind feedback and for rating us with the highest possible score! We are delighted you thoroughly enjoyed your experience with us. We really hope to welcome you back to Seta very...More

Reviewed 31 August 2022 via mobile

I’m still trying to decide if I really enjoyed the dinner here or not. The occasion was the 30th birthday of my fiancée. I was looking forward having heard and read really good opinions on the restaurant. The restaurant: The garden court is really beautiful,...we almost forget to be in the center of Milan. Its very quite and the design is just amazing. The Service: Here my doubt start a bit. I think for a two stars Michelin the service it’s not up to standard. I wrote and been to one star restaurant with a much higher quality service. I had reserved a surprise cake and the commis asked to my fiancé for desserts making us to have a double dessert… The food: Lets start saying that three menus were impressive, just i thought that some plate were out of place for the season and the combination in two menus of some dishes were not my personal favorite. Indeed we had a la carte dinner and we liked the proposal. The day after and still now i think the experience it’s not of a two starsMore

Date of visit: June 2022
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Mandarin Orient... M, Chef at Seta, responded to this reviewResponded 5 September 2022

Dear Guest, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. Your comments are extremely important for us to continue improving our service in order to deliver an exceptional guest experience. We hope to welcome you back to Seta soon. Sincerely, Antonio Guida Executive...More

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Good morning from Mandarin Oriental, Milan! We are pleased to confirm that we have à la carte menus at our Seta restaurant. It is possible to see the menus directly on our website. Many thanks, Mandarin Oriental, Milan... More
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No, we went for “a la carte”
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  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4.5
  • Value: 4
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