Inside Trattoria del Ciumbia — The Milanese Restaurant That Offers a Masterclass in Creating Spaces Where “Different Eras Coexist” and “Textures Clash Harmoniously”

A 1960s-inspired restaurant with coffered, back-lit ceilings, a terracotta-hued palette, checkered floors in red, black, beige, and white, white clothed tables, and rattan, chrome, and leather chairs.

There are places that, as an Italian expat in London, instinctively awaken a sense of home, of warmth and comfort, inside of me; the feeling of returning somewhere we have not only been to before, but we have also been happy in, whether or not that actually happened. Opened in 2024 in Milan's artful district of Brera, and drenched in local interior design practice Dimorestudio's timelessly iconic, daring savoir faire, Trattoria del Ciumbia is one of them.

No, it isn't simply because Trattoria del Ciumbia is one of the restaurants in Milan that every real interiors lover will recommend to those wanting to get an authentic taste of the Italian design capital's culinary and style flair. Instead, it is largely thanks to the way in which its sensory dining room and hidden-away private club lounge downstairs are enough to transport anyone lucky enough to step inside of them to the most electrifying of Milan eras: the booming 1960s.