EBG Rating: 8.3/10

Choice/Quality of Drinks:
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Pilsner Urquell on tap with some Belgian + craft options in Bottles. Reasonably stocked back bar for Latino slanted cocktails.

Style/Décor:
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Modest bar, brightly lit with blue walls and patio furniture, which expands dramatically to a huge courtyard area to the rear, partly covered.

Atmosphere/Character:
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Friendly, a lively tempo and an interesting crowd – a genuine mixture of humble and modest with exuberant and pretentious.

Amenities/Events:
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Food, snacks, outdoor seating, TV

Value For Money:
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Reasonably priced for the area.

Description:
Operating since 1982, Frizzi E Lazzi offers a retro flavour of Navigli, with its basic, working class bar interior – patio furniture, TV in the corner, baby blue walls and simple bar, with a feeling of relevance, as it offers one of the best courtyards in the area which is very popular in summer.

Beer selection has been upgraded a touch, to the extent it almost feels like a beer hall when you wander out to the back yard.

Fair prices for drinks and their quickly thrown together sandwiches makes this a democratic option, and attracts the classic duo of stalwarts and youngsters, lending it a sociable, friendly and sometimes gregarious atmosphere (this is Italy, after all).

It is nice to go somewhere where everyone from the scruffiest layabout to the see-and-be-seen crowd is happy to go. The versatility is to its credit, while it will do well to avoid the tempatation to refurbish.

Bear in mind it is a late bar whose operating hours stretch from Aperitivo at 6.30 to 2am closing.

Definitely worth poking your head in.

(Added May 2025)