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Best Restaurants in Italy (2026)

Places to eat at every budget, from street food and casual local spots to established restaurants and fine dining.

52 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 restaurants in Italy

  1. Enoteca Pinchiorri Fine dining, contemporary Italian, Santa CroceFlorence's three-Michelin-star dining room, opened in 1972 by Giorgio Pinchiorri and Annie Féolde, famous for its formal service and extraordinary wine cellar.
  2. Glam Enrico Bartolini Creative fine dining, Santa CroceTwo-Michelin-star restaurant in Palazzo Venart on the Grand Canal, where chef Donato Ascani cooks lagoon produce and grilled dishes for Enrico Bartolini's group.
  3. L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele Neapolitan pizza, ForcellaHistoric pizzeria run by the Condurro family, serving only marinara and margherita in a plain dining room on Via Cesare Sersale since 1930.

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1. Enoteca Pinchiorri

Fine dining, contemporary Italian$$$$Santa Croce

Florence's three-Michelin-star dining room, opened in 1972 by Giorgio Pinchiorri and Annie Féolde, famous for its formal service and extraordinary wine cellar.

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4. La Pergola

Mediterranean fine dining$$$$Monte Mario

Heinz Beck's rooftop restaurant at the Rome Cavalieri was the first in the city to earn three Michelin stars and remains its only three-star table.

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9. Ristorante Quadri

Modern Venetian fine dining$$$$San Marco

The Alajmo family's Michelin-starred restaurant above Gran Caffè Quadri, reinterpreting Venetian classics in historic rooms overlooking Piazza San Marco.

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11. 50 Kalò

Neapolitan pizza$$Mergellina

Ciro Salvo's pizzeria in Mergellina, known for light, digestible dough and pizzas topped with a few seasonal ingredients from Campania producers.

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13. Local

Contemporary tasting menus$$$$Castello

A modern Michelin-starred restaurant in Castello with an open kitchen, tasting menus by chef Salvatore Sodano and a cellar of almost a thousand mostly Italian wines.

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14. Ora d’Aria

Contemporary Tuscan$$$$Uffizi

Chef Marco Stabile's contemporary Tuscan restaurant on a lane behind the Uffizi, with an open kitchen, seasonal tasting menus and a strong wine list.

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15. Ratanà

Modern Milanese cuisine$$$Isola

Chef Cesare Battisti's restaurant in an early 1900s building by the Porta Nuova park, reinventing Milanese and Lombard dishes with seasonal produce.

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17. Da Enzo al 29

Roman trattoria$$Trastevere

A small, no-reservations trattoria in the quieter eastern part of Trastevere, Da Enzo al 29 serves the full canon of Roman pastas and secondi.

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18. Il Santo Bevitore

Modern Tuscan trattoria$$Santo Spirito (Oltrarno)

A relaxed Oltrarno restaurant serving generous, modern takes on Tuscan classics such as ribollita and roast pigeon, open for lunch and dinner every day.

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20. Trippa

Contemporary Italian trattoria$$Porta Romana

A small, hugely popular trattoria near Porta Romana, known for its daily-changing menu of Italian classics and its famous fried tripe.

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