Best Italian Restaurants in the Best Cities

Osteria San Francesco

$$$$ Via Del Corso, 80, 75100, Matera

Italian European Mediterranean Fine dining

The cuisine of the Osteria San Francesco is simple, solid, and linked to tradition and territory, experimenting with new combinations of flavours without excesses. You will taste excellent meat dishes with vegetables and some fish courses, but above all, you will be able to discover "the Suggestions", Chef's sought-after weekly proposals. Everything is freshly prepared, selecting seasonal ingredients carefully, favouring the products' freshness, quality and originality. The location is bright and recently renovated, inside the historic Palazzo Porcari, in a warm, familiar, convivial atmosphere. A smiling staff welcomes you to spend pleasant and tasty moments in this delightful Osteria.

Osteria MateraMì

$$ Via D'Addozio, 4, 75100, Matera

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining Family Style

The MateraMì tavern rises among the magnificent stones of the cultural capital. A small but cosy restaurant located slightly uphill. A straightforward, colourful location that allows customers to taste traditional Lucan cuisine with a view of the splendid Matera. A varied menu which embraces both land and sea, satisfying all palates. They range from fish first courses, such as paccheri allo scoglio, or linguine with seafood, cavatelli with prawns, to meat second courses, finding cuts of the highest quality and, to accompany, excellent native wine.

San Biagio Ristorante

$$$$ Via San Biagio, 12, 75100, Matera

Italian Fine dining Elegant & Chic

A kitchen of sophisticated classicism. A place to savour local recipes in Matera. The restaurant is located in the splendid scenery of the famous city of stones. This is how Matera presents itself, with shapes, colours and visions that make it a unique place in the world. The restaurant takes its name from the patron saint of the throat and the street in the centre of the city of Matera. It is a typical restaurant housed in a Paleolithic cave with a beautiful view of the Sassi. Excellent Mediterranean cuisine delights the palate of our guests. Chef Vito Antonio Specchia uses only local products and the best Italian ingredients to offer an adequate menu, combining flavours and playing on contrasts. Each guest is, for him, the unique protagonist of a culinary moment built around his expectations, involved in a tastefully refined experience.

Ego Ristorante

$$$$ Via T. Stigliani, 44, 75100, Matera

Italian International European Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

Products designed in a sartorial style for lovers of unique and authentic flavours. In this restaurant with a family, the atmosphere is made up of 6 individual tables, and you can go through a fantastic experience with fun and daring combinations and dishes. Every day we cook with passion, having fun creating dishes that will remain etched in our minds. The chef, Nicola Popolizio, says, "Every day I cook for passion, for fun, to excite and provoke, to make every meal an experience, a sensory journey that involves first sight and smell, then touch and taste, until it remains etched in the memory ." The location has a minimal, warm and refined atmosphere, which will take you on a unique journey guided by the genuine presence of the staff.

Trattoria Del Caveoso

$$$$ Via Bruno Buozzi, 21, 75100, Matera

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining Premium Casual

In the heart of the Sassi, the Trattoria del Caveoso welcomes its guests in a warm and elegant environment carved into the rock, where you can taste typical dishes of the Lucanian tradition. All this is accompanied by finely selected excellent wines, including the native Aglianico and national wines. The food and wine proposals of the Trattoria are consistent with the category to which they belong and guarantee a variety of courses.

Dedalo - Sensi Sommersi

$$$$ Via D'Addozio, 136/140, 75100, Matera

Italian European Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

Smell, hearing, touch, sight and…taste. The five senses are called upon to re-read a world revealed in a multi-sensory dimension where dreams dialogue with reality, where getting lost becomes a must to fully enjoy the evocative beauty of the beating heart of very ancient architecture. A comfortable and refined place where the eye, before the palate, will be able to appreciate the discreet presence of the works of contemporary artists of international importance. Traditional cuisine is enriched with a fusion and creative touch. The chefs carefully selected the fresh raw materials of our lands seasonally to offer an unforgettable sensory experience. The poetry of the colours of the Murgia meets, in the various proposals, the seductive aromas of the East, allowing for a unique emotional journey. Not just a joy for the palate. Finely researched mise en place and plate design will also be a feast for the eyes.

Ristorante Alle Fornaci

$$$$ Piazza Cesare Firrao, 7, 75100, Matera

Italian European Mediterranean Premium Casual

The Alle Fornaci restaurant awaits you in Matera, a few steps from the suggestive Sassi, to offer you typical local gastronomy and Mediterranean cuisine dishes. The national and international cuisine will satisfy the most demanding palates, with appetizers, first courses, meat main courses, fish, side dishes, and desserts. The restaurant offers an accurate and diversified gastronomic line with specialities based on the typical flavours of Basilicata. An elegant dining room is made available to allow the most loyal customers to organise special dinners, lunches, or small ceremonies.

La Nicchia Nel Sasso Osteria Contemporanea

$$$$ Via D'Addozio, 78, 75100, Matera

Italian Mediterranean Fine dining

La Nicchia nel Sasso is a gastronomic journey through the paths of the European capital of culture, obtained through a rock structure in a natural quarry. In this setting, you can breathe the culinary tradition of the place with a genuine and unforgettable fragrance. The unique and exclusive area, the kitchen immersed in a natural environment, the small room embraced by a warm barrel vault. Love and passion in the most evocative atmosphere that man has ever seen, that of the stones of Matera.

Dimora Ulmo Ristorante

$$$$ Via Pennino, 28, 75100, Matera

Italian European Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

In that maze of narrow streets and solitary ravines, in the heart of Sasso Caveoso, via Pennino stands out for its artistic and architectural merits, rich in a prestigious past. Today the stylistic choices of the furnishings are part of the concept of this extraordinary restaurant, the generous and unique cellar accompanies you all over the world. The chefs' creations honour the local tradition with the intelligent contamination of Italian cuisine. Dimora Ulmo is a renewed return to practice.

CiPASSO Bistrot

$$$$ Via Metastasio, 21, 00186, Centro Storico, Rome

Italian International European Mediterranean Premium Casual Elegant & Chic Bistrot

CiPASSO is synonymous with tradition and creativity, with authentic passions and refinement. The perfect place to savour the intense but delicate flavours of the typical dishes of the regional and Roman rule, with contemporary nuances. Chef Adriano de Angelis offers simple and tasty dishes daily inspired by the Roman territory. The cuisine of the past joins that of the future, words designed to light up the eyes, satisfy the palate and caress the heart. Quality raw materials are selected daily, respecting the short supply chain and seasonality. The recipes are designed to enhance organoleptic properties and preserve the genuineness of the ingredients. The menu is an absolute joy for the senses because, in addition to good food, the culture of good drinking is cultivated: you can choose from over 150 labels.

Osteria Maré

$$$$ Viale Regina Margherita, 225, 00198, Tiburtino, Rome

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining

The colours are white and blue, like the colour of the sea and the foam, which the waves form by breaking on the rocks. From the sea and the stones comes the fish, the true protagonist of the kitchen, together with the fundamental ingredient for the success of each dish: love. Sicilian cuisine is the expression of the culinary art developed in Sicily since ancient times and is closely linked to the island's historical, cultural and religious events. It is possible to choose the fish from the fish counter and send it to the kitchen to be prepared according to the customer's instructions. All raw materials are selected with care and passion. In particular, the fish is purchased only from trusted suppliers and for which there is a real obsession.

Taverna Agàpe

$$$$ Piazzetta Di, Vicolo Di S. Simeone, 26,27, 00186, Centro Storico, Rome

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining Family Style

In the heart of the historic centre of Rome, we find the Taverna Agapè, a place of worship for Roman cuisine and tradition. A stone's throw from the Tiber, this tavern delights the palates of its guests with its overflowing Roman dishes. The rule is brought to the table, in the most classic of ways, with great words, including carbonara, amatriciana, cacio e Pepe, oxtails, supplì, tiramisu and various delicacies. Varied and Roman menu, how can you expect more? A simple, casual location with many outdoor seats, where you can enjoy the beauties of the capital along the streets and enjoy the Roman flavours.

Trattoria Re Di Roma

$$$ Piazza Dei Re Di Roma, Via Tuscolana, 40a, 00182, Furio Camillo, Rome

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining

The project of the Trattoria Re Di Roma is to celebrate the real Italy, the simple and cordial, genuine, proud and priceless treasure, the fruit of the Italian creative genius. Every dish conveys sensations, smells and emotions reminiscent of a family lunch, the warmth of the fireplace in winter and the light breeze from the hills in summer. The authentic Made in Italy can be saved and protected; we feel obliged to raise this banner high. In short, a typical Italian place made up of Italians with refined and authentic products to rediscover flavours that have been forgotten.

Almatò

$$$$ Via Augusto Riboty, 20/c, 00195, Balduina, Rome

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual

Almatò is an elegant, simple and refined restaurant where you can taste the best raw materials. A fish restaurant which showcases the fresh daily catch from the Tyrrhenian coasts of Lazio, Campania and Tuscany. A large production chain that guarantees freshness and guaranteed quality. The location is presented as simple, minimal and elegant. The taste of the wood that covers the entire room is straightforward, giving air and a welcoming and warm atmosphere, like a mountain refuge.

Glauco

$$$$ Via Achille Maiocchi, 29, 20129, Porta Venezia, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

A Milanese corner of peace and relaxation in the Porta Venezia area, designed for those who want to dine in the name of authentic taste and quality time to share, immersed in an intimate and convivial atmosphere. Always innovative seasonal menus are created starting from an open and sincere dialogue between the Chef and his Brigade, interpreting tastes and cultural paths to enhance every seasonal delicacy. Love for Nature and Respect for the seasons are a constant source of inspiration and mark the rhythm of time. The raw materials are the absolute protagonists of a kitchen that works on a pleasant discovery of balance and surprising contrasts.

Locatelli Milano

$$$$ Via Manfredo Camperio, 15, 20123, Milan

Italian European Mediterranean Fine dining Elegant & Chic

Locatelli Milano is an Italian cuisine restaurant that offers a proposal based on originality but with an eye to the tradition and customs of regional cuisine, where the customer and the service find a central space within the project. A series of factors that are also at the basis of the success of the now historic collaboration between Andrea and Federico, who, through their work, can enhance the characteristics of the individual and transform them into a result that can be observed directly in the dishes.

Levino

$$$$ Via Pietro Custodi, 4, 20136, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual Elegant & Chic

The tradition begins in a small seaside village, in San Vito Chietino, where Filippo, with his mother Annina, proposed in his restaurant dishes destined to enter the exclusivity of Adriatic cuisine over the years. It was he, Filippo, who was the man of projects and great intuitions, even though he started simply as a fish trader. And precisely, this knowledge of his raw material led him to conceive the restaurant as a synonym for quality. In a dynamic centre like Milan, a new way of consuming dinner is proposed, based on the proposal of many small tastings to allow you to taste the traditional flavours in a single journey.

Da Giacomo

$$$$ Via Pasquale Sottocorno, 6, 20129, Porta Venezia, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Premium Casual

Tuscan by origin and Milanese by adoption, Giacomo Bulleri has created a real empire in the world of catering in over sixty years. Very young, he decided to leave his homeland to work "in the shop" in Turin and, at just over thirty, opened the historic Trattoria da Giacomo in Milan, next to the Camera del Lavoro via Donizetti (it was 1958). A courageous choice that marks the beginning of a success story, driven by a great passion for good food and the classic dishes of the Italian culinary tradition (roasts, boiled meats, risottos) so loved by the numerous Milanese families who used to frequent the restaurant. A point of reference for business lunches and dinners, in over 30 years of total activity, the Trattoria will give the gastronomic imprint to what will later become Giacomo's stylistic code: great attention to detail, high-quality raw materials, conviviality and friendly and welcoming atmosphere.

Trattoria Masuelli San Marco

$$$ Viale Umbria, 80, 20135, Porta Romana, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining Family Style

Near Porta Romana, we find the Trattoria Masuelli San Marco. In full Lombard style, a rustic trattoria with a familiar, warm and welcoming air offers very traditional Nordic cuisine. The typical dishes of the Lombard tradition and not only served at the table to taste the flavours of the North. From the most classic risotto alla Milanese, with Ossobuco and Cassuola, to polenta with mushrooms accompanied by an excellent red wine selected from the family cellar.

Ristorante Il Faro

$$$ Via Marco D'Oggiono, 6, 20123, Milan

Italian Mediterranean Casual Dining Family Style

A few steps from Porta Genova, we find the Il Faro restaurant. A restaurant that re-proposes traditional cuisine, primarily oriented towards two regions, Sardinia and Puglia, boasting the most culinary tradition in the country. Much value is given to the raw material. The raw fish is the daily selection of the best that the Milanese fish market offers. The dishes cooked only the essence of the Apulian and Sardinian traditions. A journey through the flavours and traditions of two magnificent regions. This great little restaurant (40 seats) is like a big family. A house is always ready to welcome you and accompany you in the two regions' culinary experiences of the two areas.

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