Top Italian Restaurants in New York
Oh, those New Yorkers, they sure know how to cook a proper plate of spaghetti! Not to mention Neapolitan style pizza. And let’s not even go there when assessing wine lists featuring rare Italian bottles (even for Rome). In regards to Italian flavours, New York has it all. We tested more than 50 venues, including authentic and the more audaciously innovative, with historic names and novel openings.
Osteria Morini
218 Lafayette Street - New York
What if Emilia-Romagna had moved to New York? And what if Imola had its own “honours committee” in the Big Apple?Well, here it is: Morini, named after one of Michael White’s masters,...
I Trulli
124 E, 27St - New York
Puglia is served! I Trulli, by Nicola Marzovilla, is maybe the epitome of restaurants with pugliese cuisine in the U.S., offering a high level grandmother-cooked style, as Americans like. Nicola’s...
Anfora
34 8th Avenue - New York
It's amphora fever. Ancient origins, sustainable practices and very currents results. The use of terraccotta excites producers, critics and the public, from Georgia to New York City. If you're in...
Del Posto
85 Tenth Avenue - New York
We are back in what is considered New York's most famous Italian restaurant, with that classic charm, with the piano, dark and elegant tones, the flights of stairs, and well-spaced...
Song' e Napule
146 W Houston St - New York
In these months off, Ciro Iovine wasted no time and took advantage of the forced closure to give his oven a makeover, working off of the experience of the Acunto...
Ribalta
48 East 12th Street - New York
At Ribalta Stadium, this is the nickname of this pizzeria where the very slight preference goes to the Napoli football club, folks did not lose heart during lockdown, making the...
Casa Lever
390 Park Avenue - New York
A fine and up-date wine list plus a menu of exemplary Italian dishes make Casa Lever a benchmark restaurant in New York. Dishes are elegant with interesting creative touches. The...
Sofia Wine Bar
242 E 50th St - New York
What a cozy and intimate wine bar! Sofia is a favorite wine destination in Midtown offering a brilliant wine selection by the glass with more than 50 options available. You...
Paola's Restaurant
1361 Lexington Avenue - New York
This historic restaurant in NYC is among the most popular, especially among winelovers. Paola's offers traditional Italian cuisine with a Roman accent. The menu revolves around Italy with dishes that...
Ai Fiori
400, Fifth Avenue The Langham - New York
Located in the elegant Setai Fifth Avenue Hotel, Ai Fiori celebrates the Italian and French Riviera with food that confidently reworks the regional Mediterranean tradition. The restaurant is open for...
Trapizzino
144 Orchard St - New York
Trapizzino, supplì, wine, beer, espresso coffee. The perfect synthesis of this place is written on the blackboard at the entrance. Trapizzini triangles, always fragrant, are stuffed with select ingredients and...
Feroce Ristorante, Caffè & Bar
105 W 28th St - New York
Feroce is our Opening of the Year. In the multitude of Italian openings we monitored all over the world we chose the new project coordinated by Francesco Panello in Chelsea....
Cardoncello Divino
43 W 27th St - New York
In this Chelsea restaurant we found a comforting and reassuring Italian cuisine. The decor is questionable, there is a certain taste for kitsch, but the flavours speak of real and...
Osteria 57
57 W 10th St - New York
This small and well-kept restaurant in the heart of Greenwich Village was a pleasant surprise. Run by two young men who really know their stuff, Emanuele Nigro and chef Riccardo...
Sistina
24 E 81st St - New York
A New York staple, owner Giuseppe Bruno has been runnng this sophisticated restaurant for more than 38 years. Refined food, great service, and a memorable wine program fit inside a...
Ribalta
48 East 12th Street - New York
In Italian restaurants in New York it’s quite difficult to find an Italian cuisine that’s more authentic than Ribalta’s. Think Gragnano spaghetti with perfectly sautéed piennolo tomatoes, or paccheri alla...
Marea
240 Central Park South - New York
We returned to one of the most famous restaurants in the city, the realm of chef Michael White, alongside a fantastic collection of wines assembled by Francesco Grosso. We started...
Il Gattopardo
13-15 West 54th Street - New York
Owner Gianfranco Sorrentino is a Neapolitan with a passion for Mediterranean cucina shared with his wife Paula. Every detail matters to them. Their careers began with a restaurant inside MOMA...
Piccola Cucina Estiatorio
75 Thompson St, - New York
Philip Guardione, owner of Piccola Cucina, comes from the school of Sergio Mei who has trained many talented chefs around the world. We’ve visited three times this restaurant in 2018...
San Carlo - Osteria Piemonte
90 Thompson Street - New York
A corner of Turin in the heart of Soho. Seating about forty, the minimalist and elegant design, has a well-marked identity. The dishes are well crafted, beautifully presented, for the...
Anfora
34 8th Avenue - New York
It's amphora fever. Ancient origins, sustainable practices and very currents results. The use of terraccotta excites producers, critics and the public, from Georgia to New York City. If you're in...
Antica Pesa
115 Berry Street - New York
Panella brothers’ creature runs at full speed. A legendary restaurant in central Rome (opened in 1922), much loved by Italian and international celebrities, who have adopted it as a favourite...
Camillo
1146 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn - New York
Offering quality Roman-style pinsa in New York City: this is the goal of Tuscan chef Michele Baldacci, who manages to establish, in a not so easy area of Brooklyn, a...
Rafele
29 7th Ave S - New York
Raffaele Ronca, a native of Giugliano near Naples, five years ago created Rafele, a pizzeria and restaurant that combines good pizza with the best traditional products of Italy. The super...
Tarallucci e Vino Nomad
44 East 28th St - New York
"All ends well with tarallucci and wine," says a popular Italian saying: is the best way to resolve any kind of dispute. It is an attitude to avoid conflict and...
Buco
47 Bond St, New York, NY 10012 - New York
Mediterranean cuisine, with a focus on the ingredients, all strictly imported from Italy. A very friendly restaurant, in which even the smallest detail of decor has been brought from Italy....
Babbo
110 Waverly Place - New York
The era of pinot grigio is over. So, come to Babbo and enjoy one of best collection of Italian wine we've ever seen. In fact, is one fo the best articulated...