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.
Del Posto
85 10th 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...
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
1295 Madison 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, 5th Avenue - 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...
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...
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...
Mani in Pasta
14 E 37th St - New York
A Neapolitan who bakes Roman-style pizzas in New York: the curious destiny of Giuseppe Manco, great connoisseur of the craft, who after working for many years on Neapolitan pies has...
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...
Song' e Napule
146 W Houston St - New York
Genuine flavours in this tiny and spartan pizzeria led by Ciro Iovine and his brother Giovanni. Sensible skills are evident in the way the broccoli...
Sistina
24 E 81st St - New York
A New York staple, owner Giuseppe Bruno has been runnng this sophisticated restaurant for more than 30 years. Refined food, great service, and a memorable wine program fit inside a...
Una Pizza Napoletana
175 Orchard St - New York
The pizza whisperer. For Anthony Mangieri pizza is a matter of life. Just look at how he handles the dough, the concentration with which he mixes it, nothing is delegated,...
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...
