Top Italian Restaurants in Tokyo
We tried to disprove the saying that puts Tokyo as best dining city in the world. We failed. Merit for this also goes to those Italian restaurants that could rise above the rest even in Rome or Milan. The attention to detail, striving to perfection and an unrivalled gastronomic acuteness characterised some of the most memorable dining experiences we had during our travels. Plus, if you love Neapolitan-style pizza, you’re in the right place.
The Pizza Bar on 38th
2-1-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi Chuo-ku - Tokyo
A nice surprise and totally worth going up to the 38th floor of the Mandarin Oriental in Tokyo. Here Daniele Cason prepares an excellent pizza slab, to enjoy seated at...
Pizzeria e Trattoria Da ISA
1 - 28- 9 Aobadai, Meguro - Tokyo
Hisanori Yamamoto is one of the most famous and serious pizza chefs working in Asia. The team is Japanese and here it actually feels like home, it's like eating somewhere...
S'apposentu di Aki
104-0045 Chuo City, Tsukiji, 1 - Tokyo
Not surprisingly called S'Apposentu, the small atmospheric restaurant located in the former Tsukiji fish market district pays tribute to the venue where the chef-owner found his great inspiration: traditional and...
Trattoria dei Paesani
Shinjuku - Tokyo
One should not be surprised to read "sfugliatelle nghe la crema" on the menu of Giuseppe Sabatino's restaurant, which he started when he was very young to take his Italian...
Etruschi
3-15-13 Minami Aoyama - Tokyo
Tokyo can easily surprises you. There's always a small city into a city. That's what we were thinking when we reached this elegant restaurant in the relaxed atmosphere of Omotesando...
Cuore Azzurro
2-42-12 Kameguro, Meguro-ku Shibuya Building 1F - Tokyo
Chef Koichi Onuki has opened his restaurant/wine shop to reflect and accurately offer all the roots of his Italian culinary training. Three years spent in Piedmont, precisely in Alba (in...
Icaro
2 Chome-44; Kamimeguro, Meguro - Tokyo
The deep care and study of the italian cuisine by the Japanese chefs has only a few equals around the world. A great example lays in the work of Yoshitaka...
Napoli Sta Ca'
1-11-4 Azabudai, Minato - Tokyo
Close your eyes and in a second you can erase the 9,844 km that separate Tokyo from Naples. Peppe Ericchiello’s Margherita is the best example of the level reached by...
Heinz Beck
Nissei Marunouchi Garden Tower 1-1-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku - Tokyo
Having tried all the Heinz Beck restaurants abroad, we can confirm that the Tokyo branch is certainly the best for complexity and nuances of flavours, thanks also to crazy good...
Il Ristorante Luca Fantin
2-7-12 Ginza, Chuo-ku - Tokyo
Ten years of great authorial cookery. Luca Fantin, in his Ginza headquarters, built Asia’s most solid Italian creative cuisine, blending the exceptional local ingredients, the seasons, and a background matured...
Seirinkan
2-6-4 Kamimeguro, Meguro - Tokyo
Susumu Kakinuma is a pioneer of authentic Neapolitan pizza in Tokyo. Before opening in Nakameguro, he was already distinguished for his culinary skills at another venue named Savoia, which he...
Savoy Azabu-juban
1 Chome-24-6 Higashiazabu, Minato Ku - Tokyo
Neapolitan pizza is definitely one of the most popular Italian foods in Tokyo. It is no coincidence, therefore, finding numerous pizzerias worthy of note in town. An example of these...
Incanto
Minato, Minamiazabu, 4 Chome - Tokyo
If you love Italian wine, you love Incanto which is at the same time a lovely wine bar (from 6pm to 10pm) and a refined restaurant. Here, we're at Hiroo...
Antica Osteria del Ponte
2-4-1 Marunouchi, Marunouchibuilding36F, Chiyoda - Tokyo
Antica Osteria del Ponte is located on the thirty-sixth floor of the Marunouchi building near Tokyo’s railroad station. It offers a delightful setting, an astonishing view, and a place to...
Bar & Enoteca Implicito
4-6-3-1F Higashi, Shibuya-ku - Tokyo
This is our favorite Italian wine bar in Tokyo. The entrance is like that of a classic wine bar, but inside, meticulous Japanese attention to detail and research in the...
Ristorante Da Nino
1-15-19 Minamiaoyama - Tokyo
Sicily in Tokyo. Nino is one of chefs that Italians who live in Tokyo or come here to work love best. Nino Lentini, chef and proprietor, presents a classic repertory...
Elio Locanda Italiana
Hanzomon House, 1F - Tokyo
From Calabria to Japan on the taste road: in 1996 Elio Orsara took to Tokyo the hospitality, flavours and traditions of Italian dining, especially the cuisine of southern Italy. This...
Kurodino
Chuo-ku (Ginza 6F Optica) 3-4-17 Ginza - Tokyo
The curiosity of the Japanese leads them to have an extraordinary ability to listen and understanding. Keisuke Kuroda was in Italy in the late '80s, he was trained under Giorgio...
Vino della Pace
4-2-6 Nishi Azabu, Minato - Tokyo
The name of this trattoria in the neighborhood that never sleeps in Tokyo - Roppongi - takes us to Friuli, and straight to a wine label. The two acres of...
Buttero
5-13-3 Hiroo, Shibuya - Tokyo
An historic place where you can find a corner of Tuscany to reassure you about cucina italiana. The Buttero ambiance reproduces Tuscan hospitality down to the smallest detail, from the...
