Top Italian restaurants in Italy

Glam Enrico Bartolini ★ 4.9

Glam Enrico Bartolini in Venice's Santa Croce holds the city's only 2 Michelin stars in the 2026 guide, run by Donato Ascani inside Palazzo Venart.

Casa Perbellini 12 Apostoli ★ 4.9

Casa Perbellini 12 Apostoli took Verona's first three Michelin stars in 2024. TableJourney editor pick with address and booking notes inside the entry.

TipThe four-course lunch tasting is the best-value entry; book the chef's table six weeks out and arrive at 12:30 for the full service.

La Saletta ★ 4.8

La Saletta in Alghero has held its place in the Michelin Guide since 2023, with four tasting menus built on Sardinian produce a block from the sea.

OrderThe Radici menu, where Sardinian vegetables lead instead of the fish.

La Saletta ★ 4.8

Gian Luca Chessa runs La Saletta on Via Fratelli Kennedy in Alghero, where the Radici menu puts vegetables first and Riviera stays with local fish.

OrderThe Radici menu, where Sardinian vegetables lead instead of the fish.

Enoteca Pinchiorri ★ 4.8

Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence's Santa Croce district has held three Michelin stars since 2004 under Annie Feolde, with a 120,000-bottle cellar and a tasting.

Trippa ★ 4.8

Trippa in Milan's Porta Romana is Diego Rossi's offal-led trattoria, opened 2015 with cucina povera reimagined. Kitchen leans modern italian, offal.

OrderThe vitello tonnato, the trippa alla fiorentina and the mondeghili Milanese meatballs.

TipBookings open 60 days ahead on the website; sells out within hours. Walk-up bar seats open at 19:30 for early birds.

Ratana ★ 4.8

Ratana in Milan's Isola district is Cesare Battisti's modern Lombard kitchen, housed in a 19th-century railway building since 2009. Priced at €€€.

OrderThe risotto alla milanese with bone marrow, the cotoletta alla milanese and the ossobuco.

TipBookings open three weeks ahead. Lunch sittings 12:30 and 14:00; dinner from 19:30. The garden is the spot in summer.

Bu:r di Eugenio Boer ★ 4.8

Bu:r in Milan's Porta Romana is Eugenio Boer's modern-Italian fine bistro, the Dutch-Italian chef's flagship since 2018, holding one Michelin star.

OrderThe Bu:r tasting set; the herb tortelli and the slow-braised beef cheek are signature plates.

TipBookings open three weeks ahead. The lunch carte at 65 euros is the cheaper way in; vegetarian tasting available with notice.

Antica Corte Pallavicina ★ 4.8

Antica Corte Pallavicina, Massimo Spigaroli's castle farm on the Po near Parma, has held a Michelin star since 2011 and ages culatello in its cellars.

OrderThe culatello vertical, sliced across several ageings from the cellars below.

TipCome early and book the cellar visit: the culatello ageing rooms under the dining room are the point of the trip, 40 minutes from Parma.

Salumeria Roscioli ★ 4.8

Roscioli in Rome's Centro Storico runs deli, restaurant and wine cellar as one room. Kitchen leans roman, salumeria. At Via dei Giubbonari 21.

OrderThe carbonara, the burrata with anchovies, and any cheese flight from the counter.

TipBook three weeks ahead for dinner. Lunch is the easier seating and the same kitchen runs both services.

Armando al Pantheon ★ 4.8

Armando al Pantheon in Rome has cooked the four Roman pastas and the quinto quarto canon since 1961, a few steps from the Pantheon. Located in Centro Storico.

OrderCacio e pepe, coda alla vaccinara, and the abbacchio when it's on the carte.

TipBookings open exactly two months ahead on the website. Walk-up tables exist but only for lone diners and only at 12:30.

La Pergola ★ 4.8

Heinz Beck's La Pergola on Monte Mario holds three Michelin stars and the only rooftop terrace overlooking St Peter's at this level in Rome.

TipBook exactly 60 days ahead via the hotel; jacket required. The €290 nine-course menu runs 3.5 hours.

Del Cambio ★ 4.8

Del Cambio on Piazza Carignano in Turin has fed royal Piedmont since 1757. Chef Diego Giglio cooks one Michelin star at the Cavour-era table.

OrderFinanziera Cavour, Modern vitello tonnato, Bonet

Consorzio ★ 4.8

Consorzio in Turin's Quadrilatero Romano is a slow-food trattoria with a fine-dining wine list. Tumin ravioli, finanziera, agnolotti del plin.

Del Cambio ★ 4.8

Del Cambio in Turin has fed royal Piedmont since 1757. Diego Giglio cooks Piedmontese modern from the table Cavour used to watch Palazzo Carignano.

Trattoria Al Bersagliere ★ 4.8

Trattoria Al Bersagliere in Verona is the family-run 1928 trattoria in Borgo dei Filippini, where bigoli con l'arna and pastissada de caval are the plates.

OrderBigoli con l'arna, Pastissada de caval, Tagliere

TipThe bigoli con l'arna and pastissada are reference Veronese plates; lunch with primo, secondo and a glass runs about €32.

Osteria del Bugiardo ★ 4.8

Osteria del Bugiardo in Verona is the Buglioni winery's tavern on Corso Porta Borsari, a cicchetti operation with Valpolicella. A 2026 editor pick.

OrderTagliere, Lasagna al ragu, Polpette al sugo

TipArrive by 18:30 for aperitivo seats; the cicchetti board with a glass of Buglioni Ripasso runs about €12.

All'Osteria Bottega ★ 4.7

All'Osteria Bottega in Bologna's Saragozza is the Daniele Minarelli and Valeria Tonelli room, a tiny dining hall running the canonical Emilian carte.

OrderTortellini in brodo, tagliatelle al ragu, the salumi board of Bonfatti mortadella.

TipBook three weeks ahead by phone; the room seats 28 and the lunch service has the easiest tables.

Trattoria di Via Serra ★ 4.7

Trattoria di Via Serra in Bologna's Bolognina is the Flavio Fabbri and Tommaso Trifoni room, a 28-seat osteria with the city's most-cited tagliatelle al ragu.

OrderTagliatelle al ragu, tortelloni burro e salvia, friggione.

TipBook three weeks ahead online; the lunch service is the easier seating and the kitchen runs the same carte at both meals.

Ahime ★ 4.7

Ahime in Bologna near Via San Vitale is the Lorenzo Vecchia and Filippo Pennestri room, a 30-seat natural-wine bistro rooted in fermentation and Emilian.

OrderThe tortelli di erbette, the fermentation tasting plate, the trippa with parmesan crust.

TipBook three weeks ahead online; the natural-wine cellar is the city's most-cited and the carte rewrites weekly.

Josto ★ 4.7

Josto in Cagliari is Pierluigi Fais's Via Sassari dining room, an open kitchen working bottarga, mullet and Sardinian meat into minimal modern plates.

OrderThe tasting menu, bottarga and mullet included.

TipThe tasting menu runs 70 euro; Sunday is the one day the room stays dark, and the kitchen works Monday to Saturday.

Josto ★ 4.7

Josto in Cagliari is Pierluigi Fais's Via Sassari dining room, an open kitchen working bottarga, mullet and Sardinian meat into minimal modern plates.

OrderThe tasting menu, bottarga and mullet included.

TipThe tasting menu runs 70 euro; Sunday is the one day the room stays dark, and the kitchen works Monday to Saturday.

Santa Elisabetta ★ 4.7

Santa Elisabetta in Florence's Hotel Brunelleschi holds two Michelin stars under Rocco De Santis, a 24-seat dining room inside a 6th-century Byzantine tower.

OrderThe pigeon and yuzu signature and the Mediterranean risotto from the tasting carte.

TipBook six weeks ahead. The 10-course tasting is €260; €170 for the shorter 7-course set.

Santa Elisabetta ★ 4.7

Santa Elisabetta in Florence's Hotel Brunelleschi holds two Michelin stars under Rocco De Santis, a 24-seat dining room inside a 6th-century Byzantine tower.

Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura ★ 4.7

Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura in Florence's Piazza della Signoria is Karime Lopez's Michelin-starred kitchen above the Gucci Garden, with the Emilia.

Langosteria ★ 4.7

Langosteria in Milan's Tortona district is Enrico Buonocore's seafood dining room, opened 2007 and now expanded to Paris and Saint-Tropez. Priced at €€€€.

OrderThe crudo selection, the spaghetti alla chitarra with king crab and the catalana di astice.

TipBookings open three weeks ahead. The new Cafe Langosteria at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele runs a more accessible aperitivo menu.

28 Posti ★ 4.7

28 Posti in Milan's Navigli runs a 28-seat counter, the lunch trattoria where Marco Ambrosino cooked Mediterranean modern Italian from 2010.

OrderThe seasonal tasting set; the squash ravioli with sage is the signature primo.

TipBookings open one week ahead. Lunch sittings 12:30 and 14:00; the chef's counter overlooks the open kitchen.

Morelli ★ 4.7

Morelli in Milan's Sempione is chef Giancarlo Morelli's flagship dining room, opened 2010, with one Michelin star. Located in Centro Storico.

OrderThe Morelli tasting set; the veal tortelli and the lemon risotto are the signature plates.

TipBookings open three weeks ahead. The chef's counter at the open kitchen is the seat to ask for; vegetarian tasting available.

Andrea Aprea Fine Dining ★ 4.7

Andrea Aprea Fine Dining in Milan holds two Michelin stars, the Naples-born chef's contemporary Italian dining room atop the Etro family's Casa.

OrderThe Iconici tasting set with reinterpreted classics; the carbonara is the signature primo.

TipBookings open four weeks ahead. The chef's counter overlooks the open kitchen; the rooftop terrace runs an aperitivo bar from 18:00.

Al Gatto Verde ★ 4.7

Al Gatto Verde in Modena is Jessica Rosval's one Michelin star kitchen at Casa Maria Luigia, cooking live fire dishes from the estate's own farm produce.

OrderThe Fassona Piemontese beef and the Smoked Meat Carrello, a tasting of house-smoked meats.

TipThe restaurant sits inside the Casa Maria Luigia country house in San Damaso; book well ahead for a table over the open fire.