18 editor picks across Italy.
18 tasting menu restaurants worth the trip across Italy, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Italy.
Osteria Francescana in Modena is Massimo Bottura's three Michelin star dining room on Via Stella, built on a tasting menu of reworked Emilian classics.
OrderThe tortellini in 36 month Parmigiano Reggiano sauce and the Jazz Duck.
TipReservation requests go only to the reservation inquiries email on the restaurant's contact page; requests sent to its other addresses are not considered.
Seta in the Mandarin Oriental Milan is Antonio Guida's two-Michelin-star kitchen, opened 2015. Located in Centro Storico. Tasting menu €295-€345.
OrderThe Memorie tasting set with the linguine with sea urchin; the spaghettoni with red prawns is the signature pr
TipBookings open six weeks ahead. The courtyard garden in summer is the destination for lunch; book the inside dining room for the full Memorie set.
Lino Scarallo's Palazzo Petrucci on Posillipo Hill in Naples holds one Michelin star with a seafront cliff terrace over the Bay, the city's modern Campanian.
TipBook three weeks ahead via the website; the 145-euro tasting menu is the entry point. Terrace tables go first.
Iyo Aalto in Milan's Porta Nuova district is the two-Michelin-star sister to Iyo, opened 2022 in the Aalto skyscraper. Tasting menu €220-€280.
OrderThe Aalto Special tasting at 240 euros; the omakase counter sashimi is the signature.
TipBookings open four weeks ahead. The chef's counter overlooks the open kitchen; book the early sitting for the full course progression.
L'Erba del Re in Modena is Luca Marchini's one Michelin star dining room on Via Castelmaraldo, a nine table restaurant built on historic Emilian recipes.
OrderThe tortellini in capon broth and the Modena style tagliatelle ragu.
TipThe tasting menu leans on historic Emilian dishes while a second carte covers the chef's newer plates; book ahead for dinner.
Venissa on Mazzorbo holds 1 Michelin Star plus a Green Star in the 2026 guide, set in a walled vineyard reviving the Dorona grape, run by Francesco Brutto.
Amano is Vincenzo Sorvillo's Cagliari dining room on Via Sonnino, where five or seven plates are chosen off the Gran Carta and served as a tasting menu.
OrderThe seven-plate tasting menu at 100 euro.
TipFive plates run 80 euro and seven run 100, drinks and service excluded; the Gambero Rosso 2026 guide gives it two forks at 80 points.
Amano is Vincenzo Sorvillo's Cagliari dining room on Via Sonnino, where five or seven plates are chosen off the Gran Carta and served as a tasting menu.
OrderThe seven-plate tasting menu at 100 euro.
TipFive plates run 80 euro and seven run 100, drinks and service excluded; the Gambero Rosso 2026 guide gives it two forks at 80 points.
Atto di Vito Mollica in Florence's Centro Storico is the chef's solo Michelin-starred room inside Palazzo Portinari Salviati, running. Tasting menu €175.
Inkiostro holds Parma's Michelin star in 2026: Calabrian chef Salvatore Morello threads global technique through food-valley produce on Via San Leonardo.
OrderThe long tasting menu, with a serious cellar in support.
TipIt sits out by the trade-fair district rather than the centre, a short taxi ride, which is why locals keep tables easier to get than the star suggests.
Memorable seats ten at one counter near the Consolata in Turin. Mancinelli and Stravato cook a blind tasting menu, one Michelin star in 2026.
Etra sits inside Palazzo Doria De Fornari on Piazza De Ferrari in Genoa, a dinner-only art gallery restaurant whose two tasting menus follow the exhibitions.
OrderOne of the two tasting menus, which change with the exhibition on the walls.
TipThe restaurant's page lists a menu of two dishes and dessert at €75 next to the tasting menus.
Isi Ivano Ricchebono Chef on Via Ilva in Genoa's Carignano moved chef Ricchebono here from The Cook in September 2025, with three tasting menus.
OrderOne of the three tasting menus: Tradizione e Innovazione, Classico or Vegetariano.
TipThe lunch page lists a business lunch of two courses and dessert at €38 per person.
Gianluca D'Agostino's Veritas in Naples' Chiaia is the one-Michelin-star room reopened after a 2023 refit, with a 95-euro modern Campanian tasting menu.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The lunch tasting at 65 euros is the value entry; book a fortnight ahead.
Cucina di Sintesi, on the first floor of Hotel De Ville in Genoa, serves chef Federico Zerboni's tasting menus built on acidity and fermentation.
OrderChoose among the three tasting menus: Essenza, Identita or the nine-course Salto nel Buio.
TipMichelin lists the restaurant as new in its guide, and the site says the menu follows the day's produce.
Palazzo Utini fills a restored palazzo in Noceto, twenty minutes from Parma, with quiet luxury: a Michelin Guide dining room built around tasting menus.
OrderThe seasonal tasting menu with the sommelier's pairings.
TipThe palazzo doubles as a small luxury hotel, so this is the one to book when the plan is dinner without driving back to Parma afterwards.
Adriano Baldassarre's Tordomatto in Rome's Prati district holds one Michelin star for a Lazio-rooted tasting menu that runs farmer-named meats and a strong.
TipClosed Tuesday all day. The €75 weekday lunch tasting at four courses is the steal.
Andrea Pasqualucci's Moma in Rome's Via Veneto holds one Michelin star and runs the city's most reasonable starred tasting menu at €110 across seven courses.
TipClosed Sunday. The €55 weekday lunch set is the steal; dinner books a fortnight ahead.
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