30 editor picks across Italy.
30 fine dining worth the trip across Italy, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Italy guides.
Enrico Bartolini al Mudec in Milan's Tortona district is Italy's youngest three-Michelin-star chef's flagship dining room atop the Museo delle Culture.
OrderThe Contemporary Classics tasting at 350 euros; the red prawn carbonara is the signature primo.
TipBookings open eight weeks ahead; the chef's table at the open kitchen books fastest. Lunch tasting at 280 euros is the cheaper entry point.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
Limu in Bagheria 15km east of Palermo holds one Michelin star under chef Nino Ferreri inside the 1565 Torre Ferrante, a lemon-themed contemporary Sicilian.
TipClosed Tuesday. The lemon-themed tasting is the signature; book the upstairs terrace at sunset.
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.
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 in Turin has fed royal Piedmont since 1757. Diego Giglio cooks Piedmontese modern from the table Cavour used to watch Palazzo Carignano.
Chef Francesco Pais now leads the kitchen at Al Tuguri in Alghero, running a seasonal tasting menu in three to seven courses, €40 to €75 a head.
OrderThe seasonal tasting menu, seven courses at €75 or the shorter three-course run at €40.
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 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 in Florence's Piazza della Signoria is Karime Lopez's Michelin-starred kitchen above the Gucci Garden, with the Emilia.
Il Marin at Genoa's Porto Antico holds a Michelin star; chef Marco Visciola cooks seafood tasting menus with cappon magro and pesto tortelli.
OrderSpaghetto Martini cocktail e caviale, or the cappon magro, both on the May 2026 menu.
TipThe May 2026 menu prices three courses at €65, five at €80 and seven at €100, plus a €3 cover.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ciro Oliva's Concettina ai Tre Santi in Naples' Sanita is the modern pizza fine-dining room, with tasting menus of six small pizzas and wine pairing.
TipBook on the website three weeks ahead. Tasting runs 45 euros; the historic counter still serves classic pizzas alongside.
Bye Bye Blues on Via del Garofalo in Mondello was Sicily's first female-chef Michelin-starred room under Patrizia Di Benedetto, holding the star from 2010.
TipClosed Tuesday lunch. The 6-course tasting is the entry point; book the patio April to October.
Anthony Genovese's Il Pagliaccio in Rome's Centro Storico holds two Michelin stars for a cross-cultural tasting menu rooted in Italian and Southeast Asian.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The €120 lunch tasting is the value entry to the kitchen.
Giuseppe Di Iorio's Aroma at the Palazzo Manfredi in Rome holds one Michelin star and the rooftop view directly onto the Colosseum from every table.
TipThe €120 lunch tasting is the value entry; dinner runs €175 for seven courses with the same view at sunset.
Piano35 sits on the 35th floor of Renzo Piano's Intesa Sanpaolo tower in Turin. Marco Sacco's modern Italian and the bioclimatic greenhouse, one star.
Carignano in Turin's Grand Hotel Sitea runs a single tasting from chef Davide Scabin since 2022. Three lengths at 140, 260, 400 euros, one star.
Local in Venice's Castello is the 1-star Michelin room run by Salvatore Sodano and Benedetta Fullin near the Greek quarter, serving 7 and 9-course tasting.
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.
Osteria alle Testiere in Castello is the 22-seat lagoon-fish bistro with two seatings per service, run by Bruno Gavagnin and Luca di Vita since 1993.
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