5 italian places in Cincinnati we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Cincinnati | Italian across every city.
Italian cooking in Cincinnati ranges from polished downtown rooms to handmade-pasta storefronts. Sotto downtown is the candlelit, cellar-level destination for rustic Italian and house pasta. Pepp and Dolores in Over-the-Rhine takes the fresh-pasta-and-natural-wine approach that defines the newer wave.
Sotto ★ 4.7
downtown · 118 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Sotto on East 6th Street downtown is David Falk's subterranean Italian room in Cincinnati, with hand-rolled pastas and wood-fired antipasti.
Pepp and Dolores ★ 4.5
over-the-rhine · 1501 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Pepp and Dolores on Vine Street in OTR is the Italian-American room from the Thunderdome group (the Lanni brothers' Italian-grandparent homage).
Pepp and Dolores ★ 4.7
over-the-rhine · 1501 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Pepp and Dolores on Vine Street in OTR is the Italian-American room from the Thunderdome group (the Lanni brothers' Italian-grandparent homage).
Sotto ★ 4.7
118 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Sotto on East 6th Street downtown is David Falk's subterranean Italian fine-dining room in Cincinnati, with hand-rolled pastas and wood-fired meats.
Nicola's Ristorante ★ 4.5
1420 Sycamore St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Nicola's Ristorante in Over-the-Rhine is a longtime Cincinnati fine-dining institution, an elegant Italian room of handmade pastas and breads.