Best Italian in NYC
From West Village trattorias to old-school red-sauce Brooklyn, the definitive list of Italian restaurants in New York.
- 1.Lilia
Williamsburg · $$$
Missy Robbins' handmade pasta temple. The mafaldini with pink peppercorns is the dish half the internet is here for.
4.8Read more → - 2.Rubirosa
Nolita · $$
Family-run since 2010, famous for a paper-thin vodka-sauce pie that half the neighborhood swears is the city's best.
4.7Read more → West Village · $$$
The pretty, rustic West Village trattoria that has a two-hour wait for a reason. Order the svizzerina and the burrata.
4.7Read more →West Village · $$$
The pinwheel lasagna is Instagram-famous for a reason. Angie Rito's Italian-American cooking is technically dazzling and comforting all at once.
4.7Read more →- 5.Misi
Williamsburg · $$$
Missy Robbins' second act: an all-pasta and vegetable menu on the East River waterfront with sunset views into Manhattan.
4.7Read more → - 6.Carbone
Greenwich Village · $$$$
A theatrical, mid-century Italian-American blowout. Tuxedoed captains, tableside Caesar, and the internet-famous spicy rigatoni vodka.
4.6Read more → - 7.Il Buco
NoHo · $$$
Farmhouse-Italian since 1994, in a candlelit converted antique shop. The tagliolini al tartufo is worth the splurge in white truffle season.
4.6Read more → - 8.Torrisi
Little Italy · $$$$
Rich Torrisi's reborn Italian-American classic — a lush, red-boothed dining room and a menu that reads like a love letter to old New York.
4.6Read more → - 9.Estela
Nolita · $$$
A Michelin-starred, wine-forward Med-leaning small plates spot that has hosted presidents and pop stars. Book the burrata.
4.6Read more → - 10.Roberta's
Bushwick · $$
Bushwick's wood-fired temple in a converted garage. The Bee Sting (hot honey + soppressata) is a modern NYC classic.
4.6Read more →