The best Italian pizzerias and restaurants Romania

This small establishment, run by a Romanian couple who have lived in Italy, serves excellent pizzas and other transalpine specialties: salmon or four-cheese pasta, salads, burrata, mussels sautéed with garlic and tomatoes, beef straccetti... Dishes are prepared with fresh vegetables and products imported from Italy, such as parmesan, mortadella, pecorino and olive oil. The simple, friendly setting is reminiscent of a rustic Italian trattoria, with a pleasant terrace. Home pizza delivery available.

A wide range of pizzas, as well as assorted soups and salads, at low prices.

Certainly the best restaurant in town. Right in the center of town, Latino is, as its name suggests, a restaurant with Italian leanings, featuring on its menu the great classics of transalpine cuisine (pizzas, pastas, salads, risottos...), as well as more elaborate international dishes: pork filet mignon with prunes, duck breast with foie gras, osso bucco, lamb mouse, black angus T-bone steak, salmon with shrimp sauce... The setting is elegant, with dark woodwork and white tablecloths.

The "Brown Bear" is an iconic restaurant in Rădăuți, specializing in Italian cuisine. So you'll find a whole host of pizza and pasta choices on the menu, but also focaccia, bruschetta and antipasti, as well as dishes such as chicken in gorgonzola sauce, fried calamari... Romanian specialities and burgers also feature on the menu. You can also enjoy breakfast (English, American, eggs...). The setting is warm and elegant, with wood panelling and red bricks, enamelled with paintings and books.

An excellent Italian restaurant not to be missed if you are passing through Piatra Neamţ. It serves, among other delicacies, the best pizzas in town. The establishment is hidden among the blocks of the Maratei district, at the foot of one of them. The interior has been beautifully arranged in a traditional style. In front, the terrace is embellished by the vine. In this small and friendly Italian bubble, you will enjoy specialities such as pork fillet with mushrooms, beef fillet with green pepper, sea risotto, fried squid..

The latest Sara restaurant in Bucharest is located on the first floor of the Hotel Sarroglia, from which it takes its name. It follows the same concept that made Sara's Floreasca establishment such a success: a restaurant and a delicatessen selling Italian products under one roof. In a contemporary decor with clean lines, you'll be able to choose from pasta, gnocchi, risotto and pizza, dishes whose main ingredients are imported directly from Italy.

This Italian restaurant, located in an off-center block, attracts customers from all over the city with its wood-fired pizzas, reputed to be among the best in Suceava. In addition to the classics, you'll find a good selection of specialties, all with buffalo milk mozzarella. There are also salads, bruschettas, sandwiches and homemade pastas. For dessert, you can end the day Italian-style, with a tiramisù or panna cotta, or opt for cheesecake. Breakfast is also available.

Just a stone's throw from Piața Avram Iancu, this restaurant is an Italian family affair born in the 1990s, and now run by the second generation. Don't be fooled by the unlikely building that houses it and its "Clubul CFR" sign (named after the local soccer club, CFR Cluj): the designer interior is quite chic and the garden at the back is magnificent. We recommend the authentic Neapolitan pizza (with different dough options), but the homemade pasta is delicious too.

Fancy a good pasta dish after climbing the endless stairs of the citadel? Go down a few steps and you'll arrive in a little corner of Italy. This Romanian couple opened this restaurant after twenty years in Florence, where Alexandru, the husband, worked as a chef. He took the opportunity to bring with him the secrets of Italian cuisine and create a simple but tasty menu. In addition to traditional pasta dishes, the menu includes grilled meats, fish and a wide selection of Italian wines.