The best Italian pizzerias and restaurants Italy

Zizzinella in Neapolitan dialect means carefree and lavishness of the easy life, a feeling that Gigi, the jovial and welcoming owner, wanted to recreate in this small and inviting place that offers a moment of relaxation in front of a good seafood cuisine. The menu is short, guaranteeing the freshness of the products, the plates are nicely laid out, and the culinary tradition is accompanied by some fantasy notes. Some specialities: the chef's baccalà (a cod dish) and theantipasto zizzinella in three courses.

In a delicate and contemporary setting, this fishand seafood restaurant develops a serious cuisine, seasoned with a pinch of imagination.

On a hill overlooking Gaiole in Chianti, the Osteria Il Papavero ("The Poppy") animates the square of the small village of Barbischio, an important market in the region until the 12th century, located two kilometres east of Gaiole. This beautiful stone house offers the opportunity to experience the friendly atmosphere of an old Tuscan tavern, with its country style, wooden tables, exposed beams and old fireplace. Tradition is found on the plate, with mastery and generosity. Good, simple, true, fresh.

With such a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, locals can't help but flock here. Slightly removed from the main tourist flows that animate the Tuscan capital, this trattoria gives the opportunity to dive into the specialties of the region, while offering a modern cuisine. A good vegetable soup as a starter(ribollita) will whet the appetite for a more "tasty" second course such as "fried everything" (chicken, vegetables, rabbit)... Of course, nourishing pasta dishes are on the menu and will allow you to save a few euros.

At the same time osteria full of flavours, pointed enoteca and gourmet tartuferia, this address, located near Ponte Vecchio, is praised. True traditional cuisine concocted over the seasons with organic products, complicit service and friendly setting, where every nook and cranny is used to hang wooden wine boxes. Part of the menu is devoted to fresh Tuscan truffles. Otherwise, push the door for a wine tasting to discover small, little-known estates.

Castello Cameni is the hotel restaurant of the same name. Sicilian cuisine of local and seasonal cuisine with Italian and international influences. Fish and game specialities not to be missed, including the Fameux black pig. Sausages and homemade cheeses such as the ricotta di Vizzini (molle cheese) or ennese ennese (saffron cheese). Among Chef Anna Sinagra's specialities, we will note his paccheri to calamari and cherry tomatoes on eggplant cream, his thousand-sheet to swordfish and tomatoes, capers and olives, or his black chocolate cake 70% and conference pears topped with hazelnut foam. The wine list is of quality.

Here we tried some excellent Teramo cuisine, starting with fried zucchini and seafood pasta. Two classics that cannot be beaten. This small, rather confidential restaurant is the opposite of a table for tourists. The waiters suggest the daily dishes orally, but you can trust the chef, and Italy in general, everything is always excellent! A real canteen, popular and friendly.

Along the Via Mercadante, which surrounds the historic centre, a small square opens up below, closed off by three white houses with pointed gables that seem to come out of a fairy tale: this is where this typical address is nestled. At the arrival of fine weather, the terrace invades the square and the stairs, in a very good-natured atmosphere. Excellent local specialities combining the search for flavours and generosity. To try: the suckling pig in crust cooked with negroamaro wine and sweet and sour onions, and the homemade laurel digestif.

This grocery store of local gastronomic products turns into a lunchtime restaurant as the market closes. You can then let yourself be tempted by all the specialities on display, each one more tempting than the next. And you don't even need to know how to speak Italian: you just point and you're tempted! The assortment ofantipasti is delicious, all accompanied by a good wine. Cheese boards with pistachios and jams or cold cuts are also recommended.

It is the restaurant of the Eremo della Giubiliana - a 5-star Relais & Chateaux hotel - run by the chef Giorgio Ruggeri. It offers a revisited cuisine of territory inspired by the aristocratic tradition of the Iblean highlands. The result of research into the original products of this region and their quality, this cuisine is in the image of its setting: refined, full of history and evolving. The menu is varied, the chef works admirably with meat and fish. Impeccable service, sumptuous setting. Cooking school. Wine cellar.

It is difficult to make it cheaper in Massa but on the other hand, the food is far from excellent. The system set up to order his meal is original. You must fill out a sheet yourself to give to the cash register. Then a hostess calls the customer to the microphone so that he can pick up his order at the counter. Pizzas, hamburgers, paninis... are on the menu. The staff is made up of a young, dynamic and welcoming team, which is different from other restaurants in the area.

A 16th century room with a high vaulted ceiling, wooden tables lit by candlelight and a renowned cuisine make this restaurant a sought-after address in town. Among the house's specialities, tasty recipes such as octopus carpaccio, tagliatelle with lamb juice and pork or salmon skewers, but above all grilled labelled red meat (impressive beef steak!). Le Tiflis is also a pizzeria and a wine bar popular with Genoese youth for its pleasant summer terrace.

A great and welcoming pizzeria on the banks of Naviglio Grande. The atmosphere is very pleasant, especially the summer when you can eat in the charming courtyard. The pizzas are good, but try focaccie (fougasses).

The house has been in existence since 2011 and has quickly earned a fine reputation. It is stamped with the Taste Experience label rewarding tables that emphasize terroir and fresh ingredients. You can choose between the terrace on the canal and the room with walls lined with wine bottles. At the large slate, the menu is renewed every 3 weeks. The waitresses in black aprons and the cooks who can be seen working at the stove are visibly happy to be there. And you can feel from the start that the aim of the house is to please you.

A restaurant, a brasserie type very close to the sea. Good service and excellent dishes. Ideal for quick snacks or pizza.

In an admirable historic setting, a local cuisine that has never disappointed its customers since 1907. Here, we eat like fishermen at the turn of the century: minestrone, pasta e fagioli (pasta with beans) and a piece of farinata cooked over an olive wood fire... Desserts include the succulent torta Luchin made with chestnut flour. Typical Genoese dishes, simple and tasty as we like them. And, what's more, they produce their own wine! An osteria to discover in Chiavari.

Hotel Victoria's restaurant has a very pleasant covered terrace on the beach side. An idyllic setting for tasting seafood and Mediterranean dishes, made with fresh fish and ingredients from Calabria. The menu changes according to the seasons to guarantee freshness and quality of the raw materials. Particularly noteworthy are the sea antipasti and home-made desserts. The house also offers personalized menus for vegans and vegetarians, diabetics and children.

Refined and romantic, this address is becoming very popular, because it's a treat and also because the welcome is really friendly. Within the walls of this perfectly restructured farmhouse, you can enjoy tasty dishes with an always careful presentation. The chef, Stefania di Pasquo, proposes dishes that combine modernity and tradition. A tip: opt for the tasting menu. The wine list also offers a fine selection. A delicious meal in perspective (to be reserved in advance, because the address is often full)!

This small neighborhood trattoria is just a few steps from Piazza Malta where the market is held. There are few tourists here: the place is mainly frequented by locals. There is no menu: the dishes are listed because they vary according to the fresh produce of the day. Primi of all kinds, arrosticini from Abruzzo..., the dishes are simple and very generous: you may very well forfeit after your primo! The wine is by the pitcher, and we end the meal with an unavoidable coffee or a digestive.

The restaurant is located in the famous via delle Volte, this medieval covered gallery so characteristic of Castellina in Chianti. Ideal for eating in a cool place, while being able to sit on the terrace.

Cheap price, even if the pizzas are slightly more expensive than elsewhere thanks to the quality of products. Large restaurant with 100 seats, elegant, with a beautiful terrace in summer. Quite mushroom based dishes, radicchio rosso, asparagus and fish.

Facing the harbour and the picturesque promenade of Vibo Marina, a renowned address, a high level cuisine that is both classic and inventive, where fish is of course the order of the day on the "coast of the gods". The products of the territory are valued: shrimps from Capo Vaticano, black truffle from the Pollino, podolica veal, caciocavallo silano cheese... An elegant setting and a beautiful and wide selection of wines and champagnes make this restaurant an essential stop on any self-respecting Calabrian gastronomic itinerary.

Good little trattoria, which offers popular Neapolitan dishes. The place is mostly known to the elders and the students of the neighborhood. Sitting at the table in the small room, you see the chef at work in the open kitchen, a real show that creates a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. If the room is full, do not despair, you will have the possibility to order your eggplants to the Parmesan to take.

The ultimate in luxury... The latest addition to the 5* Excelsior hotel. On a terrace open to the sky and the sea, this Mecca of Venetian and Mediterranean gastronomy offers you a gentle journey between the flavours of the land and the sea. Selection of very good exceptional wines. A lunch or dinner at a certain price, but an idyllic setting for a moment to be enjoyed between lovers. Open your eyes, there's a strong chance of running into people!

One of the few good addresses in the old town. This family trattoria revives the traditional recipes of Puglia, specialities of fresh or seasonal fish, and concocts very good pizzas with fresh products. Opt for the copious pizza menu, with antipasto and dessert, to taste several specialities of the house. Beautiful vaulted room and pleasant terrace in good weather. On your way out, don't miss a short digestive and night walk on the port, located just in front of the restaurant.

With its large umbrellas erected under the arcades of the piazza Grande, the place, born in 1984, is certainly touristy but welcoming and the service professional. The cuisine is traditional and homemade. The antipasti are a good option, especially the large mixed one, offering in mini portions: carpaccio on a bed of arugula, pecorino flan, stuffed zucchini flower and eggplant roll with fromage frais. While you wait for the main course, you'll be served a little appetizer, zuppa di pane. Desserts are less affordable, but still tempt.

Located a little before Ortigia, here is a brand new establishment, managed by Fred and Fiora in the kitchen. The super star of the menu here is the pizza! The restaurant regularly wins contests because it pays special attention to the levitation of the dough. And you can find it in all its forms: tasting pizzas with spontaneously fermented dough, wholemeal pizza, or with organic Sicilian flour, the choice is already original. The toppings are also original because here the pizza can be broken down into small toasts. An original concept!

A small address known to the locals, hidden in a recess near Piazza Cutteli. A large room and a small patio-like courtyard nearby allow you to enjoy delicious pizzas cooked over a wood fire. The house's signature pizzas are particularly original, such as the Santa Daniela, which is particularly good, with mozzarella, philadelphia, tomatoes à la carrettiera, speck and pistachio kernels. You can also order take-away to eat in a park. Friendly service, fresh and well prepared products.

This pizzeria, well known to locals since 1985, is located inside a large courtyard, which offers the advantage of eating outside, which is not always possible in the center of Pisa... The pizzas indicated on the menu are equivalent in quantity to two pizzas and are served on boards(taglieri). It is of course possible to order a single portion on a plate, and the price is therefore halved. Although the main attraction is the pizzas, La Cereria also offers à la carte dishes.

One hundred years old and still popular with locals and tourists alike. Since Madame Pia opened her store in 1887, the pizzeria has never been empty! The specialty here is a slice of pizza and a slice of farinata on the same plate. Quite a hearty meal! Alternatively, you can order antipasti, pizette(round pizzas that fit on a small plate), focacce with cheese, chestnut cream or Nutella! The management has opened other establishments in La Spezia, one in Sarzana, one in Monterosso and one... in London.

This café-bar-restaurant enjoys an exceptional location, opposite the mill that houses the Marsala Salt Museum. What a pretty picturesque setting with small piles of salt lined up as a backdrop! The terrace is pleasantly furnished with comfortable wrought iron armchairs and pretty pastel blue wooden chairs. There is also the possibility to pick up various snacks or have a real feast. A tip, taste the grilled cuttlefish with its lemon filet and the famous busiate alla trapanese. A real treat. A must for tourists.

One of the best restaurants in Messina, very Sicilian, simple, with 3 small comfortable and well decorated rooms. Excellent address. Think of reserving and planning your best clothes for the occasion. Chic ambience!

The undeniable strong point of his restaurant is none other than his terrace with a view of the sea and the Valley of the Temples. These places are also popular, you will have to reserve them. Local dishes are served here, cooked with local ingredients, and the tourist menu of culinary discovery (made with seriousness) is delicious. The house exists since... 1919, as much to say that it knows the recipes of Sicilian grandmothers! Very extensive wine list. No tourist attractions here: the cuisine is copious and tasty, the service is warm.

It's an institution in Marsala. This is the^third generation of pastry chefs since founder Benedetto De Gaetano, who opened his shop specialising in Sicilian confectionery and artisanal ice cream in the 1900s. Today it's an excellent address for the hungry and the budget-conscious. On the pastry side, you will find the great classics of Sicilian desserts: cassata, cannoli? The shop window is made up of a thousand little sweets. The choice will be Cornelian.

La Musciarra may not offer the best value for money in the city, but the address is very pleasant. Located right next to La Calanca, at the end of the port of Stintino, the few tables on its terrace give directly onto it. One stops here to drink an espresso or a macchiato during the day, a cocktail or a glass of wine at aperitif time. The establishment makes coffee, bar and also proposes a simple and light restoration. The menu offers antipasti, pasta and some grilled meat or fish dishes.

Near the port of Livorno, in an authentic and simple setting, this restaurant offers breakfasts, lunches and dinners at very reasonable prices - that is why it is also frequented by local workers during their lunch break. Here, generally no menu, you are told the daily specials inspired by the market. From antipasti to desserts, everything is homemade. Fast, efficient and careful service. Friendly atmosphere. And for the amateurs, cacciucco on reservation on Friday and Saturday!

Small budgets will appreciate as the pizzas are generous.

It is in a magnificent establishment dug into the rock that the young starred chef Vincenzo Candiano operates for a high-flying local and seafood cuisine, since the table has one star in the Michelin guide. Among the specialities, we can mention the yellowfin tuna on "caponata de Modica", the rabbit stuffed with Bronte pistachios and bacon, a kill, or the mackerel terrine with courgette leaves and dried tomatoes. There is no better place in Ragusa Ibla to discover the local and Sicilian gastronomy.

A tourist address and a great place to stay. You come here to sit on a terrace directly on the seafront, very close to the cathedral and the Kasbah of Mazaro. In spite of the world on the terrace, the service is fast and courteous. In the plate, very good fish couscous, specialty of the region, as well as spaghetti with sea urchins. The pizzas are excellent too. Some are seafood (mussels and clams) for those who would like to try this strange combination. Good value for money for all the dishes. An unpretentious address.

Address recommended by the locals. Nice restaurant of traditional cuisine, where the busiati , the typical pasta of Trapani, is excellent. It also serves fish couscous, another great specialty of the region. The spaghetti al nero di seppia (with cuttlefish ink) is a must try for seafood lovers. Served a little cold, however. One appreciates its micro-terrace which also allows to taste the popular atmosphere of the district.

Located in the heart of Barga, this restaurant with terrace invites you to savor the flavors of happy Tuscany. For over 25 years, the welcoming Riccardo Negri has been serving traditional local cuisine (antipasti, pasta, cheese and charcuterie platters with local honey, soups, tagliata...), and a fine house red wine, all at fair prices. As his wife is a singer, concerts are sometimes organized in the summer in the square in front of the restaurant, so you can enjoy the show while feasting your taste buds and ears!

Nestled under the arcades in front of the Duomo's baptistery, with its air of an old café from the end of the century, Il Gancino is a warm place with an authentic spirit. Recognizable by its old wooden front, this friendly locanda serves very good quality espressos, but also savoury snacks to be tasted on the spot, in a wooden decor with comfortable armchairs. The home-made pizzas are delicious and inexpensive. Large choice of bruschette and other panini and tramezzini of all kinds. Nice selection of teas, herbal teas and coffees.

The only restaurant in the Duomo square, opened since 1934, is a family business. The three Buonocore sisters and their mother manage the place seriously. The quality of the food is correct, the air-conditioned room, but the prices are a little too tourist for the location.

This trattoria, located in a city centre lane, is a 2-storey restaurant, very popular with fish dishes. There are excellent specialities, such as prosciutto au or spaghetti to bottarga, and also good pizzas.

The simple and cosy terrace, the relaxed atmosphere and the careful cooking make the success of this restaurant-pizzeria. Fresh and varied antipasti, dishes well in their plate, especially the tasty tagliata served with rocket and parmesan, as well as the fine and crispy pizzas. Desserts also work, such as the traditional schiaccia briaca. At the height of the season, the terrace is quickly taken over, so a piece of advice, better to reserve!

A little out of the historic centre, in the Renaissance quarter of the city, crossed by elegant avenues, the restaurant has kept the same name as a century ago: it was then an osteria with a game of petanque and its owner was called Provvidenza. Since then, the establishment, which reopened in 1974, serves both local and contemporary cuisine. It boasts of having welcomed many celebrities who came to discover the traditional dishes revisited. Small, very pleasant garden. A little expensive, though.

One of the few pizzerias in the city to serve at lunchtime. The choice is endless and it is sometimes difficult to decide between the simple margharita, the mozzarella di buffala pirata, or the calzone soufflée. They're delicious anyway.

Since 1961, this small, family-run restaurant has been a meeting place for all lovers of local cuisine. It is a magnet for Triestinians and tourists alike, attracted by the cheerful and friendly atmosphere and the traditional cuisine. On the menu, simple and comforting dishes at low prices: goulash and polenta, tripe, gnocchi with bread and mixed fish fry, all accompanied by Carso wine. Hams are sliced by hand behind the counter. The place is crowded at lunchtime for its panini.