Top Italian Restaurants

The Top Italian Restaurants guide has been mapping out the finest Italian dining worldwide since 2018. This digital guide showcases exceptional Italian restaurants, trattorias, wine bars, pizzerias, bakeries and notable wine lists. Now with more than 800 venues listed, it is the only international guide dedicated exclusively to Italian gastronomy, becoming an essential reference for Italians and Italophiles seeking quality Italian cuisine wherever they are.

The guides curator Lorenzo Ruggeri has spent years in Italian kitchens and bars abroad, visiting an eye watering 300 establishments each year. Lorenzo and his team of collaborators seek out authentic Italian flavour, assessing the balance of the menu, quality and freshness of ingredients, clarity and combination of flavours, respect of ingredients, overall presentation, along with unique Italian creativity and genuine service. Great attention is always paid to the wine offering, because a true Italian experience cannot exist without a fine glass of wine.

Venues are rated using the renowned Gambero Rosso iconographic system: fine dining up to 3 Forchetti (Forks), Trattorias up to 3 Gamberi (Prawns), pizzerias up to 3 Spicchi (Slices), wine lists and bars up to 3 Bottiglie (Bottles) and bakeries up to 3 Cornetti (Cones). Past Australian winners include LuMi, Dagostino, Grossi Florentino, 1889 Enoteca, A’Mare and Pilu at Freshwater.

Our 2026 award winners will be announced on 13th May 2026 at the Top Italian Wines Roadshow in Sydney. Recipients will be presented with a certificate of recognition and featured in theTop Italian Restaurants guide on the Gambero Rosso International website.