Best Italian Restaurants in Mexico City
Handmade pasta, wood-fired pizza, and proper trattorie — the best Italian restaurants in CDMX, from casual lunch spots to date-night classics.
Bartola
"High-energy, trendy, Italian-influenced restaurant-bar known for a loud, buzzing atmosphere, elite people-watching, and popular dishes like chicken parm. It blends trendy, broken-cement design with polished service, making it a hotspot for expats and locals."
Vera Pizza
"One of the few AVPN-certified Neapolitan pizzerias in CDMX — certified by the Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana. Soft, foldable, charred crust with imported Italian toppings."
Viñetta
"Neapolitan pizza with a 72-hour fermented dough and a 70-label wine list you can order by the glass. The relaxed sibling of Barolo — same care, lower key. Dogs welcome."
Pronti
"Roman-style pizza al taglio served out of a vintage VW van on Orizaba. Crispy, light, sold by the slice. CDMX street food with an Italian twist."
Lina
"Roma Norte's quieter answer to the Italian craze. Lina does 8–10 covers a night from a minuscule kitchen — handmade pasta that changes with the season and a short natural wine list."
Olaf Osteria
"Small osteria with a short menu that nails it every time. The cacio e pepe has the right amount of pepper."
Vacaciones DF
"Vacaciones, located in Mexico City's San Rafael neighborhood, is a special, intimate Italian-inspired restaurant known for its revolving, high-quality, scratch-made menu. It is praised for a cozy, romantic atmosphere, exceptional fresh pasta, and signature dishes like foccacia and the "némesis de chocolate" dessert. Rotating Menu: The menu changes regularly, ensuring fresh, creative dishes and a new experience with each visit."
Esca
"Seafood-forward Italian in a gorgeous Roma townhouse — 70% of the menu from Mexican coasts. An Italian-Mexican seafood kitchen celebrating both coastlines, the crab ravioli and reinterpreted classics are quietly some of the best cooking in Roma. One of the city's best wine lists to match."
Romance Cocktail & Social
"A grown-up cocktail bar in Roma Norte that blends serious mixology with Italian sharing plates. Unconventional flavors, intimate room, adults only. Feels like Roman nightlife landed in CDMX."
ER RRE Un Bistro
"Michelin-recognized and still flying under the radar. This tiny bistro in Polanco does refined Italian-French cooking with serious sourcing — handmade pasta, truffle burrata, and a wine list that punches above the price. Book a week ahead."
Magazzino
"It operates as a "culinary laboratory" by day and a highly exclusive, intimate wine bar at night. It features a 6-seat, reservation-only Chef’s Table in a professional kitchen setting, offering a unique Italian-Mexican Omakase-style,, tasting menu alongside rare orange wines."
HANK'S Pizza Choza
"The most authentic NYC-style pizza in CDMX, hidden behind an unmarked door in Roma Norte—from the chef behind Choza. Open Thu–Sun only; no delivery, no reservations, no signage. Order the spicy pepperoni with chili honey."
Barolo
"A quiet Italian spot in Roma Sur doing proper fresh pasta and market-driven Italian cooking. Only 288 reviews — still under the radar for a place this good."
Suppli
"Suppli is an informal Roman trattoria featuring a short but robust menu of traditional Italian pastas. The carbonara—made with Pecorino Romano imported from Italy—and antipasti such as the mortadella and Parmesan supplì make this spot a direct trip to Rome."
ROCATI
"Fresh pasta made daily in an open kitchen fused with Peruvian intensity — tagliatelle with aji amarillo, Italian technique with South American heat. Warm industrial room, small space, one of the most inventive fusion kitchens in Juárez."
Ismo
"A Swiss-Italian bistro in Roma Norte built around fondue and sharing plates — creative, fun, and unexpectedly cool. At night it becomes a bar with DJs and great music."
AlmaMia
"Warm and welcoming Italian kitchen that feels like being at a family Sunday lunch. Generous portions."
Sobaka
"A modern Neapolitan pizzeria that opened in 2024 with carefully fermented dough and quality ingredients. Small, neighborhood, and doing pizza the right way in an unlikely spot."
Brava
"A rooftop Italian restaurant overlooking the Cibeles fountain in Roma Norte — one of the best views in the city paired with artisanal pizza, creative pastas, and cocktails. The terrace at sunset is the move."
Pentole
"A cozy Italian kitchen in Cuauhtémoc with proper pastas, wood-fired pizzas, and the kind of antipasti that make you forget you're in CDMX. Authentic, unpretentious, and consistently good."
San Giorgio Pizzería
"Founded by three Italian food devotees and recognized by Gambero Rosso 2024, San Giorgio makes light, stone-oven-fired pizzas that stick closely to Italian technique. The Roma Sur original is where the concept began before expanding to other neighborhoods."
Bottega
"A 1950s Italian deli brought to Roma Norte. Sourdough baked fresh daily with organic flour, imported charcuterie, and a rotating wine list. Morning: espresso and pastry. Afternoon: wine bar with good music. Chef trained with Gordon Ramsay."
DoppioZero
"The pizza Roma Norte has been waiting for. DoppioZero uses proper 00 flour, ferments the dough 48 hours, and fires in a wood oven at 450°C — the crust has the right char, the leopard spotting is real. Pairs perfectly with a cold Moretti and good conversation."
Bella Aurora
"Sister restaurant to Rosetta from chef Elena Reygadas, but more approachable. Handmade pasta, excellent thin-crust pizza, and a charming, plant-filled Italian terrace restaurant. Michelin-listed and still genuinely fun."
Darosa
"Italian kitchen doing Roman-style pasta with real craft. Intimate room, good wine, consistent every time."
Perezoso
"It features a highly regarded terrace that encourages taking it slow—a perfect escape from the bustling city. Situated in the vibrant Roma Norte neighborhood, making it an accessible yet cozy spot in the heart of the city. Menu Highlight: It offers a "take over" style, often inviting other chefs or featuring specific, high-quality ingredients."
Madonna Pizza
"Ranked #45 in the world's best pizzerias — a Roma Norte institution with its own style: 72-hour fermented dough, glyphosate-free flour, oak wood oven."
Brutho
"Wine-forward spot and cafe. Come here to people watch. 2x1 Aperol Spritz"
Zazá
"Laid-bac spot combining artisanal pizza, craft beer, and natural wine in a no-fuss setting."
Casa d'Italia
"25+ years of Neapolitan cooking in Condesa — Chef Luigi Cesarano runs the room personally, the pasta sauces change daily, and the thin-crust pizzas only come out after 8pm."
Anatol
"Farm-to-table Italian-inflected cooking inside the Las Alcobas luxury hotel: refined, seasonal, and excellent for a special-occasion dinner."
Anonimo
"Chef Klaus Mayr (formerly of The French Laundry and El Celler de Can Roca) reinvents Italian-American cuisine on a discreet corner in La Condesa. The natural wine list features over 130 labels displayed in a large refrigerator."
Babero
"It is often described as a fashionable "speakeasy" style bar/restaurant, with a "10/10" vibe, featuring DJs playing house music."
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