The Best Italian Restaurants 2021

Complete ranking of “50 Top Italy” which selects the best Italian restaurants following the division into four categories, by price and type of dining: Restaurants Over 120€, Restaurants Up to 120€, Trattorias/Osterias e Low Cost.

The four distinct rankings, each composed of 50 venues, were unveiled through an exciting countdown, leading up to the four establishments placed at the top of their respective categories: Osteria Francescana, in Modena, by chef Massimo Bottura; daGorini, in San Piero in Bagno (FC), led by Gianluca Gorini; Antica Osteria del Mirasole, in San Giovanni in Persiceto (BO), by Franco Cimini; Panificio Bonci, in Rome, by Gabriele Bonci.

Guide to the Best Italian Restaurants – 50 Top Italy 2021

Position 1

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Panificio Bonci – Rome, Lazio
• Antica Osteria del Mirasole – San Giovanni in Persiceto (BO), Emilia-Romagna
• daGorini – San Piero in Bagno (FC), Emilia-Romagna
• Osteria Francescana – Modena, Emilia-Romagna

Position 2

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Da Gigione Hamburgheria & Braceria – Pomigliano d’Arco (NA), Campania
• La Brinca – Ne (GE), Liguria
• L’Argine a Vencò – Dolegna del Collio (GO), Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• Uliassi – Senigallia (AN), Marche

Position 3

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Anikó – Senigallia AN), Marche
• Nù Italian Trattoria since 1960 – Trattoria of civility and peasant freedom – Acuto (FR), Lazio
• Lido 84 – Gardone Riviera (BS), Lombardy
• Daní Maison – Ischia (NA), Campania

Position 4

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Mezza Pagnotta – Ruvo di Puglia (BA), Apulia
• Villa Rosa di Nonna Rosa – Vico Equense (NA), Campania
• Qafiz – Santa Cristina D’aspromonte (RC), Calabria
• Le Calandre – Rubano (PD), Veneto

Position 5

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Supplizio – Rome, Lazio
• Trippa – Milan, Lombardy
• D’O – Cornaredo (MI), Lombardy
• Duomo – Ragusa, Sicily

Position 6

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Pescaria – Polignano a Mare (BA), Apulia
• Ristorante Consorzio – Turin, Piedmont
• Pascucci al Porticciolo – Fiumicino (RM), Lazio
• Enrico Bartolini MUDEC – Milan, Lombardy

Position 7

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• A piè de Campu – Manarola (SP), Liguria
• L’Osteria della Tana – Asiago (VI), Veneto
• Abbruzzino – Catanzaro, Calabria
• St. Hubertus – San Cassiano in Badia (BZ), Trentino-Alto Adige

Position 8

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• FUD Bottega Sicula Catania – Catania, Sicily
• Trattoria Da Burde – Florence, Tuscany
• Materia – Cernobbio (CO), Lombardy
• Piazza Duomo – Alba (CN), Piedmont

Position 9

Low Cost – Trattorias/Taverns – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• La Tradizione – Vico Equense (NA), Campania
• Al Convento – Cetara (SA), Campania
• Villa Maiella – Guardiagrele (CH), Abruzzo
• Don Alfonso 1890 – Sant’Agata Sui Due Golfi (NA), Campania

Position 10

Low Cost – Trattorias/Taverns – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• ‘Ino – Florence, Tuscany
• Ai Due Platani – Parma, Emilia-Romagna
• Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura – Florence, Tuscany
• La Pergola – Rome, Lazio

Position 11

Low Cost – Trattorias/Taverns – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• I Banchi – Ragusa, Sicily
• Irina Trattoria – Savigno (BO), Emilia-Romagna
• Ristorante Andreina – Loreto (AN), Marche
• Taverna Estia – Brusciano (NA), Campania

Position 12

Low Cost – Trattorias/Taverns – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Trapizzino – Rome, Lazio
• SantoPalato – Rome, Lazio
• Oasis Sapori Antichi – Vallesaccarda (AV), Campania
• Enoteca Pinchiorri – Florence, Tuscany

Position 13

Low Cost – Trattorias/Taverns – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• La Ravioleria Sarpi – Milan, Lombardy
• Sora Maria e Arcangelo – Olevano Romano (RM), Lazio
• Condividere – Turin, Piedmont
• Madonnina del Pescatore – Senigallia (AN), Marche

Position 14

Low Cost – Trattorie/Osterie – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• NudeCrud – Rimini, Emilia-Romagna
• Antica Trattoria del Gallo – Gaggiano (MI), Lombardy
• Abocar Due Cucine – Rimini, Emilia-Romagna
• Da Vittorio – Brusaporto (BG), Lombardy

Position 15

Low Cost – Trattorie/Osterie – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• 50 Panino di Ciro Salvo – Naples, Campania
• Caffè La Crepa – Isola Dovarese (CR), Lombardy
• 28 Posti – Milan, Lombardy
• Dal Pescatore Santini – Canneto sull’Oglio (MN), Lombardy

Position 16

Low Cost – Trattorie/Osterie – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Pavé Milano – Milan, Lombardy
• Boivin – Levico Terme (TN), Trentino-Alto Adige
• Balìce – Milazzo (ME), Sicily
• Villa Feltrinelli – Gargnano (BS), Lombardy

Position 17

Low Cost – Trattorie/Osterie – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Antica Porchetteria Granieri 1916 – Perugia, Umbria
• Trattoria NerodiSeppia – Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• Guido – Rimini, Emilia-Romagna
• Villa Crespi – Orta San Giulio (NO), Piedmont

Position 18

Low Cost – Trattorie/Osterie – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Saseada – Artisanal Sebaderia – Cagliari, Sardinia
• L’Agave Framura – Framura (SP), Liguria
• Ristorante I Portici – Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
• VUN Andrea Aprea – Milan, Lombardy

Position 19

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• ALT – Castel di Sangro (AQ), Abruzzo
• Vecchia Marina – Roseto degli Abruzzi (TE), Abruzzo
• Cannavacciuolo Bistrot Torino – Turin, Piedmont
• Seta by Antonio Guida – Milan, Lombardy

Position 20

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Bottega Portici – Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
• Masseria Barbera – Minervino Murge (BT), Apulia
• Damini Macelleria & Affini – Arzignano (VI), Veneto
• La Peca – Lonigo (VI), Veneto

Position 21

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• IL MASETTO – National Hamburger Place – Genoa, Liguria
• Antica Trattoria Ballotta – Torreglia (PD), Veneto
• Ristorante Giglio – Lucca, Tuscany
• Agli Amici – Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Position 22

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• TapaSotto – Verona, Veneto
• Osteria del Posto – Corciano (PG), Umbria
• SUD Ristorante – Quarto (NA), Campania
• Reale – Castel di Sangro (AQ), Abruzzo

Position 23

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Pork’n’Roll – Rome, Lazio
• Armando al Pantheon – Rome, Lazio
• Danilo Ciavattini – Viterbo, Lazio
• Glam – Venice, Veneto

Position 24

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Te Ke Voi? – Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige
• Lokanda Devetak 1870 – Savogna d’Isonzo (GO), Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• Taverna del Capitano – Massa Lubrense (NA), Campania
• La Madernassa – Guarene (CN), Piedmont

Position 25

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Panini Durini – Milan, Lombardy
• Abraxas Osteria – Pozzuoli (NA), Campania
• Il Marin – Genoa, Liguria
• Angelo Sabatelli Restaurant – Putignano (BA), Apulia

Position 26

Low Cost – Trattorias/Osterias – Restaurants Up to 120€ – Restaurants Over 120€

• Poormanger – Turin, Piedmont
• Corona Trattoria – Palermo, Sicily
• Locanda di Orta – Orta San Giulio (NO), Piedmont
• La Torre del Saracino – Vico Equense (NA), Campania

Italian Special Awards – 50 Top Italy 2021

awarded to important figures from the national food and wine world:

Dish of the Year 2021 – Mulino Caputo Award

We Are All Connected Under One Roof – Osteria Francescana – Modena, Emilia-Romagna

Lunch of the Year 2021 – Pastificio dei Campi Award

Uliassi – Senigallia (AN), Marche

Pastry of the Year 2021 – Mulino Caputo Award

Daní Maison – Ischia (NA), Campania

Sommelier of the Year 2021 – Consorzio Tutela Prosecco Doc Award

Alessandro Tomberli – Enoteca Pinchiorri – Florence, Tuscany

Hospitality 2021 – D’Amico Award

Da Vittorio – Brusaporto (BG), Lombardy

Inspiration Model 2021 – Pastificio dei Campi Award

Cerea Family – Da Vittorio – Brusaporto (BG), Lombardy

Chef of the Year 2021 – D’Amico Award

Gianluca Gorini – daGorini – San Piero In Bagno (FC), Emilia-Romagna

Best Wine List 2021 – Consorzio Tutela Prosecco Doc Award

Villa Maiella – Guardiagrele (CH), Abruzzo

Maître of the Year 2021 – Consorzio Tutela Prosecco Doc Award

Pino Savoia – Cannavacciuolo Bistrot Torino – Turin, Piedmont

Newcomer of the Year 2021 – Latteria Sorrentina Award

Tre Olivi – Capaccio Paestum (SA), Campania

Young Talent of the Year 2021 – S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Award

Antonio Ziantoni – Zia Restaurant – Rome, Lazio

Territory Enhancement 2021 – Olitalia Award

Antica Osteria del Mirasole – San Giovanni in Persiceto (BO), Emilia-Romagna

Performance of the Year 2021 – Olitalia Award

Trattoria Da Burde – Florence, Tuscany

Contemporary Trattoria 2021 – Latteria Sorrentina Award

Irina Trattoria – Savigno (BO), Emilia-Romagna

Family Tradition 2021 – Mulino Caputo Award

Sora Maria e Arcangelo– Olevano Romano (RM), Lazio

Restaurant Manager of the Year 2021 – Birrificio Fratelli Perrella Award

Piero Pompili – Ristorante Al Cambio – Bologna, Emilia-Romagna

Innovation and Sustainability 2021 – Birrificio Fratelli Perrella Award

Panificio Bonci – Rome, Lazio

Best Format 2021 – Latteria Sorrentina Award

Da Gigione Hamburgheria & Braceria – Pomigliano d’Arco (NA), Campania

Form the Future 2021 – Voice of Naples Award

Matteo Lorito – Rector of the University of Naples Federico II – Campania