The Best Italian Restaurants in Brisbane
Whether you're after a candlelit trattoria serving the perfect ragu, a neighbourhood pizzeria or a noisy wine bar that trades in arancini and bresaola, Brisbane has the answer. Pair with a good glass of montepulciano or nebbiolo, and you're all set. Here's where to find the city's best.
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1889 Enoteca
If you’re after the cream of Italian dining in Brisbane, look no further. This place serves real-deal Roman food, and is officially recognised as one of the world’s best Italian restaurants outside the motherland for its stellar wine list.
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Rosmarino
Housed inside an 1890's brick building, this moody Italian wine bar lists more than 150 sustainable drops from Sicily and beyond. House-made pastas and antipasti sidle refined mains with a traditional twist.
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Otto Ristorante
This elegant Italian restaurant lives in the former Stokehouse Q site. It's a perfect fit – one of the city’s best restaurants deserves one of its best locations. Whether you're here for the main event or the more casual Otto Osteria, you're in for some superlative drinking and dining .
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Sasso Italiano
Hit this south-side spot for soul-warming pasta, woodfired pizza and spinning Italo-disco tunes. For drinks, it’s birthday Negronis, an Aether-brewed Italian lager and 80-plus Italian wines.
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Bianca
This beautiful, fast-paced and very fun Italian restaurant is from the Same Same and Agnes crew. Expect house-made pasta, stacks of antipasti and soft-serve gelato, accompanied by a 350-bottle wine list – all in one of Brisbane's most beguiling dining rooms.
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Beccofino
Beccofino’s famous thin pizzas are cooked in a traditional wood-fire oven. And in true Italian style, the toppings adopt a less-is-more approach, where quality produce reigns supreme.
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Ramona Trattoria
A menu of lovingly hand-shaped pastas such as tonnarelli, pappardelle and triangoli sets Ramona apart in Brisbane’s crowded Italian dining scene. It's also serving crisp woodfired pizzas, a tight small-producer-focused wine list and imported Italian beer on tap.
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La Lupa
A Roman-style pizzeria with sustainability in mind. Dine al fresco on signature long-fermented pizzas made with Italian flour, plus antipasti, classic handmade pastas and more. An Italian-heavy wine list champions producers from the old school and the new.
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Bar Alto
Bar Alto is the riverside Italian joint everyone in the city has been to, given its home inside the Brisbane Powerhouse. It's also the bar that people flock to – even when they're not seeing a gig.
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Massimo
An all-day Italian eatery inspired by the breezy, seafood-forward diners of the Amalfi Coast.
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Tartufo
Even though it serves exemplary Napoli-style food, entering Tartufo feels like walking into a classic trattoria in downtown New York – a far cry from its Fortitude Valley surroundings.
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Mosconi
Mosconi sees a war-era warehouse transformed into a beautiful 60-seat diner. The menu is a little more innovative than your average Italian joint – but you’ll always find Queensland produce at the heart of things.
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Pilloni
Honouring Sardinia's tradition of charcoal cooking, this restaurant serves a fuss-free menu in a beautifully designed space. Come for fresh seafood and traditional pastas or call ahead for the specially prepared suckling pig.
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Julius
All hail Julius, the trendy younger sibling of Teneriffe’s renowned Beccofino. This pizza and pasta prince brings the same top-notch food and service to a cool warehouse space in South Brisbane.
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Gemelli
Rustic Italian cooking reigns at this spacious, timber-clad restaurant. Visit for woodfired Napoli-style pizza; oxtail and pork shin ragu rigatoni; plus a lengthy list of Italian vino to match.
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La Costa Restaurant
This fast-paced Italian diner from the Eterna and Salt Meats Cheese team serves pasta, pizza, and a clutch of classy main dishes in beautiful heritage-listed surrounds.
