An intimate, open-plan restaurant where you can see it all happening.

Grab an Aperol Spritz, watch the waves and pretend you're on the Amalfi coast.

An impressive WA spin on Italian cuisine.

Affectionately called “Lulu’s”, this osteria is the city’s standard bearer for contemporary Italian. Nigella Lawson even called its owner the “prince of pasta”. Its meatballs and burrata are also outstanding.

This cafe-restaurant roasts its own coffee in-house and serves Italian-style dishes based on family recipes.

Superb wood-fired pizza is just the start at this suburban diner.

This younger sibling to Monsterella rivals the mothership. While you can still order pizza, this 60-seater’s menu stretches even further. If the smoked tiger prawns are on the menu, make the most of them.

This spacious William Street wine bar with an outdoor spritz garden serves up Italian wine and house-made pasta.

There’s no shortcuts at this Italian stronghold.

Inside Como at the Treasury, this bright, all-day restaurant is serving upmarket breakfasts and crowd-pleasing Italian fare with plenty of twists. Also, an Italian-heavy wine list and classic cocktails.

An elegant Australian steak restaurant championing sustainable, grass-fed beef sourced from the likes of Blackmore Wagyu and Cape Grim. Various cuts are dry-aged in house, enhanced by a selection of classic sides, raw seafood and pasta. There's also a tome-like wine list to rival any in the country.

This dedicated pasta shop and deli feels more like it’s in Tuscany than Cottesloe. Go for Roman-style pizza, superb conti rolls, fresh-made pasta and produce from WA's southwest. As for drinks? An espresso or chinotto wouldn’t go astray.

A breezy all-day diner at the redeveloped Leederville Hotel. Fuel up on grilled shish-style skewers, cuisine-crossing share plates, and wines from a free-wheeling list of fun and approachable drops.

Combine a diet-conscious naturopath with a Sicilian pasta master, and you get Tommy Sugo.

Italian food isn’t hard to find in Fremantle, but you might miss one of its tastiest touchstones if you don’t know where to look. This fourth-generation, family-run restaurant serves piping hot plates of spaghetti and nostalgia.