The Best Italian Food in Berlin
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The best Italian food in Berlin, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and 50 Top Pizza have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Bardele comes out on top.
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Bocca di Bacco and MINE hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with 50 Top Pizza next.
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Rank 1. Bardele
Contemporary Italian
House-made pasta is the main event at this lively Italian restaurant and bar on Auguststrasse, where the room nods to the trattoria tradition without taking itself too seriously. The menu runs either à la carte or a surprise tasting format, and the kitchen leans into technique without losing the rustic warmth that makes the cooking feel Italian rather than merely inspired by it. The crowd tends toward the kind of people who know to skip the first page of the wine list.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 1. Bocca di Bacco
Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 1. MINE
Contemporary Italian
A family-run Italian restaurant steps from Ku'damm, occupying a space that was once, improbably, Berlin's smallest bar. The room is chic without being stiff, the menu leans on Italian classics with seasonal detours, and a pavement terrace gives the whole thing a relaxed, continental feel. A "Greatest Hits" set menu (for two or more) saves you from having to decide. The wine list is carefully chosen, and the cellar doubles as a private dining room.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 4. Malafemmena
Neapolitan Pizzeria
The founder traded a television career in Naples for a wood-fired oven in Friedenau, and the room feels like the trade worked out. This Neapolitan pizzeria has been around for a while now, and the dough still gets a long, slow rise before hitting the oven fast, producing a wide-crusted pie that leans hard into San Marzano tomatoes and Campanian fior di latte. It holds a spot on 50 Top Pizza Europe's Excellent Pizzerias list.
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Rank 4. Partenope 081
Neapolitan Pizzeria
The name nods to the siren of Greek myth said to have wept the Gulf of Naples into existence, and the 081 is Naples' own area code, so the allegiance is spelled out before you even sit down. This Friedrichshain pizzeria makes straightforward Neapolitan pies, no experiments, with a wide disc, a proper puffy crust from a long ferment, and toppings sourced directly from Campania. Order it folded to eat standing, the way Naples does.
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