The Best Italian Food in Munich
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The best Italian food in Munich, according to the experts: 50 Top Italy, the Michelin Guide, and 50 Top Pizza have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Acquarello comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in München.
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Acetaia and Galleria hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with 50 Top Italy next.
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Rank 1. Acquarello
Italian
Pastel walls and the smell of good coffee greet you before you've even looked at the menu, and the room settles into an easy elegance that makes a second glass of wine feel inevitable. This is an upscale Italian restaurant in a quiet Munich neighborhood, the kind where the service tells the story of a meal rather than interrupting it. 50 Top Italy named it among the top ten Italian restaurants in the world.
The awards
- 50 Top Italy 50 Top Italy: #10 · The Best Italian Restaurants In The World
- 50 Top Italy 50 Top Italy: 2026 · Icon · Mario Gamba
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Rank 2. Acetaia
Italian
Aged balsamic vinegar lines the shelves and, if you like, you can take a bottle home, which tells you something about how seriously this Italian restaurant takes its pantry. The Jugendstil room is cosy and the service has the unhurried warmth you either love or quietly envy. A four-course chef's menu lets the kitchen make the decisions, and the wine list sneaks in some French rarities alongside the expected Italian bottles.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. Galleria
Italian
Royal blue walls give this small Italian restaurant a quietly nautical mood, which is either an odd choice for landlocked Bavaria or a deliberate act of defiance. It sits steps from Marienplatz and has been around forever, the kind of neighbourhood fixture that earns regulars through house-made pasta and a serious Italian wine list rather than novelty. The lunch set draws a crowd, and the terrace fills fast when Munich finally gets some sun.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. Hippocampus
Italian
Walnut panelling, marble floors, and Art Nouveau lamps set the tone at this long-running family-owned Italian restaurant in Bogenhausen, Munich's quietly moneyed embassy quarter. The wine list runs to around 160 Italian labels, which is the kind of number that makes dinner take longer than planned. A surprise menu sits alongside the à la carte, and the terrace fills up fast on warmer evenings with a crowd that clearly knows the room well.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. Il Borgo
Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. IL Sommelier
Italian
A quiet terrace tucked behind the building is how this Italian restaurant in the residential Trudering district gives itself away in summer. Inside, the room is chic without being stiff, and the cooking lands in that comfortable Italian register where the food is polished but nobody is performing. The wine list runs Italian only, which says something about where the kitchen's loyalties lie.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. Martinelli
Modern Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. Vinaiolo
Italian
The furniture came from a century-old grocer's shop in Trieste, and the room still feels like it. Vinaiolo is a sit-down Italian restaurant in Haidhausen where the team runs the floor with the kind of easy fluency that takes years to fake. The menu moves between a blackboard lunch special and evening à la carte, leaning on the Italian wine list to tie everything together. Old-school in all the right ways.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 9. Calvello’s
Neapolitan Pizzeria
Neapolitan pizza in Munich, done without fuss or flourish. Calvello's keeps its focus on dough and recognizable flavors from the southern Italian tradition, the kind of soft, light crust that collapses gently rather than fighting back. The room is unfussy, the service easy-going enough to handle off-menu requests without breaking a sweat. It ranks among 50 Top Pizza Europe, which in a city not exactly known for Neapolitan pie is saying something.
The awards
- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza: #41 · 50 Top Pizza Europe