Miami · 6 ranked picks
Limoncello Miami Beach - Best Italian restaurant Miami Beach leads this shortlist.
Limoncello occupies a particular lane on Miami Beach that is harder to find than it should be: the honest Southern Italian trattoria that locals return to because the kitchen is doing the work, not the lighting designer.
There are restaurants that make you feel clever for finding them, and there are restaurants that make you feel lucky to be alive on a warm Miami evening.
Pasta e Basta is a italian pick in Miami when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Casa Mia Trattoria has been doing one very specific thing in North Miami since September 2005: Northern Italian cooking filtered through a genuinely bicultural sensibility.
Carpaccio sits inside the Bal Harbour Shops, which is either an odd address for a serious Italian dining room or a perfectly logical one, depending on how you read the clientele.
Boia De is, by most accounts, the most consequential Italian restaurant in Miami right now — which is a more complicated claim than it sounds when you consider the room: fewer than 30 seats in Little Haiti, no performative design, no int…
Service and menu details to check when planning your visit.
The best italian restaurants in Miami are Limoncello Miami Beach - Best Italian restaurant Miami Beach, Elia, Pasta e Basta, and more.
Limoncello Miami Beach - Best Italian restaurant Miami Beach, Elia, and Pasta e Basta are starting points for this Miami shortlist. Compare the food, menu format and service notes for each place before deciding where to go. The right choice depends on the meal you have in mind, whether you are planning an order, a daytime stop or a dinner reservation.
The linked restaurant pages and menus support the food focus and published service details in this shortlist. Each pick includes its sources and the date they were checked. Read our full methodology →
Compare the menu and food described in each recommendation with the meal you want.
Use each restaurant's current information for the location, meal period and ordering arrangements.
The notes flag choices to confirm before visiting, including menu changes and reservation terms.
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