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The best Italian near Tampa Bay

71 places · ranked by real reviews, not adsThe shortlist is already built
    • 1
      RestaurantPasta flame
      927 reviews
      Top Restaurant pick
    • 4
      3.8k reviews
      Hand-stretched pizza and scratch pasta on 7th Avenue in Ybor City
    • 5
      RestaurantPia's Trattoria
      3.7k reviews
    • 6
      2.2k reviews
    • 8
      RestaurantJay Luigi
      1k reviews
    • 9
      RestaurantChanta
      930 reviews
    • 10
      769 reviews
    • 11
      742 reviews
    • 14
      3.3k reviews
      Housed in a 1925 Ybor City macaroni factory, this is Tampa Sicilian food—not the Sicily version
    • 15
      RestaurantOLIVIA
      2.9k reviews
    • 17
      2.4k reviews
    • 20
      RestaurantWater + Flour
      1.7k reviews
    • 24
      RestaurantRocca
      1.4k reviews
    • 25
      1k reviews
      Neapolitan pizza with a crust so tall
    • 26
      RestaurantOsteria Pollani
      693 reviews
    • 28
      3.1k reviews
    • 30
      2.4k reviews
      A place that treats pizza and biscuits as equally serious pursuits
    • 31
      2.1k reviews
      Authentic Italian market and deli foods, from sandwiches to Sicilian street food
    • 33
      223 reviews
    • 35
      RestaurantStreet Crust
      369 reviews
    • 36
      RestaurantChe Vita
      343 reviews
    • 37
      1.8k reviews
      Tuxedos, live jazz, and hand-made pasta daily—this is old-school Italian done right
    • 38
      263 reviews
    • 42
      RestaurantIl Ritorno
      901 reviews
    • 43
      RestaurantOLIVIA
      721 reviews
      Modern Italian trattoria with a working dough room making pasta and ravioli
    • 44
      RestaurantTaverna Costale
      639 reviews
      Chef Fabio Viviani's St. Pete outpost nails the hardest thing: making fresh pasta
    • 45
      604 reviews
      This is Tuscan cooking stripped to its essentials—no shortcuts, no authenticity theater
    • 46
      RestaurantJay Luigi
      475 reviews
      Fresh pasta and naturally fermented Roman-style and Neapolitan-style pizzas in SoHo
    • 48
      RestaurantThe Last Slice
      176 reviews
    • 50
      326 reviews
    • 51
      RestaurantCaffé Paradiso
      297 reviews
    • 52
      RestaurantKinjo
      82 reviews
    • 54
      65 reviews
      Modern Italian in Tampa with house-made pastas, hand-crafted pizzas, and chef Stefano Ciotti dishes
    • 58
      RestaurantPia’s Veranda
      160 reviews
    • 59
      104 reviews
    • 61
      RestaurantFlor Fina
      752 reviews
    • 63
      RestaurantTony's Pizza
      842 reviews
    • 64
      RestaurantHerb And Oven
      82 reviews
    • 65
      3.3k reviews
      Carmine's deviled crab is the real thing—a Tampa institution that doesn't pretend to be anything
    • 66
      RestaurantGiancarlo’s
      Tampa Italian spot serving brunch, dinner, and dessert with pizza and classic entrees

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