Pasta

If you're looking for Berlin's best Neapolitan pizza in Schöneberg or Prenzlauer Berg, Malafemmena is the place to go. This pizzeria is among Europe's Top 50 and is the only one in Berlin with the official AVPN certificate from the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana.

Located at Adenauerplatz in Charlottenburg since 2010, Bellucci stands for sophisticated Italian cuisine with international aspirations. Handmade pasta, exquisite wines, and an elegant interior make the restaurant arguably the most popular upscale Italian restaurant in Berlin.

In a quiet side street between Unter den Linden and the Spree lies one of the most discreet addresses for upscale Italian cuisine in Berlin. Since 2005, Il Punto has combined classic Mediterranean cuisine with genuine hospitality, attracting politicians and pleasure-seekers alike to its tables.

Naples meets Mitte: At Capvin on Weinbergsweg and in the Rosenhöfe, World Champion Vincenzo Capuano's pizza stands for uncompromising craftsmanship. The cloudy, airy dough made from specially developed Nuvola flour and ingredients directly from Naples make this pizzeria a go-to address in Berlin.

Mädchenitaliener has been cooking on Alte Schönhauser Straße since 2001 and builds its menu around tagliatelle, from the lemon version to the one with truffle. Main courses cost 12 to 21 Euros, a fixed-price menu is available at lunchtime, and for groups of seven or more the dishes are served family-style in bowls. Two dishes are fully vegan.

Located on Walter-Benjamin-Platz in Charlottenburg, not far from Kurfürstendamm, Enoiteca Il Calice has been combining fine dining with one of Berlin's most curated wine selections for over three decades. A restaurant, vinotheque, and wine bar all in one - with the charm of a family business that hasn't tired in the slightest.

For over twenty years, Papà Pane di Sorrento in Ackerstraße, Berlin-Mitte, has been synonymous with Neapolitan wood-fired pizza of the highest Berliner standard. Three brothers from Sorrento bake here according to original recipes, with buffalo mozzarella, authentic ingredients, and the passion of a large Italian family.

Since autumn 2019, the establishment on Giesebrechtstraße has been cooking according to the Cucina della nonna principle: simple recipes from Piedmont, reinterpreted with seasonal ingredients. The menu is small and changes weekly, and the pasta is homemade. Lasagna with beef ragout 15.50 Euros, Black Angus Controfiletto 35.50 Euros.

Caputo Pepino in Neukölln's Reuterkiez offers an unusually extensive pasta menu with fourteen dishes, ranging from Carbonara and Arrabiata for 13.50 Euros to pasta with truffle for 22.90 Euros. Additionally, they offer Pasta Mista as a portion for two, pick-up without delivery service, catering, and a private event room.

Ponte - Ristorante Italiano in Schöneberg is Berlin's discreet flagship for authentic, high-end Italian cuisine. Seasonal dishes, hand-picked ingredients, and an ambiance that offers warmth rather than just a backdrop - right on the quiet Regensburger Straße, near Viktoria-Luise-Platz.

Pasta Pls! on Choriner Straße operates on a modular principle: There's exactly one type of pasta, freshly made tagliatelle in-store, and guests choose their sauce. The simple option costs 9.50 Euros, vegetarian and vegan combinations are possible, no reservations are taken, and the establishment delivers to fifteen Berlin districts.

At Georg-Grosz-Platz in Charlottenburg, Paulo Scutarro serves top-level Italian cuisine – with a pizza oven from Modena and a pizzaiolo who was among the best in the world at the World Championship. Anyone looking for authentic stone oven pizza on Kudamm is in the right place here.

In Grunewald, where Hubertusallee quietly winds through the villa district, this trattoria serves one of Berlin's crispiest stone oven pizzas. YVONNE Tuscany Restaurant & Pizzeria stands for uncompromising Tuscan hospitality: multiple international awards, with a team almost entirely from Italy.

Trattoria a' Muntagnola brings the Lucanian cuisine of Basilicata to Fuggerstraße and gives its homemade pasta a chapter of its own on the menu, from ravioli with ricotta and cinnamon to tagliolini cacio e pepe tossed in a hollowed Pecorino wheel. Pasta dishes cost 18.50 to 22.50 Euros, and gluten-free pasta is marked on the menu. The dining room seats around eighty.

Sicilian hospitality on the Havel bank: The harbor restaurant Da Peppe in Spandau-Wilhelmstadt is located directly at the Scharfe Lanke marina and serves Italian cuisine with beach chairs, loungers, and water views.

On the edge of Volkspark Friedrichshain, pasta is ordered using a modular system: first the type, from wholewheat spaghetti to ravioli, then the sauce, gluten-free options available upon request. Stone-baked pizza starts at 12.50 Euros, and the most expensive dish is spaghetti with fresh truffle for 23 Euros. Secondi are intentionally not on the menu.

Wine bar, wine shop, and upscale Italian restaurant all in one: Muret la Barba on Rosenthaler Straße in Berlin-Mitte has for years been synonymous with artisanal Italian cuisine, an exceptionally deep wine list, and an atmosphere as vibrant as the neighborhood around it.

Kado Pasta on Hochstraße in Wedding exclusively serves pasta: Guests choose between spaghetti and rigatoni and combine them with one of thirteen homemade sauces. The Napoli tomato sauce costs 6.90 Euros, and even the variant with fresh black truffle remains under twelve Euros. Seating is available indoors and outdoors.

Authentic Neapolitan pizza directly in Friedrichshain: Spaccanapoli No. 12 on Wühlischstraße stands for airy-soft dough with a high crust, finest ingredients, and recipes originating from Naples' history. Whoever seeks the soul of Southern Italy on their plate in Berlin will find it here.

On Kurfürstenstraße in City West, Il Sorriso is one of Berlin's oldest and most enduring upscale Italian restaurants. For over 25 years, politicians, celebrities, and gourmets have frequented this establishment for classic Italian cuisine and daily fresh market fish. The smile embedded in its name characterizes the entire house.

Between appetizer and dessert, singers stand next to the table: Pasta Opera combines an Italian menu with live-sung arias, including at Friedrichsfelde Palace.

Right next to the Brandenburg Gate, at Pariser Platz in Berlin-Mitte, Mama Trattoria bakes its stone oven pizzas from organic flour with classic Italian ingredients. The clientele is international, the cuisine deliberately not. If you're looking for a crispy pizza after sightseeing, this is the place to be.

La Galleria Italiana on Torstraße makes its own stuffed pasta and calls the homemade noodles the speciality of the house, above all the tortelloni with truffle. Alongside them come antipasti, caprese and carpaccio, seats outside, food to take away and a room for private celebrations. Reservations are taken by phone only.

At Friedrichstrasse in Berlin-Mitte, Bocca di Bacco has been serving high-level classic Italian cuisine for over two decades. A Wilhelminian-era facade outside, an elegant restaurant with a bar and lounge inside, homemade pasta, and an Enoteca with around 500 wines.

The restaurant on Sredzkistraße offers a unique interpretation of Italian classics, with homemade pasta, stone oven pizza, and dishes like gnocchi with goat cheese and truffle filling for 19.90 Euros. The wine list is entirely Italian and organized by region, from South Tyrol to Sardinia. For groups of up to 100 guests, the restaurant creates custom menus.