Italian in Istanbul
22 places to explore
COTTO Gastro
Bağdat Caddesi
New Italian with stunning winter garden and wood-fired oven
Il Cortile
Galata (Beyoğlu)
A Genoese kitchen in a 19th-century courtyard just under the Galata Tower
Beca Istanbul
Etiler
Villa dining in the old Tribeca space, homemade-syrup cocktails, open-kitchen ambition
Bistro 33
Bağdat Caddesi
Chef Marcello Micci's Tuscan kitchen on Bağdat Caddesi with 120-person garden
Da Mario İstinye Park
İstinye
Istanbul's first true Italian since 1993, on imported flour and stone-oven pizza
Il Padrino Ristorante
Bağdat Caddesi
The Asian side's oldest real Italian, since 1990
Il Sud Giardino
Caddebostan
Chef Utku's southern Italian in a Caddebostan villa garden
Mezzaluna İstinye Park
İstinye
D-ream's accessible-quality Italian since 1995, wood-oven pizza and signature pasta
Morini Istanbul
Beşiktaş
Michelin-starred chef Michael White's handmade pasta since 2013
Ristorante Umberto
Bağdat Caddesi
Murano chandelier and wood-fired pizzas across from Göztepe Park
Nello's Italian Restaurant
Bağdat Caddesi
Naples chef's hidden gem - the first proper Italian in Istanbul
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