Italian restaurants in Germany
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Ali Baba
Everybody feels like family at this been-here-forever port of call where the thin-crust pizza is delicious, the pasta piping hot and nothing costs more than €9. Popular with party people and posh Charlottenburgers in slumming mood.
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La Vecchia Masseria
One of Munich's more typically Italian osteria, this loud but unquestionably romantic place has earthy wood tables, antique tin buckets, baskets, and clothing irons conjuring up the ambience of an Apennine farmhouse. If you're (un)lucky the chef might come out to greet you in his trademark straw hat.
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Capri & Blaue Grotto
This outpost of the bel paese has been plating up pronto pasta and pizza since 1952, making it Germany's oldest Italian eatery.
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Da Franco
If you fancy a break from the norm, why not give this little Italian a whirl. There is a seasonal touch to authentic dishes like swordfish with clams and veal escalope with asparagus, which are cooked and presented with style.
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Da Guiseppe
Heaping crisp salads, interesting pasta plates, thin-crust Neapolitan-style pizzas and creative fish and meat dishes have vaulted this convivial trattoria to the top of many a local's fave list for over 20 years.
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Enoteca Trattoria
This is the trattoria of the two Enoteca twins (the more formal restaurant is at Gerberau 21). The chef here always hits the mark with authentic Italian dishes such as Taleggio ravioli with Frascati sauce and glazed pear.
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Il Cortile
Less expensive than Erfurt’s other gourmet restaurants, Il Cortile offers game and other meats, as well as fish, all prepared creatively, such as with walnut crusting on beef steak or vanilla-laced carrots served with calf’s liver.
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La Casina Rosa
Everybody feels like family at this neighbourhood-adored trattoria with its warren of cosy rooms (plus idyllic summer garden) and feisty pasta and pizza, plus seasonally inspired specials. Menu stars include the richly flavoured tagliatelle with porcini, veal, cherry tomatoes and thyme and the 'piccola Capri' pizza topped with shrimp, zucchini and rucula. Reservations are key.
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Sgroi
A Michelin-starred Italian restaurant in once derelict St Georg? Yes and this one lives up to all the hype. Lauded chef Anna Sgroi has taken the foods of her southern Italian childhood and taken them to culinary heights. A seemingly mundane dish like stuffed artichokes is sublime and that's just to start. The menu is never the same, but expect bold flavours, the finest ingredients and flawless execution. Service is smooth and unfussy and there's a small terrace for tables on warm days.
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Trattoria la Grappa
This cosy Italian trattoria wends and winds over two floors and is almost bursting at the seams with homely decorations. The pasta is homemade and you can also order veal, lamb, beef and lamb dishes à la carte, but the menus are the best value.
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Versilia
Goethe is quoted as saying that Tuscany isn’t in Italy, Italy was in Tuscany. In any case, he’d approve of this vinothek and restaurant, which has 300 wines on sale (and a white, red and rosado by the glass) and serves delicious antipasti, homemade pasta dishes and pan-Italian mains in a spacious setting.
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Aurum
Serves excellent stone-oven pizza and tasty Italian dishes.
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Il Casolare
The pizzas are truly dynamite – thin, crispy, cheap and gigantic – and the canal-side beer garden an idyllic spot to gobble them up. Staff can be frantic during busy times, so pack patience.
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La Fiorentina
Cosy hang-out with Tuscan country cooking and big-as-your-plate pizzas.
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Ristorante Ca'doro
South of the Hauptbahnhof hone in on the street window of Ristorante Ca'doro.
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Il Mulino
This neighbourhood classic has been feeding Italophiles for over three decades. All the expected pastas and pizzas are present and correct, though the daily specials will likely tickle the palate of more curious eaters.
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Il Mulino
On a warm day or night the riverside setting and garden seating are a treat in this Italian restaurant - the menu could do with an abridged edition, though.
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Il Ritrovo
Delicious pizza with a side of attitude, just as at their cousins Il Casolare in Kreuzberg and I Due Forni in Prenzlauer Berg.
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Astarix
A popular student cafe, in a funky part of town, with good pizza and Auflauf (casserole; €4.80 plus €0.40 for each added ingredient). Enter through the arcade.
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Dolce Pizza
Queues can be discouragingly long, but if you hang in there you’ll be rewarded with little slices of heaven: thin and crispy-crust pizza with fresh and imaginative toppings.
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Pfeffer & Salz
This Italian eatery stands out for its authenticity. All noodles are homemade daily, the antipasti selection is mouth-watering and the pizza comes crispy-hot from the wood-fired oven.
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Nido
This popular place is a trendy spot with lots of brushed aluminium and big picture windows. It serves a small menu of simple Italian-influenced dishes and a large dose of unpretentious cool.
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Rizzi
A summertime favourite, this pink villa’s tree-shaded patio faces Lichtentaler Allee. Italian-influenced dishes like osso buco (veal shanks braised with vegetables, garlic and wine) and scallops with truffle mash pair well with local wines. The €7.90 lunch is a steal.
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Colosseo
If you fancy an Alpine take on la dolce vita, with mountain views and a bit of faux archaeology thrown in, this much-lauded pasta-pizza parlour with a mammoth menu is the place to head.
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Medici
The interior may resemble a suspension bridge, but this classy Italian spot gets 10 out of 10 from locals. Mains come in small or large, but serious foodies go for the three- to five-course set menus (€46 to €62).
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