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Uruguay

Italian restaurants in Uruguay

  1. A

    Panini's

    For fine dining, Italian style, try this place in the pedestrian zone just off Plaza Independencia. Pasta lovers will appreciate the degustación de pastas - a veritable smorgasbord of noodley delights.

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  2. Da Pentella

    This is one of Montevideo's finest Italian restaurants, with over a century of history.

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  3. B

    Viejo Barrio

    Whether you’re amused or annoyed by the eccentric waiter and his funny hats, Viejo Barrio remains a perennial old-town favorite thanks to its excellent homemade pasta and picturesque setting on historic Plaza de Armas.

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  4. C

    Ruffino Pizza y Pasta

    Extremely popular for Sunday lunch, Ruffino’s is a good midrange Italian option. Try the Caruso (mushroom and cream) sauce, a uniquely Uruguayan specialty named for Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, who visited Montevideo in 1915.

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  5. D

    Il Baretto

    Candlelit garden seating on plush chairs and couches provides a romantic setting for feasting on Baretto’s homemade pasta and desserts. It’s also a pleasant place for ‘after-beach’ drinks, starting at 6pm on summer afternoons.

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  6. Bodega y Granja Narbona

    A refined rural retreat set amidst vineyards, orchards and verdant farm country 20km from Carmelo, this is a worthwhile detour for anyone with a car. The restored 1908 farmstead houses a simple restaurant with outdoor seating on a tiled terrace; the menu features homemade bread, gourmet pasta, vegetables from the adjoining organic garden and fabulous Tannat and grappamiel (grape brandy with honey) from Narbona’s award- winning cellars. Inside you can browse shelves stacked floor to ceiling with locally produced olive oil, peach preserves and dulce de leche (milk caramel). There’s a small posada (inn) out back, if you decide to stick around.

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