The best Italian restaurants in Manila

Ranked by Manila's food community. Updated hourly — no paid placements.

Italian food in Manila spans a wider range than the casual pizza-and-pasta shorthand might suggest. At the accessible end, Italian restaurants are fixtures in every major commercial district — reliable spots for a quick margherita or a bowl of carbonara that doesn't demand a reservation. But the city also supports more deliberate Italian dining: places that import their charcuterie, make their pasta fresh, or maintain a wine list that reflects the cuisine's regional variety. Quezon City, Makati, and BGC have all developed their own clusters of Italian restaurants with distinct personalities. What Manila diners tend to love about Italian food — its directness, its comfort, the way a simple tomato sauce on good pasta needs nothing else — translates well here. The cuisine has deep roots in the country's Spanish-inflected food history, so many of the flavors feel adjacent to something familiar.