🍕 Best Italian & Pizza in Charlotte

27 italian & pizza spots in Charlotte, scored and ranked for 2026.

Top 10 Italian & Pizza Spots

Stagioni

Italian · Myers Park

Bruce Moffett's Italian flagship lives in a 1920s villa on Providence — handmade pasta, wood-fired meats, seasonal crudo, the kind of menu that doesn't need to chase trends because it set them in Myer...

Eso Artisanal Pasta

Italian / Pasta · Optimist Hall

AJ and Kristina Sankofa's Optimist Hall pasta counter — handmade pasta with a perfect soft-chewy-al-dente balance. Sells out limited-time specials like a $30 tajarin al tartufo during white-truffle se...

Spaghett

Italian · Fourth Ward

Mixologist Amanda Britton and chef Kendall Moore's Italian restaurant in a 19th-century Fourth Ward home — moss-green walls, Campari art, and handmade pastas cooked al dente. Excellent $60 three-cours...

Ever Andalo

Italian · NoDa

Chef Michael Shortino went specifically Northern — Alpine-inflected Italian on North Davidson, braised rabbit and seasonal risotto and a long amaro list, the kind of menu that pulls from Trentino and ...

Indaco

Italian · South End

Indigo Road shipped this from Charleston already polished — wood-fired pizza, handmade pasta, burrata that hits the table soft, a tiramisù worth saving room for. South Boulevard, OpenTable, dinner eve...

Bird Pizzeria

Pizza · Optimist Park

Optimist Park's soft-crust square-pie pizzeria, with a kale Caesar that went viral on its own merits and a tight wine list that punches well above the neighborhood pizzeria pay grade. Wood-oven pies, ...

Rada

Spanish / Italian · Myers Park

Shared-plates Mediterranean restaurant with Spanish and Italian influences — a corner dining room near Myers Park. Small-format crudos, tinned fish, hand-cut pasta, and a wine program built around rou...

Mama Ricotta's

Italian · Midtown · Frank Scibelli flagship; Charlotte institution since 1992

Frank Scibelli has been running this Italian dining room on Kings Drive since 1992, and the whole FS Food Group grew out of it — veal parm, lasagna bolognese, wood-fired meatballs, tiramisù to close. ...

Angeline's

Italian · Uptown

The warm Italian dining room inside the Ivey's Hotel in Uptown — wood-fired pizza, a charcuterie board, breakfast and dinner daily, and a Saturday-Sunday brunch that has quietly become one of Uptown's...

Nuvole Rooftop TwentyTwo

Italian / Rooftop · Uptown

Twenty-two stories up the Vue tower, an Italian rooftop with floor-to-ceiling glass, wood-fired pizza, handmade pasta, and an Aperol spritz program built for a long happy hour. OpenTable, evenings dai...

All 27 Italian & Pizza Spots in Charlotte

Little Mama's Italian

Italian · SouthPark

Aqua e Vino

Italian · Cotswold

PIE.ZAA

Detroit-Style Pizza · South End

Pasta & Provisions

Italian / Market · Cotswold

Folia

Italian · South End

Emmy Squared Pizza

Detroit-Style Pizza · South End

Pizza Baby

Pizza · Wesley Heights

North Italia

Italian · South End

Dolce & Amaro

Italian · South End

Capishe Real Italian Kitchen

Italian · Dilworth

Hawthorne's New York Pizza & Bar

Pizza · South End

Pins Mechanical Co.

Bar Bites / Pizza · South End

StrikeCity

American / Pizza · Uptown

Protagonist Beer LoSo

Brewery · LoSo

Jet's Pizza

Pizza / Detroit-Style · West Charlotte

Goldie's

Live Music Venue · LoSo

Dilworth Neighborhood Grille

Sports Bar · Dilworth

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